A\N Thank you so, so much to everybody who has been reading and reviewing this story! :D You all rock. I'm sorry for the clifhanger ending last chapter and I hope you like this chapter! Only two more chapters left!
Disclaimber: I asked for David Peatkau for my birthday but I have a strange feeling I won't be seeing him tomorrow.
Spoilers: None
Warnings: Some sad thoughts and images.
Always and Forever Part Thirteen
Madison had been rushed to St. Joseph's hospital where she was put in the Pediatric ICU unit and after an hour and a half of the doctors and nurses not telling Sam or Jules anything a young doctor walked into the waiting room where they were waiting a frown sitting tightly on his face. "Constable Braddock," The doctor approached Sam who he had met briefly before.
"How is she?" Sam asked quickly standing up Jules holding tightly onto his hands tears flooding down her face as she looked at the doctor.
Doctor White shifted his feet on the ground he never liked to give family bad news especially parents of a child so young. "Your daughter-" He began not knowing what to say, "Your daughter's condition has drastically decreased since she's arrived. Her chances of survival aren't exactly good right now. We managed to control her internal bleeding during surgery but she started bleeding again and we had to put her in a medical induced coma. We're hoping she shows some signs of recovery soon if she doesn't we might have to do surgery again which could be fatal. You can see her, she's in room 316, its right down the hall." The young doctor pointed to the right. "I'll be in to check on her in half an hour but if you have any questions or concern's you can have me paged."
"Thank you," Sam tried to smile as Doctor White nodded his head and walked out of the waiting room. "Jules I'm going to go call Wordy and tell him that we're going to be here for awhile." Sam told her gently.
Jules nodded her head as she whipped tears from her eyes, "Ok, tell him to kiss Arianna and David goodnight for me." She spoke weakly as she began walking towards Madison's room. Placing her hand on the door handle Jules took a deep breath and closed her eyes as she stepped into her daughter's hospital room. Slowly opening them she gasped in horror as she saw what was in front of her. Madison was hooked up to a machine that was breathing for her right arm was in a cast and she had a bandage wrapped around her head, "I'm so sorry I let this happen to you baby girl." Jules cried as she walked quickly towards one of the chairs that was placed beside her bed and squeezed her hand, "If I hadn't gone to sleep none of this would have happened." She continued to cry as she stroked Madison's blonde hair. "You don't deserve this, you're so sweet and quiet but I know you're strong Madison that's why I know you're going to wake up so one day when you're older I can tell you about your Grandmother her middle name was Madison and she was strong and tough just like you are and she fought so hard to stay alive but she died right after she gave birth to me. I should have died then too just like this is but I know you can wake up Madison I know you want to." She told her but she wasn't squeezing Jules hand, "Come on baby girl you have to wake up I don't know how I'm going to be able to live if I cause two deaths. You have to wake up, you just have to." Jules cried more then she ever had in her life at the thought of having a funeral for her four year old daughter. "Parent's aren't supposed to out live their children Madison." Jules told her daughter, "So you have to wake up because I don't want to go to your funeral. You have your whole life ahead of you sweetie, you can do anything you want to do and when you're older after you meet a nice man and start a family with him and have a bunch of children. After you do that Madison then you can die but not now baby you have to wake up." Jules told her as Sam slowly walked into the room and sat in the chair beside Jules placing one arm around her and his other hand in Madison's.
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Madison rubbed her eyes, "Where I'm I?" She spoke out loud to herself as she looked around. "Mommy! Daddy! I don't know where I am! I want to go home!" She cried as she looked around for Sam and Jules. "Mommy! Daddy! Where are you?" She asked more tears falling down her face.
"It's ok to cry sweetheart," A women who looked remarkably similar to Jules told Madison as she approached her.
"Mommy?" Madison asked the woman with a confused look on her face even though the women did look like Jules Madison didn't think she was.
The women smiled as she knelt down to Madison's level "No I'm your mother's Mommy so that makes me your Grandmother." She smiled sweetly.
"No, don't hurt me!" Madison cried as she backed away from her. "Don't hurt me!"
"I don't want to hurt you Madison I want to help you." Julianna told her as she approached her.
"Are you going to help me find my Mommy and Daddy?" Madison asked hopefully.
