Adoption II JD x J3T
Adoption sequel – a year later – AU – Requested by Ohgv-
Danny 6 – Jordon 13 – Dylan 12 -
Jorel p.o.v
Danny is quite the clumsy little guy. I got a call from the school to say that he has fallen over and they took Danny to the hospital as a precaution because he got really upset every time they tried to move his left arm. I am just a minute away from the children's hospital they rushed him too, so I could be there to look after him and calm him down because the teacher that went with him said he was very upset and there isn't a lot she is allowed to do to help him. George is on standby to pick the older two boys from school because there is a high chance that I am not going to be out of the hospital with Danny in time for the pickup. I give Danny's name at the reception desk and tell them I am his father, so they let me in to where they are treating my little shy six year old.
"Daddy!" Danny cries and my heart broke seeing him in pain and in tears. I look to the nurse who was trying to get the IV set up. "Hey baby, it's gonna be okay," I tell him. I stand next to him and play with his hair. There isn't anything else I can do to comfort my son. He is sobbing and because his arm isn't stable they won't let me hold him. I calm him down enough for the nurse to get the needle in and his first dose of pain medication. "They are going to take him for an x-ray once the medication does it's thing and then when the results come back they will probably give him a cast. I don't see why you can't cuddle him in between," the nurse says, and I smile. Danny will be happy to have a cuddle off me.
They put his arm in a splint and five minutes later I am able to hold him in my arms. As soon as I held him he stopped crying and I kissed the top of his head. "What happened buddy?" I ask him, the teacher who called me left not long after I arrived. I think she said she was going to talk to someone's parent about what happened. "I got pushed off the climbing frame," Danny says, it makes sense now why the parent was mentioned, she is probably going to tell the parent what happened and to see if any discipline will happen. I sent George a selfie of Danny and I, so he could be given an update on little Dan and his arm. Even when I picked Danny up I noticed that he was not willing to move his left arm even with the splint supporting it.
"Oh dear, it's going to be okay little buddy," I tell him, and I get a little smile. It's not gonna be his usual smile when I tickle him, but I am accepting any smiles while he feels so rotten. I told George they have a good reason to believe that Danny has a break in his left arm. I felt so sorry for him, it's not the first time one of our boys have been in the hospital with a break before, but this is the first time for little Danny. He's quite sensitive too, and the bullying he has gone through doesn't help. George replied saying that he was getting some treats for Danny when he picks the older two up and then might come and meet us at the hospital if we are still here. "Right little man, time for you x-ray," the nurse says, they have been wonderful in letting Danny stay with me and stay calm.
I carry him to the x-ray room and place him on the table. They give me the lead apron to protect myself, so I can stay with Danny and keep him calm. "What are they doing daddy?" he asks me, always the curious innocent one. "They are going to take a special picture of your arm, so they can tell us if it's broken or not," I explain and the nurse smiles. She has seen me before with Jordon multiple times and once with Dylan, so I know the drill. "And if you're a really brave boy then you'll get some stickers," the nurse says. That sweetens the deal for the little man who was hesitant to have the x-ray done. I almost forgot about the stickers, then again I haven't been to the children's emergency room with a child with a broken bone or anything like that for a while.
Danny had meningitis last year, and they didn't give him a sticker then. He doesn't remember being in ER either because of how ill he was. It was the scariest time of my life if I was being honest. He was fine the night before, then slowly but surely the symptoms showed up throughout the day. By the time it was dinner time I was so worried about him I had to take him to ER. They said that I had caught it at the right time, any later and he could have had severe brain damage or even died with how sick he was. It was an anxious week for us, but I breathed a sigh of relief when he opened his eyes and I knew he was on the mend. I stayed with him all night and all day while he was in hospital. I hope this time will be not as bad and he can go home for dinner.
The thought has crossed my mind that Danny could need surgery on the break. I just hope that it doesn't come to that. "All done little superstar, now you can have more cuddles with your dad and we can get you some stickers," the nurse says. Danny cheers as I take the apron off and I scoop him into my arms. He's gone back to his happy little self and I am happy. The pain is not that bad now which is good, we did the pain scale with the little emoji faces. He pointed at the one which results to a three on the normal pain scale which is used on teens and adults. He's only 6 so he isn't going to understand that. They can't give him any more pain medication yet, but they said he doesn't need it while he's at a three. He's on a strong one now anyways.
