Casey headed out to the main lobby to schedule her next appointment. She turned around thinking Lexi had pushed Cappie behind her, but she got scared when he wasn't there. Before she could contemplate why he wouldn't be there with her, her phone vibrated. She pulled it out to find a text she couldn't quite understand.
vaxk im nrd! – Csp
She smiled from ear to ear. Cappie had written the text himself, which means all the bandages on at least one of his hands were gone. She felt as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. Even though her stress levels and weight weren't where the doctor wanted them, she had hope knowing Cappie was going to get better, and that he was safely back in bed, which is what she knew the text was supposed to say.
She finished making her appointment when Dr. Weber came back over to her.
"Thought you might like these." Dr. Weber said, handing her an envelope.
Casey looked in the envelope and saw multiple copies of her ultrasound.
"I gave you some extras and some wallet sizes just in case some of Cappie's frat brothers want to see his little legacy." Dr. Weber laughed.
"Thanks." Casey smiled. She couldn't wait to get back to Cappie.
"I got your text." Casey laughed as she walked back into Cappie's room.
"I sent it myself." Cappie said proudly, curling up his fingers to show Casey how all the bandages were removed.
"Lexi took off your bandages." Casey smiled.
"Yup." Cappie smiled back.
"Did she say when the rest of your bandages could come off?" Casey asked.
"Tomorrow morning." Cappie replied.
Casey's smile got even bigger. "That's great!"
"I'll be home soon." Cappie continued to smile. He was thrilled to be coming home.
"Thank god!" Casey let out a sigh of relief. "Oh, I almost forgot."
Cappie gave her a strange look. As Casey went fishing through her purse, Cappie used his now free hand to push the button on his bed so he could sit up.
"What are you looking for?" Cappie asked.
"These." Casey replied, pulling the envelope out of her purse. She opened it and handed one of the ultrasound pictures to Cappie.
He took the picture in his good hand and stared at it. He still couldn't believe that the alien looking thing in the picture was his child. As he looked at the picture, his eyes roamed over to his hand. Even though his skin was still pink, he knew it was healed. He couldn't wait for the rest of his body to heal too. He wanted to be up and about in time to be able to hold his child and play with him or her.
"Get my frame." Cappie asked Casey.
"Sure." She replied, grabbing the frame off the table.
"Time for a change." Cappie said. Casey placed the new picture on top of the old one.
"It's perfect." Casey smiled, putting the picture back on the table.
"Little KT is perfect." Cappie smiled back, still staring at the picture.
Casey took her eyes off the picture and noticed some people were missing.
"Hey, where did Beav and my brother go?" She asked.
"Home." Cappie said. "I texted them after I texted you."
Casey was shocked. First she was shocked that they weren't there. Rusty and Beaver were more excited and nervous for Casey appointment than her and Cappie were. The other thing she was shocked about was Cappie. He was able to text three people within a matter of a few minutes and for the first time since he woke up; Cappie was able to put more than four words in a sentence. This was a very good sign. This meant that he was getting better. And after tomorrow morning, he could come home.
"I'm very surprised they're not here." Casey said, still in shock.
"I told them I'd see them at home." Cappie replied. "I think."
Casey started to laugh. He probably sent them the same kind of messed up text that she received earlier that day.
"Just like you told me you were back in bed." Casey laughed, showing Cappie the screwy text from him.
Cappie laughed too. "Ok, first thing I want to fix in rehab, my texting abilities."
"Hopefully you can do rehab at home." Casey said. "You've been cooped up in the hospital long enough."
"Oh yeah." Cappie replied. "I definitely need to go home."
"Well then tell the rest of your skin to heal overnight so you can come home tomorrow afternoon." Casey giggled.
Cappie stared down at the white gauze still all over his body.
"You need to heal damnit!" Cappie yelled at his skin, laughing the entire time. "Casey said so!"
The two started laughing uncontrollably. Cappie was getting back to his normal self. It was only a matter of time before he was wheeling himself out of the hospital asking all the nurses for their numbers to get some "home care".
