Chapter 3- Surgery
At the hospital
"Nurse could you tell me where are the patients from the car accident which arrive just now?" asked Cagalli in a hurry when she reach the nurse station at the emergency department.
"What are their names and are you family?" asked the nurse.
"Kira Yamati and Athrun Zala. I'm Kira's sister and Athrun's girlfriend. What is their condition, are they ok?"
"Please wait a minute, while I check for you." replied the nurse
"Please hurry and thank you" Lacus replied.
"Ah… they are just down the end of this corridor to your right." replied the nurse.
"Thank you" chorus both Lacus and Cagalli. And they rush down the corridor.
Just as they reach the emergency room, the curtain pulled open and out came a bed with Athrun on it. They quickly rush towards to doctor.
"Doctor, how is he doing and how is Kira doing?" asked Lacus.
"Are you family of theirs? Well…" he consulted his charts. "Mr Zala here has a minor concussion and will have to be admitted for further observations."
"Nurse could you push Mr Zala here to his room." the doctor told the nurse.
"As for Mr Yamato, things are not faring so well I'm afraid." the doctor continued.
"What's wrong with Kira?" asked Lacus almost at the edge of tears.
"Mr Yamato was banged up pretty badly. A piece of metal went all the way through his shoulder. He lost a lot blood and to make matters worst he has severe internal bleeding and a fractured skull. He is in the operating room right now. The doctors are trying their best to remove the impaled metal" answered the doctor.
"Will my brother be alright" asked Cagalli.
"To tell the truth, the chances of him making it are slim but we're trying our best"assured the doctor.
"Doctor you've got to save him" cried Lacus.
"Don't worry we'll do our best. Now would like to visit Mr Zala? He was pushed to Room 303. He'll come around when the anesthetics pass." replied the doctor
"You go on Cagalli, see how's Athrun doing. I'm going to stay here and wait for news on Kira." Lacus told Cagalli.
"Um...OK. But inform me if anything comes up." Cagalli answered reluctantly.
With that Cagalli turned and headed towards Athrun's room. The doctor also excused himself to tend to his duties.
"How could this have happen, everything was going so well one moment and now everything is in chaos." Lacus thought to herself.
"Kira Please be alright. Don't leave me." Tears stream down her face as she though of Kira's unknown fate.
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Operating room
3 hours passed
"Doctor, his pulse is rapidly declining and his blood pressure is unstable." cried nurse1.
"Get him to stabilize or we'll loose him." cried Doctor 2.
A few minutes passed while the medical team works diligently.
"How is he doing now, can we proceed with removing this metal impaled in his shoulder" questioned Doctor 1.
"Yes, doctor you may proceeded, his vitals are stable for now." answered nurse 3.
"Alright everyone, I'm going to pull out this metal now." Doctor 1 announced. Prepare to cease the bleeding immediately.
"Doctor Madison, we have a problem. We don't have enough of his blood type in the blood bank for transfusion." cried a nurse as she rushed into the operating room.
"Oh dear, he's already suffered severe blood loss and without the transfusion he won't make it." answered Doctor Madison. (Doctor 1)
"His sister is here in the hospital, maybe her blood type will match." piped up Doctor Kinomoto (doctor 2). He was the doctor who spoke to Cagalli and Lacus earlier.
"Call for her immediately" ordered Doctor Madison.
"Yes, doctor" answered nurse 3 with that she headed out.
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Waiting Area
"Excuse me miss would you happen to be Mr Yamato's sister?" asked nurse 3.
"Oh no. You are looking for Cagalli, why is that? She is in Room 303 with my other friend." replied Lacus.
"Mr Yamato needs blood transfusion but our blood bank are fresh out of his blood type and we hope his as his sister they will have the same blood type."
"I'll call her immediately." And Lacus rushed off to find Cagalli.
Meanwhile in the operating room
Klang….The metal impaled in Kira's shoulder came in contact with the metal tray after the doctors pull it out.
"Nurse clean up to the wound while I stitch it up." called Doctor Kinomoto
"Yes Doctor." replied the nurse.
"The metal piece went straight through his shoulder, luckily it didn't damaged any main blood vessel or nerves. If not he could loose the function of his left hand." said Doctor Kinomoto while he stitched up the wound.
"He had loss a lot of blood and needs transfusion badly but we only have one bag left. He won't make it if we can't find a donor quick. Let's just hope that his sister has the same blood type. What's troubling is that this particular blood type is rare." said Doctor Madison.
"The fracture in his skull is also causing internal bleeding. From the CAT scans it seems that there is a clot in the cerebrum."
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"Cagalli, the doctors need to see you. Kira needs a transfusion but the blood bank is out of his blood type and the doctors think you'll be a match as you are siblings." cried Lacus when she barged into Room 303.
She looked around and saw Cagalli sitting by the bed talking to Athrun who looked like he just woke up. Cagalli turn around to face Lacus.
"Athrun you're up. I'm glad but I need to borrow Cagalli now." Taking a few strides and pulled Cagalli by the arm to get her going.
Cagalli pulled back for a moment and turn to Athrun. She kissed him softly and promised to return soon then turn around and follow Lacus out the room.
"Please save Kira" mouthed Athrun softly.
A/N: This is my longest chapter yet. It will be a while before I will update the next chapter. My finals are around the corner, need to concentrate. I promise I'll update it as soon as I'm done with my finals. Till then. Please review. Hope you'll enjoy this chapter.