"Okay, a doctor will come in a little while and tell you the results," the nurse says. Danny has just chosen two ninja turtle stickers which made him a very happy bunny. I don't think Danny is going to like having his arm in a cast. We will just have to see how it goes when the results come in. I rub his back while we sit on the bed. Danny yawns, I don't blame my little guy for being tired. It's been a rough day for him. The doctor came after ten minutes and they told us the news I was slightly dreading. There are two breaks in his arm quite nasty clean break from the picture. "Is your name Danny?" the doctor asks, and Danny nods. I know what's going to happen next and I hope this goes as smooth as last time.
"My name is Doctor Smith, and we are going to put a special bandage on your arm to make it better okay?" the doctor says, and Danny looks nervous. I rub his back and try and reassure him that he is okay. He's too young to remember when his brothers had a cast on. He was only a year old at the time. "It's going to be okay Danny, what's your favourite colour?" the doctor asks Danny. This might make things a little better and there is a play specialist on hand to distract Danny while the cast is being put on. "It's red," Danny says and smiles. Now he has said what his favourite colour is, he will get a red bandage on the cast one it has dried. "Is it? I think I can make your special bandage red," the doctor says.
Danny smiles, this is getting better by the second. "Would that be nice?" I ask, my little buddy. Danny nods his head. "Yeah, that would be so nice," Danny says, and we chuckle at his cuteness. The play specialist is an expert at being able to distract children when they are going through a procedure that they might not like. She brought the bubbles with her and a book. "Right dad, I want you to read the book out loud to Danny and we are going to see how that goes," she says, it was a book that actually Danny really likes me reading to him so I was happy to do it. The play specialist blew some bubbles to aid in the distraction while they put the cast on and waited for it to dry. I made him laugh with the voices in the story.
"You should narrate children's stories," the nurse tells me, and I smile. That could be something that I could consider doing. George arrived with the older children just as it was finished. We are going to be discharged soon, they are just keeping an eye on Danny to make sure that he is okay and hasn't gotten any more injuries in the fall. They gave him a popsicle and he was happy to stay on my lap while he eats it. George walks in and smiles at us. "Oh Danny bear," George says, and kisses the top of Danny's head. His older brothers both look worried, but Danny's all smiles and I bet he can't wait to go home. "Hi papa," Danny says, and smiles. I was so grateful that everything went smoothly. They did a head to toe check on Danny.
He's doing well, he only has a couple of bumps and bruises as well as the two breaks in his left arm. He's incredibly lucky considering how hard he fell from the climbing frame. Soon we are able to go home, and Danny was showing the nurse how cute he is by saying thank you and waving with his good arm. Jordon took Danny's good hand and they walked out together with Dylan close behind. They are still as close as they were when they first met Danny. "Let's go McDonalds for dinner," I tell George, after the stress of the last few hours I didn't want to cook. I don't think George really wants to cook either. "Yeah, then we can chill with our boys at home," he says, and we get into the car. Danny's still tired, he was trying to fall asleep in his seat.
Jordon tried to keep him awake on the short car journey from the hospital to McDonalds, but I told him that it was okay. We could wake him up when we get there. He just about stayed awake so when we got there I picked him up and he snuggled up to me. "What does Danny want for dinner?" I ask him, he now realises where we are. "Chicken nuggets please," he tells me. He's so cute and has such good manners. They have the self-ordering here, so Danny can chose what he wants for a drink and things like that. The same goes for the older boys. I still can't quite believe I have a teenager, a preteen and a young child. It's working well so far though. "You guys pick what you want too," I tell my older boys.
Soon we have all of our food. Danny was getting back to his bubbly self while he eats he food, but I can see him having an earlier bed time than usual. I felt so sorry for him, but Dylan was helping him out. He's mostly left handed and now he can't use his left hand as much. He could only just hold the chicken nuggets in his hand. Danny even shared his fries with his older brother which was cute. They are so protective of their little brother. Jordon even skipped hanging out with his friends, so Danny could have someone to play with when he was lonely. It was weird how Danny doesn't have many friends, but all of Jordon and Dylan's friends will let him tag along and even their younger siblings will play with him.
"So what happened exactly?" Jordon asks me, I'm so glad Danny doesn't seem that fussed about his cast. He loves the colour, he was so happy when the doctor said he was going to look for the red bandage to finish the cast and he came back with it. "He got pushed off the climbing frame at recess. The teacher says that she would talk to the kid's parent about it. I have let the teacher know Danny's arm is broken because of it," I tell him. George didn't know this either, well he knew Danny fell. What we weren't expecting was for the kid that pushed Danny to be there with his mom. Danny tried to hide behind me and I picked him up to cuddle him and to calm him down. The kid apologised to Danny and Danny accepted it.
