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VACATION

By M

Chapter 21

At Lafayette General, Jamie was whisked away before Bosco and CJ were unloaded, so they didn't see where she was taken. Bosco as he began to argue with the medic about getting on a gurney, "NO!" he whispered hoarsely, "I just want to go with her!" he started coughing bending over holding his side then as he tried to stand back up, suddenly turned paler as his knees gave out from under him.

The medic grabbed him and shaking his head said, "Why do cops think they're so damn tough," with an orderlies help he placed him on the gurney anyway, Bosco continued trying to get up and finally the medic stopped the gurney and said, "Stop! You can find out about her when you get down there! They won't let you in with her anyway!" Bosco looked up with a glare at him, then leaned back against the pillow. Glancing over he saw CJ who was climbing up on another gurney and sitting back.

CJ looked back at him, "She'll be aright Moe. You have to believe that, ok?" Bosco nodded tears on his face again, then turned back. After the medics and nurses had put everything in place they followed Jamie down.

"Hi, I'm Dr. Suire. I'll be treating you, Mr. Boscorelli." the doctor a woman of about 55 was looking into his eyes with a light. He didn't speak just looked back at her, when she had them, after listening to his chest turned and ordered a chest x-ray. "You may have pneumonia, but, we'll need an x-ray to be sure." she said, watching him closely. He just glanced at her but was silent, as she moved to check his side and asked the nurse for his latest vitals, "Looks like you've had a tough time of it." she commented, "Wow, pretty deep. That's going to need surgery to close."

He still didn't say anything, just sat there, recovering the wound, she moved to his face; gently pushing his forehead, both to check his neck reflexes and to make him lay back; she then used the scope to look into his nostrils, she noticed his eyes close and looking at his hands saw his fists clenched in pain, stepping back, she turned to the nurse and ordered pain medication for him.

"NO!" he rasped, "I don't want to fall asleep!"

She put her hand on his shoulder, "You won't, but, if you do, and we hear anything, I'll wake you myself," seeing the look he gave her, "I'm a friend of the Caster family, Laurel filled me in days ago and I've been waiting for you guys." She was smiling at him and squeezing his shoulder gently.

His lip trembled, "Ok", he rasped, the nurse injected the pain medication into his IV and in just a few moments he began to feel his tension ease as the pain slacked.

Dr. Suire, smiled as she saw his face relax and his fist open a bit, "Now, lets look at that leg." as she pulled the dressing the medic had put on away, her smile faded.

Turning again to the nurse who was beside her, "Kelly, get a surgeon down here would you, STAT."

"Yes, Dr. Suire, right away." and she turned and went to the phone.

"Mr. Boscorelli, this needs surgery, and it can't wait. You have developed a deep infection and some of the tissue around it will probably have to be removed. How deep it is, well that's hard to tell. The surgeon will be a better judge of that, but you will be here awhile I'm sure." she stopped, waiting for some reaction from him. "Don't worry though he's the best at this. If he wasn't I was already told to get the one who was!"

He looked at her, his face set, "NO."

She smiled at him in surprise. "NO? You don't understand? If you don't get it taken care of now you will develop gangrene and lose this leg. It may have already started!"

Bosco was getting tired of saying no, "I'm not going anywhere until I..." he stopped as another coughing fit overtook him.

"Look, its going to take awhile to get all of this written up and you seen and actually into surgery anyway, ok? So, lets not say no just yet. Agreed?" she knew what he was waiting for, "How about I go check on her while they get your x-rays done and we wait for the surgeon to get here?" she offered.

Nodding he lay back trembling with fatigue and trying to breath, Kelly, the nurse, stepped up and taking an oxygen mask put it over his face. After only a breath, his eyes widened and he began to fight her over it as it made him feel like he was being smothered.

