(10:26am) 49 minutes later…
Summer Bay – Yabbie Creek – Northern Districts Hospital – Hallway Beside Resus
After everyone had received a phone call to say their loved ones had been found, they were now all stood together waiting for that first glimpse of them since they went missing. Even Rachel, who had been a patient up till a few hours ago was now stood with the other doctors waiting to help.
Suddenly there was movement from the doors, everyone looked and as soon as Irene spotted Amanda, she knew that Belle was on the first trolley: "Belle!"
"Do something, she won't wake up!" Amanda demanded as she was worried about her daughter.
"Belle Taylor, 17. Severe dehydration, left elbow break and a suspected spider bite to the right lower leg." One of the paramedics said to the nurse as they pushed her past everyone.
"Spider bite?" Irene said as she was shocked to hear that.
"Please stand back." A nurse asked the two women.
Not liking being told to stand back, Amanda said: "No, she's my daughter you have to do something."
"Get her into trauma bay 1 now." The nurse instructed as she went to help with the next patient.
"Bianca!" Heath said as soon as the next person came through the door.
"Bianca Braxton, patient suffered a cardiac arrest on scene. Revived by CPR." The paramedic started to say.
Cheryl who had been called by Ricky earlier to let her know that they had been found asked: "What happened to her? Is she alright?"
The paramedic continued: "Pulse 120 over 50…"
Bianca was quickly rushed away with both Heath and Cheryl following.
"Xavier." April said as she spotted her boyfriend "We thought you were gone and that we had lost you."
Xavier smiled at her as she grabbed his hand and followed with Tony, Charlie, John and Marilyn not far behind them.
Next through the door was Colby with Dean. As soon as Willow saw her boyfriend and their best friend, she was relieved.
"Thank God, Colby." Willow said as she too followed like the others before her.
Cassie was starting to grow anxious as Rocco hadn't arrived yet, however that quickly disappeared when he was next through the door being pushed in a wheelchair.
"Rocco." Cassie said with a smile on her face as she rushed over to her boyfriend and his brother.
Sally asked as he was pushed past: "Are you okay?"
"I'm alright." Rocco replied.
"Rocco." Cassie said again which finally got his attention.
"Cass." Rocco said as they next disappeared down the corridor.
Watching them go past, Ricky was worried as Kyle still hadn't arrived and she didn't know what was taking so long.
Suddenly she heard Brax's voice: "What's wrong with him?"
"Kyle Braxton, 17. CKD patient who has been coughing up blood as well as suffering from severe dehydration." A paramedic said as Kyle continued to cough.
Doctor Sid Walker asked the paramedic: "Do you know if he had any medication with him that he took?"
"From what the other teen said he did, however he's only been having half a day and he has been throwing up while also suffering from seizures the past couple of days." The paramedic finished.
"Right then get him straight through." Sid said to the paramedics who did as instructed, Sid turned and said, "You all need to stay here."
With that Sid disappeared leaving Brax, Ricky, Casey and Ruby watching on with worry.
(10:58am) 32 minutes later…
Summer Bay – Yabbie Creek – Northern Districts Hospital – Room 253
It had been half an hour since the people who had gone missing were brought into the hospital, now Heath was currently sat beside his wife's bed waiting for her to wake up while unaware that his brother was still in resus.
Summer Bay – Yabbie Creek – Northern Districts Hospital – Resus – Trauma Bay – 6
"This tube is no good, I can't seem to get it in. Pass me the next size down quickly." Sid said to Nurse Fielding as he tried to get the breathing tube into Kyle's airway.
Taking the smaller tube from the nurse, Sid finally manages to get it in, and Kyle is hooked up the ventilator.
Another nurse came rushing in with some test results, looking at them Sid sighed: "Crap his GFR has dropped significantly."
(11:06am) 8 minutes later…
Summer Bay – Yabbie Creek – Northern Districts Hospital – Room 253
Back in Bianca's room, everyone had now joined Heath and Cheryl while they waited for news on Kyle.
"Is she going to be ok?" Casey asked out of concern for his sister-in-law.
Doctor Young finished listen to Bianca's chest: "We've managed to stabilise her. Her blood pressure seems to be holding and we are keeping a close eye on her heart."
"Why is she still asleep?" Cheryl questioned the doctor.
"Well, she's been through quite an ordeal. She was lucky to even survive." Doctor Young informs them.
"Well, it was Rocco who kept her going." Ruby stated as they turned to look at the teen who was lying in the bed opposite.
Doctor Young doesn't say anything in response instead he leaves to give them all some time alone with Bianca.
Leaning over her son, Cheryl asks: "Are you ok?"
"I just want to be left alone with her." Heath replies just as Sid walks in looking for Brax.
"Brax." Sid says grabbing the oldest Braxton brother's attention "Can we have a word please."
Brax nods and follows with Ricky while they others go and grab a hot drink from the waiting room.
Cassie watches them all leave and looks at Rocco who silently agrees, standing up Cassie walked over to Heath and put her hand on his shoulder which Heath holds with the hand that isn't attached to his wife's as he starts to cry.
Meanwhile…
Summer Bay – Yabbie Creek – Northern Districts Hospital – ICU – Outside Kyle's Room
Sid had decided to take Brax and Ricky straight to the ICU instead of speaking in his office.
"Sid, what's going on? Why are we outside the ICU?" Brax demanded to know.
"Brax as you know, Kyle was coughing up blood and had been suffering from seizures due to the lack of medication in his system." Sid starts but gets interrupted by Ricky.
"Rocco, said it was because Kyle didn't have as much tablets, so they had to figure out a way to make sure they lasted as long as possible." Ricky pointed out after Rocco had told them.
"In away that was probably the best thing Kyle could have done by at least having half a day he managed to make them last till they were found…"
"Sid, I'm not being funny but can you tell us what's wrong." Brax said as he was desperate to know if Kyle was going to be ok.
"Kyle's GFR rate has dropped to 16% which is significantly lower than when he was here before the wedding."
"What does that mean?"
"It means if it drops another 2%, we are going to have to start looking at putting Kyle on dialysis while we look for a new kidney for him."
"Is there anything we can do it to stop it from dropping further?" Ricky quizzes their friend.
"Well, we just have to observe him closely for the foreseeable future but erm Brax I also need to inform you that Kyle's heart stopped beating while we were working on him in resus."
"How? He was awake when we last saw him?" Brax asked not understanding how that could have happened so quickly.
"He had a seizure Brax, which in turn caused his heart to stop but don't worry we got him back." Sid says then continues "However, for the time being we are going to keep him sedated and, on a ventilator, just to give his lungs some time to rest what with him coughing up the blood."
"So how long?" Both Brax and Ricky questioned Sid at the same time.
"A couple of days, then we will bring him round." Sid replied, "Now would you like to go in and see him?"
They both nodded so Sid opened the door and let them go in saying he would be back once he's checked on some other patients.
Summer Bay – Yabbie Creek – Northern Districts Hospital – ICU - Kyle's Room
Beep, Beep...
Whoosh...
As the couple entered the room, they were instantly aware of the steady beeping noise from the monitors and the whooshing sound coming from the ventilator.
Letting go of his girlfriend's hand, Brax walks over to his baby brother and says: "Don't worry Kyle, we are going to get you through this."
