Happy Labor Day..I thought I would give you all a treat today. Enjoy your day and happy reading
Thank you all for the amazing reviews. I wasn't sure about the last two chapters but I figured it was time for some drama…Let me rephrase that…Christian said it was time for a twist.. and I came up with the last two chapters
They were both being rushed into different operating rooms. Both had severe injuries that the doctors know as they were being relayed on the phone from the EMTs. They are both are being worked on as they have flatlined before they got them out of the ambulances
They have Ana in operating room one and Christian in operating room three
"Dr. Richardson, we have a pulse. We have her back. Her pulse is very weak."
"Great news nurse. Keep watching her, we are moving her."
"Yes doctor."
"On my count move Ms. Steele to the table. one, two, three, move. Very good now let's get her hooked up and put under. We have some major injuries here. Get an X-ray machine here stat?"
"Doctor, her blood pressure is very low and dropping."
"What is her BP nurse?"
"Right now it is seventy over fifty three."
"Thank you nurse. Please keep a close eye on it. That is mighty low for someone her age and she looks very healthy."
"Yes Dr. Richardson."
"Out of the way X-Ray coming through."
"This is what we need x-rays of her chest, left side, stomach, left arm, left upper leg, left lower left leg, left foot and left arm?"
"My word is that Anastasia Steele? She was the one in the bombing wasn't she?"
"Yes Henry now get to work. I am sure they have the other x-ray machine on Mr. Grey in Operating room three."
In the operating room they are working on Christian
"Dr. Wingate, we have a pulse. We have him back; his pulse is very weak."
"His blood pressure is low, it is ninety over sixty three."
"Lord that is way too low for a man his age and he looks extremely healthy."
"Please keep a close eye on the monitor nurse?"
"Yes Dr. Wingate."
"On my count of three let's move him to the table. One, two, three, move."
"Very good now we need to x-ray in here. Please call them?"
"Yes doctor calling now."
As Dr. Wingate is checking Christian over and looking at his wounds as the x-ray comes in
"We need blood. He has lost a lot have the blood bank to bring it stat A+."
"Out of the way x-ray in the room."
"Alright now here is what I need. Both legs, chest, stomach, both sides, neck and we need to turn him on his side and take all angles of his lower and upper back. We need to remove his shirt, nurse please bring some sterile water over here so we can remove his shirt without taking his skin?"
"Yes Dr. Wingate."
"Is that Christian Grey? The x-ray tech asked as he was taking x-rays."
"Yes, yes it is. He was with Ms. Steele during the bombing."
"We need to take him down and have an MRI done of his neck and back."
Back to Ana….kleenex alert
"Dr. Richardson, we are losing her. She is fading fast."
Annie, Annie listen to me baby girl you have to go back it is not your time sweet girl. I would love to have you here with me but Christian needs you so much and so does your sweet daddy. Please listen to my voice darling girl don't fight it? Don't look at the bright lights? Look away I am begging you?
Momma is that you? Oh my goodness you are beautiful. I have only seen pictures of you and they do not do you justice. I want to be with you. It is so peaceful and quiet here. Where am I? Oh no I am dead. Daddy will be heartbroken and my love, my love Christian. He needs me so much. We love each other so very much.
Yes Annie I am your momma baby girl. I am so sorry I had to leave you when you were born. There was nothing I could do. I tried to hold on but it was my time.
Your daddy Ray has done a wonderful job of raising you. You are a very beautiful young lady. Now you listen to me Annie love you have to turn around and go back. Go back out that door. Do not look at the light? Your time on earth is not nowhere done. You and Christian are going to make history. You both have a lot to live for. For each other and the family you will have one day
But momma I want to be with you. It is so pretty and bright up here. I am in heaven aren't I?
No baby girl, you are not in heaven yet. But you will be if you don't go back.
Momma I miss you and need you so much
I miss you and love you and one day we'll be together but today is not the day. Christian needs you. He is in the other operating room and he is in bad shape just like you. He needs to hear your voice. Talk to him, Annie. We do not need either of you up here right now.
Go back Annie, go back. Just think how many will miss you. Christian, Ray, gran, grandpa, Paula, Elliot. All of security. Your employees and friends. You are needed on earth. Please for me my sweet girl go back, go back?
