Unexpected Surprises, part 5 "This I Promise You"
"NO!!" Luka screamed. "Please! Abby! I love you! Please don't leave me. Not you too!"
As she heard Luka scream Elizabeth turned around. "Luka. Luka! Calm down. This is Mr. Galardini. We moved Abby to the next room.
"What?"
"Yeah, everything is fine with her"
"Thank God", Luka said. "I just got the message and.."
"False alarm. I'm sorry".
"Don't be. You just helped me making a very important decision. Thank you, Elizabeth. Can I see her?"
"Sure", Elizabeth said.
He walked out of the room while he was thinking about his feelings for Abby. He realised how much he loved her and how much she meant to him. "I've got to do it", he said to himself. Instead of seeing Abby he went down to the ER where everyone had slowed down a little.
"Hey, Kerry. Is it ok if I go out an hour?"
"There's been an plane crash, you know. Is it urgent?"
Luka hesitated. "Well, not exactly but. . . ".
"Just an hour, okay".
"Oh, yeah. Thanks a lot, Kerry".
"Go, before I change my mind".
Luka ran out of the ER passing two ambulances. He was going crazy in his mind. It couldn't wait anymore. He had to do it. Today's incidences had made him realise how much he loved Abby. Even though it wasn't Abby Elizabeth was talking about earlier, he still could hear the words "time of death". He'd already lost Danijella and then Carol left him for Doug. He wouldn't be able to live if Abby left him too.
Meanwhile Luka was out, injured people from the plane crash continued coming in. The staff noticed how needed Abby and Carol actually were during the traumas. The fact that their two best nurses were upstairs in the ICU fighting for their lives was unthinkable. At least Abby was on recovery but Carol was still more or less like a ticking bomb, just as uncertain as the bomb treat. From time to time stink bombs were released in different floors. OB, the NICU, the ER and Psych had all problems with the terrible smell from the bombs. Maybe it was a warning telling those guys were serious about the real bomb or just to scare the staff and patients off.
Every 5-10 minutes since the surgery Peter and Elizabeth were checking on their colleagues. Seeing Abby breath on her own brightened everyone's mood but when Carol fell in a coma the happiness was gone again. No matter how much they tried to believe she'd be okay again, it didn't seem like it. Over the next hours Carol's destiny would be decided. Would she live or would she die?
Unaware of Carol's critical condition Doug arrived at County. Kerry and Carter met him and brought him in to a suture room where he got some more morphine for the burning pain.
"Kerry?" he asked.
"Yeah?"
"How's Kate?"
"She's fine", Kerry said. "Just a couple of bruises. I'm sure she was the luckiest passenger on the plane".
"What . . What about Carol and Tess? Have you heard from them?" Doug could see on Kerry's face that it was serious. "Tell me, Kerry. What it is?"
"They were brought in, both in very critical conditions. Peter and Elizabeth have operated on Carol and she's now in the ICU. Unfortunately she fell in a coma. It's still touch and go. We'll know if she'll live or if she'll end up brain dead in the next couple of hours, but I'm telling you now that it doesn't look good".
"Oh no".
"Tess isn't very well either. She went into cardiac arrest but Cleo managed to bring her back".
"Oh God".
"I want you to know that it doesn't look good for none of them, and that you have to prepare for the worst. It was a horrible accident and Tess and Carol were badly hurt. You and Kate were the lucky ones".
"Where is she?"
"Kate?"
"Yeah".
"Upstairs, at Paeds".
Doug pulled away his blanket. "Could you get me a wheelchair? I don't think I'm strong enough to walk".
"Sure".
Kerry helped Doug over in a wheelchair and took him to Paeds where Kate was laying in her crib. When Doug could see his daughter tears fell down his cheeks. She was ok. At least she was fine.
"Hey, Katie. It's Daddy. Don't worry, everything will be okay again. I promise you. Yeah, I promise". He smiled looking at the little girl who smiled back at him. Yeah, she was ok. Doug took Kate's tiny hand and kissed it. "I promise you this, honey, that everything will be ok again. I know I have done a lot of stupid things, especially with your Mommy. I've hurt her too many times, Kate, and I promise that if she ever gets out of coma I'll marry her. My mistakes cannot be undone but I can try to forget them and look into the future with you, your sister and your beautiful mother".
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When the visions around you,
Bring tears to your eyes
And all that surrounds you,
Are secrets and lies
I'll be your strength,
I'll give you hope,
Keeping your faith when it's gone
The one you should call,
Is standing here all alone...
