Hey Guys
So today was decoration day at school we decorated everything from the skeleton to the windows can you say not enough work. Well nothing else to really say here so here are your individual thank yous and then on with the story. If any of you have the new AOL messenger they have a radio that has a station for songs from OTH. And just so you know I don't actually know Lucas' birth date I just guess that if Karen got pregnant after graduation then his birthday would be sometime in February.
MARIALAFFERTY: I actually haven't thought that far a head yet. The farthest I thought a head for this story is Keith and Karen's wedding.
DanaJaycee: Andy won't have a big role in this because while I liked him and Karen together on the show in my heart of hearts I like her with Keith. So the only capacity you will see him in is as their professor.
luvdegrassi12345: I like Andy when he is sweet, too.
mags0607: well there is always drama.
LuvAngel448: thank you for the review!
Love,
Emily
(Mark Schwann and the WB own the characters depicted in this story I don't own anything… I wish I could say I owned the show but I don't)
Brooke got back to the dorm and found Lucas channel surfing, she was glad he was awake and also happy that he had a doctor's appointment later on.
"Hey, what are you doing back so soon?" Asked Lucas.
"Andy sent me home with a copy of the lecture and told me to take care of you and that we both have excused absences for today." Said Brooke as she sat on the bed and felt Lucas' forehead.
"What are you doing?" Asked Lucas.
"Making sure you don't have a fever, because you wouldn't say anything if you did." Said Brooke.
"Well, while you were gone I made another appointment at the regular doctor's office to find out what exactly I have."
"What time is that appointment at?"
"Noon, which means we have to get going soon."
"Your cardiology appointment is at 2."
"I know, they are in the same building, so we'll go to the first one and then we'll go to the cardiology office." Said Lucas.
"Okay, well if we have to leave soon you should try to get ready, a little." Said Brooke.
"Okay, I'm going to go try to take a shower." Said Lucas as he got up and started to walk to the door to go use the common bathroom that they shared with their floor.
"Do you need help or anything?" Asked Brooke concerned watching the way Lucas was walking to the door.
"Why you want to join me?"
"No, I want to make sure you don't collapse in the shower." Said Brooke.
"Good, come on." Said Lucas.
Brooke helped Lucas into the bathroom and he took a quick shower while she read a magazine. In her mind if something happened at least one of them should be dressed when the paramedics got there.
"I think besides the car accident this is the worst I've every seen you feel." Said Brooke as they walked back to the room.
"This is the worst I have felt since the car accident." Said Lucas.
"Okay I'm going to ask you a question and you can not get mad at me for asking it."
"Ask."
"When we go to the doctor's office today he tells you that it's the HCM causing you to feel this bad and told you to take it easy for a while, you would listen to him right?"
"Of course I would." Said Lucas.
"I'm serious Lucas, if he told you to not play for a while, you would do that?"
"Yeah, Brooke nothing is more important to me than you and our family and our dream, and if that means I have to stop playing I would." Said Lucas.
"Good, because I'm not going to loose you. I can't loose you Lucas I just can't." Said Brooke as she started to tear up.
"Honey come here, you aren't going to loose me. I'm right here, and I always will be." Said Lucas as Brooke sat on his lap and he rubbed her back.
"I'm just scared of what they're going to say that's all." Said Brooke.
"Hey, that's my job. Listen whatever happens with anything today, tomorrow, or 50 years from now, I will never leave you." Said Lucas.
Brooke and Lucas arrived at the doctor's office and Brooke made him sit in the chairs and went to check him in at the reception desk.
"Hi, my boyfriend has an appointment today with Dr. Klein." Said Brooke.
"His name?"
"Lucas Scott."
"His date of birth?"
"February 3, 1989." Said Brooke.
"Do you have his insurance card and copay if needed?"
"Here is the card and the copay." Said Brooke pulling her copy of Lucas' card out of her wallet since he got two in the mail he gave one to her for emergencies.