"I will momma , I will. I will miss you so much but yes I need to go back. Christian needs me and daddy does too. All my family needs me. I love you momma, I love you
"Call it..time of.d
"Dr. Richardson..my God we have a pulse we have her back."
"Thank God and I was just calling the time of her death."
"People, let's get to work and save this young lady."
"Yes sir, that was a close call, way too close for me."
"Yes, it was. I would have hated to walk out there and tell her family. They are already devastated as it is waiting over twelve hours not knowing if she was going to get out of that building alive or not."
"Alright put on some old time rock and roll and let's save this young woman? I believe the young man next door is hers."
The music is playing and the medical staff are working hard
"Dr. Richardson, the x-ray tech says that her femur is broken and cracked. Her left leg is broken in two places, her left foot is not broken, just a sprained foot. Her left arm is broken, side is bruised, she does have a punctured and collapsed lung on the right side. The EMTs knew what they were doing when she stopped breathing and intubated her."
"Thank you nurse, we have our work cut out for us. Let's do this team."
Back to Christian..kleenex alert
"Dr. Wingate, we are losing him. His blood pressure is dropping fast . I have no pulse."
"Paddles now…clear….again..clear…"
Christian, Christian, do not look at the lights? It is not your time to go.
Who are you? You look like my Ana. You are Carla aren't you? Am I dead? Is my love dead? If she is, I don't want to go back. I will be here with her forever. It is so peaceful here and beautiful. Tell me where my love is." he is crying
Yes Christian I am Carla and I was sent here to send you back just like I was sent to send my Annie back.
Christian Annie is not here. I sent her back. She wanted to stay but I told her you needed her. Her time wasn't done yet and son neither is yours. You and my Annie will do great things on earth and have a family.
You will be missed. So many people love you and are waiting for you. Annie, Elliot, grandpa, gran, Ray all your security, they are your family and your friends. You are needed on earth you and Annie need each other. Your children will need you. Please go back, go back. Do not look at the lights please Christian you do not have much time go back son, go back…we will meet one day.
Yes, yes I will go back I have to go back for my Ana..
"Dr. Call time at..
"Dr. Wingate, we have a pulse, we have him back."
"Oh my word and I was just calling time of death."
"That was too close for comfort."
"Yes doctor it surely was."
"His family and friends would have been so devastated after everything they have already been through those last twelve hours."
"Thank God now let's help this young man. I know the young lady next door is waiting on him. He is hers."
"Dr, Wingate, x-ray said he has a broken leg, bruising on his left side. MRI showed his lower back is L-4 and L-5, his facet joints are cracked, his upper back is bruised, nothing broken or cracked, he has whiplash."
"My God this young man has an angel on his shoulder. It is a miracle his back has only facet joints cracked. Nurse, I need you to call Perry to do the back surgery. Let's get to work folks, we have a young man to save."
"How is blood pressure now and his pulse?"
"Blood pressure is hundred ten over ninety and climbing his pulse is seventy and steady."
"Very good..now how about some classical music to soothe the soul ladies and gentlemen? He looks like that is what he likes to listen to. I will have to ask him when he wakes up."
Back to Ana
'Dr, Richardson, Dr. Perry Tate is on his way up to do the surgery on her femur and lower left leg."
"Thank you nurse, let's get this tube out and a better one in and get her on life support. Hopefully soon she will be breathing on her own."
"Yes sir, we all pray she will. She has been through a rough ordeal for twelve hours and the poor thing has more to go."
They have Ana situated. Her arm has been set and has a cast on it
"Dr. Richardson, what and who do we have here that needs my expertise sir?"
He looks at his patient
"Never mind, I know who this is."
"Yes I thought you might when you saw her."
"Would you like me to assist you with my nurses Perry?"
"Yes, that would be wonderful. We can have it all done quicker working together."
"Just tell us where you need us and we will follow your lead."
"Maxwell, I need you across from me and Lynn, I need you on my side and Ann, you on Maxwell's side."
"Yes sir." they both say
"Bart, are you doing the anesthesia today?"
"Yes sir, I am."
"Alright we are going to open her upper leg and then I have to cut into the bone that is cracked and broken and cut it away. I have to put a rod in place of the cracked and broken bone. (This procedure is called Open Reduction and Internal Fixation) (ORIF)
I am going to be using a long rod because the femur is broken more than halfway. The rod will help support the bone while it is healing. When I finish I need you to put approximately twenty- five staples in and make sure they are straight and spaced evenly?"
