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person I do own is Dr Edwards and Dr McCann. So without further ado he is
chapter 8..
Nothing really matters
Ephram sat dazed by his sister's side it had been hours and still no word had been given on his dad. Nina was sat beside him consoling him whilst the others looked on helplessly.
"Nothing Really Matters" by Madonna
When I was very young
Nothing really mattered to me
But making myself happy
I was the only one
Now that I am grown
Everything's changed
I'll never be the same
Because of you
Nothing really matters
Love is all we need
Everything I give you
All comes back to me
Looking at my life
It's very clear to me
I lived so selfishly
I was the only one
I realize
That nobody wins
Something is ending
And something begins
Nothing takes the past away
Like the future
Nothing makes the darkness go
Like the light
You're shelter from the storm
Give me comfort in your arms
A tall man came walking down the corridor, he had long strides and a perfected upper posture, pausing he noticed the young boy and proceeded to walk up to where he was sitting. Kneeling down he placed his hand on Ephram's knee. "Ephram, do you remember me, we spoke earlier? Your dad he is out of surgery now." Ephram looked at him, his puffy eyes and watery eyes blurred his vision. "Is he going to be okay?" the doctor looked at him sympathetically, "He is out of immediate danger as I said the blood clot was only small luckily none of it broke away which meant it had no way of reaching the heart." Ephram looked at him confused "What do you mean?" The doctor took a deep breath, "When a blood clot is formed its usually because of an injury to the hips and below or they have had prolonged bed rest. If the blood clots in the leg veins break away and pass through the heart to the lungs, the heart must work harder to pump blood around the body. It also becomes difficult for the lungs to make the necessary exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, if this had happened to your dad we would have had a harder time saving him. But luckily one of the new interns noticed swelling and we were able to work quickly." Ephram nodded at the news. "So he is going to be okay?" Everyone hung on the question, the doctor shared glances with them all "If his recovery goes okay with no other hitches I can see him making a full recovery." Ephram smiled and embraced the doctor. "Thank you." The doctor smiled, "Do you want me to take you to him?" Ephram nodded silently.
The doctor took Ephram and the others to the hospital room, Delia was asleep in Dr Abbot's arms so Nina thought it was best to take her home and bring her back in the morning. Irv and Edna said they would keep her at their house along with Sam, who at the time was staying with friends. Swapping the young girl over Irv took her in his arms and carried on down to the hospital car park, with his wife beside him.
Ephram stopped in front of the door, he watched the Doctor open it and walk in. Ephram took a few glances he noticed the room to be dark and dismal. He slowly walked in, with Nina close behind. Amy and Dr Abbot waited outside. Ephram's heart began to race and he soon felt dizzy by all the beeping, the doctor caught him just as he stumbled back, "Whoa there, come on let me help you over to the chair." He placed his arm round Ephram's waist and helped him to the chair. Nina felt a tear roll down her face causing her mascara to run. The doctor looked on at the two people. Ephram watched his dad's chest rise and fall the monitors scared him to death, the bleeping caused him to jump every time he heard them but he concentrated on his dad as long as he saw that chest move nothing else mattered. "I'll leave you two with him." The doctor whispered. Nina glanced at him "What's your name. Ross, Ross McCann. Or just Dr McCann." Nina smiled "Thank you Dr McCann" she whispered. "My pleasure" he replied before walking out if the room.
Dr Abbot and Amy watched the young doctor walk back up the corridor. Amy looked at her dad, "Do you think they will overcome this?" Dr Abbot put his arm round her "I think they're strong and they can overcome anything." Amy squeezed him "I'm so proud of you." Dr Abbot smiled "Why?" Amy looked up at him "Well you helped me with Colin and now your helping the Brown's if anything ever happened to you, I'd be lost." Dr Abbot rubbed her arm "It's just as well I'm not going anywhere then doesn't it." Amy nodded in agreement. "I think we should make a move, Bright and your mother will be worried and to be honest I think they need their space." Dr Abbot pointed towards Dr Brown's room. Amy arose from her dad's side, "Come on then." Dr Abbot lifted himself up of the plastic chairs, "I will just say goodbye."
