Bare Fisted-Ch 11
Fran looked over at Penelope and said, "I don't know how he survived all that time", Penelope looked up from the love of her life and said, "he told me that after his first win he was able to pick a prize from the prize room". Fran said, "the prize room"?, she nodded her head and said, "yes, when he was first taken he wa only given a bed and in order to get items he'd have to win".
She listened as Penelope said, "he picked a tv with his first win and then was scanning the news stations all the time hoping to catch a glimpse of one of the team". Fran said, "and did he"?, she said, "yes several times and that's what kept him going", Fran looked down at her son and said, "he's a fighter like Hank", Penelope nodded her head yes in agreement.
Over the next few hours Dereks vitals slowly improved and that gave the doctors great hope that he was going to fully recover, the doctor t are looked at Penelope and said, "I'm going to stop the meds that's keeping Derek in his coma like state". Fran said, "that's wonderful news doctor", Penelope said, "when the meds are stopped how long will it take before he wakes up"?, the doctor said, "each case is different, it could be a few minutes to a few hours to a couple of days".
Fran said, "knowing my son he'll be awake in a few minutes", Penelope said, "thank you for everything you've done doctor", he said, "I'm just glad that his condition is turning around". The smiling women watched as the meds that were keeping Derek in a coma was taken out of the room, Penelope said, "come back to me my love, please come back to me".
The team had been called out of town on a case and Penelope was doing her best to help them and stay by her hotstuffs side, she was currently waiting on her computer to complete some searches. She scooted closer to Derek and took his hand in hers and said, "handsome I know that you can hear me, you need to come back to me and Hank, we love you and miss you".
She ran her finger over the top of his hand and said, "your sisters brought Hank to see you yesterday, he's so curious about why you're sleeping so much and I finally had to tell him that you had some boo boos". She sighed and said, "he did the sweetest thing, he leaned down and kissed your forehead and said, "lub you daddy", she said, "you need to come back to us, to me, our son and our family".
Penelope sighed and said, "if you can hear me squeeze my hand", at first she got nothing and then a gentle squeeze, she said, "I love you", he squeezed her hand, harder this time. She pushed the nurses button and it was only a matter of a few seconds before the nurse came in and said, "is everything alright Penelope"?, Penelope looked up and said, "he's squeezing my hand".
The nurse watched as Penelope said, "hotstuff if you can hear me squeeze my hand", Derek squeezed her hand and the nurse said, "that's a good sign, I'm going to go get the doctor". Penelope said, "you're doing great sugar", she brought his hand up to her lips and kissed it and said, "I love you Derek", she looked down to see his eyes trying to open.
She said, "you can do it, come on handsome, come on open those gorgeous eyes for me", he was trying so hard to open his eyes and then they opened, she said, "there you are handsome, it's good to see you awake". The doctor walked into the room and said, "it's good to see you awake agent Morgan", he put his hand in Dereks and said, "are you in any pain, squeeze my hand 1 for yes and twice for no".
Derek squeezed his hand once, the doctor said, "right now you're on the ventilator, would you like me to take the vent off"?, Derek squeezed his hand once and he said, "are you having any trouble breathing on your own"?, Derek squeezed his hand twice. The doctor smiled and said, "I'm going to ask your family to step out for a few minutes while I get this ventilator taken care of".
Derek squeezed his hand twice and the doctor said "would you like them to stay"?, he squeezed the doctors hand once and the doctor said, "alright, alright, they can stay". Fran and Penelope watched as the doctor and nurses started working to get the equipment they would need to get him unhooked and more comfortable in bed.