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Dana swirls into the parking garage and runs to the ER at RHWC. She is out of breath as she enters the front entrance. Running down the hall, she hears the familiar voice of LU.
"OK" shouts Lu. "Lets get him off this ambulance and into the ER. We need to do emergency surgery! There is an open wound to the head and a hemorrhage is taking place right at the brain."
Dana catches up to see Lu and the ambulance guys rushing to the ER with Jerkson, all covered in blood, under blankets. One is holding to his head as they run down the hall. Lu is leading the charge. Dana runs up to her.
"LU!" yells Dana
Lu turns to see Dana.
"Dana" she yells. "Jerkson has a hemorrhage to the head. He needs to go into emergency surgery. Come on, we need to find an a neurologist and someone to administer the anesthesia"
"Where is Peter?" yells Dana
"He is coming, I rode with Jerkson in the ambulance. Come on, we need to get his vitals again"
They enter the ER. A neurologist and anesthesiologist run over. Lu gives the call.
"On my count...1, 2 and"
On the count, they move Jerkson from the gurney to the table. Peter rushes in and takes his vitals again..
"BP: 170/120, pulse: 110, respiration: 100. Yells Peter
"Oh gosh, his vitals are so high but if we do not do surgery now, we could lose him" States Lu
"Lu, get him under, it looks like a possible stroke to me. Let's do what we can and take a chance"
The Neurologist/Surgeon and Anesthesiologist come over and take over. Also, They bring a team over to help them asking Lu, Peter and Dana to leave. The anesthesiologist gives Jerkson some stuff to put him under and Lu, Dana and Peter go out to the waiting room. Peter goes to get some coffee for everyone.
"Oh boy" says Lu
"What happened?" asks Dana
"We were going home and we saw this car practically fall into the river off of that bridge that hits the turnpike. We recognized the car and I told Peter to pull over as I had a bad feeling about this. So, we did and we recognized the plates on the back, we knew it was Jerkson as it had "CHFOFSTAFF" on it.
"I take you called 911"
Yes, Peter did. We got out of the car and saw Jerkson. However, we could not pull him out as he was on the brink of falling into the river. Also, you could tell he was injured. When the ER and cops came, they were able to get him out of the car. So, they plied their way through and got him out. He was not conscious at all" Lu gets out all at once.
OMG, how terrible. He was on his way to my place to get the grant stuff. What about his vitals?"
"They have gone up since we got him here. I am afraid he may have a heart attack or something"
"Well, that hemorrhage in his head indicates a possible stroke also"
"I know. I rode in the ambulance with them and Peter drove the car here"
"Oh Lu. Were you able to reach his family?" "I tried to call his house but his housekeeper said that his wife was at Duke in North Carolina undergoing some treatment for her MS"
"Yeah, she was under some clinical trials there. What about the kids?"
"Once I told the housekeeper, she arranged for them to stay with his sister. We need to call her"
Peter walks up at this point and gives them coffee.
"Ladies" he says, "I will make the phone calls. See what needs to be done"
Peter goes to his personnel file that Lana has at her desk and looks up the name and number of Duke and his sister's home. He starts to make the calls to his family. Dana and Lu sip on coffee and say a prayer together for Jerkson to pull through. At this point, one of the Dr's comes out into the waiting area.
"Hi, is any of Jerkson's family coming? We are about to go into surgery and I need to speak to the next of kin." The Doctor states.
"No, his wife is at Duke dealing with some MS stuff. Peter is calling his sisters as the housekeeper was taking them over there" Dana says
"OK, well, since you are Dr's, I will pass this along to you. Jerkson has had a stroke and is a hemorrhage in his brain. There is a clot there that is hemorrhaging and we are getting that under control now."
"And??" says Lu
"Well, we are risking a lot but we need to get him under and into surgery, the sooner the better. We are trying to stabilize his vitals, which is hard. At this point, his condition is critical. I do not know the outcome but if we do not get him NOW, it could be a whole lot worse"
"Thanks so much. We will be here and will try to get his family. Please keep us posted," says Dana
"I will do my best," states the Doctor.
The Doctor goes back to surgery and Peter comes back over to sit beside Lu. Dana sits on the couch across from them. For a while, they just think and pray. Even though Jerkson is scum, they still want him to pull through as his wife is sick and he has children. Suddenly, Dana looks up and Lu and Peter.
"Guys" says Dana
"Yeah" says Lu
"I owe you an apology, a big one"
Peter looks up, curiously. "Oh, you do?" he asks playing dumb.
"Peter, don't make me gravel," says Dana. "Yes, an apology, for the way I behaved this afternoon"
"Dana, don't worry about it," says Lu
"Peter, I accused you of some serious things earlier. I should have gotten all of the facts before making accusations. I guess with it being my sister and all, I kind of went bezerk and was not thinking"
"Dana, it's ok. Not a problem. After what we have seen tonight, that is the least of my worries," states Peter.
