"What treatment do you think would be best for Keely?" her mom asked

"Honestly Mrs. Teslow… I would have her started on dialysis immediately, meanwhile I have a form for you to fill out so that she can be put on the donor list." Dr. Wilson replied

"Donor list? As in I need a kidney transplant?" Keely asked in shock and fear.

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean, sorry Keely, but the damage to you're kidneys is too extensive for them to recover" Dr. Wilson looked at Keely's mother "we will start by testing immediate family then on from there"

"I can already tell you that neither my husband nor myself are a mach to Keely" her mom said

"Unfortunately there is a chance that is true, Mrs. Teslow… but we do need to test you two anyway."

Phil was mentally wondering if he was a match to Keely… moreover would his parents sign the release to allow him to donate if he were a match to Keely… or even sign off on him getting tested as he knew they didn't have a single future gadget that would help Keely now.

Dr. Wilson agreed with Mrs. Teslow that the treatment plan should be started as soon as possible, meaning that they should prepare for her dialysis to start that day.

Keely sighed jadedly, she couldn't believe what was going on… she was sick, and it wasn't going to get better on it's own or by taking some medication… no she needed a new kidney and she and her mother both knew that they weren't going to find a tissue match within her family, not within the family she had in Pickford, anyway.

Keely wanted to cry but she held strong that she would make it through this without another breakdown.

They left the Doctor's office and headed for the dialysis location.

"Keely, you are lucky your dad's insurance will fully cover this" her mom said

"Yeah… otherwise we might never be able to afford this."

They arrived at the dialysis center and started it immediately. Phil stayed by Keely's side through the process which took several hours, hurt, and left her still weak and tired.

"Keel, if there was something I knew of that I could do to change this I would do it in a heart beat" Phil said sadly… they were alone in that room together.

"But Phil, you're from the future, there has to be some future gadget that can change this."

"There might be, but my family doesn't have it… we only brought only a few future gadgets with us,and the item you're talking about is a medical device not available to the general public"

After the dialysis Phil went home to tell his parents, Lloyd and Barb what was going on and what his plan was.

"Phil, I know you want to help her, but I don't think this is really such a good idea, I almost have the time machine fixed." Lloyd said

"Honey, you've been saying that since a week after we got here and you have made no progress on that thing" Barb said "besides Phil is almost an adult, and in the end it is his decision"

"Yes, but Barb, we have no idea if Phil is a match to Keely" Lloyd said

"Dad, they can do a blood test to check that it takes a few days, but its worth it" Phil paused "I want to at least be able to say that I tried to help Keely, whether I do or not, I care about her dad and I believe she deserves this chance."

"I do too" Barb said

"I thought you agreed not to let yourself bond with people here" Lloyd scolded

"Lloyd Diffy, you know that isn't as easy as it sounds" Barb returned angrily

"Yeah dad… especially Keely, I tried not to bond with her, but there is just something about her I can't resist… I think I might have fallen in love with her." Phil confessed

Pim gave an audible sigh of disgust.

"What was that for Pim?" Barb asked

"Nothing, mom… I just can't believe my brother has fallen in love with someone from this time" Pim replied

"Pim Diffy…" her mother said angrily.

After dealing with Pim, Barb returned to Phil.

"Now Phil, I know this is what you want to do, but we need to wait until after they have tested her family and found that they didn't have matches, because a match in the family is best" Barb said gently

"But mom, she's severally ill… no one knows how much time she may have left to wait for a new kidney." Phil protested

"True, but Phil you have to realize that the dialysis will buy her more time, most likely enough time for a match to be found." Barb hugged her son's shoulders lightly

I know mom, but that thought doesn't keep me from worrying about her" tears formed in his eyes as he spoke about what Keely was going through.

"I know Lloyd doesn't like this idea, but I'll talk to him… I want you to be able to help her… I know you care about her a lot"

"Mom, if dad does fix the time machine I'll have to leave her… and I don't want to do that"

"Yes, but Phil you know we don't belong in this time" Lloyd said

"Lloyd, we will talk later" Barb said in a no nonsense tone that told Lloyd to shut up.

After Phil went up to his room, Barb turned to Lloyd.

"Lloyd, he'll be eighteen in a couple of weeks and considered an adult here and back home… he loves her and I don't think we should get in the way of that"

"Yes, but Barb, it's like I said earlier, we don't belong in this time."

"Yes but we came here and got stuck… what did you expect, he's been around her for almost three years, he fell in love with her!"

Lloyd sighed in defeat, she was right, it wasn't their place to step in where Phil's love life was concerned he was almost an adult and more than capable of making his own decisions.

"Okay, but what do we do if I do end up managing to fix the time machine"

"I say we give him the choice of staying here or returning to 2121, I'm pretty sure I know his answer but I don't want to assume anything"

"Well, you have a point, if we did make him leave it would only cause him to be miserable" Lloyd admitted in defeat "we want him to be happy, no matter what that means to us."

Barb knew that this would be good for Phil, but she was still concerned about Keely, as was Phil, neither of them had any idea that he was the one that could help her.

That Saturday saw more dialysis for Keely and left everyone else wondering if there was any matches found thus far.

Her mom, Mandy, wasn't sure what to think when she found out that no matches had been found so far, she let the Diffys know that they were now looking outside of the family to find a match for Keely and Barb and Phil both knew that this would be his chance to be tested to see if he was a match for Keely.

Phil walked over to Mandy and sighed… his mother was nearby

"Mrs. Teslow, they're about to test to see if I'm a match to Keely"

"Phil, I'm not sure if they'll ever find a match for Keely." Mandy Teslow replied

"Why?" Phil asked

"Keely has a rare blood type"

"Well, so do I" Phil replied, which was actually the truth, he did have a rare blood type.

"Then we may have a chance" Mandy smiled

Phil went to get tested to see if he was a match with Keely, silently praying that he was so their search would be over.

The sample was taken but they knew that it would take several days before the results came back. In the meantime Barb planned to tell Phil what the family's plan was about the repair of the time machine.

Phil walked up to his mom and they headed towards their car.

"Phil, I'm sure you realize your father is nowhere near fixing the time machine"

"Yes mom, but what did you want to tell me?"

"I wanted to tell you that you father and I have come up with a little arrangement… if he fixes the time machine after you're 18 it will be you're choice if you go back to 2121 or stay here"

"Yeah, but there is no way he can fix that by my birthday" Phil replied "I've seen it, it's a wreck"

"True, it is and even though he is a mechanic I really don't think he'll pull this off before your birthday, Phil, it is in just a couple of weeks" Barb reminded her son casually.

"True" Phil replied

"Okay then… do you know what you're choice would be?"

"My choice would be to stay here with Keely"

Meanwhile Mandy found out that her daughter's kidney failure was due to an abnormality that had been there since she was born.

Waiting for test results was always murder… especially with a life on the line.

Tommy always kept a stealthy eye on Keely Teslow… he, along with the rest of her teachers had been informed that she wasn't well and Tommy knew this must be hard on her.

To Be Continued…

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