All during the ride to the hospital, Peter was clearly on the minds of Ray, Egon and Winston.
They knew the job earlier had wiped Peter out, by they had trouble understanding how he could had gotten so sick.
When Ecto1 arrived at the hospital, Winston parked the car, and the three ghostbusters entered the building.
"Excuse me miss, Winston said to the admitting nurse, Can you tell us where we can find Dr. Peter Venkman?"
The nurse, who looked to be a woman in her mid 40's, looked over some sheets of paper on her desk and answered, "Dr. Venkman was brought here about close to an hour ago, he maybe having some testing done.
In the meanwhile, why don't you take a seat?
I'll call you if there's any updates."
"Thank you," Egon spoke, as he and the rest of the ghostbusters sat down.
Just then, they heard a person called out to them.
"Fellas, thank god you're here," said the voice which was feminine sounding.
The team looked up to see Dana before them.
The ghostbusters got up from their chairs and rushed to Dana's side.
"We got here as soon as you called," said Ray, as he, Winston and Egon each took a turn giving Dana a hug to console her.
"Jeanie and I couldn't get a sitter for Lila, otherwise she would have come," said Egon.
"That's OK, my folks are with the kids," said Dana, reffering to her parents who came in to give Peter and Dana a hand with Oscar and the twins.
"How is Peter?"
And what happened to him?"asked Winston.
"He woke up around 11:30, shaking and vomiting.
I checked his temperature and saw his fever was 104 degrees.
So I brought him to hospital and he's been in the ER getting one test after another done.
I don't know what's wrong with him."
Dana's eyes began to water up.
Ray placed his hand on her shoulder and said, "Don't worry Dana.
Peter's going to be fine."
"It sounds like he might have a touch of the flu," Egon suggested.
"Or it could be food poisoning, don't forget he did have chili dogs earlier today."
"Good point."
"Doesn't sound like food poisoning.
I had chili dogs with Peter as well, I should be feeling sick to but I'm not," said Ray.
At that moment, a gentleman in his early 50's approached Dana and the ghostbusters.
"Mrs. Venkman, said the doctor, I'm Doctor Theodore Goldman.
I'm handling your husband's case.
"Thank you doctor, said Dana, who then indicated the ghostbusters and said, These are Peter's co-workers and friends Doctors Raymond Stantz and Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddmore."
As the team exchanged hands shakes with the doctor Ray asked, "How is Peter doing?"
Dr. Goldman looked at a chart and answered, "It's not the flu nor food poisoning.
But we did find a lot of harmful substances in Dr. Venkman's blood, urine and other test results.
Now I understand Dr. Venkman's occupation is a ghostbuster?"
"Yes, he is and so are we."
"As for the explanation for the chemicals in his system, we had a job at a sulfer factory earlier in the evening and Dr. Venkman fell into a vat of liquid of what he as well as the rest of us thought was water," Egon explained.
"Well, whatever was in that vat, he must had swallowed the liquid when he fell in," Winston pointed out.
"How harmful are the chemicals?" asked Ray.
"I'm afraid to admit this, but Dr. Venkman has developed double organ failure in both of his kidneys," the doctor answered.
"Oh god no!" Dana cried as she burst into tears.
"According to the tests results, Peter's left kidney has borderline 50% function, while his right one is at 60%."
The ghostbuster just stood in complete shock with not a word to say as the doctor went on talking.
"We have him on a dyalisis machine to keep him stable, but the numbers will decrease within time," Dr. Goldman concluded.
"Doctor, Peter and I have been married not even a year.
We have almost three month old twins and he just adopted my son.
Is there anything that can help him?" Dana wept.
"He'll have to be on dyalisis about twice a day, and I've already put him on a list for a organ transplant,
At this point, it's best to get in touch with Dr. Venkman's family to let them know and hopefully he can get a transplant sooner from a family member," Dr. Goldman answered.
"Dr. Goldman, Peter's parents are both deacesed and he's an only child," said Winston.
"We are his family," said Dana as she chocked back more tears.
"Wait a minute doctor, what if we can donate?" asked Ray.
"Yes, is there any possibility we can be the donor for Peter?" asked Egon.
"I know it maybe a slim chance, but I would do anything for my husband," said Dana.
"That will help very much.
Tomorrow morning, the four of you will have lab work done to see if there is a match," said Dr. Goldman.
"Thank you doctor.
By the way, where's Peter?" Ray asked.
"He's resting now in the transplant unit.
Mrs. Venkman, I'll take you up to see him.
In the meanwhile, the rest of you can go home.
I'll call you if there's any change in Dr. Venkman," said Dr. Goldman.
The ghostbusters thanked the doctor for all his help, and told Dana that they would see her in the morning before leaving the hospital.
As they drove back to the firehouse, each one of them felt more worried for Peter than they did earlier.
When the three ghostbusters arrived back, although it was after 4:30 in the morning, neither Ray, Egon, nor Winston were able to sleep, despite the fact how tired they felt.
Ray and Winston went into the lounge area and turned on the TV, hoping it would make them sleepy, and kept the volume down not to wake Jeanie and the baby.
Meanwhile, Egon went over paperwork in his lab, until about 6 am when Lila woke up and he turned his attention to her.