Chapter 86
《Peyton》Well it's been a few days since my father was brought into the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest and I haven't left the hospital since that day getting my mother to go home with my baby sister was a chore in itself they both protested everytime my father and myself told them to go home but they finally gave in and went home but I have a feeling that they didn't go home I think they went to my house with Rowan and my kids right now I'm in my father's hospital room talking with him, do you think mom went home with Daisy or do you think she went to my place with Rowan and the kids?
《Robert》Knowing your mother the way I do she hates being alone at night so she's with Daisy and my beautiful daughter-in-law, beautiful granddaughters and handsome grandsons I remember before we adopted Daisy I was working late at the office and I forgot to tell your mother I was working late and when I got home at 11:45 P.M I found your mother sitting on the couch watching t.v. trying to keep her eyes open so I walked up to her and asked her why she's still awake and she said to me that she hates being alone and she hates going to bed alone so from then on out I promised your mother that I would never work that late at the office again so whatever cases I have I either bring them home and work on them at home or leave them for the next day
《Peyton》Wow I didn't know mom hated being alone, you know mom and Daisy can come over to my house when and if you ever work late again as my father and I are talking there was a knock at the door so I looked at my father and said mom and Daisy or Rowan and the kids?
《Robert》I bet five bucks it's both
《Peyton》Your on old man, I look at the door and I see my mother and my sister and Rowan and the kids so I look back at my father and say you don't play fair old man
《Robert》Ah just fork over that five bucks he rolls his eyes and hands me the five bucks then I heard my lovely wife say
《Elizabeth》Now now Robert are you trying to take our son Peyton for his money
《Robert》Not at all honey we made a bet I bet Peyton that it was you and Daisy and Rowan and our grandbabies and of course I won
《Elizabeth》I laugh anyway how are you feeling?
《Robert》Like I want to get the hell out of here and go home with my wife and my daughter I look at Peyton so Peyton when can I get the hell out of here?
《Peyton》Well I say you can go home today he was about to jump out of bed until I stopped him dad wait I said you can go home today but I need to run some more test first just to make sure you are healing properly
《Robert》UGH Peyton I'm fine
《Peyton》Dad it's hospital policy and you know it he rolled his eyes and says
《Robert》Fine do what you need to do
《Peyton》Thank you I look at my mom and Rowan can you all step out of the room while I examine dad they nod and walk out of the room and I start the examination on my father once I'm done with the examination I look at my father, dad I want to do an ultrasound on your heart he nods and I start on the ultrasound but as I'm looking at the ultrasound oh my god what the hell I print off the ultrasound picture of my father's heart
《Robert》Peyton what's wrong is my heart OK?
《Peyton》Dad I-I'll be right back I run out of the room and run up to Jamie at the front desk hey Jamie do you know where Jonathan is it's really important?
《Jamie》He's in the Doctors Lounge
《Peyton》Thank you I run to the Doctors Lounge and run in there and sure enough he was sitting there drinking his coffee Jonathan I need to show you something he nods and I pull out the ultrasound picture of my father's heart here please tell me I'm not seeing what I think I saw?
《Jonathan》What do you think you saw?
《Peyton》I think I saw a black mass over my father's heart I'm freaking out here Jonathan what do you think it is?
《Jonathan》It could be a black mass or something was on the image come on let's go do the ultrasound again just to make sure he nods and we walk to the room where his father is once we get there we see Robert's family in the room with him
《Elizabeth》Peyton what's going on?
《Peyton》I look at my mom, mom I got to do something right now
《Elizabeth》No no no Peyton Graham Meyer you tell me right now what's going on?
《Peyton》I look at Jonathan, Jonathan can you do the heart ultrasound while I talk to my mother please he nods and I walk with my mother out of the room
《Elizabeth》OK Peyton what the hell is going on why is your father having a heart ultrasound?
《Peyton》I ran a heart ultrasound on dad before to see if the surgery got everything but I saw a black mass over his heart now I don't know if it was the image or if it was really there that's why Jonathan suggested we do a second heart ultrasound to make sure
《Elizabeth》Oh my god are you telling me that your father could have a heart condition?
《Peyton》I don't know that's what I'm trying to rule out my mom cries so I pull her into my arms oh mom dad will be OK don't cry as I'm consoling my mother I see Jonathan come out with the new ultrasound picture in his hand, is that the new ultrasound picture?
《Jonathan》Yes and I compared it to the ultrasound picture you've done and the black mass is still there but I'd like to do another test
《Elizabeth》What other test
《Jonathan》An x-ray if the black mass is not there on the x-ray then it could be just the ultrasound machine
《Peyton》Alright when do you want to do it?
《Jonathan》I'm free right now if you want to do it right now
《Peyton》OK let's get to it then my mom, Jonathan and myself walk back into the room to see my father and my sister on the bed together so I walk up to the bed hey baby sis I need you to hop off the bed so I can take daddy to get an x-ray OK?
《Daisy》OK but Peyton what is an x-ray?
《Peyton》It's a machine it takes pictures of your inside so the doctors like myself and Dr. Gettleman can see if there is anything wrong with the inside of the body
《Daisy》Cool can I come watch?
《Peyton》Um I look at my mom and she shrugs her shoulders so I look at Jonathan
《Jonathan》It's up to you
《Peyton》OK you can come but you have to stay with me and Dr. Gettleman behind the glass that separates daddy and the machine OK?
《Daisy》Yay OK let's go let's go
《Peyton》OK we will but Dr. Gettleman and I have to get daddy already first she nods and Jonathan and I get my dad ready once we get my dad ready we walk out of the room with Daisy holding onto my dad's hospital bed once we get to the room door I look at Daisy OK sweet girl you have to let go of daddy's bed so Dr. Gettleman and I can get him in the room but I want you to stay right behind me and follow me into the room OK?
《Daisy》OK I let go of my daddy's hospital bed and walk behind Peyton and we all walk into the room and I step off to the side so Peyton and Dr. Gettleman can get my daddy on the other bed with the machine over his chest then Peyton walks up to me and says
《Peyton》Alright baby sis let's go in this room
《Daisy》OK, see you in a bit daddy I love you
《Robert》Alright I love you too pumpkin