Chapter 36

Everyone is still waiting to find out how Marlena is doing. Lucas brought Will to see Sami at the hospital. Lucas and Sami spend time with their son while waiting. Everyone is worried sick about Marlena and hope that she makes it through surgery. John is still in a coma but he's doing well.

Abe, Bo, and Roman come to the hospital after finishing their investigation at John and Marlena's and they are worried about Marlena as well.

Finally after it seems like hours Mike comes out to talk to them.

Sami is the first to see him and approaches him.

"Mike, how is my mom?"

Everyone else approaches Sami and Mike after hearing Sami.

"Well, Marlena is stable at the moment but still very critical. She has lost a lot of blood and we had to remove one of her kidneys and her bladder and pancreas were damaged but we were able to repair them. She won't be able to have any more kids, there was way too much damage so we had to give her a hysterectomy. We have been keeping her transfused with blood. We did lose her for a few minutes but we brought her back. There might even be some nerve damage, so she could be paralyzed. We won't know more until she wakes up." Mike explains.

Martha lets out the breath that she had been holding glad to hear that her daughter is alive.

"I am so glad to hear that she is hanging in there. I know the children are what is giving her the will to live." Martha explains to Mike.

"Yes. Marlena has a lot to live for. Let's hope she wakes up from her coma soon and then we will know how she is doing otherwise." Mike says.

"That one bullet caused all that internal damage?" Sami asks.

"Yes, I am afraid so. When a bullet enters your body, it hits at such a strong force that it's like ripping paper when it rips through your insides. It's very deadly. Your mother is very lucky."

"May we see her in recovery, Mike? Or do we have to wait awhile?" Eric asks.

"I don't see why you can't, but only one person at a time because she is still very fragile and still very critical."

"Okay. Thanks Mike." Martha replies.

"Your welcome."

Martha goes to call Lexie real quick while the others go see Marlena in recovery.

At the Carver house...

Lexie is still trying to get the twins calmed down but is not being very successful. She has given them their bottles of prepared breast milk that Marlena extracted before her accident, she has given them their pacifiers, she changed their diapers, everything. Nothing seems to work. They are usually very content, happy babies, but with their parents being sick, they sense something is wrong. They really want to be held and coddled by their mother and they can't.

Lexie gave Belle and Brady something to help them sleep so they are upstairs sleeping.

Lexie is interrupted by the phone ringing.

(ring)

"Hello?"

"Hi, Lexie. It's Martha again."

"Hi, Martha. How's Marlena?"

"Marlena made it through surgery and she is in recovery at the moment. She almost didn't make it though. Mike told me that she had lots of internal damage. Marlena had to have a hysterectomy, and she had to have one of her kidneys removed. She lost a lot of blood. She was in pretty bad shape."

"I am so glad to hear that she made it, Martha."

Martha hears the twins in the background.

"Are those my grandbabies?" Martha asks.

"Yes. I can't seem to get them to stop crying. I have tried everything. I think they sense something is wrong. They really want their mother."

"Well, why don't you go ahead and bring them to the hospital and I will take care of them."

"Okay, but I have to get my mom to watch Belle and Brady because they are asleep. I had to give them something because they wouldn't stop crying."

"Okay. I will see you a little later then."

"Yes. See you later, Martha. Bye."

"Bye."

Martha heads to recovery to see her daughter.

In Marlena's room...

Marlena is lying so still in the bed. She is pale and weak looking. She is hooked up to life support and a heart monitor in case she flatlines.

She has IV's coming out of her arms; one that is transfusing all the blood she lost and the other is replenishing her fluids.

Everyone has been coming in and talking to her, sure that she can hear them. Finally it gets to be Martha's turn. She comes in and sits next to her daughter and grabs her pale hand.

"Marlena? It's your mama. I love you so much and I am so proud of you for hanging in there and fighting to come back to all of us. We are not ready to say goodbye to you yet. You are the only daughter I have left and if I lost you, I couldn't go on living. Lexie is bringing the twins to the hospital to try to calm them down. I know you would love to see your babies."

Marlena squeezes her mom's hand. She is reacting to hearing about her babies.

Martha smiles and wipes the tears away.

"I know you could hear me. Belle and Brady aren't coming because they are sleeping but I promise they will be here soon. They are so worried about you and miss you so much."

Another hand squeeze from Marlena but she still doesn't wake. Martha doesn't let it upset her because she knows that Marlena is coming back to them, it's just a matter of time.

"John is doing well. He came out of surgery and is recovering at this very moment. I told him the same thing I am telling you. You both have a lot to live for. You two love each other so much."

Martha continues to talk to Marlena for awhile longer until Lexie brings the twins. She leaves Marlena's room to take care of them as some of the others pay Marlena a visit.

Maybe things are starting to look up...

Chapter 37 coming soon...