As Luke's body was laying out cold on the hospital bed his soul was slowly leaving his body an going to heaven.
He couldn't help but feel a little sad because he'll never see Bo, Daisy , Uncle Jesse ever again.
Luke could see the light an he was just about to walk through the doors when the thought of Suellen stopped him.
" I ain't about to leave her alone like that it would just break her heart in two". confessed Luke
Meanwhile Luke layed in a hospital bed motionless , covered up to his chest with a sheet.
Luke could faintly hear voices in his head moving around the hospital room but he just couldn't respond.
The nurse in charge of Luke's care couldn't help but feel a little sorry for the handsome young man.
Since one of Luke's ribs had punctured one of his lungs he had to be hooked up to a ventilator pump.
An he had two IV's running down his arms one was for the blood he lost , the other to keep him hydrated.
She checked all of Luke's vitals all looked good except that O'l Luke wasn't waking up which ain't good.
She figured while she was their she might as well check to see if Luke is close to waking up from his coma.
So she got out her penlight and she lifted up Luke's' left eyelid , she shined the light in but no response.
" What a shame so young , so handsome he's too young to die ". confessed Shelby
Meanwhile Jesse was just now pulling into Tri-County hospital parking lot for his afternoon visit with Luke".
Uncle Jesse's heart was hanging by a thread at the thought that Luke's' may never wake up again.
Jesse had walked up to the front desk an he told the nurse that he was here to see Luke.
" My name's Jesse Duke an I'm here to see my nephew Luke Duke ". confessed Jesse
So the nurse typed Luke's name into the computer an his name popped up showed he was in room 109".
" Yes sir Mr. Duke the doctor should be out soon if you would have a seat sir". asked Nurse Maybelle
O'l Luke sure ain't out of the woods at least he was still hanging on all was quiet in the room.
except the noise of the ventilator pump , the heart monitor keeping track of Luke's heartbeats.
Luke had little beats of sweat pouring down his face remains of a feverish sleep ".
Then all of sudden Luke started having feverish convulsions an his room button started going off .
All the nurses , Doc. Appleby came running into Luke's room they quick gave Luke a shot of diazepam.
" O'l Luke kept flip-flopping like a fish outta water for 2 hours till he fell back into a deep , deep sleep".
" What in the devil caused Luke to suffer a convulsion like that ?". wondered Doc. Appleby
So the nurses looked around an one noticed that the machine watching Luke's temp. had gone up to 108.
Meanwhile back in the waiting room Jesse had spotted a coffee machine so he figured he'd fix himself a cup.
Jesse couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of how much this has become part of his morning routine.
No sooner did Jesse sit back down to drink his coffee did the doors open an out stepped Doc. Appleby.
" I'm sorry it took so long to get back to you Luke had gone into fever convulsions ".
" Oh No that ain't fatal is it doc?". asked Jesse curiously
" No it ain't fatal Jesse but if we can't get Luke's fever down he may remain in a vegative state".
"After hearing that news Jesse could feel his heartbreak in two silently prayed the good lord would let Luke stay".
Meanwhile over at the Boars Nest Bo had just arrived to drown his sorrows he was plumb worried about Luke.
So Bo slowly made his way on over to the Bar where Daisy was washing some of the dirty glasses .
" Hey Bo how you doing honey ?". asked Daisy
" I ain't holding up that good honey I'm so afraid that Luke ain't never gonna wake up again". confessed Bo
" Oh now don't you go worrying like that honey Luke's in the best of hands ". reassured Daisy
" Dangnit if it ain't been for Suellen Luke wouldn't have driven drunk in the first place!". Said Bo angrily
" Now hold on Bo don't you go blaming Suellen for this mess Luke's the one that dumped her ". reminded Daisy
" I ain't believing this you is defending her after what she put Luke through". stated Bo
" Luke got hisself into this mess she ain't to blame for him wrecking at Kissing Cliff". reminded Daisy
" If it ain't been for her Luke wouldn't have crashed , nearly died cause of her ". stated Bo
" Bo how's about a nice Boars Nest special would that make you feel any better honey ?". asked Daisy
" Well now that you mention it I am getting very thirsty I could use a nice drink darling". Said Bo happily
Meanwhile back at the hospital Jesse was sitting on one of the benches waiting for his chance to see Luke.
Finally at 3:30 pm a nurse came out an told him that he can see Luke now but unfortunately only for 15 minutes.
So Jesse thanked the nurse for letting him now that can now see Luke so he followed her to his room.
As Jesse followed her down a long hallway when Jesse got a first glance of Luke he felt two tears fall down.
He put on a brave a face an tried to swallow the lump that was in his throat as he opened the door.
As Jesse sat in the chair beside Luke's bed he slowly picked up Luke's limp hand he could feel how clammy it was.
It broke his heart to see Luke this way , he also was a little bit angry at Luke also for drinking , driving.
" Sometimes when your heart is broken in two common sense goes out the window".
As Jesse saw Luke laying their so still , not making a peep he could feel some of the anger melting away".
" Luke I want ya to know that I ain't mad at ya. I know you was drinkin' to numb the pain". confessed Jesse
Then all of sudden Jesse looked down an he felt Luke's' hand move , then he saw Luke's eyelid blink".
" Luke ..., Luke ..., Luke .., can you hear me boy ?". asked Jesse
But Jesse received no response so all Jesse could do was silently pray that Luke heard him on some level.
" Y'know If Jesse didn't know any better he'd probably swear that god had it in for his boys".