An Unexpected Turn
While Baze is fighting for his life, Cate struggles with a life changing decision
Chapter 10: broken… break
Cate's POV
Baze had been moved to his room. I stared at him nervously the whole way back
"Nate?" Meredith entered the room, closely followed by Derek and an older man I didn't recognize
"I can't feel my legs" Baze said quietly. Derek whispered something to the man next to him "can you please tell me the truth, just for once!"
"shh…" I stroked his hair. Lux stared at Meredith for help, I was trying to be strong for both of them, but I couldn't help but cry
"We have to take a CT scan" the man said "dr. shepherd surgery repaired the bleeding damage but…"
"It left him paralyzed" Lux muttered. She turned to her father, Baze who always had a straight face, was cracking
"It appears so, but we won't be sure until we run some test" Derek said. "I'm sorry"
"That's what you all are supposed to say" Lux spitted "you are not really sorry"
"Lux" Baze whispered "its okay kid, I knew what I was getting myself into, and I made a choice"
"Yeah, but…" Lux sobbed, I held her close. Derek gave me a sad stare and left the room, Meredith stayed behind when the other man had left
"We'll be taking you up soon" she said, I could sense true sorrow in her voice, I nodded and she left. We were left alone, no one spoke, I stared at Baze, the bandages around his head were bloody, but I continued touching his head as if by doing so, he would magically get better
"Where are my parents?" he asked bitterly "I need to talk to them"
"They were at the cafeteria, I'll go get them" our daughter said, she squeezed his hand and left. Baze smiled at me, I rolled my eyes
"I swear I'm going to sue them" I said, he winked at me
"No you are not, we can't really afford that" he couldn't take anything seriously, I wanted to hit him, wanted him to snap out of it
"But he just said, he said you might be paralyzed" I said slowly. He took my hand
"I know, I heard" he said "but let's just wait until we get the facts, I don't want you to worry"
"What do you mean?"I asked frantically. I glanced at my growing belly. This baby. I had almost forgotten about it... I nodded
"We are ready for you?" a nurse entered the room, she got the handles of the bed up and I watched as she rolled him out of the room
"I love you" he said as I walked with them trough the hallway, then I remembered about Jack, Ellen and Lux
"I love you too, but what about your parents and Lux?" the nurse stopped abruptly as I saw them rushing towards us
"Where are you taking him?"Jack demanded, Ellen was sobbing, Lux must have told them
"To CT, sir, Dr. Shepherd wants to be sure of the diagnosis" the nurse said politely. Jack gave her a nasty look
"Dad, please, I need you right now, stay here" Baze said calmly "take care of them for me please" I could see Jack's eyes watering. He nodded and we watched him roll away from us
Baze's POV
It was a funny thing not being able to feel my legs. I was whole but at the same time I wasn't, a million emotions shocked trough me when I was finally alone, I knew I had to be strong for them, but I couldn't hold back any longer, the thing that angered me the most was the fact that I had known the risks and I had thought it would never happened to me. Then I thought of my bar, how could I be a bartender in a wheelchair, I wouldn't even reach the bar, I wouldn't be able to do stuff myself, I had left Cate with more than she had ever bargained for, Charlie, who was just a baby, I wasn't going to be able to teach him how to play sports, he would have to take care of me, and that wasn't right, Cate would have to do most of the stuff around the house, and with the new baby coming she wasn't going to be able to go to work, she would have to quit and we would lose money we couldn't. Worse of all I wasn't going to be able to make love to her, not the right way, I wasn't sure I could do anything of that anymore
The results came back about an hour after the CT had been taken, Meredith, Derek and Chief Webber had come to give us the final result
"it isn't all good news" Derek said "there has been some damage to your left side of the brain, which caused you to be paralyzed from the waist down" I glanced at Cate and then at my children, who sat a few yards away "it was a reaction of the brain and…"
"You mean it wasn't your fault?" Lux asked. He nodded, and she went all red
"But there is some good news" Meredith said, I took Cate's hand
"The paralysis can be repaired, with some hard work and the right treatment" Chief Webber said
"How?" I asked, my voice breaking
"Rehabilitation, as I know that you live in Portland, I will recommend you some facilities and personal that can assist you" the man said. I smiled "but we must take this one step at a time" Meredith glanced at Cate "and you will need all help possible, especially because we want that baby to be okay"
"Okay" I said.
"We will be giving you a special wheelchair to make this easier for you" she said "your father said he would be paying for it, so I it will come as soon as it am ordered"
"How long will he be like this?" Jack asked bitterly
"It depends, on how well he reacts to treatment. Could be six months, could be 3 years tops" Derek said, I could see fear on my dad's eyes and I was grateful he was here
"If you have any more questions, we'll be happy to answer them" Meredith said. I turned towards my parents and Lux. They understood and left the room. Derek and the chief also left leaving me alone with both women, I asked Meredith to move closer
"this is awkward, but I gotta ask" I said, I felt like that one time I had asked Abby to help me giving Lux a sex talk "am I going to be able to…"
Cate rolled her eyes, but smiled for the first time. Meredith smirked
"Oh yeah don't worry, I can give you a book if you want" I smiled "you'll be able to get pregnant again too if you want" she told Cate.
Chapter goes to BecaLux3.14! so what do you think will happen next?