Sorry it took me so long to finish this fan fiction. I'm not really sure if I'm going to write another one or not. Please read and review thanks for reading my fanfiction.
Chapter 9
Matt had fallen asleep on one of the chairs in Ruthie's hospital room when Annie woke him up. "Matt?" she said as she gently shook him awake. "Huh? What mom?" he replied groggily. "Can you call home and tell everyone how Ruthie is? I'm sure they are all worried. We should have called sooner." said Annie. "Okay, sure" Matt said as he got up and stretched.
Lucy and the rest of the family were just cleaning up after dinner when the phone rang. They all looked at each other for a moment. Simon answered the phone. "Hello, Camden residence." he said.
"Hey Simon it's me Matt." Matt replied. "Matt, how is she? Is she ok? What happened?" asked a very worried Simon. As soon as everyone heard that it was Matt on the phone they all gathered around the phone. "Simon quick put it on speaker phone." said Kevin. Before Matt could say much more he was bombarded with questions and it seemed that everyone was talking at once. Finally he said "Hold on guys, one at a time ok? Now let me tell you about Ruthie okay?" he asked. "Sorry Matt, go ahead" replied Lucy.
"Okay, well Ruthie and Vincent were involved with a major car accident. Apparently it was caused by a drunk driver. But luckily there were two doctors on the scene when it happened." said Matt. "They had to take her up the OR for emergency surgery. Ruthie is stable and she's awake. The doctor told us that she has suffered a spinal injury……" but before Matt could finish his sentence Lucy interrupted. "She is paralyzed? Spinal injuries are bad aren't they?" she asked while she held back tears. "Spinal injuries are bad but we don't know how sever it is yet. The doctor said that hopefully that once the swelling goes down she'll have feeling in her legs again. We still have to tell Ruthie about her spinal injury and how serious it can be. She's been coming in and out of sleep all day. But it's good that she is sleeping and getting rest. That is about all the news I can tell you now." said Matt. "Matt, what about Vincent? Is he okay?" asked Kevin. "Vincent didn't make it. He injuries were really bad. He suffered major blunt force trauma. Look guys I have to go okay? I'll call you guys when we have more news. Bye" said Matt. "Bye Matt, give Ruthie our love" replied Simon. "Okay I will." Matt said before he hung up.
As Matt hung up the phone Neela and Michael came up to him. "Hello Matt, how is your sister doing?" asked Neela. "She's sleeping last time I saw her." he replied. "Matt this is Dr. Gallant. He is the other doctor that helped your sister and her friend the night of the accident." she said. "Thank you, for helping my sister" said Matt has he shook Michael's hand. "I'm glad I could help" replied Michael. "Well why don't we go into the waiting room to talk?" suggested Michael.
As they were about the enter the waiting room Eric came over as he was looking for Matt. "Matt, did you call home yet?" he asked. "Yeah, I told them I was going to call when more news later." he replied. "Hello, Doctor Rasgotra." said Eric. "Hello Mister Camden. Dr. Gallant and I were just going to talk to Matt about the night of accident." she said. "Okay" said Eric as he followed everyone in the waiting room.
As they all took their seats Neela asked "Where is Mrs. Camden? Should someone get her?" "I'll go get her quick" said Matt as he went to stand up. Finally Eric, Annie and Matt were all there. So they could start.
"Okay, well Dr. Rasgotra and I were in the restaurant when it happened. When we heard the crash. We ran outside to see what happened." explained Michael. "Thank God you both were there." said Annie as she got teary eyed. "I went to check the car your daughter and her friend were in. While Dr. Gallant went to check on another car. You see there were four car involved in the accident." said Neela. Neela stopped to take a drink of her coffee for a moment. Which is where Michael picked up the conversation.
"As soon as the ambulances, and firemen got there we were able to successful get your daughter out of the car. They had to use the jaws of life to get them out." said Michael. Eric gave a gasp. As he didn't realize how bad the accident was. "And the rest you know already since talking to Dr. Corday." added Neela. "Has there been any changes with Ruthie?" asked Neela. "We don't know if she'll ever walk again." replied Matt. "How did she take the news?" asked Michael. "We haven't told her yet. She's been in and out of consciousness all day from the medication. I dread telling her she's already been through so much." replied Annie. "Well we better get home and get some rest. If you need us just have the hospital page us." said Neela. As both Neela and Michael got up to leave Annie stood up and turned to them. "Thank you so much for all you've done." she said as she gave them both a hug. "Your welcome." they both said quietly to her.
After Michael and Neela left Matt turned to his parents. "We have to tell Ruthie about her condition. We can't keep it from her forever." said Matt. "Yes, we know Matt. Why don't we go and see if she's awake?" replied Eric. As they walked back into Ruthie's room they saw that she was awake. "Ruthie how are you?" asked Annie. "I'm doing ok I guess." she replied quietly. "We have to talk to you about your injuries." said Matt.
"Oh okay." she said. "You suffered a spinal injury and the doctors aren't sure if your going to walk again. But once your back in Glennoak we'll get you the best physical therapy." said Eric as he walked over to hug his daughter. Ruthie began to cry. "Why? I've lost Vincent and now this news!" she cried. "It'll be ok honey" said Annie as she hugged her daughter.
Neela and Michael checked in on Ruthie while she in the hospital. After 3 weeks in the hospital Ruthie was finally discharged and was going to be going home. Neela walked into Ruthie's room as both Annie and Ruthie were packing Ruthie's belongings. "Hello, I heard that your being discharged today. I'm sure you'll be glad to get out of here huh?" said Neela. "Hello Dr. Rasgotra" said Ruthie said has she smiled at her. "I just stopped by to say goodbye and that I hope you have a safe trip home." replied Neela as she bent down to touch her shoulder. Ruthie reached out and hugged her and said "Thank you for all you've done." "Yes, thank you so much for all you've done. Please tell Dr. Gallant thank you for us." said Annie. "Well your welcome" said Michael as he stood in the door way. Annie walked over to him and hugged him. After they said goodbye to Michael, Neela and Elizabeth Corday they got in their taxis and left for the airport to go home.
Mean while at the Camden house Lucy and the twins were putting the finishing touches to the welcome home decorations in the living room. "Are you sure we should be doing this? I mean I'm sure she'll be exhausted from the long trip." said Kevin. "I want to do something. I mean she's finally coming home. Besides you should be leaving for the airport to go get them." replied Lucy in her usual bossy way. "Okay okay I'm going." Kevin laughed.
When they finally arrived at home Ruthie sat in the back of the car thinking. "Now what? How am I going to get through this? I'm going to be paralyzed the rest of my life." she thought. Ruthie felt ashamed and embarrassed when Kevin lifted her out of the car and into her wheelchair. Kevin could tell she was ashamed and somewhat embarrassed. But he wasn't quite sure what to say to her to make her feel better.
As they all came into the living room Ruthie could see all the decorations and the smile on everyone's faces. She was stunned to see Mary there. She hadn't see Mary in years. Mary half walked and half ran over to her. "Oh Ruthie I'm so glad your okay." Mary said as she hugged her. Ruthie began to cry. Annie bent down and hugged her daughter. "Everything is going to be okay. We're going to get you through this. You'll always have your family to get you through the rough times along with your happy times." she whispered in her ear. As Ruthie sat there watching her family she thought Mom's right. Everything is going to be okay.