Chapter 4: His Condition
David Palmer had to leave before the doctor came out to brief them on Jacks' condition. Palmer told Tony to call him immediatly after he spoke with the doctor himself. Michelle had rushed to the hostipal and arrived just shortly after Palmer had to leave. Michelle came into the waiting room to find Tony sitting down in one of the chairs with his face cupped into his hands. He looked like he was having a long day. Michelle sat down next to Tony and rested her hand on his back.
"He will make it" She reassured him. Tony glanced at her then hugged her.
"You didnt see him though...Hes pretty bad" Tony was being negative.
"This is Jack we are talking about though" Michelle tried to comfort him.
"Yea, I guess your right" Tony sighed hugging her more. The doctor then approached him.
"Are you the one that brought Mr. Bauer in?" He asked. Tony pulled back turning around to stand up, nodding.
"How is he?" Michelle asked. The doctor rubbed his neck slightly, like Tony would do when he was about to give bad news. This sent a chill down Michelles' back because she knew this far to well, and prepared for the worse.
"We moved him up to ICU now. He is still alive, but is in a comatose state, due to all his injuries. He seems to have broken nearly all his bones at least once within the recent years. Where was he?" The doctor asked.
"In a Labor Camp in China for 3 years" Tony answered.
"Well that explains quite a bit. He is very malnurished, and it looks as if they kept him in poor conditions and rarely fed him. It also looks like he had received beatings everyday, and was propably over worked." The doctor explained. "We are unsure at the moment if he will even regain conciousness, and even if he does, the recovery will be a long process, we will propably have to break and reset every bone so it heals properly. We will do that once he regains conciousness." The doctor continued to explain. Michelle clung onto Tonys' arm, gasping quietly at mention of all Jacks' injuries. What all had they done to him? She thought.
"May we see him?" Tony asked.
"Of course, follow me" The doctor lead them up a level in the hostipal and into Jacks' room.
Tony and Michelle gasped at his form as they entered the room. His body laid thick in bandages, then covered with a blanket. He had several machines hooked up to him along with an IV, that administered many pain killers and chemicals to keep his fluids up. One machine kept track of his heart, and blood pressure. The other told the rate of which the medicine was being administered into him. And the last one had his temperature on it, which was far below what it was suppose to be.
"We are very optimistic that he will regain conciousness" The doctor gave some words of comfort before leaving them. Tony approached Jack, placing his hand on Jacks' bandaged one. Silent tears fell from Michelles face as she approached Jack. She hated to see him in this state, it was just tearing her apart.
"We could have gotten him back sooner...and saved him from this..." Tony spoke quietly to himself, thinking of all the things they could have done. They had just basically gave up on getting Jack back at all after a year of trying to talk to the Chinese. They should have tried harder, Tony thought to himself.
Chapter 4: His Condition
David Palmer had to leave before the doctor came out to brief them on Jacks' condition. Palmer told Tony to call him immediatly after he spoke with the doctor himself. Michelle had rushed to the hostipal and arrived just shortly after Palmer had to leave. Michelle came into the waiting room to find Tony sitting down in one of the chairs with his face cupped into his hands. He looked like he was having a long day. Michelle sat down next to Tony and rested her hand on his back.
"He will make it" She reassured him. Tony glanced at her then hugged her.
"You didnt see him though...Hes pretty bad" Tony was being negative.
"This is Jack we are talking about though" Michelle tried to comfort him.
"Yea, I guess your right" Tony sighed hugging her more. The doctor then approached him.
"Are you the one that brought Mr. Bauer in?" He asked. Tony pulled back turning around to stand up, nodding.
"How is he?" Michelle asked. The doctor rubbed his neck slightly, like Tony would do when he was about to give bad news. This sent a chill down Michelles' back because she knew this far to well, and prepared for the worse.
"We moved him up to ICU now. He is still alive, but is in a comatose state, due to all his injuries. He seems to have broken nearly all his bones at least once within the recent years. Where was he?" The doctor asked.
"In a Labor Camp in China for 3 years" Tony answered.
"Well that explains quite a bit. He is very malnurished, and it looks as if they kept him in poor conditions and rarely fed him. It also looks like he had received beatings everyday, and was propably over worked." The doctor explained. "We are unsure at the moment if he will even regain conciousness, and even if he does, the recovery will be a long process, we will propably have to break and reset every bone so it heals properly. We will do that once he regains conciousness." The doctor continued to explain. Michelle clung onto Tonys' arm, gasping quietly at mention of all Jacks' injuries. What all had they done to him? She thought.
"May we see him?" Tony asked.
"Of course, follow me" The doctor lead them up a level in the hostipal and into Jacks' room.
Tony and Michelle gasped at his form as they entered the room. His body laid thick in bandages, then covered with a blanket. He had several machines hooked up to him along with an IV, that administered many pain killers and chemicals to keep his fluids up. One machine kept track of his heart, and blood pressure. The other told the rate of which the medicine was being administered into him. And the last one had his temperature on it, which was far below what it was suppose to be.
"We are very optimistic that he will regain conciousness" The doctor gave some words of comfort before leaving them. Tony approached Jack, placing his hand on Jacks' bandaged one. Silent tears fell from Michelles face as she approached Jack. She hated to see him in this state, it was just tearing her apart.
"We could have gotten him back sooner...and saved him from this..." Tony spoke quietly to himself, thinking of all the things they could have done. They had just basically gave up on getting Jack back at all after a year of trying to talk to the Chinese. They should have tried harder, Tony thought to himself.