Chad ran to Theresa's crumpled body but he didn't move her in case her back or neck was injured. The truck driver stopped and ran out of the car.
"Oh my God! I-I didn't see her, Oh my God." Said the woman that was driving the truck.
"Go get help! Now!" yelled Chad. He watched helplessly as the rain mixed with her blood and created a miniature river of red. Chad rode in the ambulance to the hospital where they were approached by a pretty blonde doctor.
"What do we have?" she yelled over the rain and the thunder.
"Truck verses Pedestrian, thrown 20 feet, Eighteen year old, female. Multiple lacerations, possible neck and spine injury, BP 60/40 and crashing." Said the EMT as they wheeled Theresa into a trauma room.
"Okay, I need three liters of Saline, ,some O neg., head and chest film and a portable C-spine!" yelled the doctor.
"Pupils fixed and dilated, bad breath sounds on the left." Said another doctor.
"V-fib, No pulse, she's flatlined!" yelled a nurse.
"Okay, charge to 50." Said the blonde doctor with the paddles in her hands. "Clear!" she said as she shocked Theresa.
"Got a heart beat and a pulse. catheter is positive" Said the nurse.
"Her airway is blocked, we need a chest tube, she has internal bleeding and a collapsed lung, we need to get her to the OR, stat."
Chad watched all of this from the doors and had to move out of the way as they rolled her out of the room.
"Come with me, Sir." Said one of the nurses as she led him in the opposite
direction.
"No, wait, is Theresa going to be okay?" asked Chad.
"They are going to do everything they can, A doctor will be in shortly, I suggest you call her family." Said the nurse as she left him in the waiting room.
Chad went to the pay phone and called Pilar, Luis and Miguel.
The same blonde doctor came in as soon as Chad was done. "I'm Dr. Anna Del Amico, you came in with-Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald." She said looking at the chart in her hand.
"Is she okay?" asked Chad anxiously.
"Well, she had some internal bleeding, a collapsed lung and some spinal damageā¦"
"She's going to be paralyzed? Be straight with me." Said Chad.
"There's a 60% chance that she will be, I'm sorry. The good thing is it might only be temporary. She's in surgery right now to see if they can repair the damage to her spine and stop the internal bleeding. There were some nerves damaged in her leg so even if we can repair her spine we might have to amputate her left leg. She has a serious concussion and possible swelling in her brain, if that doesn't go down or increases in the next few hours she'll need brain surgery too." Anna stopped to let it all sink in. After a while she said "Can I get you anything?" as she put her hand on Chad's shoulder.
"Nah, I have to go take care of somethin, her family should be here any minute." Said Chad getting up and leaving. He called a taxi and then headed over to the Hotchkiss-Winthrop Estate.
Chad opened the door and stomped inside. "Ethan! Get down here now!" yelled Chad.
"Chad, what's wrong?" asked Gwen coming down the stairs.
"This ain't about you so stay out of it." Yelled Chad.
"Chad this is not your house so I would appreciate it if you would have some respect-."
"What's going on?" asked Ethan walking out of his study.
"You son of a bitch!" yelled Chad as he ran over to Ethan, grabbed him by the collar and slammed him up against the wall.
"Chad get away from him before I call the police!" yelled Gwen.
"This is all your fault, you deserve to die, you might not be a Crane by blood but you are every ounce of one. Because of YOU Theresa is in the hospital and might die or be paralyzed for life because of you!" said Chad slamming him against the wall harder.
"What happened to Theresa?" he asked concerned and scared.
"You ain't got no right to know and if I see you around the hospital, I'll kill you." Said Chad as he threw Ethan on the floor and walked out.
"Ethan, are you okay?" asked Gwen as she ran to him.
"I'm fine." Said Ethan getting up and putting his hand to the back of his head.
"Darling, let me get you some ice-."
"No I have to make sure Theresa is okay." Said Ethan as he grabbed his coat and walked towards the door.
