Kurt held onto Blaine's hand as his young husband filled out numerous hospital records. He admitted to being nervous, and Kurt was, too. In fact, he was pretty sure he was even more nervous than Blaine.
Three weeks earlier Blaine had woken up in the middle of the night in horrible pain. It was in his stomach, down low, and around some areas of his back. Kurt remembered being up all night with him, scared and exhausted and worried something was seriously wrong as he spent the night on the bathroom floor, holding him as he got sick and dealt with the pain.
Kurt took him to the doctor the first thing the next morning, and after several tests, they determined he had kidney stones. They were both caught off guard by that. Blaine was only twenty, and neither of them believed it could happen in people so young. The doctor prescribed him some stronger pain medicine for it and told him to drink lots of water, and hopefully it would pass.
But it didn't pass. It only got worse, to the point where Kurt had to take him to the emergency room in the middle of the night because it was hurting him so bad. They gave him an IV of morphine and that knocked him out for a few hours. The doctor also scheduled him to have surgery because it was too big.
Blaine had had several surgeries, so he didn't seem too nervous, but Kurt was. It was 5:30 AM on a Monday morning and they were already at the hospital. His surgery wasn't until eight, but they had to show up extra early. Once Blaine finished filling out all the paperwork, a nurse took them back to a room. She made him change into a gown and taped a hospital bracelet around his wrist.
They told him he couldn't eat or drink anything after midnight of the day before, so they put an IV in him to keep him hydrated. The nurse also told him he would need a catheter put in before surgery. That made Blaine panicked and worried. Kurt could tell he was uncomfortable with the idea of it.
"Are you sure I have to have one?" he asked. "I think I'll be fine without it." The nurse was already putting on rubber gloves.
"No, honey, you have to have it," she told him. "Don't worry. I've done this hundreds of times, and it shouldn't hurt." Blaine gulped and reached out for Kurt. Kurt held him and kissed the side of his head.
"It's okay," he told him softly. "Just hang onto me. It'll be over in just a second." Blaine buried his face in Kurt's shoulder and dug his fingernails into the back of his neck.
"I don't want to do this," he heard Blaine mumble. "Don't make me." Kurt held him a little tighter and ran his hand up and down Blaine's back.
"Just relax and hold onto me. The nurse said it won't hurt."
Whatever he tried to do didn't help. Blaine was already in pain from his kidney stone, and as the nurse got started he broke down and cried. Kurt tried to shush and comfort him, but nothing worked. Blaine couldn't sit still and it took the nurse nearly twice as long to finish. Kurt knew he wasn't in pain, but that he was scared and nervous and overwhelmed. But once she stepped back and stopped touching him, Blaine slowly realized it was over and stopped crying as hard.
"She's done, honey," Kurt whispered in his ear. "You're all done." Blaine gradually let go of him and relaxed, sagging in his arms.
"You're all good to go," the nurse said gently. "They'll come to take you into surgery in about an hour. For now you can rest and watch TV." Kurt thanked her, and she left. Blaine curled up in the bed uncomfortably and Kurt stroked his hair. Since they'd both woken up at 4:30 that morning Blaine hadn't put too much effort into how he looked.
"That was embarrassing," he grumbled.
"I'm sure that nurse has had to deal with things much more embarrassing," Kurt told him. "It's over, though. Do you want to go back to sleep?" Blaine shrugged his shoulders, but once Kurt turned on the TV in the room Blaine dozed off. Kurt held his hand and waited for the doctor to come take him away. Hopefully he would feel better, and they would never have to deal with it again.
Author's Notes:
This was sort of awkward to write, but I'm not going to say no to a prompt. The prompt was something to do with a bladder problem, but I picked kidney stones because my mom had some a few years ago and had to have surgery. So, this chapter is a little different, but I would love to hear what you think!
Some people have left me prompts a while ago that I still haven't filled, but I promise if you're one of them then it it definitely on my list! I got a lot of writing done yesterday and I hope to do the same today. So you'll be seeing your prompt answered on here soon!