Flashback continued…
At the hospital – The Waiting Room
Forty-five minutes after Patrick and Tilly had heard Kyle scream and discovered the bite mark on his leg, they were sat in the hospital's waiting room praying that Kyle would be ok.
"Patrick!" Came a voice from the doorway.
"Mum!" Patrick said as he looked up.
"Hi, Mrs Ward. Mr Ward." Tilly said.
"Hello." Preston replied.
"Patrick, where is Kyle? Is my baby alright?" Natasha asked her son.
"The last time I saw Kyle; he was taken into emergency room." Patrick answered his mother "I don't know how he is though and the doctors haven't been in yet."
"Don't worry Natasha, I'll go see if I can found anything out." Preston told his wife.
"Okay." Natasha replied as Preston left the room "What happened?"
"Well he seemed to have gone in my room and the snake bit him mum." Patrick told her.
"How on earth did it bite him Patrick?!" Natasha shouted at her son.
"Well the snake wasn't in the cage but I shut my door and he knows that if I don't answer when he knocks not to go in but it seems like he did anyway."
"Why didn't you put it back in the cage?"
"Because I was in the middle of cleaning it when Tilly came round to help babysit."
"Tilly is this true?" Natasha asked her son's girlfriend.
Standing up Tilly replied: "Well I don't know anything about why the snake wasn't in the tank Mrs Ward but the second part is definitely true. I went round to help babysit Kyle but because I was soaking wet due to it raining, me and Patrick thought it would be best for me to dry off completely before I went anywhere near Kyle because of him on the verge of a cold. So in the meantime we put a film on but it wasn't loud so we could hear Kyle shout if he needed us."
"Well I appreciate you going round to help babysit and the fact you wanted to be dry first before seeing Kyle but Patrick you should have been checking on him every five minutes if you knew the snake wasn't in the tank." Natasha replied just as her husband walked through the door with a nurse.
"This nurse said we could see Kyle now." Preston told them.
"I'll stay here so you can have sometime with Kyle alone." Tilly said to her boyfriend's family.
"Don't be silly love you can come with us, to Kyle you're his special friend." Preston replied.
"Okay." Tilly answered as she grabbed Patrick's hand and was guided out of the waiting room and down the corridor to where Kyle was.
At the hospital – The Emergency Room
As soon as all four of them entered the emergency room, Natasha walked quickly over to Kyle and started talking to him.
"We are here baby." Natasha whispered in Kyle's ear.
"Mr and Mrs Bennett?" the Doctor said as he approached them.
Preston was the first to speak: "Actually it's Mr and Mrs Ward. We are Kyle's fosters parents."
"Oh right I'm sorry I didn't realise."
"That's ok, to us he is a Ward and not a Bennett." Natasha said to the Doctor.
"Mr Ward, Mrs Ward Kyle is having what appears to be a severe allergic reaction to the snakebite he sustained to right leg. At the moment we are using antibiotics to treat your son however we are a little worried as he hasn't come round."
"What are you saying doctor?"
"Well usually we expect the antibiotics to have worked but they don't seem to be working so I'm sending him for a CT scan to see if there is another reason he isn't waking up and I would also like to do some tests as well."
"CT scan. I thought he was bitten by a snake; why does he need a CT scan?" Preston asked the doctor. "I can understand tests because you see doctors on TV doing tests all the time on patients."
"Sometimes depending on how long it takes for a person who has been bitten by a snake to get treatment, they can develop symptoms that we might not be able to see with our own eyes."
"But we thought he got here quickly. Our son said he called for an ambulance straightaway."
"Yes he did and you should be proud of your son for his quick actions. However, we think with how long it is taking Kyle to wake up and how young he is we just want to be better safe than sorry."
"Ok then. Do what ever you have to do to save our son." Natasha told the doctor.
"Ok. Nurse can you please prep Kyle for a CT scan and I want to do a full set of tests."
Two Hours Later…
At the hospital – The Waiting Room
"What is taking so long?" Natasha said to her husband.
Preston put down his cup of coffee and said to his wife: "I don't know maybe they just want to be sure that the results are correct."
"He's right Mrs Ward, on all the real life doctor shows that I watch, always have the doctors do extensive tests and they usually take awhile to get the results back from the lab." Tilly tells her boyfriends mother.
"Hang on when did you start watching doctor shows on TV." Patrick asks her.
"Since I decided I wanted to become a doctor."
"That's a lovely idea Tilly and let's hope that's all that is making it take so long."
"You welcome and thank you."
"I think that would be perfect for you Tilly." Patrick said to his girlfriend. "I mean you are kind, caring and love helping people."
With that Tilly turned to Kyle and give him a kiss on the cheek.
"What was that for?" Patrick asked
"Because I love you Patrick."
"I love you too."
"Aww look Preston our oldest is finally becoming a man."
