Hey everbody! I'm sorry I haven't been updating lately but I was on
vacation to Poland, but now I'm back, so here's my next chapter...
Drama-Duchess, Sylphide, Star06, Baby Bumblebee, kayfanatik, Teenage Slayer
with Attitude, Evil Lady and Katie97, thank you very much for reviewing my
story, it really encouraged me to continue this story!!
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Chapter 3: Horrible news
The scene was devestating, Andy holding his daughter in his arms, not able to do anything for her at the moment...
"How are you holding up Sweetie?" Andy asked his daughter.
"I don't know" she whispered, "My headache just won't go away, I'm scared Dad" Delia said with a sob. Andy pulled Delia closer to him trying to reassure her.
"Everything is gonna be ok, I promise" he whispered to her, "When the ambulance is here they'll give you something to make the pain go away".
Andy was worried sick, all kind of nasty illnesses where running trough his head, and he couldn't seem to stop thinking about worst-case scenarios.
"Just wait and be calm, Andy" he said to himself.
After a few minutes Andy heard the sirenes of the ambulance approaching, "Endly" he thought to himself.
Delia was looking more pale every minute and he was almost at a breakdown when the paramedics finally arrived.
"What happened?" the first paramedic asked Andy.
"This morning she was not feeling well, and she also complained about it to my neighbour who took her to school, and well, I got a bit woried so I was going to her school to check things out, and that's when I found her here lying on the floor" Andy said
"Her pulse is a bit fast, she's got quiet a fever ,she's complaining about a very bad headache..." The doctor in Andy took over, "I think it could be Meningitis..."
"That's a very rare illness, and oftenly missdiagnosed" the paramedic responded
"Well, I'm a doctor and want her to be tested at the hospital" Andy replied angry, due to all the stress and his frustration.
"Ok, we'll see about that when we arrive at the hospital, we can take it from here" the paramedic announced to Andy while placing Delia on the gurney.
Andy wasn't happy wth the idea of leaving Delia, he wanted to stay with her, comfort her, but also to comfort himself. "Can I go with you in the ambulance?" Andy asked.
"It's not our normal procedure to do such things, but since your a doctor i think we can make a exception for once" The paramedic said to Andy.
Andy was relieved he didn't have to leave Delia, "Thank you, I really appreciate that" Andy said, calming down a bit.
"Are we going to the hospital?" Delia mumbled.
"Yes sweety, don't worry" Andy replied to here while holding her hand.
"I need to take her BP and start an IV" the paramedic said to Andy. Andy nodded.
Delia's eyes widend at the words she just heard.
"Dad I don't want needles" Delia cried with what last strenght she had left, feeling even more miserable then she did before.
"Honey, I know you hate them but as soon as you got an IV in we can give you some medicine to ease the pain" Andy tried to explain to Delia. "You want me to do it, Delia? Are you more comfortable with that?".
Delia nodded, not able to protest much more because her headache was overwhelming her.
Andy argued a bit with the paramedic but at the end he agreed that Andy could do the procedure.
"I'll first put the tourniquet on and clean the spot with some alchol, ok?" Andy said to her.
Delia sighed, at this moment nothing was more important then to get rid of her headache.
Andy put the tourniquet on and cleaned up the area with alchol, in search of a good vain. When he found one he got a needle out of the plastic, "You'll only feel a little sting honey" Andy tried to comfort Delia.
Delia was closing her eyes firmly. When she felt the needle in her skin, a tear came running over her cheek.
"Is it done yet?" she whispered to her father. "Yes sweetie, only some tape and then we can give you a painkiller" Ady replied. "You we're very brave honey" Andy tried to say with a smile.
Delia mumbled a bit while she could feel the effect of the painkiller that was injected trough her IV, her mind was drifting away when the pain eased, so she finally feld the tiredness of her body.
Andy looked at her while he saw that her body relaxed from the effect of the painkiller, but he was far from relaxed, he knew this was only the beginning....
"What's our ETA?" Andy asked the paramedic.
"Whe will arrive at the hospital in about five minutes, so just sit back and try to relax a bit" the paramedic responded. Andy sat back and looked at the paramedic taking Delia's blood pressure, when he noticed a strange rash on Delia's upperarm.
"She has a rash on her right arm" Andy told the paramedic, who immediately turned to Delia's arm to examen the rash.
Andy was shocked when he got a closer look at the rash, it looked as a septicaemic rash, which was a clear sign of meningitis.
The paramedic looked back at Andy with a stressed look on his face, "We will ask the doctors to examine it when we arrive at the hospital" he said trying to calm Andy down.
Andy nodded, he knew that there was nothing he could do before they arrived at the hospital, for now he could only hope that they would get there soon...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- a few minutes later at the ER of the hospital.....
