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Chapter 4:
Everybody was holding their breaths, the room was filled with fear, everybody was anxious to hear what Dr. Wilson had to say....
Dr Wilson turned to Andy, "I'm sorry to say this, but we think your daughter has meningitis" he said, "but we still have to do a lumbal punction to be sure".
Andy couldn't feel anything at the moment, he felt almost as if he wasn't even in that hospital anymore... He knew he couldn't survive an other loss, he knew he had to make this have a different ending then with Julia.
"Dr.Brown?" Dr Wilson looked at Andy to see a reaction but the only thing he saw was an empty look, "Dr. Brown??" Dr. Wilson asked again.
Finally Andy reacted "uhmm yeah".
"You can come with me to see your daughter, Dr. Brown" he said to Andy.
"I want to come too" Ephram said jumping of his seat.
"Can my son come with us?" Andy asked Dr. Wilson.
Dr. Wilson hesitated, "Well, it's ok for now but Delia needs to have a few other examinations so Ephram can't stay for long". Ephram nodded.
They walked to pediatric ward of the ER where Delia was lying in an hospital bed... Andy rushed to her side, "How are you feeling honey?". Delia was mumbling something but when she saw it was her father who was talking to her she slowly opened her eyes..
"Dad??" she whispered.
"I'm here Delia" Andy replied to her.
"I'm so scared Dad, will you pease stay with me now?" Delia cried.
"Of course sweety" Andy said "I promise I'll stay with you , now go back to sleep, everything will be ok".
Andy sighed, he didn't knew if he could handle this situation, he was feeling so helpless.
Ephram was standing in the corner of the room, not knowing what to do... There was his little sister lying in an hospitalbed connected to all these machines. He felt motionless, he couldn't get himself to move to the side of her bed...
"Ephram?" he heard his father calling him
"Ephram, you don't have to be afraid, come over here" Andy said to him.
Ephram slowly started walking towards his father and sister, finally he took a look at Delia's little face...
"He Delia" Ephram whispered
"It's ok Ephram" Andy said, "I know she looks scary right now but I'll promise you that she will be up and running in no time" Andy said hoping that what he was saying would actually come true.
At that time Dr. Wilson entered the room. "I'm sorry Ephram but you need to leave now, we need to do some more tests" Dr. Wilson said to Ephram.
Ephram wanted to speak up and say that he wanted to stay but decided that this wasn't the place to start an argument, so instad he just nodded.
"Will you be ok, Ephram?" Andy asked him.
"Yeah, I guess I'll just go wait outside with Nina, she still here I think" Ephram said.
Ephram left the hospitalroom and found that Nina wasa still outside waiting... "You ok?" Nina asked him.
" I don't know" Ephram responded, "I really don't know"
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"We need to do a lumbal punction to see if her spinal fluid is clear" Dr Wilson said to Andy. "You want to help me with the procedure?".
"I think I'll just hold her, then she's more comfortable I think" Andy responded.
Dr Wilson nodded and they walked towards Delia's bed.
"Delia you need to wake up, honey" Andy tried to wake up his daughter. Delia mumbled a bit, but then opened her eyes....
"I want to go back to sleep Dad" Delia replied sounding very miserable.
"I know honey, but Dr.Wilson needs to another test to make you better" Andy said
Delia almost immediatly started to cry when she heard the word 'test' and started to clamp herself to her fathers waist.
"I don't want more tests, Daddy" Delia cried, upsetting herself even more...
"I'm gonna be right her next to you" Andy tried to reassure her, "We need to do this test Delia" Andy said more firm.
Dr. Wilson looked at Andy, "We're going to give her a mild sedative, because when we tried to draw some blood when she came in, she was struggling so much that it took too much of her strength, which she can't miss at the moment".
Andy nodded in agreement, he knew how stubborn Delia could be...
Andy focused to Delia again, "The nurse is going to give you something to calm you down a bit ok?".
Delia was still struggling but most of her energy was gone when the nurse injected some sedative in her IV, and Delia started to feel sleepy.
"Ok let's get over with this then" Dr. Wilson said to Andy.
Andy turned to Delia, "I'm gonna lay you on your side and hold you with your knees to your head, and then Dr. Wilson will get some fluid out of your back". Delia was feeling so sleepy and drugged that she didn't even felt like protesting...
"I'm going to inject the lidocaine now" Dr. Wilson announced.
"You will just feel a little sting, honey" Andy said to Delia.
The moment Dr.Wilson put the needle in, Delia came aware of what was happening and she started sobbing...
"Dad,please let him stop" she cried.
"Just focus on me Delia" Andy said "I will only take a few minutes". Andy knew he had to be strong for Delia, but inside he was screaming.
Delia started struggling with his grip when Dr. Wilson put the wide needle in to extract the spinal fluid.
