Chapter 8
Faith looked up as she felt Robin move. She saw him looking at her and she sat up. She had fallen asleep at the hospital again, like she did every night. They had said Robin would only be in the hospital for a week but a couple days later they had found some major internal bleeding. His liver had been badly hurt and they had removed his spleen. The doctors had moved him to ICU were he would stay for the next month or two. It had been two weeks and Faith had spent all her time at the hospital leaving only for an hour or two for a good slay. She found that it was very easy to take out her rage on unsuspecting vampires and demons.
Robin tried to sit up but saw that he couldn't. Damn this, he thought, she's here all the time. I wish she would do something for herself; I'm such a burden on her. Robin hated that Faith gave up all her free time to be with him and didn't do something for herself. As he grunted in pain from trying to sit up Faith tried to help him.
"No it's okay Faith, I think I'll lie down anyway."
"Okay, so how you doing?" Faith asked in a worried voice. He looked paler than before and he was getting thinner.
"I'm fine but how are you doing? You spend the whole day here, no sunlight, you're getting as pale as Spike," Robin chuckled.
"No worrying about me, I'm fine I have fun here with you," Faith answered stubbornly. Why does he always try to get me to leave I like being here with him.
"If you say so," Robin answered and he started to cough.
"Are you okay? Robin," Faith frantically asked as she handed him his oxygen mask. After a couple of deep breaths he was fine again and gave a tired sigh.
"Do you think this is ever going to get better?" Robin asked in an almost depressed voice.
"Don't talk like that, you heard what the doctor said you'll be outa here in a couple of weeks."
"I don't know about that Faith, I'm serious we have to talk about this," Robin said with a serious look on his face. He didn't want Faith to feel bad but she had to face the truth. "I don't think I'm going to make it out of here."
"Yes you are, yes you are, you're getting out of here," Faith responded in a sob. She started to cry.
Robin tried his best to comfort her and just looked at her. Should I tell her I love her? The thought ran through his head. Maybe she doesn't love and she just feels like she owes me something by staying here. Why would she be crying if she didn't love him? Maybe she didn't love him in the same way. These thoughts left his head when he started to cough again. This time he couldn't stop he just kept coughing and coughing and he began to cough up blood.
Faith became scared, "Doctor, nurse, somebody help him, somebody help him! He's coughing up blood, someone help him."
A nurse ran in the room and gave Faith a basin to hold so Robin wouldn't cough up all the blood on his hospital gown. The nurse ran and got a doctor.
"Doctor Carter he just started coughing up blood, what's wrong with him? Can you help him?" Faith asked.
"Abby," Dr. Carter spoke to the nurse, "give him 200cc's of Saline an hour IV push and order a CBC, chem. 7, and chest x-ray."
He than motioned to Faith and asked her to step outside the room. "Faith, Robin may have blood filled in his lungs that may be why he is coughing up blood. The x-ray's should confirm this. If I'm right than Dr. Corday, I think you met her, is going to be his surgeon. They are going to stick a tube in his lungs and drain out the blood. If we see that there is more internal damage we may have to do extensive surgery to patch up his lungs. If this is the case we may have to intubate him. Do you know what that means?"
Faith shook her head. She was dazed, there might be even more stuff wrong with him. This thought depressed her. Dr. Carter continued to explain to her that intubating meant that they would stick a tube in his throat so he wouldn't be able to talk for awhile so if he wanted to tell her anything important for the moment he would have to tell her now.
When Robin stopped coughing Dr. Carter explained everything to him and left them alone.
"Robin, it's okay you don't have to tell me anything because you're going to be fine and you're going to come out of surgery fine, you here me?" Faith insisted half trying to convince herself. Ventricular fibrillation is an uncoordinated, quivering of the heart muscle resulting in a completely irregular pulse
He nodded and looked at her. At that moment he decided that he would tell her. "Faith I want to tell you something, and it's not because I'm going to surgery but because I've been feeling this for a long time but I wasn't really sure how I would say this. When I came to Sunnydale I came to fight evil and that was it. I wasn't looking for anyone. The last thing I expected was to fall in love, and to fall in love with a slayer for that part. What I'm trying to say is that I love you," Robin said all while looking at Faith to see what her reaction was. He had expected her to jump up and yell love me? What are you talking about? Instead she was just sitting there looking at him with a look of awe on her face and tears in her eyes.
