The doors to RESUS swung open and Charlie followed by Zoe came up to Cal. By the look on their faces, Cal couldn't guess whether the news they had was good or bad.
"How is he?" Cal asked apprehensively.
"He's doing okay. We will keep him in for 24 hour obs until we know what caused him to fall." Zoe explains.
"Can I sit with him until then?"
Zoe nodded. She then left to carry on seeing other patients. Charlie was about to head back on his rounds when Cal placed a hand on his arm.
"Charlie."
"Yeah?"
"Do you think it's..." Cal began to say but, was soon cut off.
"Cal, don't even think about that. As far as we know Ethan's collapses could just be down to stress or low blood sugar. We can't speculate until we have to full details and once Ethan is well enough to talk he will be able to fill us in."
Cal nodded and went into RESUS where Ethan lay on a trolley with an oxygen mask placed over his face. At the moment he was resting. He looked too peaceful to disturb so Cal silently went over and pulled up a chair. His hand lingered over Ethan's. He wanted to hold it, to reassure him that he was there but, he couldn't bring himself to do it. Suddenly, Cal noticed Ethan's eyes flicker.
"Ethan?" Cal asked. "Ethan, can you open your eyes for me?"
"Cal?"
"Yeah, I'm here."
"Where am I?"
"In hospital."
Ethan looked around a bit confused and dazed. Cal noticed his confusion.
"You don't remember?" He asked.
Ethan shook his head. He didn't remember anything. The monitor soon registered an increase in Ethan's heart rate. Cal noticed the rapid beeping of the machines. Cal stood up from where he sat and placed a comforting hand on Ethan's shoulder.
"Hey, hey. Calm down. You're okay. You just need to relax."
"What happened?" Ethan asked taking a few deep breaths.
Cal sat back down.
"You collapsed and banged your head on the coffee table. I found you unconscious when I returned home from work." Cal explained.
"How long was I unconscious for?"
"Don't know. You seemed to regain consciousness when we rolled you into RESUS."
Cal could see that Ethan was begin to get tired and so not wanting to keep him awake any longer he decided it would be a good time to leave him to rest. He stood up from his seat. As soon as his back was turned there was a sound he didn't want to hear. The sound of the metal railing clattering. Cal turned to see Ethan's body jerking. Rushing over he pressed the red button and turned Ethan onto his side hoping the seizure would subside.
"What's happened?" Zoe asked as she, Charlie and Robyn rushed through. Cal turned around still holding onto Ethan.
"I don't know. He just started fitting."
"Charlie, can I have 5 mg of Diazepam." Zoe instructed as she helped Cal keep Ethan still.
While Zoe and Cal kept hold Charlie administered the drug. Within a few seconds it was administered the seizure subsided. Zoe and Cal gently rolled Ethan onto his back and replaced the oxygen mask over his face. All four of them stepped away from the trolley and huddled together.
"Okay, let's order a CT scan. We need to see if there could be any damage to his brain. His head laceration wasn't that deep so it couldn't have been that that caused him to have seizure. There must be something else we're missing." Zoe said.
Cal waited nervously for the CT results to come back. Cal sat beside Ethan holding his hand. Soon Ethan came around.
"Hey, Nibbles." Cal said.