"Okay the doctor should be with him shortly." Said the receptionist.
"Thank you." Said Brooke as she went a sat down next to Lucas.
"You are all set babe, she said he'd be with you soon." Said Brooke.
After waiting for about ten minutes the nurse came out and called Lucas' name.
"Lucas Scott." Said the nurse.
"Right here." Said Brooke as she held Lucas' hand.
"So Lucas I'm just going to take your vitals and then the doctor will be in to see you." Said the nurse.
"Okay." Said Lucas as he sat on the bed with the paper on it and Brooke sat on the stool in the corner so she wouldn't get in the way.
The nurse took Lucas' vitals and then left the room while Brooke looked nervously around the room.
"You look more nervous than I am." Said Lucas.
"Well, I'm not used to you getting sick. It's usually me and then you take care of me. That and doctor's offices creep me out." Said Brooke.
"I know what you mean. I don't know what worse the offices or the ER." Said Lucas.
"I think that they are pretty much even at this point." Said Brooke.
The doctor came in and started asking questions to Lucas.
"Hi Lucas I'm Dr. Klein, and you are?"
"Dr. Klein this is my girlfriend Brooke." Said Lucas.
"It's nice to meet you Brooke." Said Dr. Klein.
"You too Dr. Klein."
"So Lucas, what seems to be the problem today?"
"I don't know really, I was fine yesterday morning and then yesterday afternoon I came home from class and I just felt like crap." Said Lucas.
"Have you eaten anything unusual? Or done anything out of the ordinary."
"No."
"Okay well I'm looking at your records and it says here you have had a splenectomy, when did that happen? And what caused you to have to have it taken out?"
"Um, I had it taken out my junior year of high school, I was in a bad car accident with my uncle and I also dislocated my shoulder and was unconscious for what Brooke about a week?"
"Yeah, he had a few broken ribs and one of them punctured his spleen." Said Brooke.
"It also says here that you have HCM are you on meds that control it?"
"Yeah, I actually have an appointment upstairs after I leave here."
"Okay well I want to run some tests and then we can go from there." Said Dr. Klein.
"Alright." Said Lucas.
A couple minutes after they took Lucas' blood the doctor came back with the results and told Lucas that he had an infection that could be cleared up with antibiotics and that he wanted to see him in two weeks to see if the antibiotics were clearing it up.
A little while later the couple made their way up to the cardiology office and Brooke once again checked him into the office.
Soon after they got there the second nurse of the day ushered them into the room where they would do a EKG and other heart tests to see how Lucas was doing on the medication.
"Afternoon Lucas, man you do not look good." Said Dr. Montgomery who was about 30 and treated his patients like they were friends.
"Thanks, I don't feel to good either, this is my girlfriend Brooke." Said Lucas.
"So you taking your meds like they are prescribed?"
"Yeah, everyday."
"I ask him every morning just to make sure." Said Brooke.
"So what did they say downstairs?" Asked Dr. Montgomery.
"I've got an infection and they gave me an antibiotic to take care of it." Said Lucas.
"You still playing ball?"
"Yeah, but don't worry the coach knows about the HCM and everything." Said Lucas.
"Good, so I want to do an EKG and check your levels and make sure everything is working correctly." Said the Dr. Montgomery.
"Okay."
"Why don't you change and then we can get started I'll be back in a little while." Said the doctor as he walked out of the room.
"He seems nice." Said Brooke.
"Yeah, he knows what he's talking about and he actually speaks English to me at these appointments."
"Well, that's good that you like him, at least you know that you can trust him with your health." Said Brooke.
A couple minutes later Dr. Montgomery came back in the room and drew blood once again from Lucas and then hooked him up to the EKG machine. After Lucas sat there for an hour and watched Brooke read an out dated magazine the tests were done and the doctor went over the results and tried to figure out how to tell this 18 year old that everything he worked for, was over. Lucas would be able to play competive basketball at that level anymore.