"You heard what Chad said he'll-." The door slammed. "Kill you." Said Gwen sighing. She felt so tired and her stomach was hurting a bit so she went upstairs and fell asleep.
Chad, Pilar, Miguel, Luis, Sheridan, and Charity all sat in the waiting room crying and praying.
"Sam told me what happened." Said Grace walking in and hugging Pilar.
"I pray to God, Theresa is okay." Said Pilar wiping her tears.
"Theresa is going to be okay, we have to stay positive." Said Sheridan as she held Luis's hand, and looked at her engagement ring.
"Oh, no!" said Charity crying. "This can't be!" said Charity as she buried her head in her hands.
"What is it Charity? Are you having a vision?" asked Miguel.
Charity shook her head. "I see terrible pain, it's so horrible and it hurts so much." She said burying her head in Miguel's chest.
Pilar started sobbing just as Dr. Del Amico came in. "I just wanted you all to know she's still in surgery right now, seeing as how much damage has been done she probably won't be out for awhile so you should all get some rest. She has the best doctors in the state and Eve Russell is supervising so don't worry, she can come out of this alive and make a full recovery"
"Thank you, Doctor." Said Luis as he hugged Sheridan.
Ethan was in the hallway away from the waiting room when he saw a doctor come out. "I need some information, it's important." Said Ethan.
"What can I help you with?" asked the Doctor.
"I need to know about a young woman, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, I need to know if she's alright."
"Well, it doesn't look to good right now, she may come out of surgery with no complications and she'll wake up and only be extremely sore although the chances of that happening right now are about 10%." Said The doctor.
"I need to know what's wrong with her and the worst case scenario, I'm her lawyer and I want all the information.
"Okay, she came in here in bad shape, she was hit by a truck and lost a lot of blood, her arm was fractured, there was some internal bleeding, a spinal injury, a disk in her back was shattered and a piece could be lodged in her spine and there is a large amount of swelling, a broken rib punctured her liver, she has severe nerve damage in her leg and a brain swell. The worst case scenario is she goes into a coma and never wakes up, she could be paralyzed, have amnesia, loose motor-skills a lot of things could happen at this point. If you'll excuse me I have some more patients to see." said the Doctor walking away.
"This is all of my fault." Said Ethan to himself. He didn't know where to go, he couldn't just leave but he couldn't wait in the waiting room with Chad either. He went to the reception desk. "I'm Ethan Winthrop and when Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald gets out of surgery I want you to call me right away. Do you understand?" he said speaking to the head nurse.
"Yes, Mr. Winthrop, you have my word." Said the nurse.
Ethan went down to the parking lot and sat in his car to wait. "Theresa, you have to be alright." He said to himself as he leaned back.
Many hours later Chad heard the waiting room door shut and woke up, after a few seconds he remembered where he was and shot up out of his seat.
"Doctor is my Theresa, alright?" asked Pilar.
"She got through the surgery but right now she is in a coma, you are welcome to visit her, one at a time though. She's in room 184, if there is any change in her condition or her heart beat slows get the nearest nurse or doctor right away."
"Thank you, Dr. Del Amico." Said Chad shaking her hand. Pilar went to see her first, then Luis and then Miguel. When Pilar came back she had tears running down her cheeks and Sheridan and Grace comforted her. Finally it was Chad's turn to go.
He walked down the silent hall and finally got to her room, he looked in and she was just laying there. He took a deep breath and walked into her room.
She had a tube down her throat, a neck brace and there were so many machines hooked up to her.
"Theresa." He said brokenly as he sat down by her and buried his head in his hands.
"I don't know if you can hear me or not but there is something I need to tell you." He said gently putting his hand over hers. "You can't die, Theresa, you are my best friend and I wouldn't know what to do if you wasn't here. You gotta get through this because I love you, a lot and way more than just a friend, I love you brightness, and the way you see things, your determination, your stubbornness, everything about you, and no matter what happens I always will, just think about how much fun we had at the beach and all the things you gots to look forward too, please don't leave me." He said as he leaned over and kissed her cheek.
