N-No…the doctor had to be lying. My brother is fine…He almost drowned once before…he was fine then. And he had to be under the water then, like a good 30 seconds top…enough to bring our mom into a panic.
In the country, there was a pond about a mile from our house. Me Pony and Darry use to run to the pond the second we got out of the car. Pony loved it especially when the sun was going down…he liked the way the light reflected off the water or something.
He was about 8 when it happened. Mom and Dad told him never to go down to the pong without me or Darry with him. But, did he listen? No…he was as hard headed then as he is now. He went down to the pond, alone.
Darry and I were cleaning Mick Mouse, my house, when we head a scream.
Mom was out of the house in a second, running down to the pond where the scream had came from…I guess Pony got his running speed from mom…
She knew the second after the scream that it was Pony, she said she was looking for him at the same time.
So Dad, me and Darry took off after her. Mom wasn't ever a screaming woman, but she was then.
We made it to the pond, in record time, enough time to see Pony splashing and stuff. Dad and Darry jumped into the Pond…I stood there like stone, while mom paced back and forth yelling, "My Baby!"
Darry and Dad brought Pony to shore, he was coughing and throwing up water.
But he was fine…
He had to be fine now…
Right?
I looked at Darry, he was about to loose it…The doctor was saying something about a small surgery they did to relive the pressure off his brain, and something about a respirator. …Why? He should be in there helping my brother!
I guess I said it out loud since, they were looking at me.
"Why aren't you in there helping him?" I growled.
"We've did all that we could." He said
"Well, call some more people!" Arms were wrapped around me then, I looked at Steve…I looked in his eyes for an answer but there was none…there wasn't an answer in anyone's eyes. We all looked lost.
"We all want to see him…" Darry said quietly.
The doctor was going to argue, but he just nodded.
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The ICU…was quiet. Only noises were the shuffling of the nurses feet, and the beeping of heart monitors. I didn't realize I was holding my breath, until I became dizzy. Johnny rubbed my shoulder comfortably and I only gave him a weak smile..
I wanted to turn away and go back to the waiting room…or just go home. I couldn't…I couldn't leave Darry alone, and I couldn't leave my baby brother….
The nurse slide up and large glass door, and opened a curtain that was inside of the glass cubicle. Darry went in before us…he was always first…he always was brave or he tried to be brave.
Once we were all inside the nurse steeped in an shut the curtain. She went to the bed and we all just stood there…almost dumbfounded.
Click. Beep. Sigh
I stared at my baby brother, machines, tubes and IVs were hooked up to his body, making him look so tiny. A sky blue tub ran into his mouth and down his throat, his head was loosely bandaged, IVs were stuck to his arm, and a small thin tube ran down his nose.
Click. Beep. Sigh.
Dally made the first move. I watched move forward and touch Pony's hand softly. "What is all this shit?" He said, he sounded angry.
Click. Beep. Sigh
"T-the small tube is a feeding tube, and larger one is part of the respirator-" She stopped, Dally was shaking his head.
Click. Beep. Sigh
"I-I can't see him like this." He then stormed out, not before looking back and shaking his head again.
Click. Beep. Sigh
I moved forward then, and Darry moved after. We both took his hands and either side.
Click. Beep. Sigh
"Hey Pon." Darry was saying, "Doctors say you're not going to be the same, but you will. You'll prove them wrong."
Click. Beep. Sigh.
"Yea Pony, you're strong." Tears were running down my face…I couldn't hold it in any longer. I broke down. "Please don't leave us! Please!"
The Click. Beep. Sigh of the respirator was my only reply…
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Sorry for errors and other things
B. Question: Did the Curtis's live in the country or was is like a vacation spot?