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Chapter 25
Faith did not understand what was going on until she heard it, the soft beep of the monitor, that she recognized as the heart monitor-from Fred's ordeal- and then she heard the doctor say it "We've got a rhythm."
A wave of relief not only came over Faith but everyone in that trauma room, and for a minute Faith believed all was well again.
But in that split second she felt that, it went away again, as they still were no closer to finding out what was wrong with her partner.
"Get me neurology, and a 10 gauge," were the words from the doctors mouth that snapped Faith back into reality.
Faith knew that something was up and she immediately stood up to get some answers from the doctor.
"What's happening to him? " Faith asked, as the doctor walked over to a sink to wash his hands off.
"Well, he has a dangerously high fever, and that sent his heart into shock, and it started failing, but we got him back," the doctor said.
"We are going to do a spinal tap now, because he is presenting a lot of the signs of meningitis, and if it comes back positive, then he doesn't have much time left before he slips into a coma, and he may not recover neurologically," he continued speaking to Faith as he scrubbed his hands with soap.
Faith's mouth just dropped open, "meningitis? Is he...could he die? How did he get it?" she was thinking out loud, but really hoping the doctor would tell her something.
"Well, we really don't know if that is the case yet but we will know more after we do the tap. We are going to need you to stand back because its a complicated procedure and very painful to the patient."
"Painful?" Faith asked, somewhat confused because Bosco was unconscious, or so she thought, so how could he feel it anyway?
"I thought he was unconscious?" she asked the doctor, not wanting to cause too much trouble, but desperate to know the answers to her fears and concerns.
"Yes well, he is still semiconscious, but with this procedure we often find that the patient wakes up, the pain can be so severe, you see, we inject fluid directly at the base of the spine, and it is complicated and tricky to do that, the needle is so long, it makes it harder." the doctor continued on, "We will, of course numb the area with a general anesthetic, but that doesn't always help too much."
"Oh my God" Faith gasped, "can I stand next to him? He's gonna want me to be there if he knows there is a needle, he's gonna freak out, he hates needles" Faith continued.
"OK well just this time, but if we need you to then you will have to move away," the doctor warned her.
"Sure no problem" Faith responded, as she walked over to Bosco's side again.
The doctor was right, he was semiconscious, his breathing harsh and labored, his eyelids fluttering, trying to open, in true Bosco fashion, he was fighting it still, even now, fighting to be awake, to see what was going on.
"Shhhh Boz close your eyes, be still." Faith said softly, taking his hand in hers again.
As Bosco felt Faith's hand take his, he instantly calmed, relaxing his body and giving up the fight, his breathing becoming more shallow now.
Faith wanted to tell him that it was going to be all right, that it wasn't going to hurt, but she wasn't sure that was true, and she knew that if Bosco heard the word needle, it was all gonna be over.
Faith looked up and saw the doctor preparing the needle.
"Oh Lord" Faith thought to herself as she saw the size of the needle, "please don't let Boz see that or we are all in trouble."
She squeezed Bosco's hand and when she did, not realizing it was too tight, he groaned and took a deep breath and tried to open his eyes.
"No, Bosco No...shhh" Faith quickly tried to stop him from seeing what was going on.
Bosco's eyes were fully open now, the drugs he had been given earlier were making him be able to focus a little more, and he tried to move his head to the side to see what was going on.
"Bosco, close your eyes, relax, everything is gonna be OK" he heard Faith saying as she gently stroked his sweat covered hair back from his forehead, trying to be sly, and shield his eyes at the same time, from seeing that awful needle the doctor held in his hand.
She wasn't slick enough though, as Bosco must have caught sight of the needle.
His eyes instantly opened wide with terror, as he started to take deep ragged breaths of air, and talk at the same time.
"Wh...what is...the...ne... needle..." the words came out broken and shaky, Bosco's voice filled with fear and uncertainty.
Faith tried to calm him down, but the heart monitor started to beep loudly, and she knew that Bosco had seen the needle.
