Arrival Overdue
Chapter 6
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Faith walked into the Recovery Room behind Dr. Tate. Ty waited in the hallway until Faith was done.
"Now, he's pretty out of it still. We just finished surgery so the anasthesia still has hold of him. He's got some bruising so that looks horrible, but that will go away in the next few days. When he does wake up, he may be confused - from the head injury - but the Scan didn't show anything long term. He was dehydrated when he was brought in also. I honestly don't know how he hung on for as long as he did," she finished explaining looking from Bosco to Faith. "You okay?" she asked, noticing the paleness of Faith's face and putting a hand at her elbow. "Here, why don't you sit right here," she said, helping Faith to the chair next to Bosco's bed.
"Thanks. Just the tension and the trip, I guess. He's pretty strong-willed," Faith said, starting to feel a little better. Dr. Tate looked back at her with a puzzled look. "That's how he held on. He's stubborn," she explained.
Dr. Tate nodded her head, "Well it worked in his favor. You can sit here with him as long as you'd like. I'll let the nurse know that it's okay. Can I get you some juice or something?" the doctor offered, noticing the residual paleness.
"Um. No, you've done enough. Thanks, Dr. Tate," Faith said, shaking the doctor's hand.
"Sure. I've got a few patients to check on and then I'll come back. If he starts to wake up, get the nurse and she'll page me, okay?"
"Sure. Thanks again," Faith said, looking back at Bosco.
Dr. Tate walked out of the room and stopped to talk to Ty in the hallway.
"He's still out of it - probably will be for a little while yet. But, he's young and in good shape. And from what his partner says, he's a fighter so I'm not worried about him making a good recovery from this. I told her she could stay with him as long as she wants, but I think she could use something to eat and drink. She doesn't look too good herself. You can stick your head in for a minute, but come with me into the lounge and I'll give you some juice and something to bring to her," she said, leading Ty into the lounge at the end of the hall.
"Thanks, Doc," Ty said when she handed him some food and drink. "Thanks for taking care of him."
"Not a problem. Look, do you guys have any place to stay? Because, my house is just up the road and there's more than enough room - if you don't mind that my daughter will probably swarm you at first. Anyway - you're more than welcome. I'll be back in a little while to check in," Dr. Tate said.
"Okay. I'll tell Faith," he said, heading back toward the Recovery Room as Dr. Tate went to talk to the nurse.
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Faith stood up and walked closer to the bed. She looked her partner over, kicking herself for being late to roll call.
"I'm sorry, Bos. Maybe if I was with you, this wouldn't have happened," she said as she reached down and touched his arm. He continued to sleep peacefully.
"Ty's here too and everyone from the House is waiting to hear how you are," she said. "I'm staying right here, okay? I'll be right here," she said as she heard the door open behind her.
A nurse came in followed by Ty who had a couple of bottles of juice and some muffins. The nurse went around to the other side of the bed to start checking on Bosco's vitals and Ty walked up to the bed.
"Doctor's orders," he said, holding the items out to Faith who let out a laugh. "How's he doing?" he asked.
"He's still asleep. Doctor said it would probably be awhile 'cause he just came out of surgery," she told him.
The nurse finished checking his wound and his vitals and started out. She stopped next to Ty. "I'm sorry, but only one of you can stay - and that's breaking the rules really."
"No problem," Ty said, putting the food on the table. "I'll go call Lieu and let him know as much as we know for now," he said to Faith. Faith nodded and Ty followed the nurse out.
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"Okay, Davis. Thanks for calling. Keep us posted. You got somewhere to stay up there?" Lieutenant Swersky said.
"Yeah, Lieu. The doctor taking care of Bosco offered to let us stay at her place. Apparently, she met Bosco at a rest area here shortly before the crash and he made an impression on her," Ty said, hearing the Lieutenant chuckle on the other end.
"I don't know what the women see in him," Lieu said.
"Yeah, me either. I haven't talked to Faith, but we may take her up on it for the night. You gonna let everyone there know what's going on?" Ty said.