"Now let's set the bone in her lower leg and put it in a cast? Y'all know she and Mr. Grey are lucky to be alive? They said there were three bombs that went off in the building and they were in her Plastic division plant. That is where all the chemicals are located. Yes siree they are lucky to be here."
"Yes Perry, they are very lucky."
"Alright let me look at your handy work? Looking good Ms. Steele will thank you for this. Looks very good nurse."
"Maxwell, are you good with the lower leg?"
"Yes Perry I am good. I will finish and close with staples. Go check on our other patient. I will be talking to the family soon about Ms. Steele. Thank you for letting me participate in this surgery. It was very enlightening."
"You are very welcome."
Dr. Tate walks out and over to his other patient in operating room three
"How is our patient's blood pressure now?"
"Ninety over seventy sir."
"Good, it is coming up. Now nurse let's move her to recovery and I will go and talk to the family
Dr. Richardson walks out and goes to the waiting room and stops. There are so many people here waiting on word about Ana and Christian
"Family of Anastasia Steele?
They all stand up
"I am her doctor, my name is Dr. Maxwell Richardson."
"We all are. I am her father Raymond Steele please call me Ray. How is my baby girl? Give it to me straight ? Cause when she was brought in she was not breathing."
"Mr.. Ray, your daughter has had a very horrific twelve hours being in pain and hurting. She is critical but stable. She has a tube down her throat and she is on a ventilator for now. It is helping her breath because she not only had a punctured lung but it collapsed and we have taken care of it.
I will not hold anything back. She flatlined once in the operating room but right before I called time she came back. I know you did not want to hear that but as I said I will not hold anything back. I know some medical doctors do to spare the family but I was taught to be as honest as I can."
"Thank you Dr. Richardson I appreciate that very much. Now what all is wrong with my baby girl?"
"She had a left broken arm which we set and she has a cast on it from her wrist to above her elbow. Her left side has some bruising from where the ceiling fell on her. Her femur on her left leg was not only broken but it was cracked. Her lower leg was broken, the bone had split into and we had to go in and repair it. It foot on leg left was sprained not broken
Dr. Perry Tate is a bone specialist and I assisted him in repairing her femur. She has a rod halfway down her femur to help it heal and twenty staples holding her leg together. She will need physical therapy later. Her left lower leg was broken, we repaired it and her leg is in a cast from her ankle to above her knee. The cuts she has we called a plastic surgeon to come and sew those up.
She is in a coma now. Which is a good thing because she would be in pain if she was awake. This will help her heal. Now are there any questions?"
" , when can we see her?"
"She is in recovery right now and I will have her taken to the private room you requested for her and Mr. Grey. They will be together and it is a large private suite. I don't expect it to be more than thirty minutes and a nurse will come and get you Mr. Steele. She will be in the ICU and only two people at a time in her room.
I will say that once Mr. Grey is brought into the room; it will be the same for two people to visit him at a time. Hopefully they won't be in there long."
"Thank you Dr. Richardson, One more question: do you know how long Annie will be here?"
"Not at the moment I do not. It will depend on her and her recovery, Mr. Steele."
"Thank you."
"I will see her after she is in her room."
"Dr. Richardson, I am Elliot Grey, do you know anything about my brother Christian Grey?"
"No son I do not. I am sure Dr. Troy Wingate will be out to talk you all about Mr. Grey as soon as he can. I will have a nurse come out and give you an update."
'That will be very considerate of you Dr. Richardson. Thank you sir."
"My pleasure sir."
"Thank god they were able to save her, Ray. I am sure she will be fine. You heard him say she is healing."
"Yes AdeleI l know but this is killing me not being with her right now."
"It won't be much longer and may I go back with you first?"
"Of course my dear you can."
Ray walks over to Adele and hugs her tight. They both need a hug
"Yes thank god she is going to be alright. Just going to take time."
"Yes it will and we will all be there for my Annie and Christian every step of the way."
"Amen yes we will."
Back with Christian
"Alright people, I looked at the x-rays and his MRI earlier. Show me the x-rays and put the MRI Scan on the tv screen. Now who am I helping today?"