Just as Preston was about to respond when the doctor came into the waiting room.
"Mrs Ward, Mr Ward please can you follow me." The doctor asked.
"What about me? I'm Kyle's brother." Patrick asked the doctor.
"Sweetheart, you stay here with Tilly. We'll come and get you in a minute." Preston told his son.
With that Preston and Natasha followed the doctor leaving Patrick and Tilly in the waiting room.
At the hospital – The Emergency Room
"How is he?" Preston asked the doctor.
"Well as you know I had sent your son for a CT scan and I requested tests." The doctor replied.
"Yes. Yes, we know that but what is actually wrong with Kyle?" Natasha asked.
"Well, the test results showed that Kyle seems to be in the first stage of CKD."
"CKD? What on earth is that?" Preston and Natasha asked at the same time, both obviously confused as to what the doctor was on about.
"Well CKD stands for Chronic Kidney Disease. From what we can tell this is something Kyle would have had since he was born."
"How can he have a problem with his kidneys and we didn't know about it."
"Well it is possible that when he was born one of his kidney's was smaller than the other but it may not have been diagnosed as he might have been to the doctor and his birth parents a perfectly healthy baby." The doctor explained to the Wards. "You said Kyle is your foster son?"
"Yeah he has been with us for two months. Why?" Natasha asked.
"Well, have you noticed anything wrong with Kyle in the two months he has been with you."
"Other than today and the snake bite."
"Yes, other than the snake bite?"
"Well he seems to have a cold every couple of days. Like for example he'll have cold which usually goes away then two days later he will have another cold."
"Well this is probably connected to his kidneys."
"Ok then. What does this mean and what do we have to do now?"
"Well this means that we now know why it is taking him so long to wake up. It also means that we can now treat Kyle for the CKD and monitor him closely." The doctor said calmly. "Kyle is going to have to see a doctor every couple of weeks from now on, his diet will need to be modified and he will more than likely be on medication for the rest of his life and further down the line he will end needing a kidney transplant."
"Oh my god. Preston we could lose our baby." Natasha said to her husband.
Suddenly a little voice came from behind them: "Mammy! Daddy!"
"Oh baby we are here don't worry we aren't going anywhere."
"I'm sorry."
"For what baby?"
"For going in Patrick's room and going near his snake."
"Oh sweetheart that's ok, we aren't angry with you we just want to get you better."
"You, young man had us worried sick but now we need to get you better." Preston told Kyle.
Four hours later…
In the hospital – private room
Patrick was sat on the edge of Kyle's hospital bed playing with him while his parents went to the canteen for food.
There was a knock on the door, thinking it was just Tilly, Patrick said: "Come in."
The door opened and a strange women entered.
"Hello I'm looking for a Mr and Mrs Ward."
"They've just popped to the canteen; can I help you?"
"You are?"
"Patrick. Patrick Ward."
"Oh so you are Mr and Mrs Ward's son?"
"Yes and who are you?"
"Well it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Kelly Barrow." The women explained. "Kyle's social worker."
"Mrs Barrow! What are you doing here?" Preston said to the social worker.
"I'm sorry but I really need to talk to you."
"Sure. Patrick can you stay here with Kyle for a bit longer?"
"Yeah no problem." Patrick replied curious to know what the women wanted.
In the hospital – the corridor outside of Kyle's room
"Mrs Ward. Mr Ward. I'm sorry but I'm here to tell you some bad news." Kelly Barrow said while in her head she knew that she hated this part of her job the most.
"Bad News. I don't get it why do you have bad news?" Natasha asked the social worker.
"I'm sorry to tell you but we have to remove Kyle from your care as after today's incident with your own son's snake, it has been decided that Kyle is no longer safe living with you."
"What? No, you can't take him away. Kyle is our baby." Natasha cried as soon as Kelly told them.
"We are getting rid of the snake. Patrick understands that it is to dangerous to have in the house. You can't take Kyle away from us!" Preston shouted.
Present day…
Phoebe just stared at Kyle as she tried to comprehend he had just told her.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?" Phoebe asked him.
"I I ddidn't wan want you to kn know." Kyle told her as he started to calm his breathing more.
"So those tablets I had caught you taking were medication not drugs like everyone thought."
"Yep. I was wor worried you woul wouldn't want to da date me if y you knew."
"Oh Kyle. You know you could have told me anything right and it wouldn't have mattered. I love you and nothing is going to change that. Ever!"
"I love you too." Kyle replied.
After that the two of them just sit there staring at each other not saying anything.
I just want to say I am so sorry for how long this chapter was but I felt like this flashback was a good way of showing more about Kyle's background. I was also going to split it but I didn't know where I would. Also I apologise if any of the medical stuff is wrong as I tried my best with what little knowledge from watching tv shows has given me.
