And Then Out of Nowhere
Alexis walked in the hospital holding flowers and went up to the desk.
"Excuse me ma'am. Can you direct me to the room of one Manny Santos?"
"Sure but she already has a visitor so you need to wait in the waiting room until they are done."
"Okay." She went and sat down in the waiting room anxious to see who would step out of her room.
It was then that she heard a male voice scream for a nurse and one ran inside with a doctor not far behind.
Craig was in the back of the room watching as Manny began to seize worried to death all he could do was sit back and out of the way.
"Doctor her pulse is dropping."
"Paddles charge to 200…" "Clear." Jolt
"Again." "Clear." Jolt
"Charge to 300…" "Clear" jolt
"Her pulse is back doctor."
"Okay now start an IV of atropine 30mg, and double the detox."
"Doctor Carter is that the first time that's happened?"
" Yes and it appears that she had hypertension or high blood pressure and it conflicted with the detoxification process on the ruffie. But once it is out of her system she won't have anymore."
"Didn't she nearly die?"
"Yes, but only because the drug was excreting to slowly and conflicted with her heart palpitations. We are going to increase the rate of the drug removal so that she won't have any more seizures, and she may get better faster."
Relieved and thinking he should let her rest he left the room with "worry sweat" from the sudden surprise dripping down his forehead.
"Alexis" He cautioned to himself seeing her there with flowers.
"Craig? Is she okay?"
"She will be."
"Good I just came by to give her these. They are from Chad apologizing he asked me to deliver them to Manny."
"Just leave them at the front desk, but tell them to keep the flowers in water so she can have them when she wakes up."
She did as asked and by the time she was done Craig was gone.
"Now I remember why I hate hospitals." Thinking to himself while turning on the car he said aloud. "Poor mom she was in the hospital for months while she slowly died of cancer." Tears began to fill his face as he remembered the night he and his dad first cam home from the hospital.
Flashback
"Poor mom, dad will she live?"
Smack- The young boy hit the floor with a thud. Redness swelled into his fathers' cheeks until he exploded.
"Don't you ever mention your mother to me again do you understand that?"
"Yes sir." Said a frightened little boy in the corner his face full of brown curls from his sagging head.
End
"Snap out of it Craig focus on getting home." He drove the short distance home and when he got to his room found Alexis there waiting.
"Hey I snuck through the window, to the bus which stopped right by here. I was hoping we could have some fun like we used to."
"Not now okay I just need to be left alone with my thoughts."
"Oh okay then I'll see you at school tomorrow."
"Yeah can't wait." He kissed her goodbye, but she noticed a big difference in the softness of it. Without another word she left down the ladder and went home. That is when he thought.
'Lucky this happened on a Friday and tomorrow is Monday so people might just think she was sick. Wait what am I saying with Sully in jail people are bound to already know.'