Chapter 15
December 10, 1994
One week later Blair came out of a coma. She had a bandage wrapped around her head and she was hooked up to a lot of machines. Blair was sent home a few days later.
Tad carried Blair through the front door.
"I'm going to put her to bed." Tad said going up the stairs. "Did you find Kelsey's baby monitor?"
"Yes, but do you know what I can't find?" Mrs. G asked. "I can't find that teddy bear that Jo gave her." Tad shrugged his shoulders. "I'll look around for it."
Tad took a sleeping Blair upstairs and put her to bed. He set up the baby monitor and went downstairs.
"I didn't see that bear up there either." Tad said. "When is the last time you saw it?"
"About two weeks ago." Mrs. G said. "I cleaned that room up last week but it wasn't there."
"That's strange" Tad said. "We'll have to ask the kids if they know where it is."
~*~
Blair's bandage was taken off and Mrs. G washed the blood out of her hair. The doctors had shaved a patch of hair off of Blair's head for the surgery and Blair was upset about it when she looked in the mirror so Mrs. G tried covering it up by putting Blair's hair in French braided pigtails. Blair went back to rehab a few days after she got out of the hospital. On Friday, December 16th, Natalie brought Blair home from the therapy sessions.
"Hey what's got you so excited?" Natalie asked as they walked in the door.
Blair opened a drawer in the end table and took out the coloring books and the crayons. Blair opened the coloring book and wrote something on the inside cover. When she was done she showed it to Natalie. Natalie looked at the book, Blair had scribbled her name on the inside cover of her coloring book.
"Hey, you wrote your name!" Natalie exclaimed. "Good job, it looks like your making some progress."
"Hey Mrs. Garrett." Natalie called. "Come in here."
"What is it?" Mrs. G asked in a worried tone. "Is something wrong?"
"No, look Blair wrote her name." Natalie said. "Blair can write."
"That's great, I'm so proud of you." Mrs. G said. "But it's time for you to take a nap."
~*~
One hour later Sammy ran into the kitchen and started barking then left the room and ran halfway upstairs barked again and ran the rest of the way upstairs into the bedroom. Mrs. Garrett followed Sammy into the bedroom. Blair was still sleeping in her bed and everything seemed fine.
"Sammy, now why did you drag me up here." Mrs. G asked. "Come on let's go."
Sammy wouldn't budge.
"Come on let's go." Mrs. G said.
Sammy barked.
"Shh, Sammy" Mrs. G said. "Your going to wake her up."
Sammy barked again.
Mrs. Garrett watched as Blair started having seizures.
~*~
Mrs. Garrett and Natalie took Blair to the hospital. Blair had woken up on the way to the hospital but hadn't had any seizures since they left the house. Natalie carried Blair into the hospital. They had to wait in the waiting room this time because Blair seemed fine when they got there.
"Blair Warner" the nurse called. "The doctor will see you now."
Natalie took Blair in to see the doctor.
"So I hear you have had some seizures." The doctor said. "That's completely normal for someone who has had a brain injury."
"I'm going to send you home with some anti-seizure medication." The doctor said.
The doctor wrote out a prescription and gave it to Natalie. "You can get it filled in the pharmacy upstairs." The doctor said.
Natlaie and Blair met Mrs. G in the waiting room.
"She's fine, they gave her some anti-seizure pills." Natalie said. "I'll take her to the car while you get the prescription filled."
~*~
Blair was laying awake on the couch with Sammy on the floor in front of her when Tad came home.
"Hey Sweetie" Tad said. "Where's Mrs. Garrett?"
Blair pointed to the kitchen so Tad walked in that direction.
"I see Blair is getting along with Sammy." Tad said. "So how was everything today?"
"Well I have good news and I have bad news." Mrs. Garrett said. "Which do you want first?"
"What's the bad news?" Tad asked worriedly.
"Natalie and I took Blair to the hospital today because she started having seizures." Mrs. Garrett said.
"Is she OK?" Tad asked.
"She's fine." Mrs. G said. "They gave her anti-seizure medication and sent her home."
"Well as long as she's OK, what's the good news?" Tad asked.
