Disclaimer: I do not own any of the ER characters Louise Mills Louise Mills 1 28 2001-08-20T22:09:00Z 2001-08-20T22:37:00Z 1 mills 1 1 9.2720 4.5 pt 2 2

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the ER characters.

Dreaded Day; this is a Carter and Lucy Story.

Following from Trials of life part two.

Written By Louise Mills.

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Authors notes: This is set 2 months since John's treatment started.

John is lying on his bed within the oncology department; he hadn't been able to get out of bed for two days. And Lucy was on the chair beside him, she had been by his side from 10 days before when the last session started. The chemotherapy treatment he had been given had affected John considerably; his body was swollen from the retainment of fluid. And had bruises all over making him look black and blue, but of course Lucy hadn't really noticed the appearance John was in all she knew is she loved him. The only thing she did notice was how much weight he had lost, John had lost 2 stone over the pass two months. Today was the last day of the current session of treatment and she was glad she didn't like seeing John in pain. John had finally managed to walk to the bathroom, meaning his was getting stronger and she hoped that was a good sign.

Rachel one of the nurses walked into John's room and approached Lucy. "Lucy Dr Morningside needs to speck to you and John. He be expecting you both in about an hour, so you better get John ready?" Lucy smiled and thanked Rachel.

Doctor Morningside's Office,

"John, Lucy thanks for coming I know you two don't like me to beat round the bush, so I get right to the point. The treatment your on Daunomycin before seemed to be working but since then after another two sessions of that treatment. We now know Daunomycin is not working for you." Silence gripped the room, John and Lucy both thought he was getting better, and thought being called to Dr Morningside was a confirmation of that. They never thought that John would be told his treatment wasn't working. "So what happens now?" John asked. "Well there's a new trial of chemotherapy I like to put you on? And then I mean new I mean new, it only came out this week to this hospital." "So what kind of results does it have?" Lucy question Morningside, "Quite good results, before its mostly been used in children and people under 19, but over the last year a trial in LA has been using a mixture of that treatment and been used on adults and the results are very positive." "So what's it called?" "ARA-C-Daunomycin, it's only used on people who fail to reach remission with plain Daunomycin. But the combination with ARA-C works where Daunomycin failed. I really do insist on you to consider it." Once again silence gripped the room, and Lucy held John's hand for support, even thou she knew John would be the one who needed support from her. She couldn't help feeling she was the victim of Leukaemia. John looked at Lucy he knew how she felt; he had once been sitting where she was, watching someone you loved die. He wanted to tell her he was going to be okay, but he couldn't because now he wasn't so sure he was going to be okay. "So if I chose this treatment how long would I have to wait before it started?" "For a while, about 10 days." "So I have some time to think about it?" "Yes and No; There is only a few number of places within the country, but I can reserve a place for a maximum of 2 days, if that will help." "It would thank you doctor, well I have a lot to think about and to discuss with family and friends. I better get back to my room." Lucy stood up and grabbed the handles on John's wheelchair and was about to wheel him out of the office when Dr Morningside spoke, "John I am sorry I didn't have good news." And John simply said, "I know," Then signalled for Lucy to leave.

Next Part coming soon…..