"I'm so hot" I said.
My face was red and sweaty.
"Baby it's freezing in here how can you be hot?"
"I don't know, but I am." I said.
Spike put his hand to my forehead.
"You have a fever. I'm going to go call the doctor and find out what we should do. I'll be right back.
He ran downstairs and grabbed the phone.
"What's up man?" Jeff asked.
"Stacy's got a really high fever. I'm calling the doctor." Spike said.
Matt held on the Liz and rested his head on hers. Jeff ran his fingers through his hair. After calling the doctor he looked at Matt and Jeff in terror.
"What did the doctor say?" Jeff asked
"The doctor told me to get her to the ER immediately."
"Okay you get her, I'll take Liz to the neighbors, and Matt call dad at work." Jeff said.
They nodded. Matt went to call dad, Jeff went to drop Liz off, and Spike came upstairs by me. He started to pick me up.
"What are you doing?" I asked weakly.
"Taking you to the hospital."
I started to kick weakly.
"No! Please don't take me. I just got back home. I don't wanna go back," I cried.
"You have to baby. I know you don't want to go, but I want you better and so you're going."
I laid my head on his chest and cried as he carried me downstairs. I saw Jeff walking in the door and Matt getting off the telephone. Spike made it to the bottom of the steps.
"Let's get her into my car. I'll drive there." Matt said.
They nodded and we all got into Matt's car. I was shaking cuz I was so hot and my fever was so high. Spike tried to sooth me by stroking my hair. I saw Jeff keep looking back at me with sad and worried eyes. I also saw Matt looking in the mirror with the same eyes. By now I was shaking really bad.
"Hang in there Stacy. One more minute. Come on baby." Spike said sadly.
I looked at him with fear in my eyes. I was so scared I was going to die.
"Don't let me go. I don't wanna die." I said delicately.
"You're not going to die. Don't talk like that." Spike said sternly.
I buried my face into his chest. We arrived at the ER and they rushed me in. The nurses told them they had to stay in the waiting room. They doctors were working on me and Dr.Marrow arrived to assist. After starting and IV, taking blood tests, and X-rays Dr.Marrow went to talk to my family. My dad arrived there as Dr.Marrow came out.
"Stacy's fever very high. It may be due to the cancer or to the virus she has caught. The 2 together is a deadly combination. She shouldn't have left the hospital. We didn't' catch the virus til now"
"Would it have made a difference?" Spike asked.
"No it wouldn't have. As a doctor, I don't like to say to families the words "no hope." But at this time, as Stacy's loved ones, you really should prepare for the worst. I'm sorry. I'll check back with you in a while." The doctor said.
"No, no she can't die she can't." Spike cried.
Jeff pulled Spike in for a soothing hug as he also cried. A nurse came in and led them to my room.
"Spike?"
"Yea sweetie. It's me"
"What did Dr.Marrow say?"
"Nothing for you to worry about so don't worry." Spike said.
"She said I'm going to die didn't she?" I asked.
"No, she didn't cuz you're not going to die."
"You were never good at lying."
"I'm not lying."
I chuckled and said," Do me a favor?"
"Yea sure. What is it baby?" Spike asked as he held my hand.
"Tell Liz I love her very much."
"Don't talk that way. You will be able to tell her." Spike protested.
"I love you all so much. You've been a amazing family and you've given me unconditional love and I thank you for that"
"Stacy don't." Jeff said teary eyed.
"Why don't you get some more rest and you'll feel better when you wake up" My dad said.
"I don't want to close my eyes. I might not ever wake up."
I looked at them and they all looked like they were going to cry.
"Before I met you, I didn't believe in real love. I didn't expect it in my life. I didn't even want it. And then I met you. Everything I ever learned about real love I learned from you."
"Spike I loved every moment I had with you,"
" Hey, don't talk about it like it's in the past. We're just getting started."
"I love you Spike"
"Don't you do that. Don't you say your goodbyes. Not yet, not ever. This isn't goodbye."
"I'm so tired."
" Try, Stacy, try to keep awake, just for a little while." Spike begged.
"I'll try." I said as my eyes drooped some more.
After a few more minutes my eyes closed and I was asleep.
Everyone started to pray in there heads.
"God, can you help my little sister? Take away all her pain. I know she's afraid to die, but she act as if she isn't. Could you take Stacy's fear away and just let her know that, you know, it's ok to stop fighting and let go and that all the people she loves will be all right when she's gone? I'm not sure how. I can't envision this world without Stacy. All I know is that I can't think about that right now. So just please help me make it ok for her to go." Jeff prayed not wanting me to be in pain anymore.
"God, I know I haven't talked to you for a long time. God I'm scared. I don't wanna lose her. I know I am being selfish, but I want her here with me." Spike Prayed.
"God help my baby sister fight this. I want her to stay with me. With all of us. Please be a gracious god and let her stay with us." Matt prayed.
"Please help Stacy find peace. I love her so much I don't want her to be in pain no more. So please help her." My dad prayed.
Suddenly my machine starts beeping. The doctors and nurses came in.
"We're losing her." A nurse said.
