Ruby's 1st sickness
Drake next stop was somewhere in Wyoming. On the way to the next stop he noticed that she started to cough really well
"Here Ruby take a drink of your juice for me" he says handing her sippy cup full of grape juice
After Ruby had a sip of her juice she still continued to cough
"I hope you are not getting sick sweetie" he says rubbing her back hoping to make her feel better
During the rest of the bus ride Ruby continues to cough
"Josh can you tell the bus driver to hit for the hospital cause I think I am going to have Ruby checked out cause I am afraid she might be coming down with something" Drake says with a scared expression in his voice
"Okay Drake I'm on it" Josh says going back up to the front of the bus
"It's okay Ruby daddy going to get you checked out" Drake says comforting her
Minutes later the bus pulls up to the entrance of the emergency room
"Come on Ruby let's see what's going on with that cough of yours" Drake says getting off the bus with her
After Drake fills out all the paperwork Ruby was finally able to have a doctor see her
"Good afternoon my name is Dr. Blake" the doctor says coming into the room
"Hi my name is Drake Parker and this is my daughter Ruby on the bus ride to my next performance venue she started to cough a lot for some reason and I am worried she might be coming down with something" Drake says sitting Ruby down on the hospital bed
"Okay let me take a look at her" Dr. Blake says as he exams Ruby
Once Dr. Blake exams Ruby he tells Drake that Ruby has croup with a touch of bronchitis involved
"Is she going to be on a lot of medicine?" Drake asks
"Yes along with the meds you will have to buy a humidifier to help her breathe until this is out of her system" Dr. Blake says smiling
"Thank you Dr. Blake come on Ruby let's go get you your medicine and your humidifier" Drake says picking up Ruby after she has been released
The group head for the local pharmacy for Ruby's prescriptions and the humidifier. After her medicine was ready Drake hurried up and got on the bus so they could get to the venue on time for the rehearsal
"Here we go sweetie" Drake says measuring Ruby's medicine so she could have the first dose before he goes in for sound check
Ruby does not open her mouth
"Come on Ruby please do it for daddy" Drake begs
Ruby gives in and takes the medicine like a trooper
"Thank you now maybe you can lie down for a bit while daddy goes does his sound check" Drake says laying Ruby down in her pack and play to sleep for a little bit
Before Drake leaves he turns on the humidifier so Ruby can breathe in the medicine while he does a quick sound check, and when he leaves he grabs the baby monitor just in case Ruby wakes up
(An hour later)
"Sorry Ruby daddy had to step out for a little bit to make sure his equipment works tonight" he says comforting the little girl who just woke up crying
"It's okay sweetie daddy's here" he says comforting her
After Ruby cried for an hour Drake made the most difficult decision he will ever make in his entire music career
"Josh I hate to say this but I am going have to cancel tonight's concert and stay with Ruby" he says rocking a crying Ruby in his arms
"Drake are you sure?' Josh asks him
"Yeah I'm sure I have to do it for Ruby right now she doesn't want me to leave her not for a minute" he says as he starts to walk with her hoping to calm her down
"Okay if you are sure we will go ahead and cancel for tonight" Josh says going out to tell the crew they take down the instruments
"But Josh tell the manager the time the concert is suppose to start I will make an announcement" Drake says getting Ruby's next medicine ready to go
"Okay Drake" Josh says exiting the bus once more
"It's alright Ruby daddy not going anywhere he is staying with you until you are better" Drake says as he still continues to comfort Ruby
(An hour later)
"Drake some of your fans are waiting for their meet and greet session with you" Josh says from outside the bus
"Okay I'm coming if I can't perform the least I can do is honor the meet and greet folks" Drake says coming out from where Ruby was sleeping
While Drake did his meet and greet Josh stood with Ruby just in case she woke back up which she did when she did wake up she was more miserable then ever
"It's okay Ruby daddy will be back in a little bit for now do you want uncle Josh to read you a story?" he asks her
Ruby response with a sniffle
"Okay I'll read to you from your big book of stories" Josh says settling into the recliner to read to Ruby
After Drake did his last meet and greet he headed back to get ready to tell everyone the reason behind him not performing tonight
"Hey Josh how's Ruby?" he asks coming onto the bus
"About the same she still has that cough and a bit of a runny nose. Now she has a bit of a fever" Josh says handing Ruby back to Drake
"Well I guess after I tell everyone the reason I am not performing tonight we are heading back to the hospital to see what's really going on with her I think the medicine is not working" Drake says wiping Ruby's nose
"I think not either I ran the humidifier while I read her some stories and she stilled coughed" Josh says
(Thirty minutes later)
"Good evening everyone my name is Drake parker and I will not be performing this evening for you" he says to the crowd
The crowd did not like that one bit
"Hang on the reason behind me not performing tonight is my little girl Ruby is sick" Drake says when he shows the crowd Ruby
The crowd was in awwwwwwwwwwwww of how cute Ruby was
"I will make it up to you I will perform an extra show tomorrow, so your tickets can be honored or if you can make I will fully refund your tickets" Drake says as he talks to the crowd and tries to comfort Ruby at the same time
The crowd understood and told Drake they hope Ruby feels better
"Now onto the hospital" Drake says
Next Chapter: Ruby 1st stay in the hospital