Nina turned around when she heard the door go to Dr Brown's room. She was pleased to see a familiar face pop his head around the door "Amy and I are going to make a move, we will come back when he is more up to visitors." Nina got up from the chair and went in to the corridor, she thanked them both and followed their figures until they turned the corner and disappeared. Just before she went back in to the room she sat down and pondered on the past few days. Before she knew it she was crying her eyes out and begging god to save a person she loved. Drying her eyes she turned around and watched the scene from within the room through a gap in the blinds, which were covering it up. Ephram was holding his dad's hand and watching him intently. Nina felt her eyes get heavy and so she decided to stretch out on the chairs and drift on in to a mindless sleep.
Dr McCann came hurrying up the corridor when the young woman layed out on the chairs stopped him. Checking his clock he realised it was ten in the morning, which meant she had been in the hospital all night. Shaking her gently he tried to wake her up. Nina slowly opened her eyes and found the man towering over her. "Oh, hi" she said a bit dazed. Dr McCann smiled. "Hi, how are you feeling?" Nina manoeuvred her hands through her hair. "Yeah, okay thanks, what time is it?" she asked rubbing her eyes. "Its ten in the morning." Nina was shocked "I must have been pretty drained last night." Dr McCann sat beside her. "I can't say I'm surprised, is Ephram with him at the moment?" Nina opened her mouth relieving a gasp sound "Ephram, oh my god he must wonder where I've got to."
Rushing up she entered the room and found Ephram still wide awake and watching his dad still. "Ephram?" she said curiously. When he didn't answer she turned to look at Dr McCann. He walked over to the boy and placed his hand on Ephram's shoulder. Ephram looked up startled. Nina sighed "Oh Ephram you look awful, why don't you and me go and get freshened up at home." Ephram shook is head "I cant I want to be here when he wakes up." Dr McCann looked on sympathetically "Ephram, your dad's been through a lot at the moment he is on mild sedatives and pain killers to ease the pain, later on he is due for a CT scan on his leg, why don't you go home for a few hours get a bit of sleep, something to eat." Ephram looked at him. His eyes looked dark and tired "Didn't you hear me or something, I said no." "Ephram!" Nina looked at him surprised "He is only trying to help." Ephram sighed. "Look I'm sorry okay I just, I have to be here, nothing else matters apart from him, least of all me. You have to understand," The doctor nodded. "I tell you what, I will try and pull a few strings let you have a shower here. But only for today." Ephram smiled a faint smile, "Thanks." Nina too thanked him before he departed for his rounds.
chapter 8..
Nothing really matters
Ephram sat dazed by his sister's side it had been hours and still no word had been given on his dad. Nina was sat beside him consoling him whilst the others looked on helplessly.
"Nothing Really Matters" by Madonna
When I was very young
Nothing really mattered to me
But making myself happy
I was the only one
Now that I am grown
Everything's changed
I'll never be the same
Because of you
Nothing really matters
Love is all we need
Everything I give you
All comes back to me
Looking at my life
It's very clear to me
I lived so selfishly
I was the only one
I realize
That nobody wins
Something is ending
And something begins
Nothing takes the past away
Like the future
Nothing makes the darkness go
Like the light
You're shelter from the storm
Give me comfort in your arms
A tall man came walking down the corridor, he had long strides and a perfected upper posture, pausing he noticed the young boy and proceeded to walk up to where he was sitting. Kneeling down he placed his hand on Ephram's knee. "Ephram, do you remember me, we spoke earlier? Your dad he is out of surgery now." Ephram looked at him, his puffy eyes and watery eyes blurred his vision. "Is he going to be okay?" the doctor looked at him sympathetically, "He is out of immediate danger as I said the blood clot was only small luckily none of it broke away which meant it had no way of reaching the heart." Ephram looked at him confused "What do you mean?" The doctor took a deep breath, "When a blood clot is formed its usually because of an injury to the hips and below or they have had prolonged bed rest. If the blood clots in the leg veins break away and pass through the heart to the lungs, the heart must work harder to pump blood around the body. It also becomes difficult for the lungs to make the necessary exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, if this had happened to your dad we would have had a harder time saving him. But luckily one of the new interns noticed swelling and we were able to work quickly." Ephram nodded at the news. "So he is going to be okay?" Everyone hung on the question, the doctor shared glances with them all "If his recovery goes okay with no other hitches I can see him making a full recovery." Ephram smiled and embraced the doctor. "Thank you." The doctor smiled, "Do you want me to take you to him?" Ephram nodded silently.