"Yeah. Will do. Keep in touch," the Lieutenant replied before hanging up.
He turned to Sully and Carlos and told them what Ty had relayed.
"Okay. Well, I'm gonna head home then. I'm off tomorrow so I'll take a ride up there," Sully said.
"Okay. Tell Davis he's cleared for tomorrow off too. Tell Faith to let me know how long she's gonna be off. I gotta go call Bosco's mother. She's been waiting to hear whether he's gonna be transferred down here or if she should head up there," the Lieu said.
"I'll call her Lieu. I'll give her a ride up with me in the morning. That way she can see first hand that he's gonna be okay," Sully offered.
"I'll go let everyone at the station know what's going on," Carlos said, heading out the door. He turned to Sully, "Tell Bosco we all said 'hey.'"
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Faith was sitting in the chair, her head back. She'd had some of the juice and half a muffin, which helped a little. She just got back from calling Fred to let him know that she'd be staying at least overnight until she found out whether he was being transferred back to the City or not. Fred told her that Sully'd just stopped by to grab some extra clothes and stuff to bring up with him tomorrow. He told her Sully was bringing Bosco's mom up in the morning too.
Dr. Tate had come back once to check on Bosco and said she'd be back again. The nurse was there now, checking on his vitals again. Faith heard the nurse at her side whisper, "Officer? I think he's waking up." Faith sat up and thanked the nurse.
"Bosco?" Faith said quietly. "It's Faith. I'm here. You're in the hospital and you're gonna be fine."
"Faith?" he said hoarsely, trying to focus his eyes on Faith.
"Yeah. You're gonna be fine. You just need to rest, okay? The doctor will be here in a minute.
"Hogan," he said, starting to stir.
"I know, Bos. It's okay. Just try to relax. You gave us quite a scare," she told him, trying to get him to calm down and get his mind off of Hogan.
"Mason got away. He had someone come after us, Faith," he said, getting agitated.
"Bos. It's okay. Just relax. We'll get him. Please, relax," Faith said, as Bosco tried to get up.
"It's the head injury, Officer," Dr. Tate said, coming in behind her. She helped Faith to hold him down as the nurse gave some medicine through his IV to calm him down. "Officer Boscorelli, you're at Albany Medical Center Hospital. You were injured and had some surgery. It's very important that you calm down and stay still for right now. Your other officers are taking care of your prisoner," she said calmly as the medicine began to work and he fell off to sleep again.
Faith took in a deep breath while Dr. Tate checked Bosco's wounds to make sure he didn't rip out any sutures. "Wow. What did you mean it's the head injury?" she asked the doctor.
"He's confused. His body's telling him one thing - that he's hurt and he needs to rest - and his mind's telling him that he needs to do his job and take care of his prisoner. It'll all get coordinated again. His body's been through a great shock and he needs to recover. Rest is the best thing for it," she said, looking back at Bosco.
"Look, he's gonna be out for the rest of the night because I'm going to order enough medicine to keep him out. I told the other officer that you're welcome to stay at my house - it's just up the road and there's more than enough room," she said as another doctor came into the room.
"This is Dr. Delaney. He's going to be taking care of your partner for the night and he'll call me if anything changes. He's very good - almost as good as me," she said, winking at the other doctor as she teased him.
"You're sure he won't be waking up?" Faith said.
"I'm sure. I want him out of it for the rest of the night so his body and head have a chance to heal. C'mon. You can follow me in your car," she said.
"Okay. Let me just tell him I'm leaving," she said, walking over to the bed.
"Bos. You need to rest so the doctor gave you medicine to make you do that. I'll be back first thing in the morning or sooner. You just relax and get better," Faith said.
Dr. Delaney whispered to Dr. Tate, "Wife?"
"Closer. She's his partner. Take care of this one Jerry. I met him when he was healthy and I think I'd like to get to know him better," she said, winking.
"Yes, Ma'am," he said as Faith finished and was ready to leave.
