Chapter 10
The next time Jesse woke up she was in the infirmary at the SGC. She moved her fingers around and around them was a chain she lifted them to her eyes closely because the room was blurry. The now lack of Goa'uld make her vision go back to being very poor.
'Bryan Maybourne.' Read the dog tags. She closed her eyes again remembering what had happened.
"Finally, you're awake." Jack said from the doorway. Jesse didn't respond.
"Jesse?" he asked. She stayed as still as before.
"Jesse?" he asked again. No response again. He walked up to be bed to make sure she was still breathing. She was.
"Daddy?" she asked very softly and turned over to face him.
"I'm here." He said.
"He's gone."
"I know."
Just then Janet walked in. "Jesse, how do you feel?"
"Numb." Jesse responded. "I can't feel my legs."
Janet frowned. "That'll go away soon enough it might be from the poison or from being in bed for three weeks."
"Three weeks?" Jesse asked.
Janet nodded. "You've been in and out of a coma for a bit we almost lost you." Janet moved over to the bed to do an exam and figure out why Jesse's legs weren't working.
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"Can you feel that?" she tapped Jesse's toes.
"No." Jesse responded.
"This." Janet hit Jesse's leg.
"No."
"Can you move your toes?"
Jesse tried. "No."
"Can you lift your leg?"
Jesse tried. "No." she said almost crying.
"Its okay." She said. "Soon you'll be able to."
Jesse tried to move her foot again but nothing happened.
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Jack had been staring at the exam from the door. The smile Janet had been wearing for Jesse disappeared when she went outside to talk with Jack.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Her condition is the same as the last time she woke up."
"But every time before when she woke up she was a bit better."
"That's not the case this time."
"Her legs?"
"They are damaged severely. Most of her body was when she came back. Her body chemicals didn't know what to do with the poison after it kill the Goa'uld."
"But most of her body healed."
"Except her legs."
"But she will walk again."
"Its hard to say Colonel but it might be a good idea to at least prepare and open yourself to the possibility that this might be permanent."
"What are the chances they are?"
"It's a 50/50 chance now but."
Jack looked back at Jesse who was tried to lift her leg. She laid back down and put her head in her hands. ~~~~~~~~~` "How is she?" asked Sam after being told the situation. "Does she know?"
"I don't think we should tell her." Jack said.
"Why?"
"Because Carter she has so many things that she has to deal with right now. She just came back from the Goa'uld. Bryan Maybourne died- again."
"I think he ascended, sir."
"What ever happened Jesse still needs to deal with that."
"She'll find out eventually."
"I'm hoping that she won't have to." Jack said.
"Why?" Sam asked.
"If she gets better than she doesn't ever have to know she could have been paralyzed for life." Sam sighed. "Its hard to think she even might be."
The next time Jesse woke up she was in the infirmary at the SGC. She moved her fingers around and around them was a chain she lifted them to her eyes closely because the room was blurry. The now lack of Goa'uld make her vision go back to being very poor.
'Bryan Maybourne.' Read the dog tags. She closed her eyes again remembering what had happened.
"Finally, you're awake." Jack said from the doorway. Jesse didn't respond.
"Jesse?" he asked. She stayed as still as before.
"Jesse?" he asked again. No response again. He walked up to be bed to make sure she was still breathing. She was.
"Daddy?" she asked very softly and turned over to face him.
"I'm here." He said.
"He's gone."
"I know."
Just then Janet walked in. "Jesse, how do you feel?"
"Numb." Jesse responded. "I can't feel my legs."
Janet frowned. "That'll go away soon enough it might be from the poison or from being in bed for three weeks."
"Three weeks?" Jesse asked.
Janet nodded. "You've been in and out of a coma for a bit we almost lost you." Janet moved over to the bed to do an exam and figure out why Jesse's legs weren't working.
~~~~~~`
"Can you feel that?" she tapped Jesse's toes.
"No." Jesse responded.
"This." Janet hit Jesse's leg.
"No."
"Can you move your toes?"
Jesse tried. "No."
"Can you lift your leg?"
Jesse tried. "No." she said almost crying.
"Its okay." She said. "Soon you'll be able to."
Jesse tried to move her foot again but nothing happened.
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Jack had been staring at the exam from the door. The smile Janet had been wearing for Jesse disappeared when she went outside to talk with Jack.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Her condition is the same as the last time she woke up."
"But every time before when she woke up she was a bit better."
"That's not the case this time."
"Her legs?"
"They are damaged severely. Most of her body was when she came back. Her body chemicals didn't know what to do with the poison after it kill the Goa'uld."
"But most of her body healed."
"Except her legs."
"But she will walk again."
"Its hard to say Colonel but it might be a good idea to at least prepare and open yourself to the possibility that this might be permanent."
"What are the chances they are?"
"It's a 50/50 chance now but."
Jack looked back at Jesse who was tried to lift her leg. She laid back down and put her head in her hands. ~~~~~~~~~` "How is she?" asked Sam after being told the situation. "Does she know?"
"I don't think we should tell her." Jack said.
"Why?"
"Because Carter she has so many things that she has to deal with right now. She just came back from the Goa'uld. Bryan Maybourne died- again."
"I think he ascended, sir."
"What ever happened Jesse still needs to deal with that."
"She'll find out eventually."
"I'm hoping that she won't have to." Jack said.
"Why?" Sam asked.
"If she gets better than she doesn't ever have to know she could have been paralyzed for life." Sam sighed. "Its hard to think she even might be."