Leukemia
Kendall hurries up and grabs a cab and tells the cab driver to head for the nearest children's hospital. Upon arriving at the hospital Kendall checked her in and had to wait for her to go through triage
"Katrina Knight" the nurse says from the door
"Come on sweetie" he says picking up the little girl and taking her into triage
Katrina let the nurse examine her from head to toe and after triage she was put in a hospital room
"Kendall I'm scared" she says cuddling up to him
"There's nothing to be afraid of Katrina the doctors will check you out and figure out what's wrong with you" he says kissing her forehead
"Hey Kendall" Logan says coming into Katrina's room
"Hey Logan is the rest of the band here?" Kendall asks
"Yeah we came as soon as James told us you were going to the hospital with Katrina" Logan says taking a seat
"Yeah she suddenly developed these bruises on her arms and legs, so I brought her here to get checked out" Kendall says getting up
"Katrina you want Logan to hold you while Kendall goes out to use the restroom and gets something to eat" Logan asks her
She nods
"Go Kendall I got her" Logan says shooing Kendall out of the room
""I'll be right back Katrina" Kendall says shutting the door
"Logan I'm cold" she says cuddling up to him
"Don't worry darling I brought your throw blanket to keep you warm" he says covering her up
"Hello I am here to take some blood from Katrina" the phlebotomist says coming into the room
Katrina immediately hides under her blanket away from the mean lady
"It's okay Katrina I'm right here I'm not going anywhere" Logan says assuring her
Katrina still hides
"I'll come back later" the lady says leaving the room
"It's okay Katrina the mean lady gone" Logan says to her
Katrina uncovers herself and cuddles back up to Logan
"Sorry I was gone longer then I wanted too I went down to the cafeteria to eat breakfast" Kendall says coming into the room
"While you were gone the phlebotomist came and tried to take Katrina's blood and she hid under her blanket" Logan says getting off the bed
"Don't worry sweetie I'm here now" Kendall says cuddling Katrina
"Kendall how do you feel on the topic about Katrina having another little playmate?" Logan says sitting down
"I will be okay with it why do you ask" Kendall says looking at Logan
"Well I am in the process of adopting a little girl her age from the Palm woods" Logan says smiling
"Logan that's great what's her name?" Kendall asks
"I haven't met her yet, but after the tour is over I get to meet her for the first time" Logan says smiling
"Well let me be the first to welcome you to the soon-to-be daddy club" Kendall says holding his hand
"Thanks Kendall when the nurse comes back can I get a little practice with Katrina?" Logan asks
"Sure" Kendall says as the nurse comes back in to take her blood
"Is she okay now?" the nurse says coming into the room
"Yeah I'm pretty sure she is" Logan says as he comforts Katrina who still not okay with getting her blood taken
"Sweetie can you hold your arm out for me please?" the nurse asks her
"No" Katrina says hiding her arms from the mean lady
"Katrina it will be really fast I promise" Logan says assuring her
Katrina holds out her arm, but hides her face from the mean lady
"There we go you are doing so good sweetie" Kendall says when Katrina squeezes his hand
"There that wasn't so bad now was it" the nurse says putting gauze on where she took the blood from
"No I told you it was going to be quick and I was right here with you" Kendall says when Katrina comes out from behind Logan
"Thank you daddy" Katrina says
When Katrina called Kendall daddy he shed a tear that made him melt inside
"Katrina I brought you your favorite doll from the hotel she outside you want me to get her for you?" Logan asks her
Katrina nods
"Okay I'll get her for you" Logan says stepping out to get her doll
"Hello my name is Dr. Best" the doctor says coming into the room
"Morning doctor what's the verdict?" Kendall asks him holding Katrina close
"Well Katrina has Leukemia" Dr. Best says
When Kendall hears that he starts to cry and hug Katrina close
"I have already contacted St. Jude's research hospital and they will be expecting her tomorrow so she can begin treatment" Dr. Best says
"Can she go home doctor?" Kendall asks with a sniffle
"Yes I will be releasing her to go home shortly" Dr. Best says leaving
""Hey Kendall what's the verdict?" Logan asks coming into the room
"She has Leukemia and she will be going to St. Jude's tomorrow to begin treatment" Kendall says
"Oh my gosh if you need to cry buddy I'm here" Logan says hugging his best friend and they cry together until the rest of the band comes in
"We have to cancel the rest of the tour" Kendall says exiting the emergency room with Katrina in his arms
"Why?" James asks
"Katrina has Leukemia and she has to go to St. Jude's for treatment" Kendall says exiting the hospital
"Wow" Carlos says
The group decides to announce the cancelation of the rest of the tour via press conference, so fans can get their money back for the tickets. After the concert the group heads for St. Jude's
