Joey was loaded into bus, and in route to Mercy when he began to wake up.
Doc was in front driving; Kim took the seat next to Joey, holding on to his hand. Alex
closely monitored him, making sure nothing went wrong.
"Kim, he's waking up." Alex said.
"Joey? It's Mommy."
"M-Mommy?" he asked, still in a daze.
"Yes, Mommy. You were hurt, but the doctors are going to fix you."
"The car…" he began to say.
"Yes, you were in the car. You're O.K. now, don't worry." Kim reassured her son.
"Daddy?" Joey asked through his oxygen mask.
"Daddy's ok. Listen Joey, you need to be quiet and save your breath."
Joey nodded, and rode the rest of the way looking at his mother, wondering why she
looked so worried.
The bus pulled up, a young doctor met them at the entrance with two nurses.
"We've got a 7yr old male involved in a M.V.A with possible B.A.T He was L.O.C on
scene, woke up about 5 minutes in. Normal saline started on scene." Alex said, letting
the words roll of her tongue smoothly, but fast.
"Alright, lets move him trauma 3." said Doctor Ratner.
"Kim, come on." Alex said, holding on to her partners elbow. "They'll take good care
of him."
"No, I want to stay here." Kim replied, standing in front of the glass doors, looking in
on Joey.
She couldn't see him; doctors, and nurses surrounded his small fragile body.
Inside the room, Doctor Ratner gave out orders. "There's some bruising and swelling
on the abdomen, we're going to need to check for internal injuries. Let's get him up to
radiology for a complete abdomen, CT of the head & an C-spine."
A few minutes past, and Doc walked up to the two women. "I'm going to head back, I
just radioed in, they need some help transporting a few minors. You've got an hour
left till your shifts over, so why don't you just hang here Alex," he said. "Oh, and
they just brought Jimmy in, they're checking him over in exam 2."
Alex nodded, "Thanks"
A nurse, and the doctor wheeled Joey out the of exam room, and headed towards
radiology.
Kim stopped a nurse leaving the room, "Sharon, what's going on? Why isn't anyone
telling me anything?"
The nurse replied, "Relax Kim, they're taking him up to radiology to check him out. He
look like he's doing pretty well, but we want to be safe. Dr. Ratner will tell you more,
why don't you to waiting room and I'll let him know where you are."
"Thanks, come on Kim." Alex said for her partner.
In the waiting room Kim looked down at her hands. They had traces of blood on
them. It was beginning to dry, and itch but she barely noticed. Looking down at her
hands, her mind raced back to a moment in past. A little over a year ago she sat in
this same room, with blood drying on her hands. Bobby's blood… Bobby's blood was on
her hand, and Bobby died, she thought to herself.
When Bobby died, Kim's world crumbled. Bobby's death almost killed Kim. She
thought back to the night where she tried to take her own life, the day she almost
left Joey. She sat silently for 10 minutes before finding her voice.
"When Bobby died," Kim said out loud, "I thought it would destroy me, but I got over
it. It was hard, but I survived… barely, but I did."
"Kim, Joey's going to be ok." Alex said trying to reassure her partner.
"I survived losing Bobby," Kim continued. "But if I lose Joey, I don't think I can do it.
He's all I have."
"You're not going to lose him." Alex stated as if it was a fact, and nothing else in the
world could be true. But, she knew it wasn't the God's honest truth, the truth was she
didn't know.
Alex began to stand up, "I'm going to go check on Jimmy, let him know what's going
on."
Kim watched Alex walk out of the room, and then refocused her attention on her
hands. This time instead of remembering Bobby, she remembered the day her son was
born.
Doc was in front driving; Kim took the seat next to Joey, holding on to his hand. Alex
closely monitored him, making sure nothing went wrong.
"Kim, he's waking up." Alex said.
"Joey? It's Mommy."
"M-Mommy?" he asked, still in a daze.
"Yes, Mommy. You were hurt, but the doctors are going to fix you."
"The car…" he began to say.
"Yes, you were in the car. You're O.K. now, don't worry." Kim reassured her son.
"Daddy?" Joey asked through his oxygen mask.
"Daddy's ok. Listen Joey, you need to be quiet and save your breath."
Joey nodded, and rode the rest of the way looking at his mother, wondering why she
looked so worried.
The bus pulled up, a young doctor met them at the entrance with two nurses.
"We've got a 7yr old male involved in a M.V.A with possible B.A.T He was L.O.C on
scene, woke up about 5 minutes in. Normal saline started on scene." Alex said, letting
the words roll of her tongue smoothly, but fast.
"Alright, lets move him trauma 3." said Doctor Ratner.
"Kim, come on." Alex said, holding on to her partners elbow. "They'll take good care
of him."
"No, I want to stay here." Kim replied, standing in front of the glass doors, looking in
on Joey.
She couldn't see him; doctors, and nurses surrounded his small fragile body.
Inside the room, Doctor Ratner gave out orders. "There's some bruising and swelling
on the abdomen, we're going to need to check for internal injuries. Let's get him up to
radiology for a complete abdomen, CT of the head & an C-spine."
A few minutes past, and Doc walked up to the two women. "I'm going to head back, I
just radioed in, they need some help transporting a few minors. You've got an hour
left till your shifts over, so why don't you just hang here Alex," he said. "Oh, and
they just brought Jimmy in, they're checking him over in exam 2."
Alex nodded, "Thanks"
A nurse, and the doctor wheeled Joey out the of exam room, and headed towards
radiology.
Kim stopped a nurse leaving the room, "Sharon, what's going on? Why isn't anyone
telling me anything?"
The nurse replied, "Relax Kim, they're taking him up to radiology to check him out. He
look like he's doing pretty well, but we want to be safe. Dr. Ratner will tell you more,
why don't you to waiting room and I'll let him know where you are."
"Thanks, come on Kim." Alex said for her partner.
In the waiting room Kim looked down at her hands. They had traces of blood on
them. It was beginning to dry, and itch but she barely noticed. Looking down at her
hands, her mind raced back to a moment in past. A little over a year ago she sat in
this same room, with blood drying on her hands. Bobby's blood… Bobby's blood was on
her hand, and Bobby died, she thought to herself.
When Bobby died, Kim's world crumbled. Bobby's death almost killed Kim. She
thought back to the night where she tried to take her own life, the day she almost
left Joey. She sat silently for 10 minutes before finding her voice.
"When Bobby died," Kim said out loud, "I thought it would destroy me, but I got over
it. It was hard, but I survived… barely, but I did."
"Kim, Joey's going to be ok." Alex said trying to reassure her partner.
"I survived losing Bobby," Kim continued. "But if I lose Joey, I don't think I can do it.
He's all I have."
"You're not going to lose him." Alex stated as if it was a fact, and nothing else in the
world could be true. But, she knew it wasn't the God's honest truth, the truth was she
didn't know.
Alex began to stand up, "I'm going to go check on Jimmy, let him know what's going
on."
Kim watched Alex walk out of the room, and then refocused her attention on her
hands. This time instead of remembering Bobby, she remembered the day her son was
born.