Getting ready to take Lesley home, Rick checked to make sure everything was okay so while he wasn't home with her and the kids were, she wouldn't have a difficult time with doing anything.
" Jesslyn, make sure that the railing is tight so it won't shake or wobble when your mother would be able to use it. There's a couple things I want to make sure we do before I go to pick her up from the hospital." Rick expressed while making sure the downstairs guest room was set to look nice.
" It was such a relief that Momma is okay and she's coming home."
" I don't think I will argue there… Jesslyn what exactly happened when she took the fall." Rick asked when he had Jesslyn sit with him on the couch
Jesslyn explained what happened when Lesley had taken the bad fall and later when Rick went up to the hospital to check on her he sat by her side for the night so in the morning he was able to take her home after Steve and Monica signed her release paperwork
" Rick, what are you doing up here? I thought you were gonna be home with the kids..." Lesley carefully turned slightly
" Easy Sweetheart, I came up to spend the night with you here so first thing in the morning I can take you home..." Rick gave Lesley a kiss " How are you doing, is there anything I can get for you.?"
" I'm alright, just very tired and my back is bothering me… but I'm okay when I have you by my side."
Rick sat slightly on the bed beside Lesley as he usually would do so he could hold her for alittle while and later Rick spoke to her oncologist while Lesley was resting
" So she's still cancer free, her pet scan was still clear?" Rick asked.
" There is no sign or indication that the cancer has come back." Dr Richards explained
" I'm sorry if it seems like I wasn't believing it, it's just she's taken falls like this before except this one nearly killed her and we have had no answer as to why she has had this amount of trouble… Could it be possible that something is hiding enough to go undetected.?"
" Rick I have looked over her full work up from head CT to her pet scans. I double checked to confirm and she's stable." Dr Richards tried again to assure Rick.
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Rick took Lesley home the following morning so that she could take some time to rest and relax and later Rick arranged for Jessie to take the kids for the evening so he and Lesley could have a quiet evening to themselves.
" Rick, how did you manage to do all of this?"
" Jesslyn helped me out. I wanted to make sure that everything was gonna be accessible for you when I brought you home." Rick wrapped his arms around Lesley while they were on the couch
" Rick, do you think things will ever go back to normal…?" Lesley pushed to sit up
" What do you mean by that… Everything is gonna be just fine. And you will be alright because I'm gonna see to it."
" Not if the cancer is back and back with a vengeance."
" Lesley the cancer has not come back… I spoke to Jerry myself and even looked over your work up from the pet scans and blood work… you are still cancer free."
" I hope so…." Lesley snuggled back while laying with Rick on the couch.
" Sweetheart I know so…. You're gonna get to do alot of fun and you will get to count down the days to when we get to have our first grandchild."
" Rick, let's not get ahead of ourselves." Lesley gave Rick a kiss and snuggled
Rick carried Lesley on to bed in the downstairs bedroom that he had set up for her and made sure as always that she took her meds and checked her oxygen supply before he went to bed himself.
Walking up the following morning, Rick got up a few hours earlier to make sure things were straight before he left for the hospital because with it being Lesley's day off and Alice was taking time off from being sick herself, Rick wanted to make sure for 100% that Lesley wasn't gonna have much of any difficulties around the house while she was gonna be there by herself even with the kids.
" Morning little bug . How are you feelin'?" Rick asked when he stepped in the bedroom around 7am before he left for the hospital.
" I'm alright…. Richard, I don't want you to worry about me any more. I love you but you're gonna drive yourself crazy by worrying about me."
" I know I will but I do it anyway because I rather worry about you and have you mad at me rather than I have to live with the alternative which would never work right because the alternative is living without you and I will not be able to do that." Rick argued when moving a strand of hair out of Lesley's face.
" I'm not gonna fault you because you get worried or concerned about me…. Rick, you have been the only man in my whole life who's actually ever cared for me or about me. My Father, he never cared for or about me, he only cared if I was gonna be something for him to posterize. My mom, well she was never there for me either.."