"Blair wrote her name today." Mrs. Garrett said. "She's very proud of herself."
"That's great!" Tad exclaimed. "That shows some progress."
"Yes but don't forget that she can eat with a spoon too." Mrs. Garrett said. "Speaking of eating could you bring Blair in here and call Kelsey down here?"
~*~
After dinner Jo, Natalie and Tootie brought their daughters over to spend the night. Mrs. Garrett and Tad would watch them while their parents went out to a movie. Mrs. Garrett took the kids into the kitchen for some cookies.
"Do any of you know where your Aunt Blair's stuffed bear is?" Mrs. Garrett asked.
Kelsey shook her head while Tisha looked accusingly at Annie and Jamie who had guilty looks on their faces. Tisha couldn't stand it any longer it was hard to keep this a secret.
"I know where it is." Tisha said. Annie gave Tisha a look while Jamie nudged her elbow.
"Where is it?" Mrs. Garrett asked.
"It's in the bottom drawer of Kelsey's dresser." Tisha said. "I'll go get it."
Tisha ran upstairs.
"I can't believe she told." Annie said.
"I can." Jamie said. "I heard Aunt Tootie can't keep a secret either."
"Like Mother, Like Daughter." Mrs. Garrett said.
Tisha came back with a piece of the teddy bear in each hand.
"Annie and Jamie ripped him." Tisha said.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Mrs. G asked. "I can fix him."
"We didn't want to get in trouble." Annie said.
"Your not in trouble." Mrs. G said. "It's time for you girls to go to bed."
~*~
Later that night Tad and Mrs. Garrett were sitting in the living room. Mrs. Garrett was sewing the bear back together and Tad was reading the newspaper.
"I'm all finished." Mrs. G said. "I'm going to go up and give this to Blair."
Mrs. Garrett went upstairs and walked into the bedroom, what she saw shocked her. Blair had let Sammy sleep on her bed with her. Mrs. Garrett went back downstairs still holding the teddy bear.
"Did you give it to her?" Tad asked.
"No" Mrs. Garrett said. "She doesn't need him anymore, she has Sammy."
December 10, 1994
One week later Blair came out of a coma. She had a bandage wrapped around her head and she was hooked up to a lot of machines. Blair was sent home a few days later.
Tad carried Blair through the front door.
"I'm going to put her to bed." Tad said going up the stairs. "Did you find Kelsey's baby monitor?"
"Yes, but do you know what I can't find?" Mrs. G asked. "I can't find that teddy bear that Jo gave her." Tad shrugged his shoulders. "I'll look around for it."
Tad took a sleeping Blair upstairs and put her to bed. He set up the baby monitor and went downstairs.
"I didn't see that bear up there either." Tad said. "When is the last time you saw it?"
"About two weeks ago." Mrs. G said. "I cleaned that room up last week but it wasn't there."
"That's strange" Tad said. "We'll have to ask the kids if they know where it is."
~*~
Blair's bandage was taken off and Mrs. G washed the blood out of her hair. The doctors had shaved a patch of hair off of Blair's head for the surgery and Blair was upset about it when she looked in the mirror so Mrs. G tried covering it up by putting Blair's hair in French braided pigtails. Blair went back to rehab a few days after she got out of the hospital. On Friday, December 16th, Natalie brought Blair home from the therapy sessions.
"Hey what's got you so excited?" Natalie asked as they walked in the door.
Blair opened a drawer in the end table and took out the coloring books and the crayons. Blair opened the coloring book and wrote something on the inside cover. When she was done she showed it to Natalie. Natalie looked at the book, Blair had scribbled her name on the inside cover of her coloring book.
"Hey, you wrote your name!" Natalie exclaimed. "Good job, it looks like your making some progress."
"Hey Mrs. Garrett." Natalie called. "Come in here."
"What is it?" Mrs. G asked in a worried tone. "Is something wrong?"
"No, look Blair wrote her name." Natalie said. "Blair can write."
"That's great, I'm so proud of you." Mrs. G said. "But it's time for you to take a nap."