"You have to hold still, Delia" Dr.Wilson said to Delia.
"I just can't", Delia cried out to her father "It hurts" she said
"Just try to think of nice things,ok?" Andy said, not knowing what else to say.
"Ok Delia, just one more vial and then we're done" Dr Wilson said.
"Hang in there honey, only a minute longer" Andy said to Delia, holding her tight. Delia wasn't fighting anymore, she knew that it wouldn't have any effect, so she just decided to close her eyes.
"Ok we're done here" Dr. Wilson announced "You need to stay in that position for a few minutes, so don't move until then".
Dr. Wilson left the room leaving Delia and Andy alone in the room.
"You did great honey" Andy said to her "Do you need anything else?"
Delia wasn't answering her dad, she was feeling mad about his betrayal, him co-operating with the doctors...
"Delia?, are you alright?" Andy asked
"I just wan't to sleep right now, im very tired" Delia said not looking at her father.
"Ok, well I'll just sit here in case you'll need me" Andy said, knewing that Delia was upset with him, but that he coudn't do anything about it at the moment.
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Dr. Wilson came into Delia's hospitalroom a few hours later and wrote something on Delia's chart, while looking at Delia sleeping and Andy sitting in a chair next to her bed.
"Can I speak with you outside, Dr. Brown?" Dr. Wilson asked.
"Of course" Andy replied, taking one more look at Delia.
Andy and Dr. Wilson walked outside the hospitalroom into the hall.
"I'm sorry to tell you this, but Delia's has indeed meningitis, meningitis type C actually" Dr. Wilson said "Your familiy and your close friends should be vaccinated as soon as possible". "And Delia, well, I cannot tell you how soon she will recover, we've started her on antibiotics and we hope she will respond to that quickly" Dr. Wilson said "We'll have to wait and see what happens".
Andy nodded, he knew that meningitis was a very dangerous disease, that you could not predict.
Then, all of a sudden, loud beeps came out of Delia's hospitalroom, and Andy froze for a minute.... Dr. Wilson turned and run into her room, pressing the alarmbell next to her bed, calling out for a chrashcart.
Andy just stood there, uncertain of what to do next, not knowing what to say, think or feel. Andy just watched the scene as a movie being played, like he wasn't even there....
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This is the end of my 4th chapter, so if you're anxious to see what's going to happen to Delia, please review, then I will update soon :D
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Chapter 4:
Everybody was holding their breaths, the room was filled with fear, everybody was anxious to hear what Dr. Wilson had to say....
Dr Wilson turned to Andy, "I'm sorry to say this, but we think your daughter has meningitis" he said, "but we still have to do a lumbal punction to be sure".
Andy couldn't feel anything at the moment, he felt almost as if he wasn't even in that hospital anymore... He knew he couldn't survive an other loss, he knew he had to make this have a different ending then with Julia.
"Dr.Brown?" Dr Wilson looked at Andy to see a reaction but the only thing he saw was an empty look, "Dr. Brown??" Dr. Wilson asked again.
Finally Andy reacted "uhmm yeah".
"You can come with me to see your daughter, Dr. Brown" he said to Andy.
"I want to come too" Ephram said jumping of his seat.
"Can my son come with us?" Andy asked Dr. Wilson.
Dr. Wilson hesitated, "Well, it's ok for now but Delia needs to have a few other examinations so Ephram can't stay for long". Ephram nodded.
They walked to pediatric ward of the ER where Delia was lying in an hospital bed... Andy rushed to her side, "How are you feeling honey?". Delia was mumbling something but when she saw it was her father who was talking to her she slowly opened her eyes..
"Dad??" she whispered.
"I'm here Delia" Andy replied to her.
"I'm so scared Dad, will you pease stay with me now?" Delia cried.
"Of course sweety" Andy said "I promise I'll stay with you , now go back to sleep, everything will be ok".
Andy sighed, he didn't knew if he could handle this situation, he was feeling so helpless.
Ephram was standing in the corner of the room, not knowing what to do... There was his little sister lying in an hospitalbed connected to all these machines. He felt motionless, he couldn't get himself to move to the side of her bed...
"Ephram?" he heard his father calling him
"Ephram, you don't have to be afraid, come over here" Andy said to him.
Ephram slowly started walking towards his father and sister, finally he took a look at Delia's little face...
"He Delia" Ephram whispered
"It's ok Ephram" Andy said, "I know she looks scary right now but I'll promise you that she will be up and running in no time" Andy said hoping that what he was saying would actually come true.
At that time Dr. Wilson entered the room. "I'm sorry Ephram but you need to leave now, we need to do some more tests" Dr. Wilson said to Ephram.
Ephram wanted to speak up and say that he wanted to stay but decided that this wasn't the place to start an argument, so instad he just nodded.
"Will you be ok, Ephram?" Andy asked him.
