Fatherhood
Disclaimer: I own nothing(except Tyler). Everything else belongs to it's original owners.
One week after Tyler's accident the doctor was going to bring him out of the coma. The whole team, Nick's parents, and Nick's brother were there. The doctor reduced the flow of medicine and took the tube out of Tyler's mouth.
His lung had healed enough for him to breathe on his own. The doctor was amazed. Tyler had healed faster than he expected.
"He should wake up anytime now. Have his nurse page me when he does wake up" the doctor said.
He left the room.
Everyone talked to Tyler. They encouraged him to open his eyes, told him that everything was ok, and that they were all there.
After half an hour Tyler's eyelids started to flutter. Nick stood next to Tyler and held his hand.
"Come on Ty. Daddy's here" he said.
Tyler slowly opened his eyes.
"Daddy?" he asked.
"Yeah buddy. It's me" Nick said with tears in his eyes.
"I love you daddy" Tyler said.
The tears in Nick's eyes tumbled down his cheeks when Tyler said those four words.
"I love you too buddy" he said.
"Why are you crying daddy?" Tyler asked.
"I'm just glad you're ok buddy" Nick said.
Greg went to tell the nurse to page the doctor.
Everyone else said hi to Tyler. Tyler seemed a little overwhelmed but happy to see everyone. He wouldn't let go of Nick's hand.
The doctor got to the room five minutes later.
"Ok, I'm going to run some tests on Tyler to see if there's any permanent damage" he said.
"Can I go?" Nick asked.
"Of course" the doctor said.
He had some nurses come in with a gurney. Tyler was transferred onto the gurney and pushed out of the room. Nick walked alongside the gurney, still holding onto Tyler's hand.
The doctor ran several tests on Tyler.
"Ok, there is some weakness in his legs and one of his arms. That can be solved with physical therapy. Other than that, he's just fine" the doctor said.
They took Tyler back to his room and settled him into his bed. They moved the bed so Tyler could sit up for awhile.
Tyler talked to everyone. Nick saw what the doctor meant by Tyler had weakness in his legs and in an arm. Tyler could barely move his left arm.
Everyone that wasn't biological family had to leave after awhile. Then it was just Nick, his parents, and his brother.
"What's that daddy?" Tyler asked pointing at the pile of stuff.
"That's stuff everyone bought you" Nick said.
"Cool!" Tyler said.
He eventually fell asleep. Nick talked to his parents and brother for awhile. Then they left to get some sleep.
Nick put his head on the mattress and fell asleep.
The next day wad Tyler's first day of physical therapy. The teacher was really nice to Tyler. She showed him different exercises. One included jumping on a small trampoline.
"This is fun daddy" Tyler said.
"This is going to help strengthen his legs" the teacher said.
"How long is it going to take?" Nick asked.
"It all depends on him. It could take days, weeks, or even months. You can see how gingerly he's landing on his legs. Plus he walks with a little bit of a stumble" the teacher said.
Nick nodded.
"To strengthen his arm I'll have him play games and he'll probably like it better if you play the games with him" the teacher said.
When the therapy session was over Nick took Tyler back to his room and settled him into the bed.
"I'm hungry daddy" Tyler said.
"I'll get you your dinner buddy" Nick said.
He went to the cafeteria to get Tyler's dinner.
Note: I know it took awhile. Sorry. Thanks for everyone who's reviewed so far.
