The Doctor and the Rockstar
After Santana and Dani finished doing her rounds together Dani went to join Izzy and Lacey while Santana went back to her office to get ready for their meeting. Taking a seat next to her sister Dani smiled at her niece who had somehow managed to fall asleep.
"So how was your lunch break?" Lacey asked giving Dani a grin, which Dani knew meant lacey knew she really spent time with Santana.
"Great, I got to meet a lot of the kids here in the hospital, even meet one of my biggest fans" Dani said trying not mention the fact that spending most of the afternoon with Santana left her feeling incredibly happy and giddy like a teenager again.
Lacey wiggled her eyebrows "And is that why you have a goofy stupid smile on your face?"
Dani blushed looking down at her shoes "Not entirely no" she mumbled.
"I knew it, you've got the hot's for Doctor Lopez" Lacey said triumphantly. "I mean I can see why, she's freaking hot, and I'm a married straight woman saying this".
Dani laughed "Yes Lacey you were right, and yes Santana is a very attractive woman, and I'll make sure to tell her that, I'm sure she'll be flattered".
Lacey narrowed her eyes at Dani "You wouldn't"
Dani smirked "Oh I would, and I'd even make sure to do it in front of Matt".
"Do what in front of me?" Matt asked coming into the room.
Lacey's eyes widened "Nothing, Dani was just telling me how she meet a lot of the kids here at the hospital and meet one of her biggest fans" Lacey said standing up to lightly kiss her husband, before looking at Dani and giving her a sharp glare, warning her to keep her mouth shut.
Smirking Dani leaned back in her chair pulling out her phone to see what was happening on Twitter. Instantly seeing the pictures that Callie had tagged her in, smiling she re-tweeted them, her smile somehow even managed to grow bigger when she saw the picture of Dani, Callie and Santana. Saving the picture to her phone Dani looked up just in time to see Santana as well as another doctor walk into the room. The man beside Santana had blonde hair and blue eyes, he was a little bit taller than Santana, he looked to be in his late thirties and the two were having an easy conversation, smiles on their faces and laughter in their eyes.
Looking away from her colleague Santana smiled softly at Dani as they walked up, just as Izzy started waking up from her nap.
"Hello everyone, Doctor Daniels and I wanted to check in on Izzy before the meeting. And so we could show you to the conference room" Santana said with a large smile. "Dani this Doctor Jason Daniels, he will doing your surgery" Santana said making introductions.
Doctor Daniels smiled "It's nice to meet you Dani, my daughter is a huge fan" he said shaking her hand.
Dani smiled "It's nice to meet you as well, and it's nice to meet a doctor who actually recognizes me in this hospital" she winking at Santana who rolled her eyes.
Doctor Daniels laughed "Yes, Doctor Lopez told me about that, but it's hard to forget the girl I took my daughter to see in concert a couple months ago".
"Wow and you even took your daughter to see my concert, it's good to know that at least some of the doctors here have a life outside their jobs" Dani said with a smirk.
"I like you, not afraid to say what you think" Doctor Daniels said with a grin "Doctor Lopez you really need to step up your game with this one" he said looking at Santana.
Santana rolled her eyes "My game is just fine thank you. And if I remember correctly I'm not the one sleeping on the couch because I forgot my anniversary".
"Ouch that's a tough one" Matt said shaking his head.
"Doctor Santana can I have ice cream?" Izzy asked wincing as the nurse unhooked the tubes and wires from all over her tiny body.
Santana smiled bending down in front of the little girl "Yes I think that can be arranged, I think we could all use some ice cream while were in our meeting. What do you think?"
Izzy nodded her head "We could always use ice cream, it's the best thing ever".
Santana laughed standing up "Yes it is Izzy".
"Come on sweetie I'll carry you to the meeting" Matt said gently picking up his daughter and kissing her cheek. Everyone else stood up as well and followed Santana and Jason out of the room and down the hall into a large conference room.
Taking a seat next to her sister Dani turned the chair towards Santana and Jason who were sitting across from them.
"Well after much review from Doctor Daniels and I we both agree that doing the transplant is in the best interest for Izzy, and after looking at all the test's Dani is the best possibility for the transplant. Her kidney is in perfect condition and both Izzy and Dani have the same blood type. And after looking at Izzy's scan results we think it's best if we do the surgery as soon as possible" Santana explained.
"How soon is soon Doctor Lopez?" Matt asked as Nurse Kathy came in with a tray of ice cream.
After everyone had a bowl Santana gave a small smile "In a week. We want to be able to give Izzy time to grow into the new kidney and for it to grow with her. Also from the test's we don't think Izzy's current kidney will make it another year".
"And you think she's ready for the transplant?" Lacey asked.
Santana nodded her head "I do she'll be seven in a couple months, she's above the ideal weight, and all of her vitals are strong. I think she's above ready for the transplant".
