Chapter 2 Liam's pov
The feeling of a cool hand carding through my hair causes me to look up as I realize it's just the nurse and I try to relax. I'm in a exam room,alone,without them,and it's kinda scary,I don't like being alone,it's usually not safe,here it is,but otherwise it's not safe. "Easy honey it's alright,your safe here Liam,I promise,do you mind if I help you into a gown then get you laying down"she asks as I realize I'm sitting on the edge of the bed,they moved me there from the wheel chair. "I don't mind,it hurts"I murmur softly as I see the other nurse hand her a gown as I grip the sheets, "I know sweetheart,I know deep breaths for me"she murmurs softly as she rubs my back. This wave of pain passes soon enough and I let her slip my shirt off over my head,then she folds it and puts it on the bed beside me. She does the same with my pants,then she gets the gown on,she leaves my socks on,no reason to take them off.
She then helps me get onto my side and lets me get comfortable,well as comfortable as I'm going to get anyways,then I see her reach for the thermometer. "I'm going to get a temp on you alright"she murmurs as I nod and I let her place it against my temple. After a few minutes it beeps and she looks at the screen,and I know it's high by the look on her face. "It's high hon,you're up to 104,I think I want to get you started on an iv alright,get you on some fluids and a fever reducer,I'll have to hold off on pain meds till the doctor comes in I'm afraid,how are you with needles"she asks as I see the nurse hand her the stuff for an IV. "I'm ok, I can tolerate it"I murmur as I feel her card a hand through my blond hair,like mom used to do. "Ok sweetheart,I'm going to have you look at Mel alright,keep your focus off of what I'm doing"she murmurs as I see the other nurse,Mel,sit on the bed beside me,and she takes my free hand in hers. I let her rub circles on my palm as I feel a cool wipe being wiped against my arm,then I feel a pin prick,and it's over,the IV is in,and cool fluids are rushing into my veins. About this time a doctor comes in, a woman,she's young and pretty,long brown hair flowing down her back.
She introduces herself as as she comes over to me as Mel get's up off the bed. "Hey there,I heard your not feeling so well tonight Liam,what's going on"she asks as I let her lift my shirt up and placing the cold stephoscope against my chest,listening to my heart. "My stomach hurts really bad,I haven't been able to keep anything down for awhile now,I stopped tolerating food yesterday,I was able to drink water and Gatorade up till this morning,but I stopped tolerating that too,the pain has been getting worse since earlier tonight,it's at about a 8 right now"I murmur as I feel her move the stephoscope around a little bit. "That's not good honey,some deep breaths for me,there we go,have you been having issues other than throwing up,have you had diarrhea or anything,I know it's embarssing,but you have nothing to be embarassed about,I'd dealt with it before"she murmurs softly taking the stephoscope out of her ears,her brown eyes meeting my blue ones. "I haven't really had anything other than throwing up"I murmur telling her the truth.
"Ok,I want to feel your stomach alright,I need you to let me know when it hurts love"she murmurs softly as I nod in understanding too tired to say much else. I let her feel my stomach and I do ok until she hits my lower right side and it hurts like hell when she lets go. "Shh I know love,I know it hurts,breathe, I need to get a ultrasound of his belly,see what's going on more clearly,and I need him on some pain meds as well,this will be a little cold hon,I'm going to put gel on your stomach"she murmurs as I see Mel bring over the ultrasound machine to the side of the bed and the gel. "Ok"I murmur as I feel her place the cold gel on my stomach,then she puts the wand over my stomach. She gets to my lower right side and looks at the image and it doesn't look good,I can't read it,but it doesn't look good. "That's what I thought,you have appendicitis love,it's easy enough to take care of,yours looks like it's close to rupturing,so I want to get you on some pain meds and something to relax you,make you sleepy,then we'll get you down to surgery,the procedure itself isn't complicated,and you should be out of here in a day or two alright"she murmurs softly stroking my cheek in comfort. "Alright"I murmur tiredly,I'm scared,I don't want to go through surgery,but I know they're here and they'll help me heal,take good care of me. I remember when Cole had appendicitis,it was before everything was the way it is now,his actually ruptured,and it was a long healing process,but he got through it,and I'll get through it too. I let them give me the medicine to sleep,and to help handle the pain,then she leaves to go talk to everyone,let them know what's going on. "Get some sleep sweetheart,I'll be back in a bit with everyone alright"she murmurs as I nod. Before I know it I'm falling asleep,the last thoughts on my mind being of whether or not I'll be ok,and how I'll get through this,and how hard it will be to let down my walls,to let them take care of me like I've done for them.