"Oh my God! I-I didn't see her, Oh my God." Said the woman that was driving the truck.
"Go get help! Now!" yelled Chad. He watched helplessly as the rain mixed with her blood and created a miniature river of red. Chad rode in the ambulance to the hospital where they were approached by a pretty blonde doctor.
"What do we have?" she yelled over the rain and the thunder.
"Truck verses Pedestrian, thrown 20 feet, Eighteen year old, female. Multiple lacerations, possible neck and spine injury, BP 60/40 and crashing." Said the EMT as they wheeled Theresa into a trauma room.
"Okay, I need three liters of Saline, ,some O neg., head and chest film and a portable C-spine!" yelled the doctor.
"Pupils fixed and dilated, bad breath sounds on the left." Said another doctor.
"V-fib, No pulse, she's flatlined!" yelled a nurse.
"Okay, charge to 50." Said the blonde doctor with the paddles in her hands. "Clear!" she said as she shocked Theresa.
"Got a heart beat and a pulse. catheter is positive" Said the nurse.
"Her airway is blocked, we need a chest tube, she has internal bleeding and a collapsed lung, we need to get her to the OR, stat."
Chad watched all of this from the doors and had to move out of the way as they rolled her out of the room.
"Come with me, Sir." Said one of the nurses as she led him in the opposite
direction.
"No, wait, is Theresa going to be okay?" asked Chad.
"They are going to do everything they can, A doctor will be in shortly, I suggest you call her family." Said the nurse as she left him in the waiting room.
Chad went to the pay phone and called Pilar, Luis and Miguel.
The same blonde doctor came in as soon as Chad was done. "I'm Dr. Anna Del Amico, you came in with-Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald." She said looking at the chart in her hand.
"Is she okay?" asked Chad anxiously.
"Well, she had some internal bleeding, a collapsed lung and some spinal damageā¦"
"She's going to be paralyzed? Be straight with me." Said Chad.
"There's a 60% chance that she will be, I'm sorry. The good thing is it might only be temporary. She's in surgery right now to see if they can repair the damage to her spine and stop the internal bleeding. There were some nerves damaged in her leg so even if we can repair her spine we might have to amputate her left leg. She has a serious concussion and possible swelling in her brain, if that doesn't go down or increases in the next few hours she'll need brain surgery too." Anna stopped to let it all sink in. After a while she said "Can I get you anything?" as she put her hand on Chad's shoulder.
"Nah, I have to go take care of somethin, her family should be here any minute." Said Chad getting up and leaving. He called a taxi and then headed over to the Hotchkiss-Winthrop Estate.
Chad opened the door and stomped inside. "Ethan! Get down here now!" yelled Chad.
"Chad, what's wrong?" asked Gwen coming down the stairs.
"This ain't about you so stay out of it." Yelled Chad.
"Chad this is not your house so I would appreciate it if you would have some respect-."
"What's going on?" asked Ethan walking out of his study.
"You son of a bitch!" yelled Chad as he ran over to Ethan, grabbed him by the collar and slammed him up against the wall.
"Chad get away from him before I call the police!" yelled Gwen.
"This is all your fault, you deserve to die, you might not be a Crane by blood but you are every ounce of one. Because of YOU Theresa is in the hospital and might die or be paralyzed for life because of you!" said Chad slamming him against the wall harder.
"What happened to Theresa?" he asked concerned and scared.
"You ain't got no right to know and if I see you around the hospital, I'll kill you." Said Chad as he threw Ethan on the floor and walked out.
"Ethan, are you okay?" asked Gwen as she ran to him.
"I'm fine." Said Ethan getting up and putting his hand to the back of his head.
"Darling, let me get you some ice-."
"No I have to make sure Theresa is okay." Said Ethan as he grabbed his coat and walked towards the door.
"You heard what Chad said he'll-." The door slammed. "Kill you." Said Gwen sighing. She felt so tired and her stomach was hurting a bit so she went upstairs and fell asleep.
