Thresa made it down the long hallway, the thought of Little Ethan not always being there , never made her falter. She knew that she had to be strong , not only for her, but for her little boy. Thersa never knew what pain was until she got that call and she never wanted to feel it again. This was the most heart wrenching thing that she had ever gone through. All that she could think about by the time that she got to his room was. How will I ever live with myself if anything were to happen to him. She felt like, she was his mother, then why was she not there for him more. Thresa knew that the law didn't think that she should be of any influence on him, but that was the fault of Rebecca, Julian, and Gwen. Altough she knew that Ethan had a hand in it, but he was secretly working or her side through the whole thing. Thresa could not altogether hate Ethan, for she once loved him like no other. The spell of her thoughts finally came to an end, by one person that she didn't want to talk to and that was Gwen. She spoke." Thresa, I am so glad that you are here, reguardless of what you might think." Thresa looked up from where the spot that she had been staring at.
"Thank you , Gwen." Was all that she could muster up. Gwen looked a little curious at Thresa, for her face was shattered and tattered from abuse. Ethan was on the same thought line as Gwen . The thoughts were eating at him. He looked at Gwen with a knowing face. Ethan shook his head to let Gwen know that he was going to confront Thresa of the bruises. "Thresa?"
"Huh." Thresa looked up a little suprised.
"Can I ask you a question?" Thresa looked at Ethan, she knew what this was going to be all about.
"Sure, I guess." Ethan figited a little with his hands as if looking for something to say.
"Where did the bruises come from? I know they never came from any accident. I have been an attorney for a long time and I know a abusive bruise from anywhere." Thresa let a tear roll down her face, she knew that this was comming and she needed for it to come out. SHe had lived with this, far to long.
"You really want to know? I know you two really care nothing for me." Her hands were shaking and suprising, Gwen took her hand in hers.
"You can tell us Thresa, I know we have a bad past, but I habor no hard feeling for you anymore. Why else would I want you here for your son. On the contrary, Little Ethan has not forgotten about you and I no longer try to make him. He loves you and I love him. So here we are, with all his best intrest at heart."
"Well , My husband beat be badly when he left me the other night. I am pregnant and he didn't want me or this baby that I am carring. He has been doing this for a long time. I only married him to fill the hole in my heart of loosing every thing that I loved.
"Thresa that is no reason to marry someone like that. What is your name now?"
"Thresa Jackson."
"Well I seriously hope that you will divorce him. I can't believe this, I will kill that S.O.B."
"There is no need in you getting in trouble, besides it is a time right now to think about Little Ethan." About that time the doctor emerged from the nurses desk.
"Whom is the parents of this child?" Thresa looked at Ethan and he knowingly looked at her and shook his head.
"I am his Mother and these are his adopted parent's."
"Ok then. Can we all have a seat?" They nodded in agreement. They all walked over to the nearest waiting area.
"Well let me start by saying, he is stable, for right now. Also this is a very disturbing case. The thing is , he has a very rare infection. It is mostly found in elderly patients and low immune persons. It is a very rare bacteria called Pseodomonas aeruginosa. It is one the single most dangrous organisms on earth. The first plan is to introveniously give him some very strong antibiotics. One will be Pipercillin and the second is Tobimicin. Now these are some of the strongest of the strongest, they may make him feel bad but the fever will make him feel worse. The infection has taken over his blood system. Another words he is septic. That usually means death, but chances are he will make it. It was caught pretty earlie, that is a great thing. Now last but not least. His blood is disturbing, now I know the infection has nothing to do with this other that this aspect of his blood should have kept him from getting this infection and that is his cells called Neutrophils. That is the cells that come from the bonemarow, that protect the body from bacteria. When the body is invaded with bacteria, these cells start producing in doubles to defend your body. That means if the body has a low number of these cells or none, then there is nothing there to protect you. That seems to be a problem with Little Ethan, he has three of these cells when he should have had more like 1000 to 1500 maby ever more and this is just normal range. With the infection, there should have been double that. There is a many of things that cause this, it can come from the parents or a virsus, a many of things. Now we have to run some tests on his bonemarrow and his blood. All you have to do is sign the consents. There will an immunologist and a doctor to come around asking questions about your families backgrounds. We also need blood from the father and mother to check for some inherited diseases. So if you would kindly contact his father , I will appreciate it. Now I must go, when you get up with the father, go to the ground floor to register and have the blood drawn and I will let you know the results as soon as they are back. If you have any questions, I will anwser them as soon as I know the anwsers." With that the doctor turned and walked into little Ethans room. Thresa dropped to her knees and whaled and cried. Ethan dropped down beside her and put his harms around her.
"Ethan , I always ruin everyones life that I come into. How come I always have to be the one that screws everything up."
"Look sweetheart, it may not be from you , it may have come from Julian, you don't know yet."
"But knowing my luck it will, and if it does I don't think that I could live with myself and to think of this baby, what if, if."
"No if's , this baby will be fine." Ethan looked up at his wife that was silently looking at the love between the two that stood before her. What had she done? SHe had put herself first and she had destroyed the two of them. It was all her fault, how could she have ruined not 2 but 3 peoples lives. She now knew that Ethan truly loved Thresa. The pain in his eyes for his should be family was amazing, but he had stood by her all these years and not loved her like he did Thresa. The guilt was over whelming. What was she to do now? Ethan seen that she had noticed the love and hurt that he was feeling. The guilt was shining through her, like Gwen was transparent. He had to take her mind off of it for the time being. "Gwen will you please go and get Thresa's family. Maby they can calm her down before she hurts this baby." Gwen shook her head.
"Sure." She then turned and walked down the long hallway to the public lobby. She finally reach her destination. Everyone was spread out all over the room and Julian was also there. He looked like he had been to hell and back. She cleared her throat to get everyone's attention and as soon as she did the whole family looked up at her. "Everyone ,Thresa is here and we know what is wrong with Little Ethan, well atleast some of it. Julian you and Thresa have to go down stairs and have blood drawn. They think that it might be from someone in the family. Also Ethan wants for you to come and be there for Thresa, she is very upset. Oh and one more thing she is a little bruised up from fighting with her soon to be exhusband, so if you please don't lecture her about it right now. Now if you all would follow me." Every listened carefully and shook there heads in approval. They all gathered at the end of the hallway and comforted Thresa. They were all told in detail, what was wrong with Ethan and advised of what they were going to do for him and it wasn't long before Julian and Thresa was gone to have their blood drawn. The 2 made it back up stairs and was waiting patiently for their tests to come back in, time was at a standstill once again..Fate was turning around, for once on Thresa'a corner. Even though she didn't know it yet.