After I finished eating I went up to Trenton's room again. He was holding his elbow and biting his lip when I came in.
"Hey kiddo. Morphine still hasn't kicked in yet?" I asked. Trenton nodded.
"It's gotten worse." Trenton complained.
"I'll page Dr. Adams." I decided. Trenton nodded.
"Please." Trenton begged. Dr. Adams came in a few minutes later.
"So your mom tells me you're still in a lot of pain?" Dr. Adams asked Trenton. He nodded.
"Make it go away. Please." Trenton begged.
"I can give you some more Morphine but I don't know how much it will help. You're in for a very long and painful four months." Dr. Adams told him and injected Morphine into his IV. Then he carefully removed Trenton's arm from the sling and cracked open his cast. Trenton winced. Dr. Adams removed the cast. Trenton's arm was three times the size of his other one.
"Is it supposed to be that swollen?" I asked concerned.
"It typically doesn't swell that bad. The diuretics for his brain probably has something to do with it." Dr. Adams said. "I'll run an x-ray just to make sure the plates haven't shifted." He decided after looking over Trenton's arm more closely. I nodded.
"Then can you make it hurt less?" Trenton asked.
"I'll try bud." He said. "I'll page an intern to take you up to x-ray and I'll come talk to you as soon as I get the images back." Dr. Adams said and left the room.
"Hey Kiddo. I've got some good news for you." I said.
"Am I getting a 3Ds for Christmas?" Trenton asked hopefully.
"I don't know you have to wait and see." I laughed.
"Oh, then what?" He asked.
"Your cancer is gone." I said.
"No more treatments?" He asked. I nodded.
"No more treatments." I said. Trenton smiled.
"Thank you God." He said. I smiled.
"Yeah, I told you God was real." I said. Trenton nodded.
"I know that more than anyone. Falling out of trees and cancer aren't things a lot of people live through." Trenton said. I nodded.
"No they're not." I agreed. Trenton smiled.
"Then again not a lot of people have to deal with them." Trenton said.
"No. You're just special." I said.
"If this is special I want no point." Trenton said. I smiled. I stood up and walked over to stare out the door. Whenever Anthony started being active it helped to get up and walk around. Dr. Rogers came and took Trenton up to x-ray. I hung around in his room for a while before going to see if I could find Addison. She was exactly where I thought she'd be, in the NICU. She looked up when I came in.
"Hey Charlotte. You okay?" She asked.
"Yeah." I lied and leaned against an empty incubator that was pressed up against the wall.
"You are lying. What's up?" Addison asked.
"You know how life throws you curveballs?" I asked. Addison flipped the chart closed.
"Yeah?" She asked.
"Ever feel like they just dump a bucket of balls on you at a time?" I asked.
"Yes. When Derek left and I found out I was pregnant." Addison said.
"How on earth did you manage to pull through?" I asked. Addison came over to me and leaned against the wall next to me.
"Well, you just have to push through." Addison said.
"That's some great advice." I said sarcastically.
"Well I don't know Charlotte. You just have to do what you can and leave the rest up to God." Addison said.
"I thought you didn't believe in God?" I asked.
"I do, I just don't understand him, but I do know that he can help you through the valleys. Like when Archer had Cysticercosis, I prayed and God answered." Addison said.
"I know God answers prayer. Trenton's alive and cancer free." I said.
"Then why are you so worried?" Addison asked.
"I don't know." I said and put my head in my hands. I rubbed my eyes and looked back up.
"Don't stress so much. It's bad for the baby. Come on, let's go get something to drink." Addison said. I nodded and followed her out of the room. The halls seemed smaller for some reason. Maybe that was because I myself felt so small. The lounge was surprisingly vacant and I gladly took control of the couch after I grabbed a diet coke.
"Have you heard from Cooper?" I asked. Addison nodded and sat down in an arm chair with her club soda.
"Yeah. He took Mason home yesterday so they could get some rest. Said he'd be back when Mason was better." She informed me.
"Good. He needs to rest." I said and took a sip of my diet coke.
"You need to rest too." Addison said.
"I'll rest when Trenton comes home." I said. Addison sighed and pulled at the leather on her chair.
"I'm sure there is nothing I can do to convince you to go home so do what you want. I'm warning you though." Addison said sternly. I smirked.
"I win every conversational argument Addison." I said. Addison smiled.