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TBC...
Chapter 6
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Faith walked into the Recovery Room behind Dr. Tate. Ty waited in the hallway until Faith was done.
"Now, he's pretty out of it still. We just finished surgery so the anasthesia still has hold of him. He's got some bruising so that looks horrible, but that will go away in the next few days. When he does wake up, he may be confused - from the head injury - but the Scan didn't show anything long term. He was dehydrated when he was brought in also. I honestly don't know how he hung on for as long as he did," she finished explaining looking from Bosco to Faith. "You okay?" she asked, noticing the paleness of Faith's face and putting a hand at her elbow. "Here, why don't you sit right here," she said, helping Faith to the chair next to Bosco's bed.
"Thanks. Just the tension and the trip, I guess. He's pretty strong-willed," Faith said, starting to feel a little better. Dr. Tate looked back at her with a puzzled look. "That's how he held on. He's stubborn," she explained.
Dr. Tate nodded her head, "Well it worked in his favor. You can sit here with him as long as you'd like. I'll let the nurse know that it's okay. Can I get you some juice or something?" the doctor offered, noticing the residual paleness.
"Um. No, you've done enough. Thanks, Dr. Tate," Faith said, shaking the doctor's hand.
"Sure. I've got a few patients to check on and then I'll come back. If he starts to wake up, get the nurse and she'll page me, okay?"
"Sure. Thanks again," Faith said, looking back at Bosco.
Dr. Tate walked out of the room and stopped to talk to Ty in the hallway.
"He's still out of it - probably will be for a little while yet. But, he's young and in good shape. And from what his partner says, he's a fighter so I'm not worried about him making a good recovery from this. I told her she could stay with him as long as she wants, but I think she could use something to eat and drink. She doesn't look too good herself. You can stick your head in for a minute, but come with me into the lounge and I'll give you some juice and something to bring to her," she said, leading Ty into the lounge at the end of the hall.
"Thanks, Doc," Ty said when she handed him some food and drink. "Thanks for taking care of him."
"Not a problem. Look, do you guys have any place to stay? Because, my house is just up the road and there's more than enough room - if you don't mind that my daughter will probably swarm you at first. Anyway - you're more than welcome. I'll be back in a little while to check in," Dr. Tate said.
"Okay. I'll tell Faith," he said, heading back toward the Recovery Room as Dr. Tate went to talk to the nurse.
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Faith stood up and walked closer to the bed. She looked her partner over, kicking herself for being late to roll call.
"I'm sorry, Bos. Maybe if I was with you, this wouldn't have happened," she said as she reached down and touched his arm. He continued to sleep peacefully.
"Ty's here too and everyone from the House is waiting to hear how you are," she said. "I'm staying right here, okay? I'll be right here," she said as she heard the door open behind her.
A nurse came in followed by Ty who had a couple of bottles of juice and some muffins. The nurse went around to the other side of the bed to start checking on Bosco's vitals and Ty walked up to the bed.
"Doctor's orders," he said, holding the items out to Faith who let out a laugh. "How's he doing?" he asked.
"He's still asleep. Doctor said it would probably be awhile 'cause he just came out of surgery," she told him.
The nurse finished checking his wound and his vitals and started out. She stopped next to Ty. "I'm sorry, but only one of you can stay - and that's breaking the rules really."
"No problem," Ty said, putting the food on the table. "I'll go call Lieu and let him know as much as we know for now," he said to Faith. Faith nodded and Ty followed the nurse out.
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"Okay, Davis. Thanks for calling. Keep us posted. You got somewhere to stay up there?" Lieutenant Swersky said.
"Yeah, Lieu. The doctor taking care of Bosco offered to let us stay at her place. Apparently, she met Bosco at a rest area here shortly before the crash and he made an impression on her," Ty said, hearing the Lieutenant chuckle on the other end.
"I don't know what the women see in him," Lieu said.
"Yeah, me either. I haven't talked to Faith, but we may take her up on it for the night. You gonna let everyone there know what's going on?" Ty said.
