Chapter 5! I didn't plan on posting this today, but I called in "sick" :) anyyywhooo Enjoy!
*I don't own Glee, or anything affiliated with Glee*
It was less than two minutes later that there was a knock on Dani's door. Dani struggled to walk over to the door and unlock it, but she finally made it. Santana stepped in immediately, and shut the door behind her.
"What's going on?" Santana asked looking Dani over. "You're really pale and sweating a lot."
Dani walked back over to the couch to sit down. "My side hurts so bad Santana. It's worse when I stand up. I'm sorry. I didn't know who else to call."
"I would want you to call me, Dani. Let me call a cab so we can go." Santana said grabbing her phone.
"No, let's take my car. You can drive. I can't wait for some slow ass cab driver to get here. Just grab my purse for me."
Santana grabbed Dani's purse, and locked her apartment. Santana helped Dani out of the apartment, and into the car.
It didn't take long for them to get to the hospital. Since it was only a little after 3 am there was no traffic. As they pulled into the ER parking lot and Santana parked the car, she turned and looked at Dani. "I'm going to go get a wheelchair. Stay here, I'll be right back."
Dani watched as Santana sprinted across the parking lot and disappeared into the hospital. In a matter of seconds, Santana was running back out with a wheel chair. She came over to the passenger door, and helped Dani into the chair.
When they went inside they were promptly met by a nurse. "Can I help you ladies?"
Santana didn't give Dani a chance to speak "She's having severe abdominal pain on her right side. It hurts worse when she stands, and she's been sweating horribly since I went to her house about 30 minutes ago."
"Okay. I'm going to take her to a room. Have a seat out here and we will take good care of her." The nurse said pointing to the waiting area.
"I can't go with her?" Santana asked.
"I want her back there with me." Dani piped up. "I'm not going back there alone."
Santana stood there with her arms crossed waiting for the nurse to respond. "Fine, I guess you can come."
The nurse wheeled Dani through the ER and Santana followed closely behind. When they got into the room the nurse helped Dani into the bed, and Santana pulled a chair up next to the bed and took a seat. The nurse asked general questions to Dani and entered the information into the computer.
"Okay. Dr. Simpson will be your doctor tonight, and I will be your nurse. My name is Julie. I'm going to see about getting you set up with pain meds. If you need anything just hit the call button."
After the nurse left Santana watched as Dani ached in pain. It hurt sitting there watching Dani ache so much and not being able to do anything.
"Thank you for bringing me, Santana." Dani moaned out it pain.
Santana grabbed Dani's hand and kissed the back of it "You don't have to thank me. I wouldn't let you do it alone."
Just then the nurse came back in with equipment to set up an IV. "Okay Dani, I'm going to hook you up to an IV that's going to pump you full of pain meds. It won't make you drowsy or anything, but it will take care of the pain."
The nurse hooked Dani up to the IV and left the room. Within 10 minutes Santana could tell Dani felt a lot better.
"How do you feel?" Santana asked.
"There is pain still, but no where near as bad as it was earlier."
A little bit later the doctor walked in followed by the nurse. "Hi Dani. I'm Dr. Simpson and I'm going to take a little look at you, okay?"
"Okay." Dani said quietly.
He poked at her stomach a few times asking if it hurt. Dani said no each time until he moved to her side. When he poked into her side she cringed in pain.
"Dani, do you still have your appendix and gallbladder?" He asked as he wrote down notes into his clip board.
"Yeah. I've never had any surgeries."
"Okay. Well either you have gallstones or appendicitis. If it's gallstones we should be able to treat the issue without surgery, and you will be able to go home tonight. If it's your appendix, we will have to operate tonight or tomorrow, depending on how serious your condition is. I'm going to order a CT scan, and we will go from there." Dr. Simpson looked up from his clipboard and gave the nurse instructions. "Call CT and order a scan of her right abdominal asap."
Once again the two were left in the room alone. Santana looked over and saw a tear fall from Dani's eyes.
"Hey, don't cry. I'll be right here the whole time. I promise." Santana said.
"I'm okay. Just a little scared." Dani looked over at Santana "Thank you."
Santana just smiled at the girl. The nurse came back in once more, but with a new face that had a wheel chair. "This is Anna from CT. She is going to take you to get the CT scan done. It will take about 20 minutes to do the test, and anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes to get the results." She moved her attention to Santana, "You'll have to wait here during the CT scan. She won't be gone long."
