Chapter 11:
Meanwhile in Josephs room.
The doctor opened the door to Joseph's room and they all gasped a bit. The doctor had warned them about all the machines and medical equipment but it was still a chock. Josephs mother Maria walked to Josephs left side and sat down in the chair on that side. She took hold of his left hand and kissed it and kept repeating how much she loved him and that at some point he really needed to wake up.
Josephs other family members slowly went to his bedside and surrounded the bed.
At some point Josephs mother Maria looked at each of them, her son Sebastian, his wife and her daughter in law Isabel. Then she looked at her daughter Penelope and her husband Jason and their children Max and Josephine who were both crying. When she looked at Josephine she felt a tear roll down her cheek. Josephine and her Joey had always had such a special bond. Hence she was named after him. Then she looked at the empty chair on Joseph's right side of the bed. "Where is Clarisse?" she then asked.
They all looked at her, at the empty chair and then around the room.
"Perhaps she wanted us to have some alone time with Joe" Sebastian said and sat down in the empty chair. Maria just nodded her head and looked back at her resting son.
The doctor continued to come in and check on Joe and explain to them what the status on Joe was and what the numbers on the machines meant.
Josephine who was now 5 years old sat on her father's lab in the chair Clarisse had been sitting in. With her small hand she held onto Joe's right hand. They had all been worried about her going in the room with them but when the little girl had insisted and attempted a queen glare they gave in. If it would be too much for her, they would take her out of the room.
In the beginning it was all calm and peaceful.
But suddenly the machines went wild and a lot of noises and beeping could be heard.