He was already falling asleep by the time we got him home. Jordon carried him inside and they snuggled up on the couch while I put a film on for them. Thursday is usually our film night and this Thursday wasn't going to be any different. Then Dylan joined the cuddle and Danny smiled. He loves it when his older brothers snuggles him. They are always so cute together. I am so glad that all my boys love each other. I thought Jordon was going to go into the I hate everyone and everything stage. He hasn't so far which is good. That means I get to get pictures of my boys being cute together and I can use it when Jordon says that he hates his life. That could be like a hah you don't really hate us. I love having bribing material against my kiddos.
"Dad, can Dan have Tylenol? He says his arm hurts," Dylan asks me, we have been home for half an hour now and Dan had pain medication about like 3 or 4 hours ago. "Yeah, he last had some medicine four hours ago," I tell him, and I hand him the medicine to give to his little brother. I have taught them how much to give their brother when he needs it. It's nearly Dan's bed time too. I will let them finish the film that they are watching first though, so he can stay up a little later than normal. He does have school in the morning, but I know he will be fine. He's a strong boy and he won't let the kid bully him anymore now he's had a chat with Jordon about how to deal with it. I went to see how the boys were doing and smiled.
Danny and Jordon are cuddled up together like they were when they first got home, but now there is a blanket and Danny's dozing off in Jordon's arms. Jordon is also falling asleep with his brother. They had both signed Danny's cast with cute little messages that Danny can read when he's feeling sad. Well, that's what Dylan told me. He said that Danny told him it gets lonely in school sometimes, so Dylan told him to read the little notes on his cast when he feels lonely since they can't be in elementary school with him. Next year I'm gonna have a high schooler, a middle schooler and an elementary schooler. Danny looked at me and smiled, I went to sit next to the boys to keep my little bear happy.
He's probably going to end up in mine and George's bed tonight, he's definitely not liked being on his own this far at least. I don't mind having little Dan snuggles in bed, it only lasts so long and then they are growing up and thinking it's too embarrassing to have cuddles with their parents in bed. Luckily Danny is still little and still loves snuggling with his daddies in bed. "It's okay little bear, you were very brave today," I tell him. I had to praise him for what he went through, he barely cried after I arrived, and I think most of his tears were as a result of shock and he missed me. He usually falls when I am around, so I quickly soothe him, but I'm not able to in school which I am sure he doesn't like too much.
Danny yawned again and by the end of the film he was fast asleep, and Jordon and Dylan were not too far behind. "Bed time boys," I tell the two who are still awake, or just about awake at this moment. I was going to carry Danny to his bed and see how long he can last in his own bed. "Night dad," Jordon says, he carefully gets up to hug me. Then Dylan does the same. "Night boys," I tell them, then I pick up Danny to carry him to bed. He knows where our room is should he wake up in the middle of the night and want cuddles. I would hate to have been his age and pushed of a climbing frame then break my arm during the fall. I am happy to snuggle my little bear if he needs me. I walk back downstairs right into George's arms.
"Hey babe," he tells me, and I grin. Today was going to be our date night, my mom was going to pick the three boys up from school and then we were going to pick them up when we were done. George told her what had happened, and she said she was coming over tomorrow if we wanted to retry the date night tomorrow instead. "Hey sexy," I tell him, he grins. We can have a cheeky make out session if we want to. The boys are going to sleep through the night and they won't be disturbed by us making out or having sex. Not that I think we are going to have sex tonight. "Rough day huh?" he asks, it's our turn to watch television for a couple of hours. I nod and relax in his arms. I never want to see Danny cry like that again.
"Indeed, never wanna go through that again with little Dan Man. He was full on sobbing when I got there, and he was not about to calm down either. It was only when I held him he calmed down," I tell him. I told him all the details of what happened while they weren't with us at the hospital and what the teacher told us. I don't have a video of little Dan, but I don't think George would want to see Danny crying like that anyway. "Yeah, kinda glad I wasn't there to be honest. I have heard him cry like that before and it was hard," George tells me. He was looking at the baby monitor we kept in Dan's room from the day we adopted him. Luckily for us Dan is fast asleep with his favourite lion plush in his good hand. He looks so happy and peaceful which is good.
We stay up till half 11 and then decided it's a pretty good time to go to bed. We have no clue whether or not Danny is going to wake up during the night, being in pain or something else. "Goodnight my love," I tell George, we love snuggling up in bed together. "Goodnight babe," George says, then we share a brief yet passionate kiss. I love this man so much it's amazing to watch our family grow together and how much he cares about our three boys. He carried Danny out of the restaurant earlier and it was so good to see their bond. Danny doesn't have a favourite, but Dylan has me and Jordon has George. I think we are both Danny's favourite dada. He spends so much time with the two of us.