"I love you too," Faith whispered. To her this sounded like a death speech like he wasn't expecting to survive. For the first time since the night they had sex Faith kissed Robin. The nurse came in and said she had to take him to X-ray. The results from the x-ray were just as the doctor had suspected and they took him up to surgery. Faith had called everyone and they had all come to see Robin right before they went into surgery. Faith had just remained quiet and stared at him in wonder.
The three hours that he was supposed to spend in surgery had turned into seven and than twelve. During those hours of waiting Faith was pacing in the waiting room. Dawn could have sworn she did not sit down once during those whole twelve hours. Dr. Corday had come out twice and explained that there was something wrong with his lungs and she needed to extensive surgery and she needed Faith's consent. Faith was so dazed she just signed papers not taking the time to see what they were for. After twelve hours Dr. Corday finally came out and said they were finished and they were moving him up to recovery.
She explained that he was heavily sedated and wasn't expected to wake up for 6-8 hours. When he woke up she said that he would probably be in a lot of pain. She also explained that he did in fact a tube in his throat so he wouldn't be able to talk. They would remove the tube once they were sure that he would be able to breathe on his own.
After explaining everything Dr. Corday took Faith to his room. Just as they were entering the room Robin's monitor started to beep rapidly. Corday called for three nurses and another doctor and they began to work on him. Drs. Corday and Carter were shouting out commands to the nurses when suddenly one of the nurses yelled, "He's in V-Fib." (Ventricular fibrillation is an uncoordinated, quivering of the heart muscle resulting in a completely irregular pulse, this is an explanation for readers.)
"Where the hell is that crash cart?" Dr. Carter yelled in frustration. The previous nurse, Abby, wheeled it in.
"Charging to 200," Dr. Corday commanded, as everyone stepped back she yelled, "Clear!" When the attempt proved to be fruitless she yelled, "Charging to 300. Clear."
This attempt did nothing and a minute later one of the nurses yelled, "Asystole." (a condition in which the heart no longer beats and usually cannot be restarted)
(In other words his heart stopped)
TBC.I left you hanging a little didn't I? Hehe.chapter 9's coming tomorrow. This chapter would have been to long if I hadn't split it in half. I know it's a little short but since I'm writing a chapter a day it can be kinda hard. And for all the ER fans out there that are also reading this story I couldn't help myself with the medical terms and using the doctors names. I tried to think up of other names and I couldn't so used ER's. And just to say the ER characters are also not mine they are NBC's.
Faith looked up as she felt Robin move. She saw him looking at her and she sat up. She had fallen asleep at the hospital again, like she did every night. They had said Robin would only be in the hospital for a week but a couple days later they had found some major internal bleeding. His liver had been badly hurt and they had removed his spleen. The doctors had moved him to ICU were he would stay for the next month or two. It had been two weeks and Faith had spent all her time at the hospital leaving only for an hour or two for a good slay. She found that it was very easy to take out her rage on unsuspecting vampires and demons.
Robin tried to sit up but saw that he couldn't. Damn this, he thought, she's here all the time. I wish she would do something for herself; I'm such a burden on her. Robin hated that Faith gave up all her free time to be with him and didn't do something for herself. As he grunted in pain from trying to sit up Faith tried to help him.
"No it's okay Faith, I think I'll lie down anyway."
"Okay, so how you doing?" Faith asked in a worried voice. He looked paler than before and he was getting thinner.
"I'm fine but how are you doing? You spend the whole day here, no sunlight, you're getting as pale as Spike," Robin chuckled.
"No worrying about me, I'm fine I have fun here with you," Faith answered stubbornly. Why does he always try to get me to leave I like being here with him.
"If you say so," Robin answered and he started to cough.
"Are you okay? Robin," Faith frantically asked as she handed him his oxygen mask. After a couple of deep breaths he was fine again and gave a tired sigh.
"Do you think this is ever going to get better?" Robin asked in an almost depressed voice.
"Don't talk like that, you heard what the doctor said you'll be outa here in a couple of weeks."
"I don't know about that Faith, I'm serious we have to talk about this," Robin said with a serious look on his face. He didn't want Faith to feel bad but she had to face the truth. "I don't think I'm going to make it out of here."
"Yes you are, yes you are, you're getting out of here," Faith responded in a sob. She started to cry.
Robin tried his best to comfort her and just looked at her. Should I tell her I love her? The thought ran through his head. Maybe she doesn't love and she just feels like she owes me something by staying here. Why would she be crying if she didn't love him? Maybe she didn't love him in the same way. These thoughts left his head when he started to cough again. This time he couldn't stop he just kept coughing and coughing and he began to cough up blood.
Faith became scared, "Doctor, nurse, somebody help him, somebody help him! He's coughing up blood, someone help him."
