Sorry it took me so long to update…I've had really bad writers block and have been having some personal issues going on, but I'm back now and I'm going to try to update more often.
Sick Pt. 2: The Diagnosis
"Wesley! We need to go to the hospital!" Elliot called frantically as he came down the stairs with Mai close to him.
"What's wrong? Is everything ok?" Wesley asked alarmed as he saw Mai.
"I woke up hoping Mai was feeling a little better, but she's not; she's worse. Her forehead is burning up, but her entire body is freezing. I don't know what to do." Elliot said panicked…not normal thing for him.
"Ok, Elliot calm down. Remember panicking is not good for Mai. Let me get stuff around and we'll go. Ok?" Wesley said assuring Elliot who got Mai's shoes and a spring jacket.
About five minutes later Wesley was ready to go. However, as they were about to leave Zoey and her parents stopped by.
"What's going on?" Zoey asked concerned seeing Elliot the way he and then she saw Mai.
"Mai's really not doing so well and we don't know what's wrong with her. So we're taking her to the hospital." Wesley said as Suzie and Adam looked at Mai.
"She has pneumonia." Adam said simply as Suzie agreed.
"How on earth do you know that? Not to sound rude or anything…" Elliot said wondering how they knew that so fast.
"Oh that's easy. Zoey had pneumonia several times as a child. You get to know the signs and symptoms with how many times she had." Suzie said looking as Zoey and then Mai.
"Even though we know what it is you should still take her to the hospital for whatever meds and such that she would need for the proper way for her to get better." Adam said simply as Elliot nodded, trusting Zoey's parents…seeing as they knew what they were talking about.
Wesley had already called and made an appointment so that they wouldn't be sitting in the waiting room forever.
About fifteen minutes after they left the café they arrived at the hospital and they got checked in.
They sat in the waiting room for about ten minutes (which felt like an hour for Elliot) for the nurse to come and call them back.
"So I understand you believe May has pneumonia." The nurse said, getting Mai's name wrong, as they all me.
"Yes, we do and her name is Mai." Elliot said looking at the nurse.
"Ok then. Well I need to get May's blood pressure and her pulse." The nurse said, once again getting Mai's name, which annoyed Elliot. I mean come on once ok, that can be fixed, but twice? I don't think she's listening very much.
"Ok, but her name is Mai." Elliot said bouncing his foot up and down in annoyance.
After the nurse was done taking Mai's blood pressure and her pulse she wrote it all down in her notes.
"Ok, so May's blood pressure is good, but her pulse is a little fast. I'm going to go and the doctor will be in a few minutes. Have a nice day." The nurse, for a third time got Mai's name wrong, said leaving the room.
"You too." Wesley said before Elliot could open his mouth to say something rude.
"Seriously? How many times do I have to tell her that Mai's name is not May. For crying out loud!" Elliot exclaimed extremely annoyed.
"I know Elliot, but you need to calm down for Mai's sake." Wesley said simply looking at Mai.
"I know. I know." Elliot sighed.
A few minutes later the doctor came in and introduced herself as Dr. Mayu.
"Her name is Mai." Elliot shot out right away.
"I know, Mai Grant. That's what her information says." Dr. Mayu said showing them the chart.
"I'm sorry about him, the nurse kept calling her May even though Elliot kept telling her that her name is Mai." Wesley explained Elliot's random outburst.
"Oh, that's perfectly fine. I'm used to this. My nurse does this all the time. I'm sorry." Dr. Mayu said simply, apologizing for her nurse.
So they talked for about five minutes and then ran some pretty normal tests on Mai and as it turns out Zoey's parent's were right…well kind of.
"Ok, it's a good thing that you brought Mai in when you did. Now she doesn't have full on pneumonia, but a slight case of walking pneumonia. Not quite as dangerous, but just as concerning. So I'm going to prescribe something to make her feel better. All you have to do is pick it up at your local pharmacy. Asides from the medication I would recommend plenty of sleep and fluids. As for food I would recommend easy foods like soup and crackers. I would also recommend that she get her flu and chicken pox vaccinations." Dr. Mayu said looking at her papers noticing she hasn't been vaccinated for anything.
"Ok, that's fine. We might as well get it done now." Elliot said sighing.
It took forever to give Mai her vaccinations; she struggled and screamed her little head off. Needless to say she was not happy.
Once Mai got her shots Dr. Mayu gave her some a sucker for later and some stickers, not knowing what she just started.
After saying their thank yous Elliot, Wesley and Mai left the hospital and went to get Mai's medication before going home for her to get her rest…
Well there you go.
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Next chapter will b called " Mai's Own Room!"
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