Sweet - as - honey: Thank you for the review. I love writing Cal when he's supportive. I can imagine this would be incredibly difficult for Ethan, but at least he has Cal to support him.
The Secret Life Of Casualty.
Chapter 172.
It was the day of Ethan's operation and due to the general anaesthetic he would be under, he couldn't eat or drink anything.
"How you feeling, mate?" Cal asked.
"Nervous " Ethan replied,
Cal put a hand on his shoulder.
Ethan was shown to his room, where he would be after the operation was over. He had a bed,
Jessica and Rita went to prep Ethan.
"Good luck " Rita smiled.
"You'll be fine" Jessica added.
"Thank you " Ethan whispered as the surgeons wheeled him from the room.
Cal stood up. "I'll be right here"
The bed was pulled through the double doors, Ethan swallowed.
"Can you count back from 10?" The surgeon asked.
Ethan felt like a child, but did as he was asked.
"Cal" Ethan groaned from behind the oxygen mask. "Cal "
"I'm here " Cal soothed him. He stood up and looked at his brother, he had an NG tube under his nose, an IV in his wrist.
"Sore" Ethan's mouth was dry as he tried to speak.
"I'll get Zoe to give you some pain relief " He told him, usually he would do it himself, but he had to remind himself that he was here as a patient's relative and not a doctor. He text Zoe and she'd told him that she would be up, soon.
Zoe administered Ethan with the pain relief.
Zoe headed towards the door before she stopped and turnred around to face Cal. "Take some time, off, look after Ethan. "
"Thanks Zoe "
Zoe nodded. "If you need anything "
Cal smiled. "I know "
When Zoe had left, Cal poured Ethan a glass of water, and helped him sit up to drink it.
"There you go. "
"Thanks Cal " He whispered.
"Try and get some sleep, " He whispered back.
"Yes Cal "
Cal smiled, glad he was given the second chance to be there for his brother.
Incredibly short, again.
I didn't do the operation scenes as I didn't want to cause any disrespect to anyone and I wouldn't feel confident enough to write them and I didn't want to get it wrong.
Next chapter: Ethan hears if the operation was a success.
