Chap 35
Leo paced outside the MRI room. Hackett had put seven stitches in the President's head and somehow gotten Jed to agree to a MRI. He had given the President a mild sedative to help him with his claustrophobia and was now running an MRI supposedly to see if there was any bleeding inside Jed's head due to the fall.
But he had told Leo the real reason. With all the stress and lack of sleep, Hackett was afraid that his MS had made a return. The fall, the dizziness, the mild confusion were all symptoms of a possible MS relapse.
'Damn Abbey. I need you here. Jed needs you here. See what happens when you don't follow orders.' Leo gave a gruff laugh. 'Yeah, like you have ever followed directions when your mind has been made up.'
Ring! Ring!
Leo took his cell phone out and gruffly answered. "Yeah?"
"Leo, its Jenny."
"Hi. Any changes?"
"No. Have you had a chance to tell the President about Abbey?"
"No. We've had a bit of our own crisis to contend with."
"What do you mean?"
Leo sighed. Might as well tell Jenny the truth. She would find out sooner or later. "He fell in the bathroom a little while ago and Hackett had to put seven stitches in his head."
"And?"
"And what?"
"Are you telling me everything?"
"Yeah."
"Leo, one thing I know about you is when you're lying and you're lying now."
"Well, we might have another problem other than a cut on his head." Leo sighed. He might as well get used to saying this. "Jed is totally exhausted and hasn't slept much in the past few days, there's an international crisis, and a possibility that his MS has returned."
Jenny couldn't speak for a few seconds. Finally, a few whispered words came out. "How serious?"
"We'll know soon. They're doing an MRI right now."
Leo heard Jenny's sigh even across the phone lines. "Jenny, all we can do is to be there for them. Stay with Abbey and call me with any news. And I'll do the same. I'll call you the minute I have some definite information."
"Thanks. I guess I should hang up."
"Yeah." Leo looked up to see Hackett walking toward him. "Gotta go. I'll call you when I can."
"Bye."
"Bye."
Leo flipped the phone shut and waited for the physician.
"What's the news, doc?"