" Lesley you don't have to justify anything… I'm gonna be there for you no matter what. Not because I think I should but because I have to. I promised alot to you a long time ago. You're not a friend or a colleague. You're my best friend and you're my wife. That will never change."
" I almost wish you the day off too to stay here…. But you have patients also that need you and I want you to go and do what I know you do best." Lesley pulled Rick back for a kiss
" You do realize you make it harder for me to leave you by yourself…. I don't want anything to happen to you."
" I promise you I will be okay. The girls are home and will help if I need something. You go to the hospital and do me proud will you…." Lesley insisted
Lesley went back to sleep after Rick left while the kids were still asleep and later when Riley was awake, she got the girls up to help around the house with Riley as Lesley reminded herself of the difficulties she's had to deal with following from the night of the accident and following the transplant after the twins were born.
" What do you mean your sister is not here? You both were here yesterday and last night when you were told to go to bed. Jesslyn what is going on, where is your sister right now?!" Lesley demanded while she made sure the upstairs gate was closed
" Mom I swear I told her I wasn't gonna cover for her when she snuck out after making it look like she was in bed."
" Then you need to tell me right now where she is..."
" She's with some older boy that goes to I think the high school…. I told her she would get caught and I wasn't gonna lie for her to you and dad."
" I am not mad with you and I appreciate that you chose not to lie for Genesis… keep an eye on your brother up here while I take care of a few things. I have to go and call your father."
Lesley went downstairs and started making phone calls hoping that she wasn't gonna have to worry but first took a few minutes to calm herself before she had to call Rick at the hospital to tell him that their daughter was sneaking out of the house at night to see someone they never knew about.
" Yes I'd like to speak to Dr Richard Webber please." Lesley said when the hospital switchboard picked up
" This is Dr Webber." Rick answered
" So is this and we have a major and big problem." Lesley replied while upset
" Sweetheart, calm down and tell me what's..." Rick started to say when Lesley cut him off " Richard I will not calm down… One of our daughters who's 13 is deciding to sneak out of our house at night no less to meet some guy she I don't think knows and certainly is someone that we don't know either!."
" Lesley, is she home right now?!"
" No Rick Genesis is not here, if she were I'd probably be on my way by ambulance because I'd be so angry with her like I am right now." Lesley stated while trying to keep as calm as she can
" Lesley I am coming home right now and if she gets home before I do, lock her in her bedroom. I'll be home in 20 minutes." Rick expressed and hung up
" Georgia page Steve and Monica to my office stat!" Rick went straight to his office.
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Genesis and her boyfriend were about to get back to her house when Genesis saw that Lesley was home and she stopped walking
" Crap…. My mom is home. And I think it's safe to assume she knows I'm not there… you better just go now and I'll call you later." Genesis insisted.
" Are you sure…. I don't want you to really be alone out here."
" Zac, I've lived here my whole life. I will be fine. I don't want my parents to find out about you, especially because I'm not even supposed to have a boyfriend."
" Alright I'll head home. I'll talk to you later." Zac headed off to go home while Genesis was about to head around back to climb through her window to her room.
Waiting for Rick to get home was alittle difficult but it was easier than Lesley knew it was gonna be as she already was having trouble with her breathing from the situation and Jesslyn knew she had to step up to help her while there was a chance to.
" Momma come on you have got to go lay down or take it easy…. You could end up back in the hospital. And I don't want you to do that."
Luckily Rick has just walked in when Lesley started having more trouble after getting worked up from the situation. " Jesslyn go upstairs and get your mother's respiratory respirator machine and mask quickly." Rick stayed with Lesley to try to help her as best as he can
" Lesley I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere. You're gonna be okay."
Jesslyn hurried back to the living room so Rick could get Lesley's mask on her and shortly called for an emergency ambulance as a precaution. " Jesslyn I want you to go with your mother and when you get to the hospital find Jessie right away."
