Okay time for part two! What is wrong with Ethan?
"Ethan? Ethan, can you hear me?" the voice was faint but Ethan could still work out who it was.
"Cal?" he spoke as he opened his eyes and his vision was becoming more and more clear. He could see Cal.
Cal sighed in relief. "Nice of you to finally join us. You had me worried for a sec there. You were out cold!"
"What's going on? What happened?" Ethan asked as he looked around to see he was on a trolley in Resus.
"You tell me Nibbles. Robyn said you looked unwell so I went to find you and you were sparko on the floor in the staffroom"
Ethan stared at his brother for a second then started to look embarrassed.
Zoe walked into to resus almost 10 minutes later.
"Ah Ethan welcome back!" she joked. Ethan gave a light smile still feeling embarrassed.
"How you feeling?" she asked, joke moment had passed, time to get serious.
"Bit lightheaded and embarrassed" Ethan spoke with his head facing down.
"Ah don't worry it happens" She smiled at him
Cal can I have a quiet word with you outside? Rita will keep an eye on Ethan" Zoe assured Cal as he watched Rita walk over to Ethan beginning a conversation as the two doctors stepped outside.
"Cal do you know if your family has any history of diabetes or epilepsy?" Cal looked at her trying to think.
"Our dad had diabetes, I don't know who else. Why? Has this got anything to do with Ethan?" Cal asked starting to get worried. Zoe just looked at him before speaking.
"Has Ethan been drinking or been going to the bathroom a lot lately?"
"Yeah he has why? Zoe you're kind of freaking me out a little" Cal was being honest. Why was Zoe asking all these questions?
"Right given what you said there is a possibility Ethan is showing signs of Diabetes but I want to take a blood test just to be on the safe side. In the mean time don't mention this to him, I don't want him to get stressed out." Zoe gave Cal a smile then walked off to get a needle. Cal walked back into to resus.
"Is everything okay?" Ethan asked as he noticed his brother walk back in the room. Rita put her hand on Ethan's hand and gave him a friendly smile before walking away giving the brothers some privacy.
"Yeah everything is fine" Cal lied "but Zoe does need to take a blood test just to be on the safe side"
After the blood test was done and was awaiting the results, Cal stood there thinking.
What if he did have diabetes? What if he will get ill like dad did? Though Dad didn't exactly look after himself very well with his diabetes and his drinking and I know Ethan can as he isn't really a drinker but what if something bad happens? Like he will need a kidney transplant or something?
Cal probably thought he was being dramatic but what if that was the actual case.
He was standing at the nurses station looking through some notes while his brother got some rest. Zoe walked over to Cal with the results, Cal looked up at Zoe and knew from her facial expression that it was not good news.
Zoe and Cal walked into resus to see Ethan just staring into space but came back to reality when he heard footsteps.
"What's wrong?" Ethan asked as he looked at Zoe and Cal's faces "Cal, what is it?" He was starting to get agitated.
"The results from your bloods came back and Ethan, you have Type 1 Diabetes" Ethan's colour just drained from his face.
Diabetes? Like what Dad had?
"Ethan? Ethan?" Cal saw that Ethan completely zoned out but snapped back into reality again, he quickly stared back up at Cal and Zoe.
"Don't worry Ethan, though there isn't a cure for diabetes, there is still treatment" Zoe said with a smile to make the young doctor feel more at ease.
"But Dad died from his diabetes" Ethan said with worry in his voice, Cal reassured him.
"Hey, hey, hey. Dad died because doctors advised him to have a healthier lifestyle but he chose the alcohol instead" Ethan had sudden sense of relief across his face, he knew he was pretty much healthy anyway.
"Ethan since you are looking and feeling better, how about we all go for a quiet chat in my office and talk about further actions" Ethan nodded at Zoe's proposal and made his way slowly off the bed and the three of them headed for Zoe's office. Ethan kept his head up and knew that he will be okay.
I'm going to leave this story here. Hope it was okay. I thought I would keep my first story short and simple anyway I hope I didn't offend anyone who has Diabetes. I have a few family members and friends who have it so that's where I got the idea from. Thank you for reading. I was thinking for my next story I should do a bit of 'hero Ethan or hero Cal' but not sure what on, it'll come to me! :)
I saw that Saturday's episode 11.07.15 looks like it is mostly about our Ethan and that he's doing some detective work or something like that so I look forward to watching the show when I finish work and I also look forward to reading everyone's fanfictions about it.
