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Banking on Your Heart

When we arrive at the next doctor's office Adam helps get me out of the van. Then he motions the others to go ahead. He turns to me and squats down in front of my chair. "I want to know so far what you are thinking." He says.

"I am not sure what I want to do. I feel if one or both of these last two doctors say surgery is my only or best option I need to go with the surgery. However I seriously get the feeling surgery may be the best option no matter what they say. I mean they can take care of two problems at once and most likely I will be able to regain some movements that I haven't had since before the accident. I know you are scared for me Adam but if you truly love me you are going to accept my decision and if not well then I understand." I tell him.

"I am with you one hundred percent of the way on this Becca." Adam says before leaning down and kissing me. "Now ready for this appointment?"

I know in that moment that Adam is ready for my story. I know that after this appointment I will tell him if we have time and if not I will do it right after the next. "Yes I am ready sweetheart if you promise to go back with me." I answer him.

"If that is what you want then I will do it." He replies and I smile up at him.

"That is what I want." I say as we reach the others.

"What do you want?" Dad asks concerned.

"I want a big cheeseburger for dinner along with fries and a milkshake." I tease my dad.

"I see well if you are a good girl for your last two appointments I will see what we can do about that. I have a feeling we better count on the Ducks, Gordon, Casey, the Banks, Dean Buckley, and Mr. Melson possibly Mrs. Brooks. Hey Nadine, why don't you bring your family over too tonight?" Dad says.

I laugh at this. "Honestly what I wanted was for Adam to go in with me this time." I tell him. "But dinner does sound wonderful!"

Dad laughs at that. We talk about the dinner plans while we wait. Dad then goes outside and calls Dean Buckley to invite him to our house. He also asks him to invite Mr. Melson and Mrs. Brooks. Then just as he comes back in I am called in to see the doctor. Adam wheels me back to the examining room that the nurse directs us into.

Adam and I wait for the doctor to come in. This time it is a female that enters the room. She is around 35 with long jet black hair in a French braid. When she speaks I detect an accent from India. "Rebecca Orion I presume." She says as she reaches out to shake my hand.

"Yes, I am Rebecca and this is my boyfriend Adam." I tell her as I see she is reaching out to shake his hand as well.

"Nice to meet you Adam and I must say a pleasure to know you care about your girlfriend." She says.

"Nice to meet you as well," he says quietly as they shake hands.

"My name is Dr. Shraker. I have reviewed all your tests, x-rays, and I have talked to all your doctors today including those you have already been to today. Honestly I think this is a simple one to diagnose. I have to say I agree with the surgery being your best option. However I feel therapy before and after the surgery is important as is medicines both times will be. You have how long before school is out for the summer?" Dr. Shraker says.

"Roughly I have five months before school is done for the year." I tell her.

"Another thing that concerns me is do you have a lot of friends that will be there supporting you though your recovery?" She asks.

"She has at least fourteen people outside her family who will be cheering her on all the way." Adam pipes in and I see the doctors shocked expression.

"Adam plays on our school varsity hockey team which my Dad coaches. I have become friends with all of the team members and that is who he is referring to. He is right that I know they will be there for anything I need since they have all been helping me for about three years now. I also have a lot of support with my church family and several other classmates. Plus I am in support groups from the accident I was in and from being stalked. I know my support groups will be there if I need anything. I also have the team's families supporting me as well." I tell her.

"Then my recommendation is doing some strong therapy sessions both before and after the surgery. Also you will be given pain medicines to help you though the next few months. I think I would recommend you do the surgery that first week out of school. You should go with Dr. Vance as your head surgeon on this one. I would also recommend Dr Jamison or I am the second. If you prefer I would say have all four of us with you as well as have Dr. Nigel on hand." She says.

"I am leaning toward surgery and I have been feeling that would be the best time however I am going to meet with the last doctor before I make my decision also I want to go over it with my family. We will be in touch with all the doctors with any questions or concerns as well as the final decision." I tell her and she smiles.

"You seem like a bright young woman. I know that you have a lot of support and you seem to be fully capable of making an informed decision. I honestly have to say that when I was told you would be involved in the decision and your past I wasn't sure what to expect. Then with your boyfriend here I was even more concerned about what you might decide to do. I can see now I was wrong in doubting you and I should have known Dr. Leander and Dr. Vance wouldn't lie to me about what to expect from you."

I laugh at her comment especially when I see Adam is kind of upset by her comments. "Dr. Shraker I am use to being doubted by adults until they get to know me."

She laughs too as does Adam. "I am really sorry about that but I have very few teenage patients and so I normally end up having a parent involved when I get one. It really is refreshing to have one who knows so much about their own body and what needs done." She shakes our hands before leading us out of the room.

"I do have one question for you." I say just as we reach the door to the examining room.

"Why didn't I do any tests or any examining?" She asks me.

"Yeah why didn't you do any checking further yourself?"