Laying down in her room, Genesis started to relax until Rick was outside the door demanding that she open the bedroom door and right then and there.
" I am doing homework for homeroom. Is there something you want?"
" Drop that sarcastic tone right now young lady. Where were you and with whom? And you better not lie to me either." Rick demanded
" I was with a friend and we were just hanging out. I haven't seen her in awhile she's been out of the state."
" You are grounded from here on out until I see fit and see that you've earned for it to be lifted. I want the name and phone number along with your phone to the guy you were with and I want it all in 5 minutes.."
" No. I won't do that especially because there is no guy like you think."
Genesis stared at Rick seeing he was becoming more furious that his own child stood up and told him no.
" Do you have any idea what you had just put your mother through? What I had walked into after she called me very upset."
" I don't want to talk about this anymore… and I certainly won't listen to how you think that I would intentionally hurt mom." Genesis shouted
" Well you're gonna listen Genesis because of your choice, your mother right now is most likely in the cardiac intensive care unit because she very well likely had a heart attack because she had to worry about where and what you were deciding to do."
" You cannot be serious right now….. Are you really gonna try to blame me for mom's health crisis when she has had more problems then we can count since I was a baby?!"
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Waiting outside of CICU seemed to take forever as Jesslyn hated to think that something was gonna happen to her mother especially when Monica and Noah were in longer than expected.
" That's what I was afraid of…. The damage is extensive. Medication isn't gonna correct the arrhythmia."
" We may have to put her back on the transplant list." Noah pointed out.
" Noah, I'm fully aware of what we'll have to do. I just have to figure out how I'm gonna be able to explain this to Rick that unless a donor is found within the next week. Lesley will not survive." Monica walked away to try to get herself together
Jessie saw just how upset Monica was and hoped that Monica was gonna have Lesley's latest tests and results in. " Monica, something is wrong… What is it.?"
" Lesley isn't gonna make it Jessie. I can't do anything further." Monica answered of Lesley's condition
" She'll make it Monica. She always has! She's a fighter." Jessie stood up
" Jessie unless a match comes in within the next week or next couple of days. Lesley is not gonna survive. The damage is too severe." Monica tried to explain again when Jesslyn came back from taking a walk.
A few hours after Monica's assessment Rick has just gotten there when he saw that Steve and Monica were talking outside CICU and knew it wasn't gonna be good news about Lesley's condition.
" You're wrong Monica! My wife is a fighter….. there's no way she would give up on fighting for her kids. She'll pull through this."
" Not unless a match comes through Rick. You're a surgeon yourself, you know what severe damage means to the heart. I'm doing everything I can do to help her but the bottom line is Lesley's heart is failing."
" Had she woken up at all?"
" No Rick, I'm sorry. She hasn't regained consciousness. But she is stable and that so far is a good start." Monica answered.
" You very well could be wrong. I say we try and give the medication protocol a chance the arrhythmia could be corrected."
" I hope that's what it will be, Rick but I'm submitting her name back into the transplant list anyway to be safe incase Lesley will need it."
Rick sat at Lesley's side throughout the first few days as she was still in CICU while Monica and Noah were hoping that Lesley would stabilize more and they would be able to avoid keeping her in on the transplant list.
" Lesley you have to keep fighting. The kids need you just as much as I do. I can't raise the kids without you. I wouldn't know the first thing as to how."
Jessie went down from ICU over to CICU where Rick had spent all day and later that night where he was asleep by Lesley's side
" Rick?" Jessie said quietly when she walked in.
" She's got to pull through Jessie. I can't lose her now….." Rick got up to stand by the window.
" Rick Lesley is a fighter, you know that. And she will fight, but you have to keep a positive look on this. Lesley will not leave you or the kids." Jessie insisted.
Rick and Jessie talked in the hall for more than an hour before Jessie had finally convinced Rick to head home to tend to the kids for the night while Jessie volunteered to stay at the hospital incase there were any issues or setbacks in Lesley's condition.
