Chapter Thirty:
Spinelli's heart was racing. Today was the day, the day that could give him his life back ... and it all depended on bone marrow from his six year old little brother. Maxie was with him and he was thrilled beyond words that he wasn't alone. They were just wait now, waiting to find out if Morgan was healthy enough to give the bone marrow. Spinelli tried to calm himself, reminding himself that this would be nothing compared to the waiting he would be doing in the next few weeks. For the next few weeks he would be waiting to find out if he would live.
"It's all going to be fine, Spin." Maxie said as she brushed his hair out of his eyes. Spinelli looked up at her and tried to smile. "The Jackal hopes so, Maximista." he replied. He loved the way she would sit on the edge of his hospital bed, he loved the way that could just silently sit together and have it not be awkward at all. He loved everything about her, he just hoped he would get to keep on doing that by her side here on earth for a good long time. He really didn't want to die yet.
In came Dr. Wilson. "He's perfectly healthy, the procedure is begining even as we speak." he told them. Maxie squealed and hugged Spinelli. "I just know it's gonna take! It's all really going work out!" she exclaimed. Spinelli didn't say anything. It really hit him then, his new-found baby brother was doing something that just might save his life. He thought about all he had been told. A bone marrow transplant had saved Kristina before he had even met her. Maybe, just maybe, this transplant would save him.
Maxie let him wait in silence until he was jolted out of his thoughts. The door opened and in came a nurse with a bag which she then hooked up to his IV. He realized what it was before she told him. That red liquid was the bone marrow. It was his only chance to live. Maxie had to back off as the doctors surrounded Spinelli, checking him for any possible sign that something was going wrong. She silently prayed the whole time, remembering that day only two months ago when she and Spinelli had prayed together for that innocent little boy who had turned out to be his brother.
Finally the doctors backed off and Maxie realized it was done. The bone marrow transplant was over. Now the waiting began. They would have to wait the next few weeks to find out if it would take, to find out if he would live. All Spinelli could think was "This is it. This is all they can do. If this doesn't work I'm as good as dead!". Maxie sat on the edge of his bed and grabbed his hand. "I have a good feeling about this, you're gonna be fine. I've lost to many people, I'm do my win and you're it." she told him.
The door opened to reveal a man dressed in the same gloves, gown, hat and mask as Maxie and everyone else that entered the room. But this man was carrying a tiny sleeping bundle dressed in the same. He laid the bundle in Spinelli's lap. "Since he had his clean bill of health and he has to stay overnight anyway, they said you could see him." Jax said. Spinelli looked down at Morgan just as he woke up. "Spinny!" he said "Did they give you the special blood?" he asked his big brother. "They did. They gave him your special blood that's gonna make him all better." Maxie answered for Spinelli. "You know what, buddy?" Spinelli said "You're my hero!".