"Simple I know all of your doctors and I know that every test we need has been run so why run a test you have already had done today? I didn't examine you because one look at your back told me that everything I had seen and heard was what we are dealing with. I can check you over if you feel it would make my diagnoses more believable or you need more confirmation on your options." She says.

"No its fine just wondered is all." I tell her as we reach the waiting room.

"Well if you decide you want me to do more checking I will however I can tell you have been though a lot already today and I rather hold off until another day." She says.

"No I think you have done all I need for now. I will let you know my decision in the next couple days." I respond before waving good bye and heading over to my family. I check my watch.

"Hey Becky, how did it go?" Dad asks.

"We will talk about it at home." I say before motioning for us to head out. "That is where we are headed now." I tell them as we reach the parking lot. Adam goes with his mom again and I talk to my parents telling them all that happened.

When we get home and get in the house I tell the others as well what happened. Nadine is the first to speak up. "I don't think I want her involved Becky. Her lack of even checking you over tells me she doesn't want you as a patient."

"I was thinking the same thing." Kathy says.

"Yeah it is ridiculous that she didn't even look at her back." Adam says

"I don't feel she is a good option either." I tell them. "However her recommendation of Dr. Vance was a good recommendation. So far I feel Dr. Vance and Dr. Jamison should be with me."

We talk for a bit and I look over at Adam I want to tell him my story about the accident but right now isn't the time he is so pissed about the way the last doctor acted. Soon we head out. Adam again rides with us. When we get out at the doctor's office I see Kathy on the phone. "Hi Phillip! How is your day going love?" I hear her say and I smile.

"I really love your parents." I whisper to Adam as he leans down.

"Yeah why is that?" He asks.

"Well listen to the way she talks to your Dad. It is obvious they still love one another." I tell him.

Adam kisses my cheek. "Yeah they do and sometimes it can be gross to watch considering they are my parents but at the same time I know I am a lucky guy because not many can say they have both parents together still." He tells me.

"Well I am with Nadine, Adam, Heidi, Ted, and Becky at Becky's appointments. Tonight we are going to have dinner at the Orions' house. When you get home can you pick up Kyle and bring him over with you?"

As soon as Kathy gets off the phone we head in and I find out that Nadine has already contacted her family. "I am going to have Adam go back with me again." I say and the others smile.

We go back and meet Dr. Ashton who does a quick check of my back then surprises me as he goes over my tests results with me. Once we have went over all the results he finally tells me what he thinks. "I believe that what you are being told is sound advice and that we can wait until closer to summer if not until summer. I believe you should try to have regular checkups once a month with whatever doctor you go with to ensure that the damage is staying controlled. I do agree with the therapy before and after surgery. As a matter fact I think it may be this damage that has caused you not to walk. So if we start therapy before surgery there is a chance we can get you walking again."

I am shocked to hear this but pleased too. "I understand that there is still a chance that we won't get me walking again but it's nice to know it might happen. What are the risks with the therapy before the surgery since there is damage?"

"Actually it is minimal and what damage happens as a result will only make it easier to fix the problem." He says. "Do you have any questions Adam?" He turns to Adam.

In that moment I realize this doctor is one of the team I want involved in the surgery. "No I think Becky has covered everything I was wondering."

"I have one more question." I say.

"What is it Becky?" Dr. Ashton asks.

"Actually two questions. The first is who do you feel is the best doctor to do this surgery? Second is will you be in the operating room with me even if you aren't the one to do the surgery?"

"I honestly think Dr. Vance is your best choice or me. We have both trained and have specialist in these types of injuries. Also Dr. Jamison would be good to have in the room. I don't feel Dr. Shraker is right for you. She is an excellent doctor but is not very good with younger people."

"I had already decided that Dr. Shraker was out of my surgery. I am sure she is a great doctor. Just I didn't feel a connection with her." I say.

"Good and yes I would be there if you wanted me in the operation room even if I wasn't the doctor you worked with." He responds.

"Thank you and I will be letting all of you know as soon as I make my decision." I tell him before shaking his hand.

Adam shakes his hand as well before we leave. "I like him Becky!" Adam whispers in my ear as we head to the waiting room.

"I did too." I tell him back before filling the rest in on what we were told.

"Well looks like surgery this summer Becky." My dad says.

"Yeah that is what I am thinking." I say.

"Well let's go home and prepare to tell everyone what is going on." Mom adds.

Author note: Awtr101fan I want to say thank you for the emails and the review. I am hoping for the book to be a part of next chapter and for her to also show him a video clip that was from a news report on the accident. RedRangerBelt thank you for the review and yes I know the rumors were a bit of a stretch but in high school a lot of kids do stretch the truth. Heck when I was in high school I had rumors that were outrageous yet people believe them. Sorry it took so long to update. I was fighting what might yet turn into a cold and I did something special for my parents and my brother and his wife for Valentine's Day. So last night I was busy. Hope it was worth the wait.