(St Jude's)
"Yes we are here to admit Katrina Knight for treatment for her Leukemia" Kendall says to the receptionist
""Take a seat and we will get her registered" the receptionist says getting Katrina registered into the system
Once Katrina was registered she went back into triage to get her vitals and to get in her colorful hospital gown
"Since you are in your hospital gown want to go check out your room?" Kendall asks her
She nods
"Okay we'll head that way" he says carrying her to her room
"Look Katrina at all the pretty pictures of the hot air balloons" he says bringing her in her room
She admires all the colors that are in the room
"How about I set you on your bed while I go use the bathroom?" he asks her
"Okay" she says sticking her thumb in her mouth
Kendall goes in search of the men's room while Katrina turns on some cartoons
"You must be our newest admitted I will be your nurse today" the nurse says coming into the room with an I.V
The nurse notices that Kendall isn't there
"Where's your daddy? The nurse asks Katrina
"Potty" she says quickly
"I'll come back later" the nurse says leaving the room
"Hey Katrina we got you your own set of wheels while you are in this place" Logan says coming in with a wagon for Katrina
"I saw somebody else came into the room, so now I am going to insert her I.V in her arm" the nurse says getting ready to hook up the I.V
Logan held onto Katrina while her I.V was being inserted, so she would not be scared and afterwards the boys got to meet her doctors who will be taking care of her
"It seems like you got to go to your first round of treatments" Logan says after her chemo doctor left
She nods
"What I miss?" Kendall says coming into the room
"Well she got her I.V in her arm, and we got to meet her doctors and now we are taking her to her first round of chemo treatments" James says picking Katrina up and setting her in the wagon
"Well I better take her" Kendall says taking the handle of the wagon and heading for the chemo part of the hospital
Upon arriving Kendall sees how many sick kids there are and whose parents are with them for this journey as they fight their fight
"Let's find a seat Katrina" he says pulling the wagon to an empty seat
He lifts Katrina out of the wagon and sets her on his lap until a nurse comes and hooks up her first round of chemo. While the chemo was going through her he rocks her in his arms and tells her everything is going to be okay and the medicine is going to help her feels better. Plus he sings her some songs to help keep her calm and collected
"There we go all done" the nurse says coming to take out the chemo happily
"Here that sweet girl you are done with chemo until tomorrow" Kendall says picking her up and laying her down in the wagon
"How did her first round go?" James asks Kendall
"Good I sang her songs, read her books anything to keep her calm" Kendall says as they go through the colorful hallways back to her room
"What does she have next?" Logan asks him
"This afternoon she has radiation to help kill the Leukemia" Kendall says as they board the elevator to go back to her room
"Oh by the way Jo called she been asking why haven't you returned any of her calls or texts" Carlos says when the group gets off the elevator
"I better call her and explain everything to her can you three stay with Katrina?" Kendall asks his friends
"Sure buddy" James says as he takes the handle from Kendall and continues back to Katrina's room
When they enter her room James swings the wagon around so he could pick her up and tuck her into her bed
"It looks like Kendall is in for a long journey with her" Carlos says taking a seat
"Yeah he is willing to stay with her he said he mention before he is willing to be her daddy no matter what it takes" Logan says fixing her wagon
"He is good with her and plus look at the view she has she can see for miles" James says looking out the window of her hospital room
"Mommy stop you're hurting me" Katrina says tossing and turning in her sleep
"Katrina wake up your having a bad dream" Logan says to her
When she wakes up she is crying
"Katrina its okay your mommy isn't here" Logan says comforting her
"Her mom must have really abused her" James says taking her from Logan
Katrina tells Logan, James, and Carlos all about her bad dream that she had
"We're here Katrina your safe there is nothing to be scared about" James says comforting her
That makes Katrina feel better just in time for lunch
"Katrina after lunch you want to go down to the playroom to play with the other kids?" Logan asks her
She nods
"I'm going to get us some lunch so we can eat too" Carlos says leaving the room
"Okay later" James says as he shuts the door
Once everyone ate lunch James took Katrina down to the playroom to play before she went for radiation
"Ready to go to the playroom" he asks her
She nods happily
"Okay time to board the playroom express" he says picking her up and setting her in the wagon
She giggles when he picks her up
"Before we leave let's text Kendall to tell him where we are going" James says pulling out his phone to text Kendall