"Something, like that, baby girl," Julianna told her as she gently picked her up and placed her in her lap as she sat down.
"My Mommy calls me baby girl." Madison told her smiling as she thought of Jules, "Do you know where my Mommy is?"
Julianna nodded her head, "I do sweetheart and you only need to do one thing to see her."
"What?" Madison asked excitedly wanting to see Jules "What do I need to do to see Mommy?"
"All you need to do is open your eyes and then you'll be able to see her." Julianna told her granddaughter.
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"I'm sorry to bother you but a General Callaghan is in the waiting room wanting to know how your daughter is doing he asked to speak to one of you." A young nurse told Jules and Sam as she walked into Madison's hospital room.
"Thank you," Sam told the nurse as she nodded her head and walked back out of the hospital room, "Jules do you want to talk to your father?" Sam asked his wife but all she did was shake her head as she continued to watch Madison.
"Ok, I'll be back in a few minutes." Sam told her as he gently rubbed her back before standing up and walking out of his daughter's hospital room. Walking towards the waiting room Sam sighed as he walked into the waiting room. "General Callaghan." Sam slowly approached his father in-law.
"Sam," Jack stood up, "How is she?"
"Madison or Jules sir?" Sam asked him hoping that he wouldn't get mad at him for asking the question.
Jack sighed he knew that this would be extra hard on Jules after what had happened her mother, "Madison first." Jack told him, "Then Jules."
"Well sir, Madison is in a coma and the doctors aren't sure if she'll wake up or not, and Jules hasn't said one word or even looked at me since we got here." Sam sighed.
"Madison will wake up Sam don't worry." Jack told his son in-law, "As for Jules did she ever tell you how her mother died?" Jack wondered.
Sam nodded his head, "Yes sir, she did and I know she blames herself and she's blaming herself now and I've tried everything I can think of to make her believe that it's not her fault but she doesn't want to believe me. I don't know what's going to happen if Madison dies." Sam let out a few tears as he collapsed into one of the chairs.
"Madison will wake up son, you have to believe that." Jack told Sam trying to stay strong, "You should probably go back now," He told him, "I'll stay here, tell Jules that if she wants to talk I'm here ready to listen.
"Yes, sir," Sam nodded his head as he stood up and made his way back towards Madison's hospital room.
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"My eyes are open." Madison told Julianna innocently, "I don't understand." She cried, "I just want to see Mommy, Daddy, David and even Arianna! I just want to go home!"
"I know you do baby girl." Julianna soothed the young girl, "But you have to trust me all you have to do is close your eyes and then open them and you'll be able to see your Mommy and Daddy and the rest of your family."
"I can't close my eyes!" Madison cried as she tried to close her eyes but they wouldn't close. "I can't close my eyes!" She repeated again crying even louder.
"It's ok baby, it's ok if you're not ready to wake up but there's something else that you can do to make your parents know that you're ok and then maybe after you do that you'll be able to open your eyes and wake up."
"What is it?" Madison asked.
"You need to make a fist and squeeze it as hard as you can; your parents are going to be holding your hand so you'll be squeezing their hand." Julianna told her
"Ok," Madison nodded her head as she made a fist with her hand and squeezed it as hard as she could.
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"Your father wanted me to tell you that he's in the waiting room if you want to talk to him." Sam told Jules as he walked back into Madison's hospital room and sat down in the chair that he was sitting in before.
Jules only nodded her head as she felt a gentle squeeze from Madison, "Sam!" Jules grabbed her husband's attention quickly as Madison squeezed her hand again only harder and tighter, "Sam, Madison just squeezed my hand twice!" She smiled brightly
Sam jumped up "I'll go and get Doctor White!" He told her as he turned and ran quickly out of his daughter's hospital room.
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"That's great baby girl now you should be able to close your eyes and open them." Julianna told Madison. "It's been great talking to you." Julianna smiled.
"You can come with me! I'm sure Mommy would love to see you!" Madison told her, "You can close your eyes too!"
"No sweetie I'm afraid I can't." Julianna told her, "I would love to but I can't.
"I wish you could too!" Madison hugged Julianna tightly, "Thank you, for helping me find my Mommy and Daddy." She smiled as she closed her eyes and then opened them.
TBC
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