Chapter 1-The Bad Day

Lu walked into the hospital, about 20 minutes late. She came in with her work cloths on. She headed to the front desk seeing that Lana was already there. She walked up to the desk as she struggled to get her hair in a pony tail.

She grunted as she struggled to talk "Lana? Do I have any patients already waiting for me?"

Lana looked up, "well at least you showed up, I was worried about you, are you ok?"

Lu, still struggling with her hair, just stopped and started to rant, "ok, Lana, I don't need your sympathy right now, ok? I am on a tight schedule, I am 20 minutes late, what do you want me to do Lana? Now I ask again, are any of my patients here?" She leaned on the desk.

Lana, struggling not to respond, handed her a clipboard. "fine, Lu. I'm sorry"

"Yea, ok." she turned and looked at the waiting room. "Hillary Marshall?" she looked back at Lana "Lana? Who is this? She's not my patient."

Lana, took her pink pen, and tapped the top of the clipboard "Read the top, she's new."

"Well I have to treat my other patients why-"

Lana interrupted her, "Lu, she's got leukemia. She's been to 7 doctors, and they deny it. She says, that she knows she has it, but no one will believe her."

Lu, sighed, "She's basing this all on a fact that she 'thinks' she has leukemia? Well I have other patients, tell her I'll see her when I can."

Lana pointed behind Lu, Lu turned, and saw the woman. "Oh, hi, im Lu Delgado, is there any way possible, you can wait, I need to see a few patients first, then I'll see you, and we can get everything straight ok?"

"Oh, ok that's fine." she started walking back to her chair.

"Lu, are you sure you should have done that?" Lana said while resting her chin on her knuckles.

"Lana, I'll see her as soon as possible ok? I know she'll be-"

People started screaming, Lu turned to see the girl lying on the floor shaking. Lu ran up to the girl.

"Lana! Call E.R. we coming in, she's having a seizure."

Lana got on the phone and dialed the E.R. number, after that, she rushed over to help Lu. "but shouldn't we take her up-stairs or something Lu?"

Lu, sighed, "No, we can't at least not now, because if I think she's right, she may just have leukemia."

"but Lu, when has leukemia cause seizures?"

"I don't know, but I wanna get her somewhere fast, because she may not have much time."

Suddenly, out from the corner, a few men, with a board, erupted, Lu got out of the way and let them get her on the board, from there they rushed to the E.R. The swung from the doors, corrupting the silent.

"24, White Female, mild caution, she's having a seizure." they took the girl to stall one. "on my count, one..two..and" they shifted the girl over to the table next to her. "ok im ganna need an I.V. started 25 milligrams of saline water. She's dehydrated. Then call upstairs because im ganna need a tox screen, and a CT ASAP."

Kayla rushed to help Lu, she took the needle and placed it into the hand, she then took out the needle and put in the supporter, and let the nurse put the girl on the saline water. Kayla, went to Lu's other side to help her. "Ok Lu, I have one question, why are you making a big deal out of this? I mean I know you're the expert but, it's just a seizure."

Lu looked at Kayla, grabbed her by the arm, and walked a few feet away from the table. "Look, this woman, came into the hospital, coming to me, because she thought she had leukemia. But the thing is, leukemia, doesn't take affects like this often."

"so what are you saying Lu? Is it something bigger then leukemia?"

"Well it has to be, have you ever seen a woman like this before?" Lu asked while heading back to the table.

"Well, I've only been here for a year Lu, I haven't seen every case." Kayla, fallowed her.

Suddenly, the E.R. doors open again, they brought in a little girl, running on oxygen. The man shouted out "9 year old, female, got hit by a car, head conditions semi-mild. Lost of blood from the knee, arm, and neck."

Lu looked towards the kid. "oh no, Katie. DID YOU CONTACT THE MOTHER?" Lu put a new pair of gloves on, "can you take care of her Kayla?" Kayla nodded and Lu went to stall 4.

"no we couldn't get a hold of anyone. Apparently, this man called us." the man, pointed to a guy in a long coat, he looked scared.