"We've been talking about this for over a year, she needs the new kidney and Dani is ready to do it, and I think we are as well. If you think it should be sooner rather than later then were with you Doctor Lopez" Lacey said her voice strong as she squeezed Matt's hand.
"Are you absolutely ready to donate one of your kidney's Dani" Doctor Daniels asked.
"I am, I've been ready to do this for over a year, I'd do anything for Izzy" Dani said smiling softly at her young niece.
"Alright then, should we start discussing how the surgery will go?" Doctor Daniels asked.
"Do I get ice cream after the big surgery?" Izzy asked, making everyone smile.
"Yes sweetie, you do, you'll have to wait a couple days to eat ice cream but I promise you'll get some" Santana said with a large smile.
Izzy shrugged "Okay".
"First off we'll talk about Dani's part of the transplant" Doctor Daniels said "So in order to remove Dani's right kidney we'll be doing laparoscopic surgery, I will be making three small incisions in your lower abdomen in order to remove the kidney, once the kidney is removed I'll make another 3 to 4 inch incision to remove the kidney. To close the incisions' I'll be using dissolvable stitiches, which means you will not have to have them removed later on. Your hospital stay will be much shorter than Izzy's, if everything goes smoothly you should only have to stay for one to two days, and two to three weeks of recovery time".
"Okay but what about after the surgery, will there be annual check-ups or anything?" Dani asked.
Doctor Daniels nodded his head "Yes you'll have a post-op appointment with me two weeks after the surgery. If everything looks okay at that appointment you'll have another appointment in six months. And from there it'll be 1 year after the surgery and then two years, after that it'll just be annual check-ups" he explained.
Dani nodded her head "I think I can live with that, I'll have to make sure to not wear bikini's around the paparazzi for a while but I can live with that" she said with a grin.
Doctor Daniels laughed "Yeah it's not so bad".
"Now Izzy's surgery will be a lot more challenging, and very different from Dani's, instead of small incisions I'll be making one large one in her lower abdomen on her left side. There is a 15% chance that Izzzy could reject the donated kidney, but she'll be taking medication that will hopefully prevent that for the rest of her life. As well as frequent and annual check-ups with me to make sure that the rejection doesn't happen. After the surgery she'll be on a liquid diet for a couple of days after the surgery, she'll be staying in the hospital for 5 to 10 days as long as there are no complications, with a 2 to 4 week recovery time" Santana explained.
"And Izzy can have a perfectly normal life after the surgery?" Lacey asked.
"Yes we usually recommended that both transplant plant recipients and donors avoid contact sports but other than that they are both able to live normal functioning lives" Santana said "Of course with the exception of the medication Izzy will have to take and annual check-ups I think she'll be able to have just as normal of a life as every other little girl".
"And what about the cancer?" Matt asked.
"We'll continue to check and make sure the cancer hasn't spread but after the surgery I see no reason for her to continue to do chemo".
"Okay then I think we're are all ready for the surgery then" Lacey said as she looked at her husband and sister both of them nodding their heads in agreement".
"Okay then, we have some paper work for all of you to sign and agree to before everything officially starts" Santana said sliding the paperwork towards Lacey and Matt, as Doctor Daniels handed Dani hers.
After everyone read over the paper work and signed it Santana and Jason stood up "Well that's all for the meeting, I'll see you Miss Izzy in a couple days for your very last chemo session" Santana said with a smile.
"Okay, bye Doctor Santana" Izzy said waving to Santana from over her father's shoulder.
"Well I'd love to stay and chat Doctor Lopez but I have patients who need attending to, until next time" Jason said winking at Santana with a flirty grin.
Rolling her eyes Santana left the conference room "Isn't he married?" Dani asked from beside Santana making her jump.
"Jesus, you just scared the crap out of me" Santana said looking at the shorter blue haired girl "And yes, he is married with three kids, but Jason's a huge flirt, he especially loves flirting with me, knowing I'm gay" Santana said.
"Your gay?" Dani asked her eyebrows raised.
Santana laughed "Yes I am gay. I hate to cut this short considering you waited for me and everything but I have to get ready for a surgery. But I wanted to give you my card, if you have any questions or just want to talk, I'd be willing to listen" Santana said pulling out a white card that had her name/title and hospital phone number on it, when Dani looked at the back a different phone number was written in black ink.
"Shouldn't I be getting Doctor Daniels card, since he'll be doing my surgery?" Dani asked with a grin.
Santana smiled "Probably, but I'm a far better listener then he is. And I'd like to get to know you better. I'll see you later Dani" Santana said winking at the blue haired girl before turning away and walking down the hall.
Smiling Dani looked at the phone number written in the beautiful Latina's hand writing, putting the card in her pocket Dani left the hospital a huge cheesy grin on her face.