Chapter 21 the hospital
The whole family, in the loose sense of the word stood in the waiting room. " How do you think Dan's doing?" Jenny asked in a small voice finally breaking the silence. Dan had appeared to have some sort of nervous breakdown before he passed out. Rufus was on the phone right away calling 911 while the rest of us tried to help him. I wasn't expecting something like this to happen.
" He was under a lot of pressure," Serena said in a tired voice, " He got in trouble for something he didn't do at school and he's stressed about his home life too." " His family was the one thing he could always count on to be there for him, and now that everything is upside down I think he just caved," Serena explained. We all sat quietly after that, each person silently agreeing with what Serena had said. Rufus looked extremely concerned. I felt the same way. I had come to know Dan like a son in the last year and a half and I really felt like this was happening to my real son. Now I know what they mean when they say it takes a tragedy to bring a family closer together. I was thinking that they might have all run away if it hadn't been for Dan. Just as we were all sitting there thinking a doctor walked over. She said she would like to speak to the parents. Rufus told me to come too, so I thought I was an adult so I might as well. She told us that Dan would be fine. That it was nothing to worry about he had just gone into shock. He'd be fine in no time, but she recommended he rest in bed for a few days do avoid stress. We were both relieved we went and told the kids right away. They were all so happy that Dan was fine. We went and saw Dan in his hospital bed. He was going home right away but the paperwork had to be done so Rufus went over to work it our while the kids and I visited went to get Dan. Dan and Serena seemed to want a moment alone to talk so the rest of us waited outside.
To be continued...