Lu, looked at the man, then looked back to the girl, she took her mini-flashlight to check her eyes, "eyes are normal.." she looked up to the screen, "blood pressure if fine." she sighed "what the hell, how can she have lost all this blood? Ok you know what, get her upstairs NOW! I need a CT, and I need a blood count. To see if she's lost a lot of blood." Lu walked up to the man.

"but Lu can't you tell how much blood she's lost just by looking at her?"

Lu sighed, "please just do it ok?"

A group of nurses, took the girl upstairs.

The man stared blankly at the little girl.

"Hi, im Lu Delgado. And you would be?" Lu's head tilted to left.

The man exhaled heavily. "uh, I would be the one who ran her over." the man rubbed his upper lip.

"you? Well I thank you for calling her in but what happened-"

Lu got interrupted by Kayla, "LU! SHE'S FLATLINE!"

"what? She was just fine!" Lu was about to leave the man, but she stopped, "uh would you please go wait outside, I'll be with you as soon as I can. Ok thank you." she left the man standing, when she got to the table, the paddles were all ready to go. "Charge to 100!"

"Charged" said a female nurse.

"CLEAR!" Lu pressed the paddles against the woman's pale white skin.

"we got nothing Lu" Kayla said.

"Charge to 200" Lu said

"Charged" the female nurse said.

"CLEAR!" Lu shouted again, and pressed the paddles against the woman again.

"Lu, she's still flat line…" Kayla said.

"Ok, 300!" Lu screamed let this be it! Common!

"Charged" the female nurse gave the O.K.

"CLEAR!" Lu shouted and did it one more time.

"we got a heartbeat, 20, 50, 78, 90, 100, 120" said a male nurse.

Lu sighed and wiped her forehead off. She looked a Kayla, who seemed almost white herself. "Kayla, are you ok?"

"Lu, I was scared, I didn't want to see her die, I haven't had anyone die yet." Kayla sighed and rested her chin on her neck.

"Kayla, she's fine now, just keep a close eye on her. And go with her upstairs. I have to go talk to that man." Lu looked up, and took of her gloves, she threw them into the garbage, and walked into the waiting room. She spotted the man, she walked to him and sat down. "ok now will you tell me what happen?"

The man sighed, "well, I was driving, home from work, and I don't usually drive very fast, but my eyes were hurting me, and I wanted to get home and sleep. So there I was rushing, and I turned the corner, and out of no where that little girl ran right in front of the car. I tried to stop but it was to late.." he paused, "I hit her…" his eyes, filled up with tears, "oh I'll pay for anything, I just hope that she'll be ok!"

"well, im ganna make sure she does stay stable, but you, im ganna need you to come sit at my part of the hospital until someone can reach that girl's mother ok?"

The man nodded he stood up, waiting for Lu, to lead him.

Lu stood up and sighed, "fallow me" she walked out of the E.R. and through some doors, they in the RWHC. Lu, led him to the front, and showed the man a spot to sit, and turned to Lana, "hey Lana, make sure, this guy is ok, he's ganna be here a while."

Lana nodded, "hey Lu, Mark is on the phone, it sounds important. Line 4."

Lu, rushed into her office, and sat in her chair, she pressed the button that stated Line 4. "look Mark, whatever it is, it's ganna have to wait, because im running late."

"Mom, I have some news."

Lu sighed, and leaned toward her desk. "Mark, you're not a father are you?"

"no mom!"

Lu sighed, and rested in her chair, "ok then what is it?"

"Ok, well, um, I went to the doctors the other day, to get a chest X-Ray because my chest has been hurting for a while, well the doctor called me back with the results."

"and…" Lu said impatiently.

"mom, I have lung cancer."

Lu's mouth fell open, she felt tears roll down her eyes. She couldn't speak. She couldn't believe that her only son, the one she's raise since forever, had lung cancer. She just wanted to scream at him, and ask him what he's done, but she was hurt so much, that she was afraid if she would have talked, she would have just cried instead. So she said nothing, and stared blankly up to the wall.

"Mom?…Mom?"