My face was red and sweaty.
"Baby it's freezing in here how can you be hot?"
"I don't know, but I am." I said.
Spike put his hand to my forehead.
"You have a fever. I'm going to go call the doctor and find out what we should do. I'll be right back.
He ran downstairs and grabbed the phone.
"What's up man?" Jeff asked.
"Stacy's got a really high fever. I'm calling the doctor." Spike said.
Matt held on the Liz and rested his head on hers. Jeff ran his fingers through his hair. After calling the doctor he looked at Matt and Jeff in terror.
"What did the doctor say?" Jeff asked
"The doctor told me to get her to the ER immediately."
"Okay you get her, I'll take Liz to the neighbors, and Matt call dad at work." Jeff said.
They nodded. Matt went to call dad, Jeff went to drop Liz off, and Spike came upstairs by me. He started to pick me up.
"What are you doing?" I asked weakly.
"Taking you to the hospital."
I started to kick weakly.
"No! Please don't take me. I just got back home. I don't wanna go back," I cried.
"You have to baby. I know you don't want to go, but I want you better and so you're going."
I laid my head on his chest and cried as he carried me downstairs. I saw Jeff walking in the door and Matt getting off the telephone. Spike made it to the bottom of the steps.
"Let's get her into my car. I'll drive there." Matt said.
They nodded and we all got into Matt's car. I was shaking cuz I was so hot and my fever was so high. Spike tried to sooth me by stroking my hair. I saw Jeff keep looking back at me with sad and worried eyes. I also saw Matt looking in the mirror with the same eyes. By now I was shaking really bad.
"Hang in there Stacy. One more minute. Come on baby." Spike said sadly.
I looked at him with fear in my eyes. I was so scared I was going to die.
"Don't let me go. I don't wanna die." I said delicately.
"You're not going to die. Don't talk like that." Spike said sternly.
I buried my face into his chest. We arrived at the ER and they rushed me in. The nurses told them they had to stay in the waiting room. They doctors were working on me and Dr.Marrow arrived to assist. After starting and IV, taking blood tests, and X-rays Dr.Marrow went to talk to my family. My dad arrived there as Dr.Marrow came out.
"Stacy's fever very high. It may be due to the cancer or to the virus she has caught. The 2 together is a deadly combination. She shouldn't have left the hospital. We didn't' catch the virus til now"
"Would it have made a difference?" Spike asked.
"No it wouldn't have. As a doctor, I don't like to say to families the words "no hope." But at this time, as Stacy's loved ones, you really should prepare for the worst. I'm sorry. I'll check back with you in a while." The doctor said.
"No, no she can't die she can't." Spike cried.
Jeff pulled Spike in for a soothing hug as he also cried. A nurse came in and led them to my room.
"Spike?"
"Yea sweetie. It's me"
"What did Dr.Marrow say?"
"Nothing for you to worry about so don't worry." Spike said.
"She said I'm going to die didn't she?" I asked.
"No, she didn't cuz you're not going to die."
"You were never good at lying."
"I'm not lying."
I chuckled and said," Do me a favor?"
"Yea sure. What is it baby?" Spike asked as he held my hand.
"Tell Liz I love her very much."
"Don't talk that way. You will be able to tell her." Spike protested.
"I love you all so much. You've been a amazing family and you've given me unconditional love and I thank you for that"
"Stacy don't." Jeff said teary eyed.
"Why don't you get some more rest and you'll feel better when you wake up" My dad said.
"I don't want to close my eyes. I might not ever wake up."
I looked at them and they all looked like they were going to cry.
"Before I met you, I didn't believe in real love. I didn't expect it in my life. I didn't even want it. And then I met you. Everything I ever learned about real love I learned from you."
"Spike I loved every moment I had with you,"
" Hey, don't talk about it like it's in the past. We're just getting started."
"I love you Spike"
"Don't you do that. Don't you say your goodbyes. Not yet, not ever. This isn't goodbye."
"I'm so tired."
" Try, Stacy, try to keep awake, just for a little while." Spike begged.
"I'll try." I said as my eyes drooped some more.
After a few more minutes my eyes closed and I was asleep.
Everyone started to pray in there heads.
"God, can you help my little sister? Take away all her pain. I know she's afraid to die, but she act as if she isn't. Could you take Stacy's fear away and just let her know that, you know, it's ok to stop fighting and let go and that all the people she loves will be all right when she's gone? I'm not sure how. I can't envision this world without Stacy. All I know is that I can't think about that right now. So just please help me make it ok for her to go." Jeff prayed not wanting me to be in pain anymore.
"God, I know I haven't talked to you for a long time. God I'm scared. I don't wanna lose her. I know I am being selfish, but I want her here with me." Spike Prayed.
"God help my baby sister fight this. I want her to stay with me. With all of us. Please be a gracious god and let her stay with us." Matt prayed.
"Please help Stacy find peace. I love her so much I don't want her to be in pain no more. So please help her." My dad prayed.
Suddenly my machine starts beeping. The doctors and nurses came in.
"We're losing her." A nurse said.