Chad, Pilar, Miguel, Luis, Sheridan, and Charity all sat in the waiting room crying and praying.
"Sam told me what happened." Said Grace walking in and hugging Pilar.
"I pray to God, Theresa is okay." Said Pilar wiping her tears.
"Theresa is going to be okay, we have to stay positive." Said Sheridan as she held Luis's hand, and looked at her engagement ring.
"Oh, no!" said Charity crying. "This can't be!" said Charity as she buried her head in her hands.
"What is it Charity? Are you having a vision?" asked Miguel.
Charity shook her head. "I see terrible pain, it's so horrible and it hurts so much." She said burying her head in Miguel's chest.
Pilar started sobbing just as Dr. Del Amico came in. "I just wanted you all to know she's still in surgery right now, seeing as how much damage has been done she probably won't be out for awhile so you should all get some rest. She has the best doctors in the state and Eve Russell is supervising so don't worry, she can come out of this alive and make a full recovery"
"Thank you, Doctor." Said Luis as he hugged Sheridan.
Ethan was in the hallway away from the waiting room when he saw a doctor come out. "I need some information, it's important." Said Ethan.
"What can I help you with?" asked the Doctor.
"I need to know about a young woman, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, I need to know if she's alright."
"Well, it doesn't look to good right now, she may come out of surgery with no complications and she'll wake up and only be extremely sore although the chances of that happening right now are about 10%." Said The doctor.
"I need to know what's wrong with her and the worst case scenario, I'm her lawyer and I want all the information.
"Okay, she came in here in bad shape, she was hit by a truck and lost a lot of blood, her arm was fractured, there was some internal bleeding, a spinal injury, a disk in her back was shattered and a piece could be lodged in her spine and there is a large amount of swelling, a broken rib punctured her liver, she has severe nerve damage in her leg and a brain swell. The worst case scenario is she goes into a coma and never wakes up, she could be paralyzed, have amnesia, loose motor-skills a lot of things could happen at this point. If you'll excuse me I have some more patients to see." said the Doctor walking away.
"This is all of my fault." Said Ethan to himself. He didn't know where to go, he couldn't just leave but he couldn't wait in the waiting room with Chad either. He went to the reception desk. "I'm Ethan Winthrop and when Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald gets out of surgery I want you to call me right away. Do you understand?" he said speaking to the head nurse.
"Yes, Mr. Winthrop, you have my word." Said the nurse.
Ethan went down to the parking lot and sat in his car to wait. "Theresa, you have to be alright." He said to himself as he leaned back.
Many hours later Chad heard the waiting room door shut and woke up, after a few seconds he remembered where he was and shot up out of his seat.
"Doctor is my Theresa, alright?" asked Pilar.
"She got through the surgery but right now she is in a coma, you are welcome to visit her, one at a time though. She's in room 184, if there is any change in her condition or her heart beat slows get the nearest nurse or doctor right away."
"Thank you, Dr. Del Amico." Said Chad shaking her hand. Pilar went to see her first, then Luis and then Miguel. When Pilar came back she had tears running down her cheeks and Sheridan and Grace comforted her. Finally it was Chad's turn to go.
He walked down the silent hall and finally got to her room, he looked in and she was just laying there. He took a deep breath and walked into her room.
She had a tube down her throat, a neck brace and there were so many machines hooked up to her.
"Theresa." He said brokenly as he sat down by her and buried his head in his hands.
"I don't know if you can hear me or not but there is something I need to tell you." He said gently putting his hand over hers. "You can't die, Theresa, you are my best friend and I wouldn't know what to do if you wasn't here. You gotta get through this because I love you, a lot and way more than just a friend, I love you brightness, and the way you see things, your determination, your stubbornness, everything about you, and no matter what happens I always will, just think about how much fun we had at the beach and all the things you gots to look forward too, please don't leave me." He said as he leaned over and kissed her cheek.
