Abandoned Baby
Chapter 20
It was now half past midnight when Bless and Drew got out of their flight and they were both exhausted but glad to just get out of the plane. They just hoped they weren't too late to see Evelyn.
Bless had called the doctor while on the plane to find out the address of the hospital where her sister had been taken too.
They got a rental car and headed to the nearest hotel just to drop off their belongings that way they didn't have to carry them while they were at the hospital then went on their venture to find out the location of the hospital.
Once getting to the building, Drew helped his girlfriend get Catherine out of the car putting her into her carry on for easy access to carry since she was still fast asleep.
Walking up to the entrance, Bless asked the receptionist where her sister was and told her she was up on the 2nd floor of the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) where they were taking care of her as Bless thanked the kind woman for directing her as she and Drew got to the elevator where it would take them.
Arriving at the 2nd floor, she saw the hustle and bustle of the busy hallways filled with doctors and nurses at the nurses desks or going back and forth to take care of their sick patients and loved one's coming to visit their families and friends.
The raven haired beauty walked up to the desk to ask about her sister.
"Excuse me...I would like to know some information about a girl that way taken here yesterday, her name is Evelyn Mendoza."Bless inquired to one of the nurses at the work desk.
A pretty young blonde who was one of the resident nurses turned around when she seen the young raven haired woman come up to the desk.
"Yes may I help you mam?"The pretty blonde and blue eyed nurse asked.
"I'm looking for a girl named Evelyn Mendoza, she was taken here as an emergency patient and I need to know how she's doing."The raven haired girl said to her.
"Are you related to her?"The nurse asked.
"I'm her older sister."Bless explained to the petite young nurse.
"Do you want me to page her doctor to have him tell you the extent of her injuries and her condition at the moment?"The petite blonde could see the young girl looked terribly upset about her younger sibling and felt pretty bad for what she was going through.
"Yes please...if you could be any help I would greatly appreciate it..."Bless started.
"You can call me Alex and I'll be glad to call her doctor for you. Please have a seat mam and I'll be with you as soon as I'll get in touch with him."The blonde told her with a small smile as Bless nodded as Drew led her to one of the seats that were empty as Bless watched Alex pick up the phone to call Richards.
"I hope she'll be okay."Bless whispered as she ran her hair through her hair hoping for any kind of news of improvement.
"Honey, your sister is strong. She'll be okay."Drew tried his best to comfort her though he knew things could be worse but didn't want to see her more upset than she already was.
"Until I see her I don't know if I could handle hearing how her condition is."She said in a soft tone feeling scared for her only sibling she helped raise.
10 minutes later one of the doctors had come out of the elevator walking up to the desk and was talking to Alex which was one of the nurses she talked with a few minutes ago.
Alex told him about Bless showing him where she sat with another young man he guessed to be a significant other of her's.
"Miss Mendoza."Doctor Prat Richards greeted her with a polite smile and shook her hand.
"Doctor Prat. How's my sister?, Please tell me honestly."Bless asked for any information on her younger sibling.
"Your sister is in very critical condition and has a lot of major injuries that she sustained at the accident and some broken bones which include her right arm,left leg,some fractured ribs which punctured her right lung but was able to put a breathing tube in her to help her breathe . We were able to stop most of the bleeding since she had some major internal injuries. Right now she's in a deep coma since she hit her head pretty hard and has some swelling in the brain so no one knows if or when she'll wake up and gain consciousness, she has about a few stitches to close up the wound to her head. She also has some cuts and bruises that she suffered."He explained to her as she let it all sink in as Drew gasped and held her once he heard the bad news.
"So...that means if she doesn't gain consciousness then that's it...no more life support or anything?"Bless asked the doctor.
"I'm afraid not dear...there's not much we could do at this point if she doesn't wake up."The doctor told her.
"Right now we're still monitoring her progression and hope to see some improvement."Dr. Prat Richards explained hoping things would look up.
"Do your parents know about her condition by any chance?"The brunette male doctor asked her.
"Actually I'm the only one that raised her throughout our childhood. My mother is overseas working and haven't spoken to her in quite some time and I never knew my father after my sibling was born so we only had each other most of the time."She told him softly.
"Well it's good to know at least your little sister has an older sibling to look up too. If you want to see her, she's in room 230 down the hall and to the left on the first door."The tall brunette male doctor let her know as he directed her to the room.
Drew and Bless stood up from their chairs and followed the doctor to where her sibling was resting.
"...do you mind if my boyfriend and baby goes in with me?"Bless asked if that was okay.
"Yes you may Miss Mendoza. I just want to let you know that these next 24-48 hours may be touch and go. I will continue to monitor Evelyn's progression though through these next few days to see how things will go from there."Evelyn's doctor explained the situation.
"Thank you doctor."Bless said to him about all the information on her sister.
He then led the two inside the room where it was very quiet and dim. All they could hear was the monitors beeping in the room and could see the lifeless form of her sister which brought Bless to tears.
"I'm going to leave you two some privacy. Don't be hesitant to give me a buzz for anything." told the two who nodded their thanks as he left the room quietly to let the two grieve.
"Evelyn...It's me Bless...I'm here sweetie."The dark haired woman whispered to her baby sister taking her hand into her's.
"Ev...Please wake up and don't leave me. Not now...You still have a full life a head you. You're also going to be an aunty soon. Drew and I are adopting a little girl named Catherine. She's so beautiful sis that you would fall in love with her."Her older sister sniffled looking at her sister's lifeless body as she had her eyes closed.
"Ev...please fight..."Bless sobbed while taking her sister's lifeless hand into her's.
"I love you so much sis."The young woman whispered to her sister as she reached out to stroke her younger sibling's hair.
Drew sat quietly beside his girlfriend and rubbed her back in a comforting motion as he sat and watched her interact with her sister who was in very critical condition.
He couldn't believe how bad she really looked and had so many things hooked up on her to keep her alive.
"Babygirl, it's me Drew...I just wanted to let you know how much me and your sister care about you and hope you wake up soon. Don't lose this battle...keep fighting like your sister said."The Scot spoke to her in a soft tone letting her know she wasn't in this fight alone and he felt like he was a part of his girlfriends family.
5 minutes later a redheaded nurse came in to let them know that visiting hours were over.
"Miss Mendoza, my name is Melinda and wanted to let you know that visiting hours are over. You can come back in the morning plus your sister needs plenty of rest."The nurse told her in a soft voice as she walked over to the couple.
"Okay. Thank you Melinda. Please look over my sister."Bless spoke up turning to the very sweet nurse as she and Drew got ready to go.
"I will make sure to do so dear. You look like you could use some rest since you've been here most of the evening."The nurse understood and she would make sure to take care of her sister for her since Melinda was going to check on Evelyn's vital signs.
"Sis, Drew and I are going for a while. You hang in there okay...We love you so much."Bless said to her sibling walking over to kiss her forehead as Drew did too.
"Bye sweetie, we promise to be back in the morning."Drew told Evelyn as he and Bless put their jackets on then he grabbed the carrier with the sleeping Catherine on his arm.
After the couple left the hospital, they rode in silence back to the hotel to get some rest until they got back to visit Evelyn in the morning.