Chapter 25
Faith did not understand what was going on until she heard it, the soft beep of the monitor, that she recognized as the heart monitor-from Fred's ordeal- and then she heard the doctor say it "We've got a rhythm."
A wave of relief not only came over Faith but everyone in that trauma room, and for a minute Faith believed all was well again.
But in that split second she felt that, it went away again, as they still were no closer to finding out what was wrong with her partner.
"Get me neurology, and a 10 gauge," were the words from the doctors mouth that snapped Faith back into reality.
Faith knew that something was up and she immediately stood up to get some answers from the doctor.
"What's happening to him? " Faith asked, as the doctor walked over to a sink to wash his hands off.
"Well, he has a dangerously high fever, and that sent his heart into shock, and it started failing, but we got him back," the doctor said.
"We are going to do a spinal tap now, because he is presenting a lot of the signs of meningitis, and if it comes back positive, then he doesn't have much time left before he slips into a coma, and he may not recover neurologically," he continued speaking to Faith as he scrubbed his hands with soap.
Faith's mouth just dropped open, "meningitis? Is he...could he die? How did he get it?" she was thinking out loud, but really hoping the doctor would tell her something.
"Well, we really don't know if that is the case yet but we will know more after we do the tap. We are going to need you to stand back because its a complicated procedure and very painful to the patient."
"Painful?" Faith asked, somewhat confused because Bosco was unconscious, or so she thought, so how could he feel it anyway?
"I thought he was unconscious?" she asked the doctor, not wanting to cause too much trouble, but desperate to know the answers to her fears and concerns.
"Yes well, he is still semiconscious, but with this procedure we often find that the patient wakes up, the pain can be so severe, you see, we inject fluid directly at the base of the spine, and it is complicated and tricky to do that, the needle is so long, it makes it harder." the doctor continued on, "We will, of course numb the area with a general anesthetic, but that doesn't always help too much."
"Oh my God" Faith gasped, "can I stand next to him? He's gonna want me to be there if he knows there is a needle, he's gonna freak out, he hates needles" Faith continued.
"OK well just this time, but if we need you to then you will have to move away," the doctor warned her.
"Sure no problem" Faith responded, as she walked over to Bosco's side again.
The doctor was right, he was semiconscious, his breathing harsh and labored, his eyelids fluttering, trying to open, in true Bosco fashion, he was fighting it still, even now, fighting to be awake, to see what was going on.
"Shhhh Boz close your eyes, be still." Faith said softly, taking his hand in hers again.
As Bosco felt Faith's hand take his, he instantly calmed, relaxing his body and giving up the fight, his breathing becoming more shallow now.
Faith wanted to tell him that it was going to be all right, that it wasn't going to hurt, but she wasn't sure that was true, and she knew that if Bosco heard the word needle, it was all gonna be over.
Faith looked up and saw the doctor preparing the needle.
"Oh Lord" Faith thought to herself as she saw the size of the needle, "please don't let Boz see that or we are all in trouble."
She squeezed Bosco's hand and when she did, not realizing it was too tight, he groaned and took a deep breath and tried to open his eyes.
"No, Bosco No...shhh" Faith quickly tried to stop him from seeing what was going on.
Bosco's eyes were fully open now, the drugs he had been given earlier were making him be able to focus a little more, and he tried to move his head to the side to see what was going on.
"Bosco, close your eyes, relax, everything is gonna be OK" he heard Faith saying as she gently stroked his sweat covered hair back from his forehead, trying to be sly, and shield his eyes at the same time, from seeing that awful needle the doctor held in his hand.
She wasn't slick enough though, as Bosco must have caught sight of the needle.
His eyes instantly opened wide with terror, as he started to take deep ragged breaths of air, and talk at the same time.
"Wh...what is...the...ne... needle..." the words came out broken and shaky, Bosco's voice filled with fear and uncertainty.
Faith tried to calm him down, but the heart monitor started to beep loudly, and she knew that Bosco had seen the needle.