"Yeah, I guess I'll just go wait outside with Nina, she still here I think" Ephram said.
Ephram left the hospitalroom and found that Nina wasa still outside waiting... "You ok?" Nina asked him.
" I don't know" Ephram responded, "I really don't know"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Meanwhile in Delia's room....
"We need to do a lumbal punction to see if her spinal fluid is clear" Dr Wilson said to Andy. "You want to help me with the procedure?".
"I think I'll just hold her, then she's more comfortable I think" Andy responded.
Dr Wilson nodded and they walked towards Delia's bed.
"Delia you need to wake up, honey" Andy tried to wake up his daughter. Delia mumbled a bit, but then opened her eyes....
"I want to go back to sleep Dad" Delia replied sounding very miserable.
"I know honey, but Dr.Wilson needs to another test to make you better" Andy said
Delia almost immediatly started to cry when she heard the word 'test' and started to clamp herself to her fathers waist.
"I don't want more tests, Daddy" Delia cried, upsetting herself even more...
"I'm gonna be right her next to you" Andy tried to reassure her, "We need to do this test Delia" Andy said more firm.
Dr. Wilson looked at Andy, "We're going to give her a mild sedative, because when we tried to draw some blood when she came in, she was struggling so much that it took too much of her strength, which she can't miss at the moment".
Andy nodded in agreement, he knew how stubborn Delia could be...
Andy focused to Delia again, "The nurse is going to give you something to calm you down a bit ok?".
Delia was still struggling but most of her energy was gone when the nurse injected some sedative in her IV, and Delia started to feel sleepy.
"Ok let's get over with this then" Dr. Wilson said to Andy.
Andy turned to Delia, "I'm gonna lay you on your side and hold you with your knees to your head, and then Dr. Wilson will get some fluid out of your back". Delia was feeling so sleepy and drugged that she didn't even felt like protesting...
"I'm going to inject the lidocaine now" Dr. Wilson announced.
"You will just feel a little sting, honey" Andy said to Delia.
The moment Dr.Wilson put the needle in, Delia came aware of what was happening and she started sobbing...
"Dad,please let him stop" she cried.
"Just focus on me Delia" Andy said "I will only take a few minutes". Andy knew he had to be strong for Delia, but inside he was screaming.
Delia started struggling with his grip when Dr. Wilson put the wide needle in to extract the spinal fluid.
"You have to hold still, Delia" Dr.Wilson said to Delia.
"I just can't", Delia cried out to her father "It hurts" she said
"Just try to think of nice things,ok?" Andy said, not knowing what else to say.
"Ok Delia, just one more vial and then we're done" Dr Wilson said.
"Hang in there honey, only a minute longer" Andy said to Delia, holding her tight. Delia wasn't fighting anymore, she knew that it wouldn't have any effect, so she just decided to close her eyes.
"Ok we're done here" Dr. Wilson announced "You need to stay in that position for a few minutes, so don't move until then".
Dr. Wilson left the room leaving Delia and Andy alone in the room.
"You did great honey" Andy said to her "Do you need anything else?"
Delia wasn't answering her dad, she was feeling mad about his betrayal, him co-operating with the doctors...
"Delia?, are you alright?" Andy asked
"I just wan't to sleep right now, im very tired" Delia said not looking at her father.
"Ok, well I'll just sit here in case you'll need me" Andy said, knewing that Delia was upset with him, but that he coudn't do anything about it at the moment.
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Dr. Wilson came into Delia's hospitalroom a few hours later and wrote something on Delia's chart, while looking at Delia sleeping and Andy sitting in a chair next to her bed.
"Can I speak with you outside, Dr. Brown?" Dr. Wilson asked.
"Of course" Andy replied, taking one more look at Delia.
Andy and Dr. Wilson walked outside the hospitalroom into the hall.
"I'm sorry to tell you this, but Delia's has indeed meningitis, meningitis type C actually" Dr. Wilson said "Your familiy and your close friends should be vaccinated as soon as possible". "And Delia, well, I cannot tell you how soon she will recover, we've started her on antibiotics and we hope she will respond to that quickly" Dr. Wilson said "We'll have to wait and see what happens".
Andy nodded, he knew that meningitis was a very dangerous disease, that you could not predict.
Then, all of a sudden, loud beeps came out of Delia's hospitalroom, and Andy froze for a minute.... Dr. Wilson turned and run into her room, pressing the alarmbell next to her bed, calling out for a chrashcart.
Andy just stood there, uncertain of what to do next, not knowing what to say, think or feel. Andy just watched the scene as a movie being played, like he wasn't even there....
"Don't die, please don't die" Andy mumbled "Dear God please don't let her die".... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- *****
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This is the end of my 4th chapter, so if you're anxious to see what's going to happen to Delia, please review, then I will update soon :D