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"Ms. Martin, Mr. Martin?" a doctor still dressed in green surgical scrubs had just walked into the room where Carey, Kurt and Marion Moesby were observing the drama of Cody's surgery.
"Yes doctor?" Kurt replied
"Zack's surgery has just concluded without further incident, he's being prepared to go up to Intensive Care now, he should be awake in a few hours" The doctor said to the relieved group, relieved that Zack had survived surgery and that Cody had pulled through after all had seemed lost.
"What happened before? What happened to my Zack?" Carey asked with a great deal of urgency in her voice
"A blood vessel near his kidney burst and damaged a vein, causing a great deal of blood loss" The doctor replied in a matter of factly tone, it was helpful for the three of them to be told the honest truth. "Will he be alright? Will there be any lasting effects?" Carey asked desperately hoping for a good answer
"Well, the truth is we don't know, there was a less than optimal flow of blood around his body, particularly to his brain, it wasn't totally oxygen deprived and the ventilator continued working through the entire surgery. I would say the signs are good, but unfortunately due to the more extensive work we needed to do the area to repair the bleeding Zack's recovery will be longer and more delicate than otherwise, and the risk of infection is higher."
"Oh no" Carey exclaimed, Marion Moesby was there to put his arm around her however, desperate to comfort Carey in any way he could.
"Ms. Martin, I just want to reassure you that Zack is in the best of hands here, I'm sure he will be alright" The doctor warmly added reassurance.
"Thanks doc" Kurt said "Now, what about Cody, what happened? Is he alright?" Kurt continued
"I'm not sure precisely what went wrong with Cody's surgery, from what I saw he required extensive resuscitation, but he seems alright now, only time will tell." The doctor responded frankly
"How long does he have to go in the surgery doctor" Moesby cut in with his usual smooth and orderly tone
"Honestly I don't know, obviously now the surgery has moved on to the transplantation stage or will be very soon, but he's very weak, and of course so much delicate work needs to be done. It could still be 10 hours or more until Cody is out of surgery with his new Kidney, and even then it will be a touch and go period for quite a while whilst we wait and see if Cody's new kidney functions properly" the doctor replied to Moesby's query gaining a reserved expression from all three present.
"I should be with Zack" Carey said, she knew it was going to be hard to leave Cody but she knew she had to
"So should I" Kurt added
"Can you show us to him please?" Moesby then added.
"Certainly, I'll take you up now and I'll have someone inform you as soon as any news about Cody comes to light"
Twenty minutes later Carey and Kurt Martin along with Marion Moesby had been shown to a room in a separate Intensive Care Unit than the one that Cody had previously been a patient of and that Maddie had died in. The new unit was adjacent to the first ICU and they had been informed that this was the Surgical ICU with specialist facilities for those patients requiring intensive observation post surgery. Zack's room was currently populated only by Carey, Kurt and Moesby as Zack had not yet arrived, it was similar to Cody's previous room, it had a glass wall out into the centre of the unit where the nurses' station was allowing them full vision of all rooms, it was a large room with an empty hospital bed surrounded by machines in the centre with an array of LCD screen monitors on the wall, all currently blank with no input. Carey in particular was beside herself with worry about Zack and Cody, she didn't know how Zack would appear after surgery, she didn't know how Cody's surgery was going, and she certainly had no idea how she was going to tell Zack that Maddie, the love of his life, was gone forever. Carey drew strength from the presence of Moesby in particular, but Kurt as well. Moesby had always been with her the last year when she needed to talk, she had come so close to losing Zack and Cody last year and even with his unspeakable grief at the loss of London he had been there for him, they gave each other strength.
Not long after Carey, Kurt and Moesby's arrival in the room a nurse entered and asked them to step outside as Zack was brought in so they could set up his monitors and machines. As they were ushered outside they saw Zack being wheeled in on a ventilator, his chest mechanically moving up and down as he was surrounded by tubes and orderlies moving him around. Carey let out a gasp as she saw one of her babies lying there, tightly squeezing Moesby's hand as she did. Zack looked oddly peaceful, but at the same time he looked tormented, it was an odd expression on his face, like he was sleeping deeply, but that he was not having a peaceful sleep. Everyone just hoped he wasn't in pain. Zack was going through Cody's pain as he lay unconscious, and now, with Zack's kidney going inside Cody their connection was only going to become stronger than ever before.
A few minutes after Zack's arrival Carey, Kurt and Moesby were allowed into the room to see Zack. Carey again gasped when she saw him and Kurt's eyes began to well up with tears, it was an emotional experience for them to see their son lying on the bed with a plethora of machines and tubes supporting his life. There was a nurse in the room still tinkering with Zack's IV as she finished she went to leave before saying to the gathered "Someone will come along to discuss Zack's recovery when they can, and we'll give you any updates on your other son when we can, I don't have any information on him at this moment though" she said before leaving the room and going to the nurses' station to monitor her patients.
The next few hours passed without much event, Moesby went on Coffee runs occasionally and some news about Cody's progress trickled through, only informing them that the transplant surgery was going fine and that there was nothing to report other than that Cody was staying tough. However in the last hour as the time approached midnight Zack began to show signs of life, his sleep became less deep and nurses checking on him informed the gathered group that, to Carey's delight, Zack would soon regain consciousness, but that he wasn't going to be up to any great deal of conversation until morning at least.
"Errrghhh" Zack moaned always drawing rapid attention from those gathered, his mother had his hand in hers squeezing tight, trying to will him to wake up.
"Errmmmm...C...Cody" Zack moaned again.
"Honey, Zack, its mommy, Cody isn't here" Carey said trying to keep Zack calm as his eyes opened. Zack couldn't see much, his eyes needing to become reaccustomed to the light, all he could see were blurred shapes of people.
"Where's...C...Cody" he groggily said suddenly worried about his brother
"He's still in surgery, you're in a hospital room Zacky" Kurt said
"H...Hi dad" Zack said.
Zack' had an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach though, something made him feel that Cody wasn't alight, he didn't quite know why, but he feared for Cody at that moment
"I...I think something's wrong with Cody...I feel he's in pain...He's not strong enough" Zack managed to get out in a weak but concerned voice. Carey sensed the urgency in Zack's message and became deeply concerned herself; she knew Zack had a connection to Cody. She hoped he wasn't trying to replace a deep set feeling of responsibility for Maddie's demise, he hadn't been told that she was gone but he knew she hadn't had much time to go before he went into surgery.
"Marion, can you go and see if there's anything wrong with Cody please?" Carey said urgently
"Certainly" He replied and left, leaving everyone desperately hoping Zack's feelings were wrong.
OK guys there we go! I am soooooo sorry it's been this long since an update I feel really bad, and to compound that for the last few chapters some of my most prolific reviewers seem to have abandoned me, and whilst I can understand them leaving it doesn't do great things to my motivation. Reviews are like a drug, and the more I get the more I want so the more I write. BUT PLEASE PLEASE DON'T CONFUSE THAT FOR MY NOT LOVING EVERY SINGLE REVIEW AND EVERY SINGLE REVIEWER I can't say how much I appreciate all you do for me guys! Please keep reading and reviewing! Tell me what you think for this chapter and what you think I should go toward in the future? Should both Zack and Cody live? Should I kill one? Or both?