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A Silent Prayer Ch 5 Another Twist of Fate
After they had both had some time to breath Carter finally looked up and sat back in his hospital bed. "Now I know why all my patients complain about getting a new mattress. These things suck!" The slight levity of his words relaxed the situation and Abby realized that although he might be sick, he wasn't gone yet. "Let me go see how everything is going, ok?" Abby didn't wait for his response, she needed to take a break and do something, anything that wasn't involved with this. Once she left the exam room she headed for the coffee machine. She hadn't gotten any sleep in almost thirty- six hours and she was dragging. "You going for the caffeine too?" A friendly voice from behind her said. Abby turned around to meet Susan. Abby nodded as she tried to put her dollar in. Once is was securely in the machine the coffee cup fell and started to be filled with hot back liquid. As they were waiting for it to be filled up Susan started to talk, "You know Abby, I am really sorry ab." she was cut off by Abby walking away from her and down the hall. Susan, with a slightly puzzled look on her face, started down after her. "Abby! Wait, why don't you stay up here?" Abby just shook her head; she needed to just be away for a while, just to clear her head.
Abby sat down in the diner at Doc Magoos. Within a short amount of time a waitress was at the edge of her table to take her order. 'Finally' she thought 'Someone who doesn't know about all of this.' After deciding momentarily Abby picked some scrambled eggs and pears on the side for a nice breakfast at three in the morning. After she ordered she sat there, glad that no one was in the diner but her at the time, but also glad that she got to take a break from all of that. Everyone feeling sorry for her, for them both, she felt bad but at least now knew why the spouses of her patients had to leave after awhile. Determined to think about something else she brought her hands to her face and felt her whole body relax. Soon her food was ready and sitting on the table. Abby just looked at it, she wasn't really hungry and she didn't know if she could eat it anyway. She wasn't sure anymore if she could do any of it. She just wanted to quit.
Meanwhile, back at the hospital, Romano was trying to talk Pratt into going through with the procedure. It turned out that Chen was more against it then anyone. "If the odds are that bad I don't want him to go through with it! The only thing worse then losing Carter would be to lose Pratt too!" Romano dropped his head; they had been going through this for an hour now and hadn't made any progress. "Look" Romano started, "The sooner we start this the better the odds. If you are not going to help out your friend I need to tell him so he can start making arrangements." Pratt looked up, he was a little confused, it was all going pretty fast for him to handle. "What kind of arrangements?" Romano stood up and pushed his chair in to walk away. "His last ones." He said out of the side of his mouth as he started to pace away.
Romano walked to Carter's door to give him an update. He felt bad that Carter had to wait so long for one of his 'friends' to help him. He was trying to put the words together that he needed to say to him, he just couldn't figure out a way to tell him that he was probably going to die. As his hand reached the doorknob to Carter's room a force on his shoulder pulled him around. Pratt had him by the shoulders, pinning him against the door. "I am NOT a coward. I-I won't quit on Carter. You tell him I'll do it, but you better sure as hell not to the surgery!" Romano looked down at his arm, which had been amputated just below the elbow about four months prior. "Corday will handle it. Now, she is the best surgeon in the hospital." As he turned to walk into the room Pratt turned to walk away. "There is no going back now Pratt. But you made the right choice." Pratt just held up his hand as he walked over to tell Deb his decision. She wouldn't be happy, but no one was going to say he wouldn't help a friend.