"Yeah. Will do. Keep in touch," the Lieutenant replied before hanging up.
He turned to Sully and Carlos and told them what Ty had relayed.
"Okay. Well, I'm gonna head home then. I'm off tomorrow so I'll take a ride up there," Sully said.
"Okay. Tell Davis he's cleared for tomorrow off too. Tell Faith to let me know how long she's gonna be off. I gotta go call Bosco's mother. She's been waiting to hear whether he's gonna be transferred down here or if she should head up there," the Lieu said.
"I'll call her Lieu. I'll give her a ride up with me in the morning. That way she can see first hand that he's gonna be okay," Sully offered.
"I'll go let everyone at the station know what's going on," Carlos said, heading out the door. He turned to Sully, "Tell Bosco we all said 'hey.'"
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Faith was sitting in the chair, her head back. She'd had some of the juice and half a muffin, which helped a little. She just got back from calling Fred to let him know that she'd be staying at least overnight until she found out whether he was being transferred back to the City or not. Fred told her that Sully'd just stopped by to grab some extra clothes and stuff to bring up with him tomorrow. He told her Sully was bringing Bosco's mom up in the morning too.
Dr. Tate had come back once to check on Bosco and said she'd be back again. The nurse was there now, checking on his vitals again. Faith heard the nurse at her side whisper, "Officer? I think he's waking up." Faith sat up and thanked the nurse.
"Bosco?" Faith said quietly. "It's Faith. I'm here. You're in the hospital and you're gonna be fine."
"Faith?" he said hoarsely, trying to focus his eyes on Faith.
"Yeah. You're gonna be fine. You just need to rest, okay? The doctor will be here in a minute.
"Hogan," he said, starting to stir.
"I know, Bos. It's okay. Just try to relax. You gave us quite a scare," she told him, trying to get him to calm down and get his mind off of Hogan.
"Mason got away. He had someone come after us, Faith," he said, getting agitated.
"Bos. It's okay. Just relax. We'll get him. Please, relax," Faith said, as Bosco tried to get up.
"It's the head injury, Officer," Dr. Tate said, coming in behind her. She helped Faith to hold him down as the nurse gave some medicine through his IV to calm him down. "Officer Boscorelli, you're at Albany Medical Center Hospital. You were injured and had some surgery. It's very important that you calm down and stay still for right now. Your other officers are taking care of your prisoner," she said calmly as the medicine began to work and he fell off to sleep again.
Faith took in a deep breath while Dr. Tate checked Bosco's wounds to make sure he didn't rip out any sutures. "Wow. What did you mean it's the head injury?" she asked the doctor.
"He's confused. His body's telling him one thing - that he's hurt and he needs to rest - and his mind's telling him that he needs to do his job and take care of his prisoner. It'll all get coordinated again. His body's been through a great shock and he needs to recover. Rest is the best thing for it," she said, looking back at Bosco.
"Look, he's gonna be out for the rest of the night because I'm going to order enough medicine to keep him out. I told the other officer that you're welcome to stay at my house - it's just up the road and there's more than enough room," she said as another doctor came into the room.
"This is Dr. Delaney. He's going to be taking care of your partner for the night and he'll call me if anything changes. He's very good - almost as good as me," she said, winking at the other doctor as she teased him.
"You're sure he won't be waking up?" Faith said.
"I'm sure. I want him out of it for the rest of the night so his body and head have a chance to heal. C'mon. You can follow me in your car," she said.
"Okay. Let me just tell him I'm leaving," she said, walking over to the bed.
"Bos. You need to rest so the doctor gave you medicine to make you do that. I'll be back first thing in the morning or sooner. You just relax and get better," Faith said.
Dr. Delaney whispered to Dr. Tate, "Wife?"
"Closer. She's his partner. Take care of this one Jerry. I met him when he was healthy and I think I'd like to get to know him better," she said, winking.
"Yes, Ma'am," he said as Faith finished and was ready to leave.
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TBC...
