Chapter 7
After the surgery was finished and Abby was settled into the SICU, under the watchful eye of her surgical team, Dubanko made the long walk to the waiting room, where her friends swarmed around him like killer bees on the attack.
"She's is in critical but stable condition." He said looked at all of them, "I won't lie, her injuries were severe and she suffered massive blood loss during the surgery. We are watching and waiting now to see how she does."
He needed to be honest with them; they were all medical professionals and knew that their friend was seriously injured. When he had first walked into the operating room after scrubbing in, he had walked over to her, checked the vent settings, and then placed his hand on her forehead. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you Lockhart I promise you that," he knew that Abby couldn't hear him, but he needed to say something to her, before he began the surgery.
"I can't make any guarantees about her prognosis, nothing in medicine is certain. But Abby is a fighter and we will do everything that we can, that is with in our power to make sure that she has the best odds possible." He paused. "We're going to keep her in the SICU probably overnight, we need to keep an extremely close eye on her, so for now, I personally think that it would be best for you, as her friends, to go home, get some sleep and some rest. As much as I know that you all want to see her, it's better to wait until morning. I can page if something changes." He was sincere with him, "I'll be watching her tonight." They nodded, secretly hoping that at least one of them would be able to see Abby, but reality had set in, nobody would be able to see her until at the earliest, the next morning.