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As the nurses set Jules up in the ICU room, Sam sat down on a bench in the hallway to stay out of the way. He threw his face to his hands, wanting to scream with fury and guilt.
"You can go in whenever you like." A nurse whispered to him as she was the last one to walk out. He looked up and nodded, only to see the team coming off the elevators.
"Sam—Why aren't you going in there?" Greg whispered as he sat down next to him, clasping his hands together.
"I cant—I just cant—I treated her like she was worth nothing! Like she wasn't good enough for me, and I was wrong and now I can't take it back. She's the best wife, mother and best friend I could ever ask for in my entire life—and I ruined it."
Greg shook his head as he looked around to see the other guys sitting silently in the chairs across from them. "Everyone makes mistakes, Sam." He glanced up from his hands and nodded to his boss. "Apologies work most of the time—you never gave her a chance to tell you what happened—Just go be with her and she'll get that chance, and so will you."
With that Sam took a pat on the shoulder from Greg and stood up, smiling at his teammates as he walked into the room, letting the heavy door snap shut.
"Hey—hey Jules." He stuttered as he moped across the room, sliding his hand under hers as he glanced at all of the machines that were keeping her alive. "You gotta pull through baby—you just have to. The kids—they need you—and well, I need you." Fumbling through his pocket, he found her ring that she had given back to him that morning when they had decided to separate. "I will never love someone else—." He sat down in the chair next to her bed and took her hand, sliding the ring down her finger. "And right now, I seriously don't care what happened. We all make mistakes—Just like I did this morning. I do love you—I love you more than anything in this damn world. Please, please forgive me—and I'll forgive whatever you have done." He admired the ring that rested back on her finger, then kissed her forehead gently. "I'm going to stay with you the whole time until you wake up—I wont leave."
And quickly, three hours passed—one of which included a frantic call from Jessica in which Sam had to explain what was happening and begged her to stay at home and that he would call her later. Another hour consisted of the doctors coming in and checking up on her. And the other hour consisted of the team taking short visits of saying hello.
"Mr. Braddock?" A doctor whispered from the door. Sam nodded to him as he came in and shut the door behind him, taking a seat next to Sam. "It's been four hours."
"And?"
"Well—we were giving her heart and lungs four hours of rest. We're going to take her off of bypass now—."
A worried look came across Sam's face as he nodded slowly, "And what happens—?"
"If the heart and lungs can't respond on their own—then—we call it."
As Sam closed his eyes and tightened his hand around hers, he nodded even slower, "If it does respond—how would she be?"
"That's when we could call her in a state of a coma. We already decided to extubate her and just get her back on oxygen. We will then give her time to wake up—and go from there. Mr. Braddock, I assure you we are doing all that we can for your wife. She was shot in the line of duty and people like you, your wife, and any other officers that risk their life everyday, we always put them first and work as hard as we can."
Sam smiled, "Thank you."
"In a few minutes I'll be back with a few nurses and other doctors and we'll get started, okay?"
"Thanks." Sam watched as the doctor got up and walked out, leaving him to look at Jules for all he could. "I'm not going to let you die baby, I wont. You can do this. I'm going to be with you the whole time." He kissed all along the inside of her palm, letting her hand fall around his cheek.
Within about five minutes, a group of doctors and nurses came in and the team stood at the window. Sam took a firm hold of her hand as the doctors prepared to shut off the bypass. "Come on baby—come on." Sam whispered as the doctor started to shut off the machines, leaving only the IV and heart monitor on. Everyone watched the heart monitor closely, waiting for a heart rate to pick up. "We give it ten minutes." A nurse whispered. The monitor showed a flat line with a single rise and fall at about twice a minute. She was cold and white as Sam squeezed her hand for dear life, just as the team was outside in the hallway praying for dear life that she would make it.
Five minutes passed.
"It takes time for the heart and lungs to recognize they aren't being helped anymore."
Sam nodded as he continued to whisper in her ear that she was going be okay.
"Hey Doc—we got something." A nurse spoke quickly as she saw the heart rate rise slowly. "She's here." The doctor smiled as Sam jumped to his feet, "Oh my gosh, sweetie—I knew you could do it—I love you so much." He pressed his lips to her forehead as he held her hand and stroked her hair. High fives were seen from the men in the window as the doctors continued to watch the monitors.
"Well—We know that she can sustain a normal heart rate, and she is stable—but she is in a coma. No one knows how long she will be—but all you can do is help her feel more comfortable." The doctor explained as the room started to clear up. Sam nodded and smiled, "I'll do whatever it takes to keep her alive." The doctor nodded, "I'll be back later to check up on her. She could wake up anytime from a minute from now—to who knows when."
The team smiled as they all calmed down and took a seat.
"Jessica?" Sam asked as she answered the phone.
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"Yeah Dad—How is she?"
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Sam smiled, "I think she's going to make it sweetie—She's in a coma, but she's breathing on her own now."
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"Oh my gosh! That's great! Well—Tell her we all love her dearly. Alexis and Clark decided to stop by so they're here too. Carly's asleep in her room and Sydney is watching TV with Alexis and Clark. I've got everything under control."
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"What about you, how are you?"
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She giggled, "I'm fine Dad. Just take care of Mom. I shouldn't be there in the ICU because of me being pregnant, but tell her we love her. Bye Dad."
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"I will, bye Jess."
He placed his phone back in his pocket and took Jules' hand. "See. We're all rooting for you. Now its just up to you to decide when you're ready to wake up."
He stroked his hand along her warm cheek, smiling at the rosiness of her skin.
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