Rosalie's POV
I woke up in bed.
The room was dark outside.
I turned and looked at the clock…7:17pm.
I have been asleep most of the day.
I got out of bed and found Koichi on his laptop.
"Koichi?"
"Hey, how are you?"
"Okay." I said sitting down next to him. "What are you looking at?"
"I have been looking for the best neurologist around and I think I have found her."
"Who?"
"Her name is Dr. Anne Kikuchi. She has been a neurosurgeon for almost 15 years."
"What about the cost?"
"Don't worry about that." He said closing the laptop.
"Koichi…"
"Don't worry about what it is going to cost. I will pay anything to save your life."
I smiled at him.
"I called and made an appointment for next week for you to see her."
"Did you talk to her?"
"Yes, I told her what has been going on and everything that Dr. Ikeda said. She said since it was still early there is a good chance she can remove the whole tumor." He said smiling.
"What about after she removes it?"
"We can talk to her all about it when se wee her next week."
"Okay. Has Vince called you at all today?"
"No, I went and talked to him and e said he would call as soon as he has heard anything." He said pulling me into his lap.
After a few minutes I went and started to make dinner for us.
"Need any help?"
"If you want you can start cutting the eggplant."
"…"
I turned to see why he was not saying anything. He was staring at the eggplant with a disgusted look on his face.
"Relax Koichi that is for me. Here." I said handing him the spoon. "Why don't you stir the sauce for our pasta."
He took the spoon and walked over to the stove.
"You do realize that we are going to have trying to get Dillon to eat everything if you don't eat everything." I said smiling at him.
"I know." He said taking the spoon to his lips tasting the sauce.
"How is it?"
"Really good. How did you learn to make this?"
"My mother taught me." I said still cutting the eggplant.
"I will have to thank her." He smiled.
Koichi's POV
I woke up the next morning before Rosalie and I called my work and told them I needed some time off. Thankfully after everything that had happened with Ai, I managed to work a lot and aquire a lot of personal time.
"Ok thanks…I will. Thank you." I said hanging up.
"Koichi!"
The next thing I hear is Rosalie screaming.
I ran into the room.
"What is wrong?"
"I can't see." She said crying.
"O kay, calm down."
"You try and calm down when you can't see anything."
"Let's go." I said picking her up and carrying her into the living room.
"What is going on?"
"You stay here I am going to go get dressed and then take you to the emergency room."
"Wait, don't leave me." She said reaching out.
"I'm not. I will just be in the other room for a few minutes." I said letting go of her hand.
I came out a few minutes later and she was up trying to move around the room.
"What are you doing?"
"I was trying to find the kitchen to get a drink."
"Well, you are in the laundry room Rosalie. Let's go."
We drive to the hospital and waited. After about an hour of waiting they called us back and ran some tests.
"Mrs. Natsukawa."
"Yes?" She said raising her head.
"I'm Dr. Kikuchi, we had an appointment to next week to go over your scan."
"Yes."
"Ok, well I was going to recommend doing some chemotherapy and seeing if that would help. However since you have lost your ability to see I think I need to go in and take it out myself."
"Okay."
"There are some risks. Since it is next to your optic nerve, there is a chance that you may not get your sight back."
"But there is a chance I might."
"Yes."
"Have you done this kind of surgery before?" I asked.
"Yes Mr. Natsukawa, I actually did a surgery like this a few months ago."
"Did that patient get her sight back?"
"Unfortunately not. The patient waited to long for the surgery and the cancer took over her optic nerve and she did not regain sight. However ever case of cancer is different, and the fact that you are doing this now instead of later on makes a big difference as well."
"When will I have the surgery?"
"Let me go and talk to the Chief of Surgery first and then I will be back to discuss it more with you. Why don't you just try and relax while I wait for your other tests to come back."
"Okay." She said squeezing my hand.
Dr. Kikuchi left closing the door.
"It will be okay Ro, I promise." I said taking her hand in both of mine.
"But if I don't get my sight back…we might not get Dillon back Koichi."
"Don't think about that right now. Just try and rest some before she gets back okay?" I said squeezing her hand.
I hate that she can't see, but I am glad at the same time because that means she can't see my worried face and tears. She was right though. If she doesn't get her sight back we won't get Dillon back but most of all, if she doesn't get her sight back it is going to be hard on her learning to move around. Then she will have to quit her job too and I know that will be hard on her as well.
After almost 2 hours Dr. Kikuchi walks back in.
"Alright," She said walking in. "I talked with the Chief of Surgery and he gave the okay to go forward with the surgery as soon as you are ready."
"Really?"
"Yes, however we did the results back from your other tests also."
"What did they say?"
"Well, I would say we can go ahead and due the surgery but the results from your bllod work came back and your hcG level was raised."
I looked over at Rosalie who just sat there in silence.
"What does that mean?"
"Can I talk to my husband alone for a few minutes please." Rosalie asked.
"I will be back in a few minutes." Said Dr. Kikuchi.
"What does that mean?"
"Koichi, I can't have the surgery."
"Why not? What did she mean when she was talking about your ghc, hgc…whatever."
"Koichi, she as saying I'm pregnant."
I just sat there in silence.
"Koichi?" she said squeezing my hand.
"So you can't have the surgery."
"Not until after I have the baby or…"
"No, you are not doing that." I said knowing what she trying to say.
"So we wait until after then."
"Yes."
"What about Dillon?"
"It will be fine." I said as Dr. Kikuchi walked back in.
"We ok in here?"
"Yes, we decided to wait until after."
"Okay, since the tumor is growing at a slow pace it should be ok. However you have start noticing other effects as well. Dizziness, balance issues and if you do then come back here and we can see what we can do." She said smiling at us.
"Thank you."
"Now, how about we go and see how your baby is doing?" she said opening the door for us.