The Tests, The News
Chapter 2
By: Erin
Hours later, Lu went into her son's hospital room. He was all hooked up to machines and tubes, because he's condition had gotten worse rapidly. Lu started to cry as she continued to walk into the room, she sat down in a chair that was beside the bed. She just sat there unaware of her surroundings or that anyone of her co-workers had entered the room, people such as Lana and Peter.
Dana came into Marc's room a few hours after Lana and Peter had left. "Lu?" she said, but then realized that Lu probably wasn't hearing a word that she was saying. "Lu?" she repeated. Lu finally spoke after several minutes. "Oh Dana, it's you, I didn't see you come in, sorry." Lu says just staring around the room not making eye contact with Dana.
"It's alright, Lu, I understand, look I have Marc's test results back from the lab" Dana continues softly.
"Okay, what are they?" she asks, trying not to cry again.
"Lu, um I don't how to say this...., but it looks like Marc's is really sick" says Dana.
"What do you mean, Dana"? It can't be that bad." asks Lu.
"Well it is, Lu." says Dana. "It looks like Marc has a blood disorder that's pretty serious." Dana says as she sits by Lu in a chair next her.
"what is it?" Lu asked, trying to control her voice.
"Marc has acute Lymphocytic Leukemia or as you may know it as ALL, which is further characterized as pre-B,B, or T-cell ALL.".
"Oh my god, Dana what's going to happen to him"? asks Lu as she starts to cry again, but this time it's even harder than she was before.
"Lu we can try and get him on a bone marrow transplant list, but I think for right now Chemotheraphy treatments would be best for him" Says Dana as Lu continues to cry at the news of her son's illness. Dana knew that Lu most likely wouldn't stop crying anytime soon, so she left the room to give Lu some time alone by herself to think. Dana knew that her co-partner and her co-patrner's son's life would probably never be the same again. She had to let Marc live, aleast if not for her, for his mother and her friend.
The next few days were the hardest for Lu, she stayed at Marc's bedside all the time, just talking with him, letting him know that she was there for him and that she wasn't going to leave. Lana then walks into the room, she stares at Marc then at Lu, but Lu doesn't look up, she just stares once again at everything in the room as if she's back in time and does not want to come back into the present. After a few minutes, she finally looks up at Lana and asks "why, Lana why is this happening to him"?
"I don't know, kid." she responds not really knowing at all what to say to her friend.
"I thought it would never happen to my child, but then it does, I don't know what to do anymore, Lana" Says Lu.
"I know, kid I know, it's hard, but you got to be strong and you'll see it will be fine in the end" Says Lana. She then goes back down to her post without another word.
Marc in the few hours that he's been in the hospital hasn't moved around alot, which concerns Lu. Lu loves her son and she'll do whatever it takes to make sure he'll be okay. Dana comes back into Marc's hospital room later that afternoon to tell Lu that she'll have to start him on Chemotheraphy soon. "okay Dana, the sooner the better right?"
"Right Lu. Now you know he'll get very sick from it or maybe he won't it depends on how his body reacts to the treatments, every cancer patient is different" Says Dana
"Yes I know Dana, I'am doctor also"
"Yeah I know Lu, but I just wanted to make sure that you knew before hand." With that Dana once again leaves Marc's room, goes her office to write up charts and files.
Marc has now been in the hospital for two months, he's gotten his first chemotheraphy treatment and is going for a 2nd one soon, within the next month or so. The Chemo has made Marc very sick to where he really can't do anything. Lu has helped Marc through his Chemotheraphy, which doesn't make her feel any better because she hates seeing him in pain almost all the time. But she knows that the chemotheraphy is for the best, to fight the cancer in his body, make him better and to get the cancer in remission.
Just then Dr. Jackson enters the room, just as Marc's 2nd treatment is over. "Hi Dr. Delgado, how's Marc today"? he asks as he sits down next to her.
"he's okay, he just had his 2nd Chemotheraphy treatment."
"Yeah, I've heard. Ok, well I just remembered I have some paperwork to do in my office, please call me if you need anything".
"Okay I will, thanks". He then gets up, walks out of the room without another word said.