I fell asleep and then woke up at 3 am with George walking in holding a sniffling Danny. "Wanna sleep with dada and I?" I hear George ask our little boy. I see Danny nod his head and snuggle into George. Then George climbs into bed and Danny moves so he's in between us both and I rub his belly. "What happened?" I ask George, I kind of knew Danny would be joining us tonight. "He woke up and his arm was hurting a lot," George says, and I kiss our little bear's cast. I was hopping Danny would see this as dada is trying to kiss it better. George kisses Danny's cast too and our little one smiles. "Kiss it better," Danny says quietly. He doesn't want to wake his older brothers up. "Yep, we kissed it better," I tell him.
Soon Danny falls asleep in between us and I soak up the cuteness of my little guy. He'd brought his lion plush with him and he was facing me with the plush snuggled between him and I and his hands were on my chest. "This could be such a cute picture in the morning with the sunlight hitting you two," George says, and I smile. It could be an amazing picture and I could do it with Danny asleep on my chest which would be double the cuteness. "If only he could stay this cute forever. He is going to grow up so quickly in front of us and in the blink of an eye he will be just as old as Jordon," I tell him. Our boys are growing up quickly and soon enough we will see the older two graduate high school and then little Dan will in time and they will all leave us to start families of their own.
"They do grow up fast, but I am sure while Dan is still so young he will stay cute. Don't forget he is only six and he has a long way to go before he becomes a teen like the older two. He might surprise us and still want cuddles well into his teen years," George says, and I smile. He's right we can't judge how Danny will be as a teen based on how he is now. He could stay the same or he could be very different. We just don't know these things right now. "Yeah, let's enjoy the time where he is little, and we can have this cuddle time with him," I tell him, and I let George readjust the blanket so that Danny is now covered up. I am tempted to keep him off school tomorrow just so he can have a chill day and we can figure out what's best to manage the pain.
"I want to wait to see how Danny feels in the morning before deciding whether or not I send him in to school. If the pain is still bad as it has been today and tonight it might be better to keep him at home and work out how to deal with the pain," I tell George, just we are on the same page when it comes to tomorrow morning and it might be better if Danny stays at home. "Yeah, might be worth it to keep him home anyway just so he has a day to recover from the events of yesterday," George tells me. I'm sure that his teacher will understand since she was the one who told me about what happened during recess yesterday. She understand what Danny's like and how he feels. She has been helping out with the bullies a lot lately which is good.
I soon fall asleep with my little bear and the love of my life. Everything is so amazing right now and I wouldn't have it any other way
The next day
Danny woke up a little later than his brothers and I was snuggling with him in our bed. George was just about to come wake us both. "Morning Danny, morning Jorel," he says, and I kiss my husband. He kisses back and then we both kiss Danny on the cheek. He said nothing, and I saw tears in my little boy's eyes. Not even a minute later he broke down into the sobs that I had heard yesterday in the emergency room. The ones we both agreed we never wanted to hear again. I scoop Danny up and follow George to the kitchen where we can give Danny some Tylenol in hopes to relieve him of the pain. We were given some stronger pain medication if that doesn't work, but we are hoping that Tylenol works fine.
Dylan rubs Danny's back when he sees us. He doesn't like Danny crying and neither does Jordon. They haven't heard Danny cry like this before either. "Let's get rid of the owwies," George says and gives Danny the Tylenol and goes to make his breakfast while I snuggle Danny to calm him down a little more. I am definitely keeping Danny off school today, I don't think George would contest that either. "I think Danny should have a dada and papa day today," George says, and I nod. The older two understand too. I let Dylan spoon feed Danny his breakfast so that they can have some brother time before school even though Danny was still wanting to snuggle with me on the kitchen chair. "Definitely could use a dada and papa day," I tell George and despite the pain that he was in Danny is a happy boy.
I let George phone the elementary school to let them know Danny wasn't attending before the boys get on the school bus. Jordon and Dylan hug Danny tightly before the bus arrives. "You make sure you get the best dada and papa snuggles okay? You gotta get the best ones from them. They will make you feel all better," Jordon says. I chuckle and smile at my eldest child. He always says the best things that make Danny happy in the morning because he can quite often be a little grumpy butt. "Okay Jordon, I get the bestest snuggles ever," Danny says, and I smile. I will definitely give Danny the best snuggles that I have on offer. I am sure George will do the same. "Have a good day boys, don't worry about little Dan man," I tell him.