"You have to wear it, Mr. Boscorelli! It WILL help, just give it a minute." she said patiently, he wasn't the first to have that reaction and he wouldn't be the last. But he had no intention of waiting that minute and yanked it with the last strength in him out of her hands and threw it from him gasping for air and then coughing again.

Her mouth dropped open and as she started to fuss at him, "NO, Kelly, just hand it to him and let him hold it up in front of his face." looking at him with sympathy, DR. Suire added, "I had the same reaction to them, its ok. I'll be back in a few minutes, you rest." she said as she watched Kelly hand the mask to him, he hesitated giving Nurse Kelly a dirty look, then, took it from her. As she walked out of the room, she shook her head, 'He's going to be a handful!' she thought and grinned as she went to check on Jamie Richards.

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CJ was being treated by his family's Physician, Dr. Thibodeau. "Well, CJ you did it this time! This beats breaking your arm in three places when you were ten that's for sure," he laughed quietly as he checked him out.

"Yeah, I guess it does, Doc." CJ was so tired he could hardly keep his eyes open. Dr. Thibodeau had already given him pain meds, so he was feeling little pain now for the first time in it seemed forever and he was getting sleepier by the second, his arm and chest had been x-rayed and they were waiting for the films to come back.

Dr. Thibodeau had already informed him he would be going to surgery and that an orthopedic had been called in because of the extensive damage to his arm. There might be reattachments of muscle tissue to bone that needed to be done and they had called in the best in the state, he was flying in from New Orleans as they spoke.

Just then the x-ray tech came back in with the films. "Well", she said you lucked out, no break to your arm! But, you do have two shattered ribs," and holding them up to the light box for Dr. Thibodeau to see, "AND a little something else, see, here and here, And HERE!" Then she stepped back and waited for his reaction.

Dr. Thibodeau stared several moments, looked back at CJ and then putting his glasses back up stared again as if he couldn't fathom what he was looking at, or believe it was possible he then turned to the tech, "Do you see what I see?"

"Yeah Doc Thib. I'm seeing the same thing." she grinned in disbelief herself, "If I wasn't looking right at it, I would be asking the same thing I know you're thinking, 'how in the hell'."

Wiping his hand across his face and then covering his open mouth with his hand, he turned to CJ, "Boy, you got more luck!" CJ frowned at them, he couldn't see anything from this distance. Dr. Thibodeau pulled the chest x-ray from the box and walked to him, pointing to something on it said, "See that?"

"See what?" he didn't know what they wanted him to see.

"THERE, that long piece of metal! CJ it's right through your lung! It's stuck between your ribs and just sitting there!" Dr. Thibodeau was stunned himself by this,

CJ should at the very least have a collapsed lung, by all rights if this had happened Tuesday morning like they said, he should be dead from drowning in his own blood. But here he was barley having trouble breathing.

"Boy, I don't know what kind of angels you have over you but you better treat them right!" the tech added, "The last x-ray I saw like this, was from a..." then realizing what she had been about to say, she stopped. Looked at Dr. Thibodeau one more time and shaking her head as she left the room, "Man, if I was you when I left here I would make two stops! One to church and then straight to Bayou Casino!"

Dr. Thibodeau laughed out loud at her comment, CJ grinned astonished at what he was seeing on the film now that Doc had pointed it out, "Well, CJ looks like you might be in surgery for a little while longer than I first thought," then patting him on his head like he had done since CJ was small, he said, "I'm going to see if Mom and Dad have gotten here yet, be back in a few."

CJ grabbed his arm, "Doc, could you check on my friends for me?" he asked.

Dr. Thibodeau, paused, "Sure son. Be right back."

Then CJ was alone with just the nurse, who stepped up, "Do you need anything," he asked.

CJ shook his head no, "No, thanks," then laying his head back he closed his eyes, quickly opening them again as the vision from earlier with Jamie in Boscos arms her face pale and blue invaded his mind, suddenly remembering something important, he sat straight up. "Hey, do you know, can you find out, did anyone call her daughter yet?"

TBC...