"I know but it was wrong of me and even though I have my pride, I can still admit when I am wrong"
"Well, how did you come to realize it was not me?"
"When I walked into my own home and found Emma place her lips on Nick as he was falling asleep"
"Oh Dana" says Lu. "I am so sorry.."
"It's ok. She did not make it to the police station; she was to busy seducing Nick. I still see it and get mad. Funny thing, there were not any scratches on her when I saw her. All cleaned up and everything."
"Dana. Can I say something and not meaning it in a bad or offensive way?" says Lu.
"What is it Lu?" says Dana
"Dana, your sister has some real problems, serious problems. It scares me that she is in the helping profession and having these issues that are not resolved"
Dana sits quietly. Peter nods his head in agreement and they sit and look at one another. Lu and Peter waiting for Dana to jump them with words and Dana trying to be as tactful as she can. As they wait for her verbal comeback, she surprises them with what she says.
"You are right, she does have problems. I have known it, my brother has known it and my parents, and especially my father has always tried to excuse it. Emma has always felt like she had to have everything that I have or had. It is like she is in some sick competition with me or something"
"Why?" asks Lu? "She has a lot going for her also if she would just get herself together"
"Well, growing up, it was suggested that she see a counselor for her behavior but my parents did not want the embarrassment that ties into that. Or what they feel is embarrassing. They denied it and for a long time, I did as well. Some of it is probably my own fault"
Lu interrupts "Dana, don't blame yourself. You have no control over what Emma does or wants to do"
"I know but she always was expected to do what I did and live up to those expectations that were placed on her. I guess we were so busy pushing her that she never got her own needs met or something. I am no shrink so I cannot really say"
"So Dana" asks Peter. "Where is she now?"
Dana suddenly realizes that she left Emma ALONE with Nick sleeping as she was in such a hurry to get to the RHWC to help with Jerkson.
"Oh no, I need to go back and get her away from Nick. Guys, what was I thinking?"
"Dana, go ahead, Peter and I will be here. We will go try to talk to Jerkson's family and wait and see what happens. We will call you also when anything develops here."
Dana thanks them and leaves out the door to the parking lot. Peter and Lu continue to sit, pray and drink coffee while they wait on Jerkson. About 45 minutes later, the Doctor comes out again. Peter and Lu walk up to him.
"Dr. Delgado, Nurse Riggs, I have some news and it is not good"
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Dana swirls into the parking garage and runs to the ER at RHWC. She is out of breath as she enters the front entrance. Running down the hall, she hears the familiar voice of LU.
"OK" shouts Lu. "Lets get him off this ambulance and into the ER. We need to do emergency surgery! There is an open wound to the head and a hemorrhage is taking place right at the brain."
Dana catches up to see Lu and the ambulance guys rushing to the ER with Jerkson, all covered in blood, under blankets. One is holding to his head as they run down the hall. Lu is leading the charge. Dana runs up to her.
"LU!" yells Dana
Lu turns to see Dana.
"Dana" she yells. "Jerkson has a hemorrhage to the head. He needs to go into emergency surgery. Come on, we need to find an a neurologist and someone to administer the anesthesia"
"Where is Peter?" yells Dana
"He is coming, I rode with Jerkson in the ambulance. Come on, we need to get his vitals again"
They enter the ER. A neurologist and anesthesiologist run over. Lu gives the call.
"On my count...1, 2 and"
On the count, they move Jerkson from the gurney to the table. Peter rushes in and takes his vitals again..
"BP: 170/120, pulse: 110, respiration: 100. Yells Peter
"Oh gosh, his vitals are so high but if we do not do surgery now, we could lose him" States Lu
"Lu, get him under, it looks like a possible stroke to me. Let's do what we can and take a chance"
The Neurologist/Surgeon and Anesthesiologist come over and take over. Also, They bring a team over to help them asking Lu, Peter and Dana to leave. The anesthesiologist gives Jerkson some stuff to put him under and Lu, Dana and Peter go out to the waiting room. Peter goes to get some coffee for everyone.
"Oh boy" says Lu
"What happened?" asks Dana
"We were going home and we saw this car practically fall into the river off of that bridge that hits the turnpike. We recognized the car and I told Peter to pull over as I had a bad feeling about this. So, we did and we recognized the plates on the back, we knew it was Jerkson as it had "CHFOFSTAFF" on it.
"I take you called 911"
Yes, Peter did. We got out of the car and saw Jerkson. However, we could not pull him out as he was on the brink of falling into the river. Also, you could tell he was injured. When the ER and cops came, they were able to get him out of the car. So, they plied their way through and got him out. He was not conscious at all" Lu gets out all at once.
OMG, how terrible. He was on his way to my place to get the grant stuff. What about his vitals?"