Chapter 2
By: Erin
Hours later, Lu went into her son's hospital room. He was all hooked up to machines and tubes, because he's condition had gotten worse rapidly. Lu started to cry as she continued to walk into the room, she sat down in a chair that was beside the bed. She just sat there unaware of her surroundings or that anyone of her co-workers had entered the room, people such as Lana and Peter.
Dana came into Marc's room a few hours after Lana and Peter had left. "Lu?" she said, but then realized that Lu probably wasn't hearing a word that she was saying. "Lu?" she repeated. Lu finally spoke after several minutes. "Oh Dana, it's you, I didn't see you come in, sorry." Lu says just staring around the room not making eye contact with Dana.
"It's alright, Lu, I understand, look I have Marc's test results back from the lab" Dana continues softly.
"Okay, what are they?" she asks, trying not to cry again.
"Lu, um I don't how to say this...., but it looks like Marc's is really sick" says Dana.
"What do you mean, Dana"? It can't be that bad." asks Lu.
"Well it is, Lu." says Dana. "It looks like Marc has a blood disorder that's pretty serious." Dana says as she sits by Lu in a chair next her.
"what is it?" Lu asked, trying to control her voice.
"Marc has acute Lymphocytic Leukemia or as you may know it as ALL, which is further characterized as pre-B,B, or T-cell ALL.".
"Oh my god, Dana what's going to happen to him"? asks Lu as she starts to cry again, but this time it's even harder than she was before.
"Lu we can try and get him on a bone marrow transplant list, but I think for right now Chemotheraphy treatments would be best for him" Says Dana as Lu continues to cry at the news of her son's illness. Dana knew that Lu most likely wouldn't stop crying anytime soon, so she left the room to give Lu some time alone by herself to think. Dana knew that her co-partner and her co-patrner's son's life would probably never be the same again. She had to let Marc live, aleast if not for her, for his mother and her friend.
The next few days were the hardest for Lu, she stayed at Marc's bedside all the time, just talking with him, letting him know that she was there for him and that she wasn't going to leave. Lana then walks into the room, she stares at Marc then at Lu, but Lu doesn't look up, she just stares once again at everything in the room as if she's back in time and does not want to come back into the present. After a few minutes, she finally looks up at Lana and asks "why, Lana why is this happening to him"?
"I don't know, kid." she responds not really knowing at all what to say to her friend.
"I thought it would never happen to my child, but then it does, I don't know what to do anymore, Lana" Says Lu.
"I know, kid I know, it's hard, but you got to be strong and you'll see it will be fine in the end" Says Lana. She then goes back down to her post without another word.
Marc in the few hours that he's been in the hospital hasn't moved around alot, which concerns Lu. Lu loves her son and she'll do whatever it takes to make sure he'll be okay. Dana comes back into Marc's hospital room later that afternoon to tell Lu that she'll have to start him on Chemotheraphy soon. "okay Dana, the sooner the better right?"
"Right Lu. Now you know he'll get very sick from it or maybe he won't it depends on how his body reacts to the treatments, every cancer patient is different" Says Dana
"Yes I know Dana, I'am doctor also"
"Yeah I know Lu, but I just wanted to make sure that you knew before hand." With that Dana once again leaves Marc's room, goes her office to write up charts and files.
Marc has now been in the hospital for two months, he's gotten his first chemotheraphy treatment and is going for a 2nd one soon, within the next month or so. The Chemo has made Marc very sick to where he really can't do anything. Lu has helped Marc through his Chemotheraphy, which doesn't make her feel any better because she hates seeing him in pain almost all the time. But she knows that the chemotheraphy is for the best, to fight the cancer in his body, make him better and to get the cancer in remission.
Just then Dr. Jackson enters the room, just as Marc's 2nd treatment is over. "Hi Dr. Delgado, how's Marc today"? he asks as he sits down next to her.
"he's okay, he just had his 2nd Chemotheraphy treatment."
"Yeah, I've heard. Ok, well I just remembered I have some paperwork to do in my office, please call me if you need anything".
"Okay I will, thanks". He then gets up, walks out of the room without another word said.