"There is a playroom on this floor that is not far from Katrina's room" Logan says coming from the nurse's station
"That great why don't you lead the way" James says handing Logan the handle to Katrina's wagon
"Okay" Logan says as he begins to pull the wagon while James bring Katrina's I.V pole
"Katrina look at this place it's so colorful and very big" Logan says when they enter the playroom
Katrina's eyes light up like a Christmas tree at the huge playground that she saw
"You want to play on the playground? Logan asks her
"Yes" she says happily
"Okay I'll lift you out and we can head over and play" Logan says lifting her out of the wagon and she begins to run over to the playground
"I'll follow behind with her I.V" James says trying to catch up with the three year old
Katrina began learning her numbers, shapes, and colors from the equipment she played with
"Can I go down the slide?" she asks Logan
"Sure let me get down and Logan will hand me your I.V pole and you can go down the slide" James says smiling
Once her I.V was down she went down the slide and she had so much fun she wanted to go again
"Hey guys" Kendall says coming into the playroom
"Hey Kendall we're by the swings" Logan says motioning to his friend
"How was your video chat with Jo?" James asks
"Good she understood why I didn't talk to her the past few days" Kendall says pushing Katrina
"What did she say about Katrina?" Logan asks
"She would like to meet her when we get back, so she is going to do mother daughter things with her" Kendall says
"That's good" James says before Katrina's name come over the speaker
"Well we got to go to radiation come on pumpkin" Kendall says taking her over to her wagon
"They have some activities going on tonight" James says looking at a schedule
"Oh sweet anything for Katrina?" Kendall asks when they get on the elevator
"Yes there is lots of stuff for Katrina" James says handing Kendall the schedule
"They even have us on here" Kendall says in shock
"Yeah we are going be downstairs performing for everyone tonight James says smiling
"Maybe when she is in radiation we can set up our set list" Logan suggests
"Good call" Kendall says as they leave the elevator
Katrina didn't want Kendall to leave her side, so he went into the room with her to make her feel comfortable. After radiation they took her back to the playroom to play for a little bit before dinner. Before Big time rush went on Kendall took Katrina down early so she could have a good seat to watch him perform
"Okay Katrina daddy going to sit you in one of the chairs while he goes gets ready to perform for you and the other sick children" Kendall says sitting her on a pink chair
"Okay" she says sitting down to wait for the other boys and girls to come into the room
Once the boys were already they step out to perform for everyone
"Hello St. Jude's how are we feeling this evening?" James asks the crowd
The crowd cheers
"That's good cause tonight you are in for a great concert of both old and new songs" Logan says before they begin singing
After each song Katrina ran up to the stage to hug Kendall's leg
"You may be wondering about this adorable three year old I have attached to my leg, so without further ado I am going to introduce you to my soon to be daughter Katrina Knight who is in here cause yesterday we got the news that she has Leukemia and was told to come to the best children's cancer hospital in country for treatment and so far she has been doing good" Kendall says picking Katrina up
"This next song is going to be dedicated to her" Logan says bringing out a stool for Kendall to sit on
After the song Kendall gives Katrina a big kiss. Once the mini concert was over Kendall carried Katrina back to the room for the night
"Night Kendall we're off to the Ronald McDonald house to sleep see you in the morning" Logan says as him, James, and Carlos leaves
"Night" Kendall says as the rest of the band leaves
"Night my sweet princess I love you" Kendall says kissing Katrina good night
During the night Katrina has almost the same bad dream she had during nap time
"Mommy stop it leave me go mommy don't hit me mommy" she says tossing and turning in her sleep
That woke Kendall right up
"Katrina sweetie wake up you're having a nightmare" he says turning on the light to get her up
She still tossed and turned in her sleep
"Katrina it's okay I got you I won't hurt you" he says picking her up and comforting her
When she did wake up she cried on Kendall's shoulder
Kendall texted Logan to see if he was interested in coming over to walk the halls with him and Katrina until she settled back down. He said he will be right over and he will bring one of her stuffed animals over to help comfort her
"How is she?" Logan asks coming into the room
"Not good she is still upset and miserable" Kendall says stroking her hair
"She had the same nightmare this afternoon" Logan says as they begin to walk the colorful hallways
"Oh no" Kendall says shocked
"Yeah but I was here to comfort her" Logan says as they continue to walk the hallways
"That's good thanks Logan" Kendall says as he continues to rub Katrina's back