The doctors had taken Delia into the ER and had left Andy outside waiting. Sure, he had tried to go with them but they had told him that he was to emotionally involved to treat his daughter, as he had done to numbers of relatives from his own patients. He didn't know what to do with his thoughts and his fears, they were floating in and out of his head, uncontrolable.
"Ephram" he whispered to himself, he hadn't notified Ephram that Delia was in the hospital... He walked over to the phone and dialed the number of Ephram's school...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- at ephram's school....
Ephram was feeling boored in his history class when the principal of his school entered his classroom. "Ephram Brown, would you please come with me?" the principal asked Ephram with a serious look on his face. "This can't be good" Ephram whispered to himself, "Maybe they found out that I skipped gym this week...".
When they were in the principal's office the principal told him about Delia, and that his father was in the hospital with her. Ephram could feel a flow of panic hitting him right in the face, feeling incredibly worried about his little sister. All he wanted to do now was to get to hospital as fast as he could...
"Do you have anyone who can bring you there Ephram?" the principal asked
Ephram could only think of one person: Nina.
"I'll ask Nina if she can bring me there" Ephram replied while the principal handed him the telephone.
Ephram quickly dialed Nina's number and informed her about the situation. Nina was shocked and told Ephram she'd be there in ten minutes to bring him to the hosiptal. Ephram gave the phone back and sighed, "Please God, please don't take Delia away from me too" Ephram said softly to himself, trying not to cry.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------at the hospital, half an hour later....
Andy was waiting at the hospital when Ephram came running into the hall of the ER.
"Dad!!" Ephram yelled "Dad, how's Delia doing?"
"They're still working on her, Ephram" Andy replied trying not to look worried in front of his son.
"I'm so worried, Dad" Ephram said, "When she wasn't feeling well this morning I didn't pay much attention to it, I thought that it was just the flu or something".
"I should have paid more attention to it..." Ephram said with a face filled with guilt.
"It's not your fault, we all thought that it was just..." Andy was couldn't finish his sentence because a doctor was approaching them.
"Are you Delia's father, Mr. Brown?" The doctor asked
"It's doctor Brown actually" Andy said "And yes, I'm her father".
"Well, I'm Doctor Wilson and I examined your daughter" he said.
Andy looked at him, hoping that he would bring them some good news, but he feared the worst........
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* This is where my third chapter ends, with a cliffhanger.... If you are kind and review my story then I will update very soon :D:D Thanx for R&R!!!!!
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Chapter 3: Horrible news
The scene was devestating, Andy holding his daughter in his arms, not able to do anything for her at the moment...
"How are you holding up Sweetie?" Andy asked his daughter.
"I don't know" she whispered, "My headache just won't go away, I'm scared Dad" Delia said with a sob. Andy pulled Delia closer to him trying to reassure her.
"Everything is gonna be ok, I promise" he whispered to her, "When the ambulance is here they'll give you something to make the pain go away".
Andy was worried sick, all kind of nasty illnesses where running trough his head, and he couldn't seem to stop thinking about worst-case scenarios.
"Just wait and be calm, Andy" he said to himself.
After a few minutes Andy heard the sirenes of the ambulance approaching, "Endly" he thought to himself.
Delia was looking more pale every minute and he was almost at a breakdown when the paramedics finally arrived.
"What happened?" the first paramedic asked Andy.
"This morning she was not feeling well, and she also complained about it to my neighbour who took her to school, and well, I got a bit woried so I was going to her school to check things out, and that's when I found her here lying on the floor" Andy said
"Her pulse is a bit fast, she's got quiet a fever ,she's complaining about a very bad headache..." The doctor in Andy took over, "I think it could be Meningitis..."
"That's a very rare illness, and oftenly missdiagnosed" the paramedic responded
"Well, I'm a doctor and want her to be tested at the hospital" Andy replied angry, due to all the stress and his frustration.
"Ok, we'll see about that when we arrive at the hospital, we can take it from here" the paramedic announced to Andy while placing Delia on the gurney.
Andy wasn't happy wth the idea of leaving Delia, he wanted to stay with her, comfort her, but also to comfort himself. "Can I go with you in the ambulance?" Andy asked.
"It's not our normal procedure to do such things, but since your a doctor i think we can make a exception for once" The paramedic said to Andy.
Andy was relieved he didn't have to leave Delia, "Thank you, I really appreciate that" Andy said, calming down a bit.
"Are we going to the hospital?" Delia mumbled.
"Yes sweety, don't worry" Andy replied to here while holding her hand.
"I need to take her BP and start an IV" the paramedic said to Andy. Andy nodded.
