"The wound wasn't very deep but when we probed it looking for anything that might have gotten into it, we discovered something that was very puzzling." The doctor in his pristinely white though slightly wrinkled lab coat stopped to push his rectangular glasses higher up on his nose and after glancing at the Hardy's worried faces offered a sympathetic smile before continuing. "Now I checked his medical records, but I need to double check with you. Your son hasn't had a chip for medical or other purposes put into and under his skin has he?"
Fenton's shocked face and stuttering words of "No, absolutely not!" confirmed the doctors fear that it had been implanted without knowledge.
"This is very disturbing and I'm frightened to admit confirms what I thought when we pulled out the pieces." The Doctor was interrupted when Frank's seemingly rather small voice piped up and spoke
"The chip was in pieces? So, it broke while it was still in him?" the Doc with a smile of comfort for Frank looked down at him and answered his questions in his cool and soothingly calm voice.
"Yes, it did break. What's your name?"
"Its Frank. I'm Joe's big brother." The Doc smiled at Frank with understanding
"Well, big brother Frank it seems that when Joe fell, he fell such a certain way that when his head hit the ground it broke the chip into a bunch of tiny pieces." This time Fenton interrupted but the Doctor stopped and listened with patience to the Father of the little boy lying unconscious in one of the ER cubicles.
"Did you get all of the pieces out of him?" Fenton's face showed his worry, and it filled his voice.
"Unfortunately, no we didn't. We got all the loose pieces out that had been broken but there is a single piece that is still attached to Joe. We want your permission to run a series of tests to determine exactly where it is attached in your son, what it is doing to your son, and hopefully how we can get it out without more damage."
"Yes, do whatever you have to do to get it out of my son." The doctor nodded his head and in turning to leave Laura who had remained quiet the whole time asked softly
"Will it hurt him?"
"I'm sorry" the doctor said as he couldn't quite hear Laura's question through the hustle and bustle of the busy hospital waiting room.
"Doing all the tests. It won't hurt him will it?" her blue eyes shone soft in the harsh hospital white as they filled with long pushed back tears. The Doctor walked over to her and squatting in front of her he said with a voice filled with comfort
"My one goal is to make your son better. No, these tests are not invasive and in no way should they hurt your son. But we do need to know what that chip was and is doing in your son and what it did and might still be doing to him. The chip could be hurting him Mrs. Hardy and we need these tests to find out."
"Do them but please don't hurt my baby." He patted her hand promising her he wouldn't with a small smile and straightened himself up.
"Code Yellow, code Yellow from patient cubicle 15."
"Oh, no that's Joe's room."
"What's a code yellow?" Laura's frightened voice asked
The Doctor started to run to the hallway, but he called over his shoulder
"it means that Joe is missing."
TBC
A/N Hiiiii everyone😊😊😊😊
How was your Christmas? Mine was good. My family didn't do gifts this year, but we went to my dad's side of the family on Christmas day and we went to my Mom's side of the family yesterday. So, it was all good. You probably didn't want to hear about my Christmas, but I would LOVE to hear about yours! I hope I got the code yellow right. I have absolutely no medical experience so sincere apologies if it is wrong!
TO EXACTLY I LOVE YOU TOOO! I shouldn't have kept you in suspense for so long and that's my bad. So Sorry . How was your Christmas? By for now!
STAY SAFE AND WELL EVERYONE!