~*~
One hour later Sammy ran into the kitchen and started barking then left the room and ran halfway upstairs barked again and ran the rest of the way upstairs into the bedroom. Mrs. Garrett followed Sammy into the bedroom. Blair was still sleeping in her bed and everything seemed fine.
"Sammy, now why did you drag me up here." Mrs. G asked. "Come on let's go."
Sammy wouldn't budge.
"Come on let's go." Mrs. G said.
Sammy barked.
"Shh, Sammy" Mrs. G said. "Your going to wake her up."
Sammy barked again.
Mrs. Garrett watched as Blair started having seizures.
~*~
Mrs. Garrett and Natalie took Blair to the hospital. Blair had woken up on the way to the hospital but hadn't had any seizures since they left the house. Natalie carried Blair into the hospital. They had to wait in the waiting room this time because Blair seemed fine when they got there.
"Blair Warner" the nurse called. "The doctor will see you now."
Natalie took Blair in to see the doctor.
"So I hear you have had some seizures." The doctor said. "That's completely normal for someone who has had a brain injury."
"I'm going to send you home with some anti-seizure medication." The doctor said.
The doctor wrote out a prescription and gave it to Natalie. "You can get it filled in the pharmacy upstairs." The doctor said.
Natlaie and Blair met Mrs. G in the waiting room.
"She's fine, they gave her some anti-seizure pills." Natalie said. "I'll take her to the car while you get the prescription filled."
~*~
Blair was laying awake on the couch with Sammy on the floor in front of her when Tad came home.
"Hey Sweetie" Tad said. "Where's Mrs. Garrett?"
Blair pointed to the kitchen so Tad walked in that direction.
"I see Blair is getting along with Sammy." Tad said. "So how was everything today?"
"Well I have good news and I have bad news." Mrs. Garrett said. "Which do you want first?"
"What's the bad news?" Tad asked worriedly.
"Natalie and I took Blair to the hospital today because she started having seizures." Mrs. Garrett said.
"Is she OK?" Tad asked.
"She's fine." Mrs. G said. "They gave her anti-seizure medication and sent her home."
"Well as long as she's OK, what's the good news?" Tad asked.
"Blair wrote her name today." Mrs. Garrett said. "She's very proud of herself."
"That's great!" Tad exclaimed. "That shows some progress."
"Yes but don't forget that she can eat with a spoon too." Mrs. Garrett said. "Speaking of eating could you bring Blair in here and call Kelsey down here?"
~*~
After dinner Jo, Natalie and Tootie brought their daughters over to spend the night. Mrs. Garrett and Tad would watch them while their parents went out to a movie. Mrs. Garrett took the kids into the kitchen for some cookies.
"Do any of you know where your Aunt Blair's stuffed bear is?" Mrs. Garrett asked.
Kelsey shook her head while Tisha looked accusingly at Annie and Jamie who had guilty looks on their faces. Tisha couldn't stand it any longer it was hard to keep this a secret.
"I know where it is." Tisha said. Annie gave Tisha a look while Jamie nudged her elbow.
"Where is it?" Mrs. Garrett asked.
"It's in the bottom drawer of Kelsey's dresser." Tisha said. "I'll go get it."
Tisha ran upstairs.
"I can't believe she told." Annie said.
"I can." Jamie said. "I heard Aunt Tootie can't keep a secret either."
"Like Mother, Like Daughter." Mrs. Garrett said.
Tisha came back with a piece of the teddy bear in each hand.
"Annie and Jamie ripped him." Tisha said.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Mrs. G asked. "I can fix him."
"We didn't want to get in trouble." Annie said.
"Your not in trouble." Mrs. G said. "It's time for you girls to go to bed."
~*~
Later that night Tad and Mrs. Garrett were sitting in the living room. Mrs. Garrett was sewing the bear back together and Tad was reading the newspaper.
"I'm all finished." Mrs. G said. "I'm going to go up and give this to Blair."
Mrs. Garrett went upstairs and walked into the bedroom, what she saw shocked her. Blair had let Sammy sleep on her bed with her. Mrs. Garrett went back downstairs still holding the teddy bear.
"Did you give it to her?" Tad asked.
"No" Mrs. Garrett said. "She doesn't need him anymore, she has Sammy."