The doctor took Ephram and the others to the hospital room, Delia was asleep in Dr Abbot's arms so Nina thought it was best to take her home and bring her back in the morning. Irv and Edna said they would keep her at their house along with Sam, who at the time was staying with friends. Swapping the young girl over Irv took her in his arms and carried on down to the hospital car park, with his wife beside him.
Ephram stopped in front of the door, he watched the Doctor open it and walk in. Ephram took a few glances he noticed the room to be dark and dismal. He slowly walked in, with Nina close behind. Amy and Dr Abbot waited outside. Ephram's heart began to race and he soon felt dizzy by all the beeping, the doctor caught him just as he stumbled back, "Whoa there, come on let me help you over to the chair." He placed his arm round Ephram's waist and helped him to the chair. Nina felt a tear roll down her face causing her mascara to run. The doctor looked on at the two people. Ephram watched his dad's chest rise and fall the monitors scared him to death, the bleeping caused him to jump every time he heard them but he concentrated on his dad as long as he saw that chest move nothing else mattered. "I'll leave you two with him." The doctor whispered. Nina glanced at him "What's your name. Ross, Ross McCann. Or just Dr McCann." Nina smiled "Thank you Dr McCann" she whispered. "My pleasure" he replied before walking out if the room.
Dr Abbot and Amy watched the young doctor walk back up the corridor. Amy looked at her dad, "Do you think they will overcome this?" Dr Abbot put his arm round her "I think they're strong and they can overcome anything." Amy squeezed him "I'm so proud of you." Dr Abbot smiled "Why?" Amy looked up at him "Well you helped me with Colin and now your helping the Brown's if anything ever happened to you, I'd be lost." Dr Abbot rubbed her arm "It's just as well I'm not going anywhere then doesn't it." Amy nodded in agreement. "I think we should make a move, Bright and your mother will be worried and to be honest I think they need their space." Dr Abbot pointed towards Dr Brown's room. Amy arose from her dad's side, "Come on then." Dr Abbot lifted himself up of the plastic chairs, "I will just say goodbye."
Nina turned around when she heard the door go to Dr Brown's room. She was pleased to see a familiar face pop his head around the door "Amy and I are going to make a move, we will come back when he is more up to visitors." Nina got up from the chair and went in to the corridor, she thanked them both and followed their figures until they turned the corner and disappeared. Just before she went back in to the room she sat down and pondered on the past few days. Before she knew it she was crying her eyes out and begging god to save a person she loved. Drying her eyes she turned around and watched the scene from within the room through a gap in the blinds, which were covering it up. Ephram was holding his dad's hand and watching him intently. Nina felt her eyes get heavy and so she decided to stretch out on the chairs and drift on in to a mindless sleep.
Dr McCann came hurrying up the corridor when the young woman layed out on the chairs stopped him. Checking his clock he realised it was ten in the morning, which meant she had been in the hospital all night. Shaking her gently he tried to wake her up. Nina slowly opened her eyes and found the man towering over her. "Oh, hi" she said a bit dazed. Dr McCann smiled. "Hi, how are you feeling?" Nina manoeuvred her hands through her hair. "Yeah, okay thanks, what time is it?" she asked rubbing her eyes. "Its ten in the morning." Nina was shocked "I must have been pretty drained last night." Dr McCann sat beside her. "I can't say I'm surprised, is Ephram with him at the moment?" Nina opened her mouth relieving a gasp sound "Ephram, oh my god he must wonder where I've got to."
Rushing up she entered the room and found Ephram still wide awake and watching his dad still. "Ephram?" she said curiously. When he didn't answer she turned to look at Dr McCann. He walked over to the boy and placed his hand on Ephram's shoulder. Ephram looked up startled. Nina sighed "Oh Ephram you look awful, why don't you and me go and get freshened up at home." Ephram shook is head "I cant I want to be here when he wakes up." Dr McCann looked on sympathetically "Ephram, your dad's been through a lot at the moment he is on mild sedatives and pain killers to ease the pain, later on he is due for a CT scan on his leg, why don't you go home for a few hours get a bit of sleep, something to eat." Ephram looked at him. His eyes looked dark and tired "Didn't you hear me or something, I said no." "Ephram!" Nina looked at him surprised "He is only trying to help." Ephram sighed. "Look I'm sorry okay I just, I have to be here, nothing else matters apart from him, least of all me. You have to understand," The doctor nodded. "I tell you what, I will try and pull a few strings let you have a shower here. But only for today." Ephram smiled a faint smile, "Thanks." Nina too thanked him before he departed for his rounds.