Title: The Vaughn's
Author: AnnaSun
Summary: Adventures with the Vaughn family. Sequel to 'One wedding and a near funeral'
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimers note: I don't own Alias but I do this fanfic
Chapter 15: Taking my last breath.
Sydney was laying on the bed gasping for breath. Her whole face had turned as white as a sheet and there was sweat dripping off her brow.
"Mummy what's wrong?" Madi was straight at Sydney side trying to access what was wrong. Sydney didn't answer and just carried on wheezing. Suddenly the Doctor and a Nurse rushed into the room. The Nurse took hold of Madi and led her away from Sydney.
"Mummy!!!" Madi cried and tried to run back to her but the Nurse kept a firm grip on her.
"She can't breathe! We need to move her!" The Doctor shouted. Two other Nurses entered the room and Sydney was wheeled out of the room very fast. Vaughn was walking up the hallway just as Sydney's bed left the room. Vaughn raced up but the Nurse came out and stopped him, Madi sobbing in her arms.
"What's wrong?" Vaughn asked, very frantic.
"I'm afraid your wife fell into respiratory distress." The Nurse said.
"Oh God! Oh Madi come here." He took Madi into his arms who was still sobbing.
"Shhh Sweetheart its okay." Vaughn reassured
"Will my Wife be okay?"
"I don't know. You'll have to speak to the Doctor. She'll stabilise Sydney and then come and see you okay?"
"Okay. Thanks."
The Nurse left and Vaughn was left alone with Madi.
"Mummy scared me." Madi said, wiping her eyes.
"I'm sure she didn't mean to." Vaughn replied.
"She did. She was making strange noises and wouldn't talk to me."
"Well Mummy was very sick. She having a lot of difficulty breathing right now and needs a lot of help from the Doctor."
Madi looked at Vaughn confused.
"I don't understand." She said.
"Well when people breathe they breathe from their lungs which are inside your body. Unfortunately Mummy's lungs aren't working well at the moment and that's why she was making strange noises at you."
Madi nodded, still trying to understand. Just then the Doctor came down the hallway.
"Mr Vaughn if you'd like to follow me to my office."
Vaughn nodded and picked up Madi, heading for the Doctors office. He took a seat across from the Doctor with Madi on his lap. The Doctors face looked serious.
"Is Sydney going to be okay?" Vaughn asked, very worried.
"I have managed to stabilise her. I had to put a tube down her throat to help with her breathing. She's very weak at present. I'm worried she may have picked up some sort of infection but I don't know what at present. I will need to run some blood tests to find out. I've just sent her up for a chest x-ray to find out what's wrong with her lungs. My guess is that she has water on her them and that it was leaving her unable to breathe."
"But she will be okay?" Vaughn asked.
"Well at present she is stable but anything in her condition could change in the next 48 hours. I'm leaving her in ICU in isolation until we find out what this infection is."
Vaughn nodded feeling very sad.
"We're doing all we can Mr Vaughn." The Doctor said.
"I know and thanks."
Sydney came back from her chest x-ray and was dozing in her bed. Vaughn had taken Madi to Jack's house for the rest of the day so he could be alone with Sydney. Before entering Sydney's room Vaughn had to put on an apron and some gloves so he wouldn't spread Sydney's infection around. He made it over to her bed just as she was waking up. He eyes flickered open and she looked up at Vaughn's face peering down.
"Hey Syd. You gave Madi and I quite a scare but everything's going to be okay now."
Sydney's eyes darted around the room. Vaughn noticed this.
"Its okay Madi is with your Dad. I'll bring her to see you tomorrow morning."
Sydney nodded and tried to pull the tube out of her mouth. Vaughn grabbed Sydney's hands.
"No. You need to let the vent work. It's helping you breathe."
Sydney struggled with Vaughn's hands and started to pull at it again.
"Syd you need to keep it in."
Tears welled up in Sydney's eyes and her forehead creased with pain. Sydney brought her hand up to her chest and tried to get Vaughn's attention.
"What's wrong?" He asked her.
Sydney squeezed her hands into tight fists and pointed to her chest again. Vaughn couldn't understand what Sydney was trying to say. Just then the Doctor entered.
"Is everything okay Mr Vaughn?" The Doctor asked when she saw his face.
"Something's wrong with Sydney. She keeps pointing to her chest."
The Doctor's face was troubled.
"Okay can you help me sit her up slightly so I can listen to her lungs? I haven't got the chest x-ray back yet so I'm not sure what's wrong."
The Doctor and Vaughn sat Sydney up slightly and by this time Sydney was choking on the tube. The Doctor quickly removed the tube out of Sydney mouth. Sydney gasped for air.
"Chest…tight." Sydney got out "Can't breathe."
The monitors went off and Sydney started to gasp for breath again. The Doctor worked quickly and found a syringe, plunging it into Sydney's chest. As soon as she pulled it out Sydney started to breathe a little better. The Doctor listened to Sydney's chest a couple of times.
"Okay she's breathing much better." She left the room and returned a few minutes later.
"I've looked at the chest x-ray. As I suspected Sydney has water on her lungs so I'm going to get a chest drain set up. Once that's done Sydney should be able to breath much better. Sydney let's put this oxygen mask over your nose and mouth to help you breathe."
Sydney nodded and was soon breathing a little better. She fell into a deep sleep.
The Doctor had taken some of Sydney's blood for analysis and Sydney had been reading a book in her bed. Sydney started to close her eyes and soon fell asleep. Vaughn had gone home for a while to see Madi. About an hour later he returned to the hospital to find Sydney lying on the floor sobbing her heart out…
AN: Hope you liked the chapter. More to come soon. Sorry for the wait as you know the board was down.