Santana stood up and kissed Dani on the forehead, "I'll be right here when you get back. Okay?" Dani nodded.
Everyone left the room leaving Santana alone. She flipped through magazines, tried to watch TV, and paced back and forth while Dani was gone. She tried to keep her mind off of everything, but she wouldn't be content until Dani was back in the room.
After about 30 minutes they finally came back. Dani crawled back into bed and laid down on her good side facing Santana.
"We should know something in about 20 minutes." Anna said before leaving the room.
"So is this technically our second date?" Dani asked smiling, reaching out to hold Santana's hand
Santana laughed, "We could have found somewhere more romantic, but this will do."
"I'm really glad you're here. I know I keep saying that, but I would be alone if it wasn't for you."
"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else." Santana said kissing her hand.
A little while later the doctor came back in, clipboard in hand. "Okay, so I have some bad news." He looked up from his clipboard, "It is in fact appendicitis. Luckily, your appendix hasnt ruptured, but it's very enlarged, meaning it can rupture any minute. We will be taking you to surgery in about 20 minutes. Any questions?"
"How long is the recovery time?" Dani asked
"If we get it before it's ruptured, one week. If it ruptures before we can get to it, about six weeks."
"How long will the surgery take?" Santana asked.
"Most appendectomies don't take any longer than 30 minutes. It's one of the easiest procedures. Any other questions?"
Both girls shook their head and as Dr. Simpson exited the room, the nurse came in with some paper work for Dani to fill out.
"These are consent forms for surgery. I'll just need you to sign those. I'll be back in a few to get the papers, and we'll get you down to surgery."
Dani signed the papers and waited for the nurse to return. The nurse came back in with more papers. "Okay we're almost ready. I need an emergency contact in case anything happens."
Dani looked over at Santana, and Santana nodded. "Um, I want her listed." She pointed at Santana
The nurse turned towards Santana, "Okay what's your name and phone number?"
Santana gave the nurse the information, as she scribbled on the papers. "Okay, and how are you two related?"
Santana stammered, "I-uhh she's-I..."
"She's my girlfriend." Dani said smiling at Santana. Santana blushed, but returned the smile.
"Okay then. Let's get you down to surgery."
The nurse pushed Dani's bed down the hallway and Santana followed behind. As they entered the surgery department, they stopped at a waiting room.
"This is where you'll have to wait. When she is done the surgeon will come get you. Say your goodbyes, and we can get going."
Santana leaned over the arms of the bed and hugged Dani, right before she left a lingering kiss on her lips. "I'll see you in a little bit, girlfriend." Santana winked.
Santana stepped away from the bed, allowing the nurse to take Dani away. "The surgeon will be out as soon as he is finished." Santana nodded and paced back and forth in the waiting room.
Santana waited around for 30 minutes before the doctor came out. He introduced himself as Dr. Coleman and told Santana to have a seat.
"Is Dani okay? Where is she?" Santana panicked.
"She is fine. Everything went over great. Her appendix didn't rupture, so she should be back to normal in a week. Here is a paper with instructions for care after the surgery." Santana looked over the paper quickly.
"Okay. Can I see her now?" Santana asked impatiently.
"Yes, I'll take you back." The doctor said standing up.
They walked down the hallway until they reached Dani's room. Santana quietly entered the room in case Dani was asleep.
"I'll leave you two alone. Once she eats something, and keeps it down, you guys can head home. I'll need to see her back at my office in one week to remove her staples and clear her to go back to work."
"Okay. Thank you, Dr. Coleman." Santana said shaking his hand.
"Santana?" Dani sat up a little, fighting to keep her eyes open.
"Hey you, I'm right here." Santana could barely finish before Dani dozed off again.
TaaDaaa. (Good call JustforKicks403 hehe) I hope you enjoyed! I am having a lot of fun writing this and reading your feedback!
I'm off to watch the X Factor Finale in a hour! (Go Alex and Sierra!) I am sad Demi is leaving the show, buuuuut I just got floor seats for her Neon Lights Tour, and holy shit batman I am excited!
Okay, that is all. I will have the next chapter up either Saturday or Sunday. Thanks once again for all the love! XOXO