I have not seen my dad for almost 14 years and haven't talked to him in almost 10, and now out of nowhere he shows up at my front door?
"What are you doing here dad?"
"What, I can't come see my baby girl?"
"You haven't spoken to me in almost 10 years."
"Alright, I'm sorry. Can I come in?"
I opened the door so he could come in.
"You still have an nice place here. How is Kunihiko?"
"Remarried to his assistant at work." I said watching him look around while I crossed my arms across my chest.
"What, you got divorced?"
"Yes."
"When?"
"3 years ago."
"What about the boys?"
"Ayana and them are spending the week over at his place."
"Ayana, that's her right there?" He said pointing to a picture of me and them. "She is adorable."
"What is it you want dad?" I asked.
"Why do you think I want anything besides to spend time with my daughter?"
"Because its been 14 years dad since I've seen you, remember. You left mom for...whatever her name is."
"I just wanted to come by and see how you were."
"I'm fine as you can tell."
"Yes I can, and from I have read about you, you are a very good neurosurgeon too. how is that going?"
"It has its good and bad days." I said as he sat on the couch. "Do you want anything to drink?"
"Tea if its no trouble."
"So, does mom know you are back in town?"I said going into the kitchen and started making tea.
"No, I haven't spoke to her since I left Anne."
"You didn't tell you were in town?"
"No, I don't want her to rub it in my face that she was right."
"Right about what?" Is aid sitting the tea down on the coffee table.
"When I left your mother told me that Tori was just interested in money not me, but I didn't believe her."
"What happened?"
"She left me for the pool boy at our apartment complex and took everything I had in the divorce." He said drinking tea.
"I knew there was a reason that you showed up out if nowhere, you need money."
"Anne..."
"Don't Anne me dad. You lost that right when you left." At that moment my cell started to ring. "Its mom...hi mom."
"Hey sweetie, what after you doing?"
"Not alot, I just have some unexpected company over."
"Really, who?"
"Actually...it's dad."
"Your father went to see you too?"
"What do you mean 'too'?"
"He stopped by here yesterday."
"What?"
"He needs some money,Tori ran off with everything he had."
"Mom,I'm going to have to call you back." I said hanging up the phone. "Don't want to go see mom huh."
"Anne..."
"Get out of my house."
"Anne, that is not what I came here for."
"Really? Then what did you come here?"
"I didn't tell your mom becuase I don't what her to worry." He said reaching into his bag. "I have went to specialists and they refuse to even see me once they see this." He said handing me an envolope.
"What's this?" I ask opening it.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
"They found it a few months ago."
"You said they found this 2 months ago?" I said reviewing then scan.
"Yea, they said even with treatment it would only give me a year because of thnchwnce of it coming back is so high."
"Dad, this is a Glioblastoma. I can't tell you anything different. I mean, we can go in and take it out but there is a chance of permanent damage and if that doesn't happen you will still need therapy. Even that will only give you at the most 17 months if it grows back. There is a chance it will not come back but even if that happens, you can still get really sick from the toxicity of the therapy." I said looking at him.
"I trust you that you will do what you can...if it only gives me that long I will take it."
"Alright. First thing we need to do is get a more recent scan, so...let's go." I said grabbing my keys.
I was sitting in the break room looking at my father's most recent scan.
"Ooo, a Glioblastoma."
"Yep."
"You're not thinking about operating on that are you?"
"Yes."
"Your kidding, look at that its got to be what a stage 3? You know the survival rate for that is only..."
"I know the survival rate." I said cutting him off.
He looked at me.
"Anne, who's scan is that?"
"A new patient."
"I don't remember hearing about a new patient with a glioblastoma."
*sigh*
I turned around and looked at him.
" is there anything and particular that you want?"
All of a sudden Danielle ran in.
"Anne, yous father just collapsee. He's seizing."
"What?!" I said running out of the room.
My father was on the floor siezing.
I got down net to him and held hishead to the side.
"Get me some Benzodiazepine and an IV kit!" I yelled.
I was handed the IV kit.
"Danielle, take his head."
I startedk the IV and was handed the Benzodiazepine and immedialty injected it.
Once he stopped siezing we out him on a gurny and wheelee him to a room.
"I'll go try and find the next of kin." Said a nurse.
"No need." I said hooking up his heart moniter.
"Why?"
"This is my father." I said sitting down next to him.
I was at home doing research trying to figure put a way to save him.
"Anne?"
"Huh, Orimitsu?"
"You haven't been answering your phone. I knocked but..."
"Sorry, I am just trying to figure this out." I said looking at my work.
"What is it."
"It is a Glioblastoma. I am trying to figure out how to remove it all. I have to save him." I said starting to tear up.
"Who is it?" He said sitting down next to me.
"My father. He came and saw me last night and told me. I took him to get this scan done when he had a seizure."
"O Anne."
"I don't know what I will do if I can't save him." I said crying.
Orimitsu Pulled me into his arms.
I woke up laying on my bead with a blanket over me.
I looked o er and saw a note.
Anne,
You fell asleep so I carried you to bed. I am sorry I couldn't' stay until you woke up but I had work that I had to get done.
You are a great doctor and I know you will do everything you can to save your father.
Don't work to hard. You do need your sleep.
In will call you later this evening.
Love you,
Orimitsu
I got dressed ate a granola bar and went back to the hospital.
My father was still unconscious so I went back to the break room to research more.
"How is it going?" Asked Damien bringing me some coffee.
"I don't know. I can't figure out how to remove it."
"What if you go back through here?"
"No good, I would risk hitting his optic nerve."
"Anne..." Another doctor said rushing in. "Look, I found this research. I think you can save him without risking permanent damage."
"What?" I said looking at the research. "That's it!'
"I'll go prep then operating room."
I walked out of the room.
"Anne!"
"Mom, Orimitsu. What are you guys doing here."
"Orimitsu called me. He said something about your father and a glio...glio...a brain tumor so I made hm bring me here. What's going on?"
"I will tell you later, right now I need to go. Damien can answer any questions you have." I said rushing to my fathers room to talk him to surgery.
After doing surgery on him for 14 hours I was done.
I walked out of the room while they wheeled him into recovery.
"Anne." My mom said walk long over to me with Orimitsu with her.
"Mom."
"How is he?" Sh asked.
"I got the tumor out but we won't know how he is mentally until he wakes up."
"But you got it?"
"Yes. He will need some therapy and a scan every few months but I got it."
"I want to go see him." She said.
"I'll take you." Damien said leading her towards recovery."