"Aaron is it your shunt?" she asked me coming over and sitting beside me on the bed. I nodded at her and she looked at John "we need to get him to the hospital as soon as we can" she jumped up and told John to carry me while she brought my wheelchair.
I felt John pick me up as I heard Elise hurry to get my chair. John was gentle in holding me, he held me like I was a fine china doll. I laid my head on John's shoulder as they made their way out of the room and to the car to take me to the hospital.
When we got there the nurses immediately took me back and did some tests. It was definitely my shunt and I definitely needed surgery to repair it. They started an IV, thats when John stepped outside because he is afraid of needles, and after a few minutes I drifted off to sleep and was taken to surgery.
John's POV I couldn't stop pacing. I was so fucking worried. What was wrong with him? I heard Elise say something about a shunt and the nurses mentioned it to but I don't know what the hell that is. I was brought out of my thoughts by Elise calling my name.
"John" she said "why don't you come sit by me and I'll explain what's going on with Aaron?" I nodded to her and sat beside her. "Well Aaron has this thing called a shunt that runs from his head to his stomach. It drains fluid off of his brain to his bladder to be excreted out of the body as urine. Well when he grows it needs to be repaired, lengthened so it can do its job well".
After her explaination I was a bit pacified but I had a question "what would happen if it went unfixed for a while?"
She looked at me and said "you don't want to know" she looked all cryptic and serious when she said that and it made me get up and pace again. She knew that I was taken with my thoughts and left me alone. About an hour and a half later I sat down because my calves were killing me with all the pacing I was doing. A half hour after I sat down a doctor came out and came over to us. I stood up and said "how is he doctor?"
"The surgery went as well as could be expected" he said "he's in recovery now, I'll have a nurse come get you when he gets back to his room". I breathed a sigh of relief and thanked the doctor.
"I'm going to go get us some coffee" Elise said to me patting me on the shouler. I nodded to her and sat back down. I was so glad that he was alright. Hearing it made me feel tons better. I put my head in my hands and did something I hardly ever do, I cried. All the pain, frustration, and worry I had been through today came out in my tears. I don't know how long I cried but I finally felt a hand come on my shoulder. I looked up and saw Elise holding a small carrier with 2 cups of coffee in them, I gave her a weak smile and accepted the cup she handed to me.
After a while a nurse came to get us. Aaron had been moved to a new room. We followed her to the room and stepped in. When we stepped in I had to hold back tears he looked...