Carter's expression lightened into a huge smile. "I can't believe he is going to do it! When do you start?" Romano uncrossed his arms and looked at his watch. "In about an hour." Carter leaned over to grab his bag, which lie on the floor. Once he grabbed it he started searching frantically. "What are you doing?" Romano asked. "I have to call Abby. I need her to be here before we go though with this. I-I have to ask her something." Romano, semi understanding what Carter meant nodded and started to leave the room. "I'm paging Corday, just make sure Abby is here in forty-five minutes or whatever you say is going to have to wait." A half an hour later Carter was becoming frantic. Susan walked into the room to wish him well and saw the terror in his face. "John, what's wrong?" The cheer in her tone had been long since gone and had now shifted over to worry. "I can't find Abby. I need her to be here with me before all this happens, just in case it doesn't work out." Susan smiled. She didn't know what to tell him. She couldn't say that she had seen Abby bolt out the door and hadn't returned any of the calls that she had tried too. "I'm sure she will be here." Was all she could stand to say. "She knows you love her. If things don't work out she will always know that." Corday and Romano burst into the room. Corday started in her calm British voice, "Ok boys, let's get going. Pratt is all ready, all we need to do with you is get you up there and knocked out." She smiled. She still could since she hadn't been here for all of the tense and hard moments that had occurred in the past 50 hours. It was ok for her not to have been there. She could understand the situation well, after Mark; she was the only one who could.
As Carter was wheeled into the operating room Susan took off down the hall and outside the hospital to see if she could find Abby. She ran in Doc Magoos. The waitress said she had seen a woman like that but she had left an hour ago. Susan walked out of the diner. The cold October wind was blowing once again. She could already tell, it was going to be a stormy day. Meanwhile, back in the OR Carter was almost ready. Looking up at everyone in blue gowns and masks, it was a nerve-racking sight. Then a friendly voice, Dr. Corday had scrubbed up and arrived. "John, ok we are going to give you something to make you go to sleep, when you wake up Abby will be next to you and you will be all better. Take a deep breath in ok?" The anesthesiologist placed the mask over his face. Carter tried to stay awake, his eyes were glued onto the window, hoping and willing that Abby would be there before he went under. As his eyes started to close he was fighting even harder to keep them open. He just kept thinking, 'something has to be keeping her. She knows I need her here. She has to know I love her.' Then the door opened. Susan's sad face appeared and Carter's heart sunk. He couldn't fight it any longer and finally succumb to the medicine. "Ok everyone." Corday started. "Here we go."
Ok Guy tell me what you think! You're almost at the end!!!
Always,
Kathleen
A Silent Prayer Ch 5 Another Twist of Fate
After they had both had some time to breath Carter finally looked up and sat back in his hospital bed. "Now I know why all my patients complain about getting a new mattress. These things suck!" The slight levity of his words relaxed the situation and Abby realized that although he might be sick, he wasn't gone yet. "Let me go see how everything is going, ok?" Abby didn't wait for his response, she needed to take a break and do something, anything that wasn't involved with this. Once she left the exam room she headed for the coffee machine. She hadn't gotten any sleep in almost thirty- six hours and she was dragging. "You going for the caffeine too?" A friendly voice from behind her said. Abby turned around to meet Susan. Abby nodded as she tried to put her dollar in. Once is was securely in the machine the coffee cup fell and started to be filled with hot back liquid. As they were waiting for it to be filled up Susan started to talk, "You know Abby, I am really sorry ab." she was cut off by Abby walking away from her and down the hall. Susan, with a slightly puzzled look on her face, started down after her. "Abby! Wait, why don't you stay up here?" Abby just shook her head; she needed to just be away for a while, just to clear her head.
Abby sat down in the diner at Doc Magoos. Within a short amount of time a waitress was at the edge of her table to take her order. 'Finally' she thought 'Someone who doesn't know about all of this.' After deciding momentarily Abby picked some scrambled eggs and pears on the side for a nice breakfast at three in the morning. After she ordered she sat there, glad that no one was in the diner but her at the time, but also glad that she got to take a break from all of that. Everyone feeling sorry for her, for them both, she felt bad but at least now knew why the spouses of her patients had to leave after awhile. Determined to think about something else she brought her hands to her face and felt her whole body relax. Soon her food was ready and sitting on the table. Abby just looked at it, she wasn't really hungry and she didn't know if she could eat it anyway. She wasn't sure anymore if she could do any of it. She just wanted to quit.