"You're welcome buddy" Logan says patting Kendall's back
"I am going to ask for a rocking chair for Katrina I might want to rock her to help calm her down cause she is still whimpering" Kendall asks one of the nurse's
'Here we go sweetie Kendall going to rock you back to sleep' Kendall says sitting in the rocking chair with Katrina
"We could try singing her back to sleep' Logan suggest
"Yeah maybe that might do the trick' Kendall says still rocking a whimpering Katrina in the rocking chair
Kendall and Logan sang I see the moon and the moon sees me song to help Katrina go back to sleep and it works like a charm Katrina is out like a light
"I can't wait to be a dad" Logan says stroking Katrina's arms
"It's the best feeling in the world isn't it" Kendall says looking down at Katrina
"Yeah it will be" Logan says
(The next morning)
"Morning Katrina sleep well?" Kendall asks her when she wakes up
She nods
"That's good how about we use the potty before breakfast?" he asks her
"Okay" she says
Kendall gets up and takes her into her bathroom to let her use the potty before breakfast, and he freshens her up before her doctor appointment that she has after breakfast
"There we go don't you feel better now that you are all clean" he says drying her off good
"Yes I do" she says happily
"Let's have breakfast" he says exiting the bathroom
After breakfast Kendall lifted Katrina from her bed and put her in the wagon and Logon followed behind with the I.V pole. Katrina plays with the other boys and girls who were in the waiting room until her name got called to see the doctor
"Morning Katrina I will be your doctor Dr. Swanson" the doctor says coming into the room
"Hello Dr. Swanson I'm her father Kendall Knight" Kendall says introducing himself to the doctor
"Nice to meet you today we are going to see how her Leukemia doing before we bump up her treatment" Dr. Swanson says smiling
"I have one question what stage of Leukemia is Katrina in?" Kendall asks the doctor
"As far as I can tell she is early stage 1 and going into stage one Leukemia" Dr. Swanson says
"That's a relief we caught it in time then" Kendall says
"Yeah she is a lucky girl that you caught it early enough it can be treated" Dr. Swanson says leaving the room to set up Katrina's mri and more blood work for that morning and afternoon
After the doctor appointment Kendall took Katrina down for more blood work, so they could see if the Leukemia started to disappear after one round of treatment
"You can squeeze your stuffed animal if it starts to hurt" Kendall says picking her up out of the wagon and taking her to get her blood work done
Katrina cried when her blood got taken, but Kendall assured her it was going to be over soon and she can go back to her room to rest awhile before she has her MRI later on that day
"I have some good news for you Katrina" he says when he lifts her out of the wagon
She pulls her hair back so she can listen
"I have started the paper work to adopt you so I can become your daddy" he tells her
When she hears that she hugs him very tightly and doesn't let go
"I also have some news for you Katrina" James says taking a seat by her bed
"What's the news?" she asks
"Well you are going to have a little playmate to play with when your daddy is working" Logan says smiling
"Yea" she says hugging him as well
"She took that rather well' Logan says with a sigh of relief
'When do I meet my new play mate? she asks
'When we get to your new home at the Palm woods" Logan says smiling
"Do you have a picture to show her?" Kendall asks Logan
'Oh yeah' Logan says pulling out his phone to show Katrina a picture of her new play mate
'She is gorgeous Logan' Kendall says complementing his friend
"Thanks you Kendall' Logan says
Kendall and Logan sit with Katrina until James and Carlos comes in so they can go change their clothes and freshen up
"Katrina would you like to go down to see a puppet show before lunch?" James asks her
She nods happily
"Well let's go down and see a puppet show" James says lifting her out of bed and putting her in her wagon to head down to where the puppet show was being held at
Katrina sat on James lap so she could see the puppet show, and when the puppet show was over Katrina got a pink crown to wear back to the room
"There's my pretty girl it looked like you had fun at the puppet show' Kendall says when he sees Katrina all smiling
"I did daddy" she says happily as she runs to him
'I brought us lunch' Logan says holding up the McDonalds bag
"I hope you got her a happy meal' Kendall says putting a blanket on the floor so they could have picnic lunch
"I did Kendall don't worry it has chicken nuggets, apples and her favorite chocolate milk" Logan says handing Katrina her lunch
After lunch Kendall and Logon took Katrina down for her MRI while Carlos and James flew home to work on a surprise for her
'Don't leave me Kendall' she says as she is laid on the bed
"Don't worry I am going to be right behind that window, so you can see me" he says kissing her before disappearing
'By the looks of this it looks like she is going to need a bone marrow transplant" Dr. Swanson says
