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Jill was sleeping when she was awoken by a sudden jolt of fear. Forgetting for a moment she rolled over and reached for her husband of course he wasn't there and this brought up all the feelings of disappointment Jill had felt over the last two months. She looked at the clock and noticed it was only 11pm, she had gone to bed early that night because she hadn't been feeling well. As she lay in bed and tried to go back to sleep the phone started ringing, irritated at the late call she answered more abruptly than she would have normally. The person on the other end identified himself as a Michigan State Trooper and Jill started to worry, she thought all the kids were home. The Trooper started by asking, "Are you Jill Taylor, the wife of Tim Taylor?" At the mention of Tim's name Jill's heart started racing; she answered "Yes." The Trooper then went on to tell Jill of the car accident Tim had benn involved in earlier in the evening and the hospital where he was taken by ambulance. He wouldn't give her anymore information than that, after she hung up she realized she had been holding her breath. She got dressed and went to the hospital; she decided not to tell the boys until she knew more about his condition.
She arrived at the hospital and was directed to sit down in the waiting area of the Emergency Department for the doctor. The only thought going through her mind was please God don't let him be dead. After about 10 minutes the doctor came out and told her she could see Tim. He walked and talked with her to his room, the doctor told her "Your husband was in a very serious car accident. He was rushed to surgery shortly after his arrival, we had to remove his spleen and he had a liver laceration that we repaired. He is on a breathing machine. Unfortunately he was unconscious when he came in and has yet to wake up." Jill looked at him with tears in her eyes and says, "He's in a coma?" The doctor looks at her and says "I am afraid so. The next 24 hours are crucial. We won't know the extent of any neurological injuries until he wakes up. But all his scans looked good." Unable to control her emotions any longer Jill breaks down just as they get to Tim's room. She walks in and looks at the man in the bed, the man she has spent most of her life loving. He looks so weak and lifeless. She finds a chair, pulls it up to his bed, sits down, and takes his hand in hers. The doctor tells her "I will leave you alone now. If you need anything please let the nurses know." He walks out the door unaware that Jill didn't hear a word he said all her attention was focused on her husband lying in the bed not moving and breathing only with the help of a machine. Jill spent the rest of the night watching the nurses come in and out of her husband's room, taking his vitals, answering alarms, checking his neurological status and each time there was no change. She watched the heart monitor map out his every heartbeat, the breathing machine gives him his every breath and still no change. By morning she had fallen asleep slumped over his bed with her head on his arm. She awoke when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
Jill looked up to find Al. The hospital had found Al's number among Tim's belongings and had called to tell him about the accident. Jill got up and Al wrapped his arms around her and she sobbed until she couldn't cry another tear. She pulled away from Al and distracted says, "Thanks, I am glad you are here. I need to call the boys they will worry. I didn't even leave them a note." Al says, "Don't worry that is all taken care of. Wilson is with them and will bring them over to the hospital later." Jill is very grateful that she and Tim have such wonderful friends. She looks at Al and says, "You know over the last two months we have been fighting. It has been horrible. Not a day goes by that I don't think I should forgive him and have him come home but my pride gets in the way. Now I may never have the chance to tell him again how much I love him. He is my life he knows that, doesn't he?" Trying to reassure her Al says, "Of course he does. You know he just told me yesterday what happened. I am so sorry Jill I should have been looking out for him, I knew he was upset before he left work, I should have drove him home." Jill says "Al this is not your fault. Another driver ran a red light and hit Tim head on. You know the sad part is that the other driver walked away from the accident without a scratch and he was the one drunk." They were interrupted when an alarm rings and all the nurses come running into the room. Jill is requested to leave the room and she hears the nurses calling out for the cor cart. "No, please God no." screams Jill. Al takes her by the shoulders and guides her to the waiting room. She sinks into the chair crying. The elevator opens and Jill looks up and her crying stops and her emotion turns to anger.
Off the elevator walks Kelly. She looks around and sees Al and Jill, not feeling ashamed she walks right up to them and asks about Tim. Al holds Jill back, while telling Kelly "It is probably not a good time for you to be here." Jill adds, "You have no right to be here. He can only have family visitors right now and you are not part of the family." The elevator opens up again and the Taylor boys get off followed by Wilson just in time to hear Kelly say, "I may not be family yet but my child sure is." Jill sees the confused reaction from her boys, she wrangles free from Al and she slaps Kelly across the face. Everyone is speechless until Kelly goes after Jill. With Wilson holding Kelly back and Al holding Jill back heated words are exchanged between the two, the door to the unit opens and everyone quiets down, the doctor comes out to talk to them. He takes Jill back into the unit and tells her that Tim's heart stopped, they were able to resuscitate him but he still remains in a coma. She goes back out to the waiting room for her kids and takes them in to see their dad. Each one of them is trying to be strong to support their mom but they all fight back tears when they see their usually vibrant dad in the hospital bed lifeless. She brings them back out to Wilson and thanks him for caring for them while she is at the hospital, she gives them all a kiss and puts them on the elevator. She notices that Kelly is still there and tells her "I will never let you in to see MY husband so you might as well go home." Kelly says, "I know you don't like it but you have to face facts I am caring your husband's child." Jill says, "I am not so sure about that. I really think you should just leave." Kelly turns and says, "You haven't seen the last of me." Jill returns to Tim's beside for another night of waiting.