chapter 5

It was now October Hot shot and his friends were still in the hospital. Today Hot shot was going to get a surprise. His older brother has come to stay for a while to help look after Hot shot's care during his treatment and help with Side swipe when his parents were busy tending to Hot shot or talking to the doctors. Scattershot came into the hospital with Heatwave, Hightemp and Side swipe too.

"He is in this room right here," Heatwave said.

Hot shot was being given chemo at the moment. "There you go Hot shot all set up." the nurse said. Then gave him some medicine to take by mouth. "Open up Hot shot," he said. Then Hot shot opened his mouth and took the medicine. "Okay that takes care of that," he said. Then he left the room.

Hot shot was sitting in his bed and saw his parents come with his little brother and then he saw his older brother come in. "Scattershot!" Hot shot said.

"Hey Hot shot," Scattershot said. "How are your feeling?' he asked

"Pretty good today," Hot shot said. "I hope I get to go home soon," he said.

"I hope so too," Scattershot said.

"How long are you here?" Hot shot asked.

"I am going to be here for awhile I explained things to my commanding officer and he sent me home because he understood. So now I am home, so I can help out," Scattershot said. "I am here for you little brother, just like the rest of the family." he said.

Then Hoist, Whirl, Medix and Wedge came in. "Hot shot who is this?" Whirl asked.

"Guys this is my older brother who my parents adopted before I was born." Hot shot said. "The one I told you guys about," he said.

"Yes we remember you telling us all about him," Wedge said.

"Scattershot these are my friends they are also getting cancer treatment too, this is Hoist has kidney cancer, Wedge he has leukemia, Whirl she has Hodgkin's lymphoma and this is Medix he has brain cancer," Hot shot said.

"Nice to meet you kids," Scattershot said. "I hope you are feeling well today," he said.

"We are," Medix said. "We are getting chemo at the moment the nurses just it up today's session" he said.

"We came to see if Hot shot wanted to go to the playroom because one of the nurses is taking us there," Whirl said.

"I would love too," Hot shot said. "Is it okay?" he asked.

"Yes go play," Heatwave said.

"Have fun little bro," Scattershot said.

Hot shot and his friends went to play.

A bit later the others kids family came to visit. They got to meet Scattershot, Hot shot's adopted older brother who had been serving overseas. "Nice to meet you all, I am going to be here for a while to help out," Scattershot said. They were happy to meet him.

Scattershot was going to do his best to help his family during this time because it was hard time that they were going through. He was worried about his brother. He was surprised how much Side swipe knew about what going on.

"Mommy, Daddy and the doctors and nurses explained it," Side swipe told him. Side swipe explained to Scattershot why he was bald like Hot shot. "I shaved my head," he said.

Scattershot chose to shave his head to support his brother. It made Hot shot happy he was being supported.

Many members of the places where their parents each worked were being supportive of the families. They needed all the support they could get because they were going through such a hard time.

The families were hoping the kids would be home soon. Hot shot, Hoist, Whirl, Medix and Wedge were hoping to go home as soon as possible. They missed being home.

They were sad about being so sick and getting such hard treatments. The chemotherapy and radiation therapy were very difficult. Hopefully soon, Hoist, Medix and Hot shot were going to be in for surgery soon. They hoped it would go well when it happened and go home as soon as possible and be better soon.

Being with their families and that their families are taking care of them. Their families were being supportive. But it was hard that everyone was super worried about them. Because things were very difficult, hard and scary. It felt very unfair to them and their families.

They knew a lot more about cancer. They knew it wasn't their fault, it was no ones fault they had cancer. They learned about the cancer was not caused by germs, they didn't catch cancer from anyone and no one can catch from them. It was caused by the cells in their own body going wrong. They also learned cancer can happen in any part of the body such as blood, lymphatic system, bones, kidneys, other organs and even the brain. They learned that cancer had many well known treatments that are chemo, radiation, and surgery. There were even experimental treatments to help more people get better. There was lots of research being done for the treatment of cancer, and what cancer is and more about it.

It is very amazing to find out.

Now all the families were together and working together and depending on each other on their support.

To be continued.