"What blood type is she if she is my blood type I will more than happy to give her some of my bone marrow to get her better' Kendall says
'According to her blood she is B+" Dr. Swanson says
"Wait a minute I'm B+" Logan says
'Logan will you be willing to donate some of yours so Katrina can be healthy?" Kendall asks
'Sure Kendall I will give some of my bone marrow to help save Katrina cause I hate to see you lose that little girl" Logan says looking at Kendall
"We'll start in the morning we will prep you take you into surgery and take the bone marrow from you and give it to Katrina, but first we need to give you a physical" Dr. Swanson says taking Logan with him down the examination room
The rest of the afternoon Kendall is on cloud nine that his best friend is going to save Katrina's life
"Katrina you want to get up and walk around instead of sitting in your room all day?' he asks when they get back to her room
"Can we?" she asks
'Sure we can go explore the difference playrooms, see what crafts might be being made, and we might go down to the kid's kitchen to make a yummy snack" he says putting her back into her wagon
"Are we going?" she asks
"We have to wait for Logan to come back so he can push your I.V pole' he tells her
"I can hold onto it myself look" she says holding onto the pole all by herself
"Okay sweetie hand onto it really tight and I will go slow so you don't fall out" he tells her as he begins to make his way to the nursing station to get a map of all the playrooms that are in St. Jude's
Along the way Katrina looked at all the pretty pictures and drawing that were in the hallways and in the elevators. The first playroom was the learning playroom
"Katrina you want to try to work on your numbers and letters a little bit?" he asks her
She nods
"Okay what seems fun to you?" he asks her
She goes towards the alphabet train. Kendall works work Katrina on her numbers and letter's until she wanted to do something else
"Where do you want to go now sweetie?' he asks her
"Kitchen' she says
'Okay we'll go to the second floor and make some goodies' he says following her with the wagon and her I.V pole
"Looks like you need a hand there buddy' Logan says coming up behind Kendall
"Yeah I do actually" Kendall says smiling
Logan pulls the wagon while Kendall walks with Katrina to the elevators to head to the second floor where today snack were cookies, and afterwards the kids got to decorate the cookies and take them back to their room to eat later.
"Katrina look here" Logan says as he takes a picture of her and Kendall making cookies
Katrina made bunnies, flowers, stars, hearts, popsicles, and many more. When they decorated them she had a blast decorating the cookies with different color icing and sprinkles
"Where to now Katrina?" Kendall asks her
"Playground" she says happily
"To the playground" Kendall and Logan say as they follow Katrina back to the elevators
Katrina had a ball on the huge playground she ran up the ramps, played with the playground equipment, swinged on the swing, went down the slide, went on the seesaw, did the monkey bars before she fell asleep in Kendall arms
"Let's head back to the room it looks like she tired herself out" Kendall says laying her in the wagon
"Yeah maybe we can take a nap as well" Logan says with a yawn
"Chasing after her wore me out as well" Kendall says with a yawn
Katrina took a two and a half hour nap.
"Tonight you want to go outside and see a movie?" Kendall asks her when she woke up
She nods
"Good tonight they are showing Cinderella" Kendall says
"What's for dinner" she asks
"You up for trying spaghetti and meatballs?" he asks her
"Yeah" she says with a sigh
"What's wrong sweetie?" he asks her as he climbs into bed with her
"That the people won't let you be my daddy" she says cuddling up to him
"I'm sure when gather enough paper work proving I took care of you they will let me keep you" he says kissing her
"They will" she says looking up at him
"I'm sure of it" he says hugging her close
Kendall and Logan even ate spaghetti as well for dinner, and after dinner Kendall took Katrina down to where they had bathtubs at, so he could give her a bubble bath after she ran and got dirty that day
"Can we eat the cookies during the movie?" she asks when they begin to head down to where they were going to show the movie
'Sure sweetie" Kendall says putting the cookies in with Katrina
"Sorry guys I had to get admitted for tomorrow" Logan says coming into the room in a hospital gown
"That's okay we are heading down to watch Cinderella" Kendall says leaving the room
"I'll grab the blanket and be right down" Logan says going back into Katrina's room to get the blanket, so all three could enjoy the movie
All the princesses who arrived that night got a crown to wear. After the movie Logan carried Katrina back to the room cause he will be bunking with her until he is taken to the O.R in the morning
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Next Chapter: ST. Jude's part 2 and we meet Logan's little girl and Katrina's surprise