Chapter Twenty-Six:
Maxie stayed with Spinelli all night and even when he managed to sleep she couldn't, she had just watched him. Of course he'd said he loved her too, she's really known that all along. Now she couldn't face the fact that she might be about to lose yet another man she loved. Now they were just waiting and it was driving her insane. That night they would know, they would find out if Spinelli's best chance of survival even existed. They would find out if Sonny or Morgan matched.
Jason joined them after breakfast and they spent they day trying to pass time that seemed to be frozen. They watched movies, played games, listened to music, anything they could think of to keep there minds off of what they were waiting on. Nothing ever worked for long though and every minute seemed like an hour. Finally after a day that seemed like a month, the doctor walked in. He was smiling.
Dr. Wilson walked over to Spinelli, he wasted no time saying what he need to "Morgan is a match." he said. Maxie let out a little shriek of joy and hugged Spinelli, Jason watch, silent but smiling for once. Spinelli smiled and hugged Maxie back but he still knew in the back of his mind that this didn't mean anything for sure. There was a chance he wouldn't survive the transplant. Dr. Wilson let them have there moment and then he spoke up again "We'll need to start you on high dose chemotherapy as soon as possible to wipe out your immune system. You'll need to basicly be in issolation for the next couple of months." he said.
Though they knew that this would happen that brought Maxie and Jason back to reality for a moment. They all sat in silence as the doctor explained. Spinelli was going to get very, very sick, much worse then he was now under the high dose treatment. Visits would require complete health, masks, gowns and scrubing up. The worst of all for Spinelli was when they told him that he wouldn't be able to have Kristina and Morgan visit him until he was better. When the doctor finished he said that Carly and Sonny had been contacted about Morgan being a match and would be coming later to find out more.
Spinelli's hospital room door opened and two small children came running in. Kristina and Morgan hopped on his bed with, both were all smiles. Morgan beamed at Spinelli "Daddy says my special blood can make you better, Spinelli!" he exclaimed. Spinelli smiled at his baby brother "Yep!" he told him. Sonny had come in behind then children and now he spoke up "I though you'd want to see them, you know since you can't..." he trailed off. Kristina heard this and she frowned "Yeah, Daddy says they won't let us see you for months! Don't worry though, we're going to call you, and send you letters and presents and maybe come to your window!" she said.
Spinelli smiled at her "That's good, Krissy, because I am gonna miss you two a lot." he told her. They stayed like that for almost an hour, the children on the bed with Spinelli, Maxie beside them and Sonny and Jason silently watching. Sonny looked up at the clock and the walked over to the children "We've gotta go guys. Mike's coming to pick you up so we can talk to the doctor." he said. Kristina frowned "But I don't wanna leave him." she said. "Yeah, I don't wanna leave." Morgan added. Sonny knelt down in front of them "We have to guys, say good bye." he said.
Kristina and Morgan tried to draw it out as long as the could hugging and kissing and saying "I love you" at least fifty time but finally they headed for the door. They both called out final goodbyes and "I love you"'s and then the door closed. It imediatly flew open again and Kristina came running back with Sonny and Morgan right behind her. "I forgot something!" the child said. She walked over to Spinelli "Michael loves you too. He told me before ... he said that if he had a big brother, he wished it could be you." she said. The room fell silent, and nobody had a dry eye, least of all Spinelli.