And I will take
You in my arms
And hold you right where you belong
Till' the day my life is through
This I promise you
This I promise you
-This I Promise You (*Nsync)
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"NO!!" Luka screamed. "Please! Abby! I love you! Please don't leave me. Not you too!"
As she heard Luka scream Elizabeth turned around. "Luka. Luka! Calm down. This is Mr. Galardini. We moved Abby to the next room.
"What?"
"Yeah, everything is fine with her"
"Thank God", Luka said. "I just got the message and.."
"False alarm. I'm sorry".
"Don't be. You just helped me making a very important decision. Thank you, Elizabeth. Can I see her?"
"Sure", Elizabeth said.
He walked out of the room while he was thinking about his feelings for Abby. He realised how much he loved her and how much she meant to him. "I've got to do it", he said to himself. Instead of seeing Abby he went down to the ER where everyone had slowed down a little.
"Hey, Kerry. Is it ok if I go out an hour?"
"There's been an plane crash, you know. Is it urgent?"
Luka hesitated. "Well, not exactly but. . . ".
"Just an hour, okay".
"Oh, yeah. Thanks a lot, Kerry".
"Go, before I change my mind".
Luka ran out of the ER passing two ambulances. He was going crazy in his mind. It couldn't wait anymore. He had to do it. Today's incidences had made him realise how much he loved Abby. Even though it wasn't Abby Elizabeth was talking about earlier, he still could hear the words "time of death". He'd already lost Danijella and then Carol left him for Doug. He wouldn't be able to live if Abby left him too.
Meanwhile Luka was out, injured people from the plane crash continued coming in. The staff noticed how needed Abby and Carol actually were during the traumas. The fact that their two best nurses were upstairs in the ICU fighting for their lives was unthinkable. At least Abby was on recovery but Carol was still more or less like a ticking bomb, just as uncertain as the bomb treat. From time to time stink bombs were released in different floors. OB, the NICU, the ER and Psych had all problems with the terrible smell from the bombs. Maybe it was a warning telling those guys were serious about the real bomb or just to scare the staff and patients off.
Every 5-10 minutes since the surgery Peter and Elizabeth were checking on their colleagues. Seeing Abby breath on her own brightened everyone's mood but when Carol fell in a coma the happiness was gone again. No matter how much they tried to believe she'd be okay again, it didn't seem like it. Over the next hours Carol's destiny would be decided. Would she live or would she die?
Unaware of Carol's critical condition Doug arrived at County. Kerry and Carter met him and brought him in to a suture room where he got some more morphine for the burning pain.
"Kerry?" he asked.
"Yeah?"
"How's Kate?"
"She's fine", Kerry said. "Just a couple of bruises. I'm sure she was the luckiest passenger on the plane".
"What . . What about Carol and Tess? Have you heard from them?" Doug could see on Kerry's face that it was serious. "Tell me, Kerry. What it is?"
"They were brought in, both in very critical conditions. Peter and Elizabeth have operated on Carol and she's now in the ICU. Unfortunately she fell in a coma. It's still touch and go. We'll know if she'll live or if she'll end up brain dead in the next couple of hours, but I'm telling you now that it doesn't look good".
"Oh no".
"Tess isn't very well either. She went into cardiac arrest but Cleo managed to bring her back".
"Oh God".
"I want you to know that it doesn't look good for none of them, and that you have to prepare for the worst. It was a horrible accident and Tess and Carol were badly hurt. You and Kate were the lucky ones".
"Where is she?"
"Kate?"
"Yeah".
"Upstairs, at Paeds".
Doug pulled away his blanket. "Could you get me a wheelchair? I don't think I'm strong enough to walk".
"Sure".
Kerry helped Doug over in a wheelchair and took him to Paeds where Kate was laying in her crib. When Doug could see his daughter tears fell down his cheeks. She was ok. At least she was fine.
"Hey, Katie. It's Daddy. Don't worry, everything will be okay again. I promise you. Yeah, I promise". He smiled looking at the little girl who smiled back at him. Yeah, she was ok. Doug took Kate's tiny hand and kissed it. "I promise you this, honey, that everything will be ok again. I know I have done a lot of stupid things, especially with your Mommy. I've hurt her too many times, Kate, and I promise that if she ever gets out of coma I'll marry her. My mistakes cannot be undone but I can try to forget them and look into the future with you, your sister and your beautiful mother".
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When the visions around you,
Bring tears to your eyes
And all that surrounds you,
Are secrets and lies
I'll be your strength,
I'll give you hope,
Keeping your faith when it's gone
The one you should call,
Is standing here all alone...
And I will take
You in my arms
And hold you right where you belong
Till' the day my life is through
This I promise you
This I promise you
-This I Promise You (*Nsync)
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