Meanwhile, back at the hospital, Romano was trying to talk Pratt into going through with the procedure. It turned out that Chen was more against it then anyone. "If the odds are that bad I don't want him to go through with it! The only thing worse then losing Carter would be to lose Pratt too!" Romano dropped his head; they had been going through this for an hour now and hadn't made any progress. "Look" Romano started, "The sooner we start this the better the odds. If you are not going to help out your friend I need to tell him so he can start making arrangements." Pratt looked up, he was a little confused, it was all going pretty fast for him to handle. "What kind of arrangements?" Romano stood up and pushed his chair in to walk away. "His last ones." He said out of the side of his mouth as he started to pace away.
Romano walked to Carter's door to give him an update. He felt bad that Carter had to wait so long for one of his 'friends' to help him. He was trying to put the words together that he needed to say to him, he just couldn't figure out a way to tell him that he was probably going to die. As his hand reached the doorknob to Carter's room a force on his shoulder pulled him around. Pratt had him by the shoulders, pinning him against the door. "I am NOT a coward. I-I won't quit on Carter. You tell him I'll do it, but you better sure as hell not to the surgery!" Romano looked down at his arm, which had been amputated just below the elbow about four months prior. "Corday will handle it. Now, she is the best surgeon in the hospital." As he turned to walk into the room Pratt turned to walk away. "There is no going back now Pratt. But you made the right choice." Pratt just held up his hand as he walked over to tell Deb his decision. She wouldn't be happy, but no one was going to say he wouldn't help a friend.
Carter's expression lightened into a huge smile. "I can't believe he is going to do it! When do you start?" Romano uncrossed his arms and looked at his watch. "In about an hour." Carter leaned over to grab his bag, which lie on the floor. Once he grabbed it he started searching frantically. "What are you doing?" Romano asked. "I have to call Abby. I need her to be here before we go though with this. I-I have to ask her something." Romano, semi understanding what Carter meant nodded and started to leave the room. "I'm paging Corday, just make sure Abby is here in forty-five minutes or whatever you say is going to have to wait." A half an hour later Carter was becoming frantic. Susan walked into the room to wish him well and saw the terror in his face. "John, what's wrong?" The cheer in her tone had been long since gone and had now shifted over to worry. "I can't find Abby. I need her to be here with me before all this happens, just in case it doesn't work out." Susan smiled. She didn't know what to tell him. She couldn't say that she had seen Abby bolt out the door and hadn't returned any of the calls that she had tried too. "I'm sure she will be here." Was all she could stand to say. "She knows you love her. If things don't work out she will always know that." Corday and Romano burst into the room. Corday started in her calm British voice, "Ok boys, let's get going. Pratt is all ready, all we need to do with you is get you up there and knocked out." She smiled. She still could since she hadn't been here for all of the tense and hard moments that had occurred in the past 50 hours. It was ok for her not to have been there. She could understand the situation well, after Mark; she was the only one who could.
As Carter was wheeled into the operating room Susan took off down the hall and outside the hospital to see if she could find Abby. She ran in Doc Magoos. The waitress said she had seen a woman like that but she had left an hour ago. Susan walked out of the diner. The cold October wind was blowing once again. She could already tell, it was going to be a stormy day. Meanwhile, back in the OR Carter was almost ready. Looking up at everyone in blue gowns and masks, it was a nerve-racking sight. Then a friendly voice, Dr. Corday had scrubbed up and arrived. "John, ok we are going to give you something to make you go to sleep, when you wake up Abby will be next to you and you will be all better. Take a deep breath in ok?" The anesthesiologist placed the mask over his face. Carter tried to stay awake, his eyes were glued onto the window, hoping and willing that Abby would be there before he went under. As his eyes started to close he was fighting even harder to keep them open. He just kept thinking, 'something has to be keeping her. She knows I need her here. She has to know I love her.' Then the door opened. Susan's sad face appeared and Carter's heart sunk. He couldn't fight it any longer and finally succumb to the medicine. "Ok everyone." Corday started. "Here we go."
Ok Guy tell me what you think! You're almost at the end!!!
Always,
Kathleen