Delia's eyes widend at the words she just heard.
"Dad I don't want needles" Delia cried with what last strenght she had left, feeling even more miserable then she did before.
"Honey, I know you hate them but as soon as you got an IV in we can give you some medicine to ease the pain" Andy tried to explain to Delia. "You want me to do it, Delia? Are you more comfortable with that?".
Delia nodded, not able to protest much more because her headache was overwhelming her.
Andy argued a bit with the paramedic but at the end he agreed that Andy could do the procedure.
"I'll first put the tourniquet on and clean the spot with some alchol, ok?" Andy said to her.
Delia sighed, at this moment nothing was more important then to get rid of her headache.
Andy put the tourniquet on and cleaned up the area with alchol, in search of a good vain. When he found one he got a needle out of the plastic, "You'll only feel a little sting honey" Andy tried to comfort Delia.
Delia was closing her eyes firmly. When she felt the needle in her skin, a tear came running over her cheek.
"Is it done yet?" she whispered to her father. "Yes sweetie, only some tape and then we can give you a painkiller" Ady replied. "You we're very brave honey" Andy tried to say with a smile.
Delia mumbled a bit while she could feel the effect of the painkiller that was injected trough her IV, her mind was drifting away when the pain eased, so she finally feld the tiredness of her body.
Andy looked at her while he saw that her body relaxed from the effect of the painkiller, but he was far from relaxed, he knew this was only the beginning....
"What's our ETA?" Andy asked the paramedic.
"Whe will arrive at the hospital in about five minutes, so just sit back and try to relax a bit" the paramedic responded. Andy sat back and looked at the paramedic taking Delia's blood pressure, when he noticed a strange rash on Delia's upperarm.
"She has a rash on her right arm" Andy told the paramedic, who immediately turned to Delia's arm to examen the rash.
Andy was shocked when he got a closer look at the rash, it looked as a septicaemic rash, which was a clear sign of meningitis.
The paramedic looked back at Andy with a stressed look on his face, "We will ask the doctors to examine it when we arrive at the hospital" he said trying to calm Andy down.
Andy nodded, he knew that there was nothing he could do before they arrived at the hospital, for now he could only hope that they would get there soon...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- a few minutes later at the ER of the hospital.....
The doctors had taken Delia into the ER and had left Andy outside waiting. Sure, he had tried to go with them but they had told him that he was to emotionally involved to treat his daughter, as he had done to numbers of relatives from his own patients. He didn't know what to do with his thoughts and his fears, they were floating in and out of his head, uncontrolable.
"Ephram" he whispered to himself, he hadn't notified Ephram that Delia was in the hospital... He walked over to the phone and dialed the number of Ephram's school...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- at ephram's school....
Ephram was feeling boored in his history class when the principal of his school entered his classroom. "Ephram Brown, would you please come with me?" the principal asked Ephram with a serious look on his face. "This can't be good" Ephram whispered to himself, "Maybe they found out that I skipped gym this week...".
When they were in the principal's office the principal told him about Delia, and that his father was in the hospital with her. Ephram could feel a flow of panic hitting him right in the face, feeling incredibly worried about his little sister. All he wanted to do now was to get to hospital as fast as he could...
"Do you have anyone who can bring you there Ephram?" the principal asked
Ephram could only think of one person: Nina.
"I'll ask Nina if she can bring me there" Ephram replied while the principal handed him the telephone.
Ephram quickly dialed Nina's number and informed her about the situation. Nina was shocked and told Ephram she'd be there in ten minutes to bring him to the hosiptal. Ephram gave the phone back and sighed, "Please God, please don't take Delia away from me too" Ephram said softly to himself, trying not to cry.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------at the hospital, half an hour later....
Andy was waiting at the hospital when Ephram came running into the hall of the ER.
"Dad!!" Ephram yelled "Dad, how's Delia doing?"
"They're still working on her, Ephram" Andy replied trying not to look worried in front of his son.
"I'm so worried, Dad" Ephram said, "When she wasn't feeling well this morning I didn't pay much attention to it, I thought that it was just the flu or something".
"I should have paid more attention to it..." Ephram said with a face filled with guilt.
"It's not your fault, we all thought that it was just..." Andy was couldn't finish his sentence because a doctor was approaching them.
"Are you Delia's father, Mr. Brown?" The doctor asked
"It's doctor Brown actually" Andy said "And yes, I'm her father".
"Well, I'm Doctor Wilson and I examined your daughter" he said.
Andy looked at him, hoping that he would bring them some good news, but he feared the worst........
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* This is where my third chapter ends, with a cliffhanger.... If you are kind and review my story then I will update very soon :D:D Thanx for R&R!!!!!