January 24, 2012
Brie had brought Phil two bags the night before, filled with clothes for him and Penny, as well as toiletries he'd need while he stayed in the hospital with his sister.
Now the night had passed and Phil had barely slept. In the morning, a nurse had offered to have breakfast brought up to him from the cafeteria. Phil shook his head, "I'm fine."
"You really should eat something,"
He didn't say anything. She sighed and left the room, only to return 30 minutes later with an orange juice. "You should at least drink something. You've given a lot of blood."
Phil thanked her and she left.
As the day passed the nurse came in regularly to change Penny's IV bags. The doctor even came at one point to check her progress. Phil's co-workers stopped by to check on Penny and bring her flowers and balloons.
When evening came, there was a knock on the door, and Phil looked up. The door opened and Stu appeared. "How is she?" he asked.
Phil shrugged, "She lost a lot of blood, but there isn't any internal damage."
Stu walked around to the opposite side of the bed and sat a vase of red roses on the corner of the table. He reached over and tucked a strand of hair behind Penny's ear before turning to look at Phil. "You look awful." Stu had noticed the paler complexion, and the bags under Phil's eyes were worse than normal.
"Thanks," Phil said.
"Did you sleep at all last night?"
Phil shook his head, "Not really. Maybe for an hour or so."
"You should go back to the hotel and get some rest."
"I can't leave her-" Phil started.
"I'll stay with her, and if she wakes up, I'll call you immediately."
Phil shook his head, "No. She needs blood. They don't have her type."
"It's okay, Phil. I do."
"You do?"
Stu nodded his head, "When we first got engaged she told me about her blood disorders. We got tests done to see what our blood types were, just in case there was ever a situation where she needed it. We were a match."
Phil stood, looking curiously at his ex-brother-in-law, "You'd still do that for her?"
Stu nodded again, "We may have gotten a divorce but you don't marry someone, and then suddenly just stop caring for them."
Phil smiled, "Thank you."
"It's not a problem."
"I'll have Brie and Nicky give me a ride back to the hotel when they come back with my dinner."
Stu offered him a comforting smile before taking a seat by the bed.