A nurse ran in the room and gave Faith a basin to hold so Robin wouldn't cough up all the blood on his hospital gown. The nurse ran and got a doctor.
"Doctor Carter he just started coughing up blood, what's wrong with him? Can you help him?" Faith asked.
"Abby," Dr. Carter spoke to the nurse, "give him 200cc's of Saline an hour IV push and order a CBC, chem. 7, and chest x-ray."
He than motioned to Faith and asked her to step outside the room. "Faith, Robin may have blood filled in his lungs that may be why he is coughing up blood. The x-ray's should confirm this. If I'm right than Dr. Corday, I think you met her, is going to be his surgeon. They are going to stick a tube in his lungs and drain out the blood. If we see that there is more internal damage we may have to do extensive surgery to patch up his lungs. If this is the case we may have to intubate him. Do you know what that means?"
Faith shook her head. She was dazed, there might be even more stuff wrong with him. This thought depressed her. Dr. Carter continued to explain to her that intubating meant that they would stick a tube in his throat so he wouldn't be able to talk for awhile so if he wanted to tell her anything important for the moment he would have to tell her now.
When Robin stopped coughing Dr. Carter explained everything to him and left them alone.
"Robin, it's okay you don't have to tell me anything because you're going to be fine and you're going to come out of surgery fine, you here me?" Faith insisted half trying to convince herself. Ventricular fibrillation is an uncoordinated, quivering of the heart muscle resulting in a completely irregular pulse
He nodded and looked at her. At that moment he decided that he would tell her. "Faith I want to tell you something, and it's not because I'm going to surgery but because I've been feeling this for a long time but I wasn't really sure how I would say this. When I came to Sunnydale I came to fight evil and that was it. I wasn't looking for anyone. The last thing I expected was to fall in love, and to fall in love with a slayer for that part. What I'm trying to say is that I love you," Robin said all while looking at Faith to see what her reaction was. He had expected her to jump up and yell love me? What are you talking about? Instead she was just sitting there looking at him with a look of awe on her face and tears in her eyes.
"I love you too," Faith whispered. To her this sounded like a death speech like he wasn't expecting to survive. For the first time since the night they had sex Faith kissed Robin. The nurse came in and said she had to take him to X-ray. The results from the x-ray were just as the doctor had suspected and they took him up to surgery. Faith had called everyone and they had all come to see Robin right before they went into surgery. Faith had just remained quiet and stared at him in wonder.
The three hours that he was supposed to spend in surgery had turned into seven and than twelve. During those hours of waiting Faith was pacing in the waiting room. Dawn could have sworn she did not sit down once during those whole twelve hours. Dr. Corday had come out twice and explained that there was something wrong with his lungs and she needed to extensive surgery and she needed Faith's consent. Faith was so dazed she just signed papers not taking the time to see what they were for. After twelve hours Dr. Corday finally came out and said they were finished and they were moving him up to recovery.
She explained that he was heavily sedated and wasn't expected to wake up for 6-8 hours. When he woke up she said that he would probably be in a lot of pain. She also explained that he did in fact a tube in his throat so he wouldn't be able to talk. They would remove the tube once they were sure that he would be able to breathe on his own.
After explaining everything Dr. Corday took Faith to his room. Just as they were entering the room Robin's monitor started to beep rapidly. Corday called for three nurses and another doctor and they began to work on him. Drs. Corday and Carter were shouting out commands to the nurses when suddenly one of the nurses yelled, "He's in V-Fib." (Ventricular fibrillation is an uncoordinated, quivering of the heart muscle resulting in a completely irregular pulse, this is an explanation for readers.)
"Where the hell is that crash cart?" Dr. Carter yelled in frustration. The previous nurse, Abby, wheeled it in.
"Charging to 200," Dr. Corday commanded, as everyone stepped back she yelled, "Clear!" When the attempt proved to be fruitless she yelled, "Charging to 300. Clear."
This attempt did nothing and a minute later one of the nurses yelled, "Asystole." (a condition in which the heart no longer beats and usually cannot be restarted)
(In other words his heart stopped)
TBC.I left you hanging a little didn't I? Hehe.chapter 9's coming tomorrow. This chapter would have been to long if I hadn't split it in half. I know it's a little short but since I'm writing a chapter a day it can be kinda hard. And for all the ER fans out there that are also reading this story I couldn't help myself with the medical terms and using the doctors names. I tried to think up of other names and I couldn't so used ER's. And just to say the ER characters are also not mine they are NBC's.