"Okay dada, we'll try not to worry about little bro too much" Jordon says, I chuckle at the fact that he still calls me dada and hasn't changed it to dad once. I'm sure when he is a little older all of that will change. Then the older boys give Danny one last cuddle as the horn of their school bus went to let them know it was time to go. I pick Danny up, so he can wave the boys off while George is on the phone. The boys made sure they waved back to their little brother which was the cutest thing. I saw one of Jordon's friends wave back to Danny and even their bus driver waved which made Danny a happy little bear. I think he is still a little sleepy bear and he did not want me to put him down at all.
He almost burst into tears again when I attempted to put him down on the couch, so he could watch cartoons with his little Simba that has been with him since last night. I carry him to the kitchen, so I can make my cup of coffee while I am still holding him. "I'll make the coffee Jay, you go and watch TV with Danny," George tells me, then turns me around and gently pushes me in the direction that I had just been in. I just accept it and walk back to the living room, so Danny can watch Paw Patrol while I wait for my coffee and possibly some breakfast. I think Danny should be nicknamed our little monkey for today because we are just going to be holding him all day. He's so cute though I would never refuse a Danny snuggle.
"Here, one cup of coffee and some toast for my Jay," George says, Danny was in his trance while watching Paw Patrol. "Thank you," I tell him, and he sits on the other side of me. He wraps one arm around our son while I eat the toast and enjoy my coffee. It works to keep Danny calm and happy and the separation anxiety he has developed over the course of yesterday doesn't seem as bad. He knows we aren't going to leave him any time soon. "You're welcome," he says, and when I finish with my breakfast I let George take the plate and mug to get them washed. Danny did notice that George had left the room, but I reassured him that he was coming back. "I got Danny a juice cup we never used when he was smaller. Just so it makes it easier for him to hold it and not spill it on himself," George says.
Danny has no complaints about this and just sits on my lap drinking from the cup. He's still in the trance while he watches the TV. I am so glad we are having a chill day today with Danny, he is definitely enjoying himself. He feels happier now that he isn't hurting so much anymore. I am going to keep an eye on him over the course of the day and see if he does need the stronger pain meds that we have. "Dada, my arm hurt," Danny tells me, I knew he was still in a little bit of pain and it has been an hour now since he took some Tylenol. I don't really know what to do so I am going to have to call his primary care doctor and see what he has to say on it. I called them, and they said to wait a few more hours and then give him the other painkiller along with the Tylenol as that wouldn't do Danny any harm.
"I know buddy, it will be okay," I tell Danny and George gives him a cookie. There isn't much else that we can do until lunch time when we can try the new method of managing the pain our little bear is in. His teacher emailed me to say that they made him a get well soon card and wondered if we didn't mind going to get it later. George is picking up the boys today, so he replied that he would stop by and pick up the card. Danny wasn't in the best of moods, so we said it would be best if Danny stayed behind and hopefully he will be feeling well enough on Monday to go back. By then we would know how best to manage the pain too. The teacher told me she was going to make sure that boy never bullies anyone again and I know she will keep that.
Danny enjoyed his lunch, I had to give him to George a couple of times, so I could go to the bathroom, but he was content as long as he wasn't left on his own. "When I take the boys to basketball later, I will get Danny some cookie dough ice cream," George says, Danny had fallen asleep with his plushie in his arm and he was holding on to me. I covered him with a blanket and let him have a nap. He still takes naps on the weekend. If he gets too tired on a school day then he will take a little nap when he gets home. It's just those little things that he holds on too which are the cutest. When he's home he also never goes anywhere without little Simba. It's funny how he goes from one room to the other holding this little lion.
When he forgets he goes running back and grabs his little lion and runs back to the room he was in. George leaves to get the older boys and bring them home before they have to go to basketball practice. Then I think Jordon said he wanted to snuggle with his little brother tonight which I will let happen. They love each other so much, and they have not fought once. Although I might be jinxing that by saying that. Danny slept until just after the boys got home from basketball practice. They brought dinner and the cookie dough ice cream that made Danny's eyes light up like Christmas trees. The boys had their time snuggling with Danny and it gave George and I some time to relax as a couple.
Later that night I checked on the boys and all three were snuggled in Jordon's bed and little Danny was snuggled in between his older brothers. "Aw bless them, they are so cute together," I tell George. We go off to bed and we snuggle up to each other. "There are, I love you Jorel," George tells me. We have another passionate kiss. "I love you too George," I tell him.
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