(5)-The Hospital.
One Month Later...
In suberban neighborhood of Prospect Heights, Illinois, Clare was awakened in the middle of the night in her dark bedroom by the sound of her wireless housephone ringing on the small dresser beside her bed. She turned on the lamp on the dresser and answered the phone.
"Hello?...Yes, this is Clare Dunning, who am i speaking with?" Clare said. "What?" She asked as she sat up in her bed.
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Clare drove her brown station wagon onto the hospital property and parked it in the parking-lot. She then got out of her car and rushed up to the hospital.
Later inside, Clare was sitting in the waiting room with Irene, who she had called and told about the situation with Tommy.
"Why won't they let me see him?" Clare asked.
"You heard what they said. No one's allowed-"
"I know, i know." Said Clare, cutting Irene off. "Don't they have any feelings in this place?" She asked before getting out of her seat and walking off. She saw a female nurse coming out of a room and walked towards her. "Is Tommy Turbo in that room?" She asked the nurse as she walked up to her.
"I beg your parden?" The nurse asked.
"Tommy Turbo's a friend of mine. I thought maybe i'd-"
"I'm afraid you're not gonna be able to see him right now." Said the nurse, cutting Clare off.
"Will he be alright? Do you know what happened?" Clare asked.
"Not yet. He's sedated. Still waiting to see if he says anything when he wakes up. But maybe he'll tell you something." Said the nurse.
"Yeah...maybe. So what do you know so far?" Said Clare.
"Well, Tommy has a bump on the back of his head and it looks brand new. We recently drew some blood from him and ran two C.T. scans on him." Said the nurse.
"And?" Clare asked.
"The first one showed that his brain is swolen. We're still waiting on the results of the second one to be sure. He looks okay right now, but he may have another seizure episode. He's being looked out carefully. We'll have to escort you out of the room if anything else occurs." Said the nurse.
"If anything else occurs? What do mean, is he gonna die?" Clare asked worriedly.
"Well, his condition looks pretty bad, but we're hoping that drilling three holes into his head will reduce the swelling. Now, we have a doctor here that specealizes in brain surgery He's been a brain surgen since 1970 and he's had at least 26 years of experience. He should be able to do this operation on this boy with no problems." Said the nurse.
"Oh, thank goodness." Said Clare, relieved.
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Later, Clare sat beside Irene again and they patiently waited for Tommy to come out of sugery.
Meanwhile, inside the surgery room, Tommy laid unconscious on an operating table, surrounded by other doctors. The head male doctor was drilling three holes into Tommy's head with a drill. Suprisingly, the doctors didn't have to shave his head the way they had to do so many others.
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"Dear Lord...you said in your word that everything works out for the best to them that love you. Be our strength. Please let Tommy make it if it's your will. You know what the reason is behind this crisis. Give us faith. Use it and give us the courage to accept your will. Please, Lord, let those doctors know what they're doing and let them save Tommy. We ask all this in Jesus precious name...Amen." Said Irene as she prayed with her eyes clothes and her head bowed, along with Clare. Both women then opened their eyes and lifted their heads, only to see pastor Billings walk into the hospital through the automatic double glass doors.
"Irene." Said pastor Billings.
"Pastor Billings." Said Irene before she and Clare got out of their seats and ran up to the pastor.
"I got your message. What's up?" Pastor Billings asked Irene.
"It's Tommy. He's in surgery. He needs your prayers." Said Irene.
"Show me the room." Said Billings.
Clare and Irene led Billings to the surgery room and he opened one of the doors and went inside to pray for Tommy while Clare and Irene went back to their seat and continued praying for the boy.
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With the surgery done, all of the doctors left out of the room, leaving pastor Billings and the unconscious Tommy alone. Billings walked up to the operating table Tommy was sleeping on and began to pray for him.
"Lord, grant this boy another chance at life. That even through this experience, he might commit his life to you. We would ask, dear Lord, that you would make this operation be a success. We ask all this in precious Jesus name...Amen." Said Billings.
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Later, the nurse from earlier came into the waiting room where Clare and Irene were sitting.
Clare and Irene took notice of this.
"Well, he's going to be alright." Said the nurse.
Irene and Clare sighed with relief.
"Thank you, Lord, thank you." Said Irene.
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Tommy laid on a hospital bed in a hospital room.
Clare then entered inside through the open door, went over to Tommy's bed and sat on it.
"How are you?" Clare asked.
"I havent felt this bad since i ate my Dad's first BarBQ when i was four." Said Tommy.
"You had a rough time." Said Clare.
"Yeah. I had a rough time." Said Tommy.
"I'm glad you're...i'm glad you're okay. I really am." Said Clare.
"You know...there's a lot...I mean, you-"
"Don't talk now. We'll talk later when you feel better." Said Clare, cutting Tommy off.
"Okay." Tommy said.
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