"They have gone up since we got him here. I am afraid he may have a heart attack or something"
"Well, that hemorrhage in his head indicates a possible stroke also"
"I know. I rode in the ambulance with them and Peter drove the car here"
"Oh Lu. Were you able to reach his family?" "I tried to call his house but his housekeeper said that his wife was at Duke in North Carolina undergoing some treatment for her MS"
"Yeah, she was under some clinical trials there. What about the kids?"
"Once I told the housekeeper, she arranged for them to stay with his sister. We need to call her"
Peter walks up at this point and gives them coffee.
"Ladies" he says, "I will make the phone calls. See what needs to be done"
Peter goes to his personnel file that Lana has at her desk and looks up the name and number of Duke and his sister's home. He starts to make the calls to his family. Dana and Lu sip on coffee and say a prayer together for Jerkson to pull through. At this point, one of the Dr's comes out into the waiting area.
"Hi, is any of Jerkson's family coming? We are about to go into surgery and I need to speak to the next of kin." The Doctor states.
"No, his wife is at Duke dealing with some MS stuff. Peter is calling his sisters as the housekeeper was taking them over there" Dana says
"OK, well, since you are Dr's, I will pass this along to you. Jerkson has had a stroke and is a hemorrhage in his brain. There is a clot there that is hemorrhaging and we are getting that under control now."
"And??" says Lu
"Well, we are risking a lot but we need to get him under and into surgery, the sooner the better. We are trying to stabilize his vitals, which is hard. At this point, his condition is critical. I do not know the outcome but if we do not get him NOW, it could be a whole lot worse"
"Thanks so much. We will be here and will try to get his family. Please keep us posted," says Dana
"I will do my best," states the Doctor.
The Doctor goes back to surgery and Peter comes back over to sit beside Lu. Dana sits on the couch across from them. For a while, they just think and pray. Even though Jerkson is scum, they still want him to pull through as his wife is sick and he has children. Suddenly, Dana looks up and Lu and Peter.
"Guys" says Dana
"Yeah" says Lu
"I owe you an apology, a big one"
Peter looks up, curiously. "Oh, you do?" he asks playing dumb.
"Peter, don't make me gravel," says Dana. "Yes, an apology, for the way I behaved this afternoon"
"Dana, don't worry about it," says Lu
"Peter, I accused you of some serious things earlier. I should have gotten all of the facts before making accusations. I guess with it being my sister and all, I kind of went bezerk and was not thinking"
"Dana, it's ok. Not a problem. After what we have seen tonight, that is the least of my worries," states Peter.
"I know but it was wrong of me and even though I have my pride, I can still admit when I am wrong"
"Well, how did you come to realize it was not me?"
"When I walked into my own home and found Emma place her lips on Nick as he was falling asleep"
"Oh Dana" says Lu. "I am so sorry.."
"It's ok. She did not make it to the police station; she was to busy seducing Nick. I still see it and get mad. Funny thing, there were not any scratches on her when I saw her. All cleaned up and everything."
"Dana. Can I say something and not meaning it in a bad or offensive way?" says Lu.
"What is it Lu?" says Dana
"Dana, your sister has some real problems, serious problems. It scares me that she is in the helping profession and having these issues that are not resolved"
Dana sits quietly. Peter nods his head in agreement and they sit and look at one another. Lu and Peter waiting for Dana to jump them with words and Dana trying to be as tactful as she can. As they wait for her verbal comeback, she surprises them with what she says.
"You are right, she does have problems. I have known it, my brother has known it and my parents, and especially my father has always tried to excuse it. Emma has always felt like she had to have everything that I have or had. It is like she is in some sick competition with me or something"
"Why?" asks Lu? "She has a lot going for her also if she would just get herself together"
"Well, growing up, it was suggested that she see a counselor for her behavior but my parents did not want the embarrassment that ties into that. Or what they feel is embarrassing. They denied it and for a long time, I did as well. Some of it is probably my own fault"
Lu interrupts "Dana, don't blame yourself. You have no control over what Emma does or wants to do"
"I know but she always was expected to do what I did and live up to those expectations that were placed on her. I guess we were so busy pushing her that she never got her own needs met or something. I am no shrink so I cannot really say"
"So Dana" asks Peter. "Where is she now?"
Dana suddenly realizes that she left Emma ALONE with Nick sleeping as she was in such a hurry to get to the RHWC to help with Jerkson.
"Oh no, I need to go back and get her away from Nick. Guys, what was I thinking?"
"Dana, go ahead, Peter and I will be here. We will go try to talk to Jerkson's family and wait and see what happens. We will call you also when anything develops here."
Dana thanks them and leaves out the door to the parking lot. Peter and Lu continue to sit, pray and drink coffee while they wait on Jerkson. About 45 minutes later, the Doctor comes out again. Peter and Lu walk up to him.
"Dr. Delgado, Nurse Riggs, I have some news and it is not good"
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