Before anyone can answer him he realizes who he is going to help
"Well I should have known because he was in the building with Ms. Steele. I just left her after I repaired her femur.
Please let me see Mr. Grey's chart and put the x-rays on the board light? Bring the tv closer so I do not have to strain my eyes. Maxwell we need larger tv's in all the operating rooms."
"Yes Dr. Tate."
"Yes Dr. Tate we certainly do."
"Very good now, let's look at his leg?"
"Perry I will need your help setting his leg where the ceiling fell on it and it broke in two places and I need to go in and repair it. He is unconscious and breathing on his own. He lost a lot of blood but we have it all under control now. His blood pressure is up and looking good."
"Good and he looks very healthy. He should heal very well from this surgery. As strong and physically fit as he is. He will probably bounce back rather quickly."
"Alright his L-4 and L-5 facet joints are cracked and the discs are bulging. Well this is what I went to medical school for was to help patients heal with the least amount of pain. We will have him fixed up in no time. We need to take a bone graft from his hip to place in between the disc and then replace the joints with facets screws. We will need two facets screws nurses."
You will find them in the red cabinet over there on top. Please open the pack but leave them in the package thank you?"
"Yes Dr. Tate."
"Alright I need the orderlies to bring in a jackson table and take this one out for now?"
( For y'alls information a jackson table is a table they put you on on your stomach with your face in a hole so you can breathe. You are strapped in and won't fall. The table separates so the surgeon can position you the best way for him to do the surgery. They put you in a supine position,
The reason I know this is because I had it done when I had back surgery. This type of surgery lasts four to six hours. Or however long the surgeon needs. It is called fusion …I also had what is called a front and back fusion. It took fourteen hours…
"Alright now where is my anesthesiologist?"
"Right here doc."
"Well we will get right to it as soon as the table is in place."
"Right on time guys thank you."
"Alright now we need help moving him because he is a big fellow. What we have to do is lift him up gently and move this bed he is on. Then I need the jackson table in place and we need to put him on his stomach with his face in this opening so he can breathe. Then we are going to strap him down securely because I am going to slide the table out under him some and put him in a supine position so I can operate on him and move around easier.
They have Christian moved and put the jackson table as the doctor asked him to be. They have strapped him down securely and waiting on the doctor
Any question and Randy are you ready with the anesthesia?"
"Yes sir, I am."
"How long will this surgery take?"
"It depends on what I find when I get in there. I usually say four to six hours; some have lasted longer."
"Ready sir."
"Alright time to help this young man."
Dr. Tate opens Christian's lower back and sees that it is for sure L-4 and L-5 that he needs to repair. He starts with a small saw and drill and cuts the facets joints because they are bone..(and for your information they are the ridges you feel up and down the middle of your back)
He makes an incision in the upper part of Christian's hip and removes the bone graft for the disc replacement. He place the bone graft in between the disc
Dr. Tate takes his time taking working because this is a very sensitive area. One wrong move and he can paralyze Christian and also do nerve damage to his spine.
He removes the first facet joint and the nurse has the facet screw ready for him. He removes the second one and the nurse has the second screw ready for him. These screws move as he will move. (Believe me it is weird but they do.)
"Well done y'all time to close him back up and get him on his bed and into recovery. Come on Troy let's go tell the family he is doing good."
"Elliot, I think this nurse is for us?"
"Grey family?"
"Yes ma'am I am Elliot, Christian's brother and this is our grandparents and family. How is my brother doing?"
"He is still in surgery and they are doing surgery on his leg he broke and doing what is called a fusion on his back. His L-4 and L-5 facet joints are cracked and need to be removed and replaced. Dr. Tate will be out as soon as he can to tell more about the fusion and Dr. Wingate will be out as soon as they finish up. This surgery could last four to six hours. It is a delicate surgery. He is doing well right now and stable."
"Thank you nurse for letting us know. We will be right here waiting."
"Yes ma'am."
She walks back into the operating room
Another nurse walks up to them
"Mr. Steele, your daughter is in her room and doing well. Please come with me and you can see her."
"Come along, Adele, we will see her first."
Ray takes Adele's hand and puts his arm around her shoulder and they follow the nurse to Ana's room
"Mr. Steele I do not want either of you to be alarmed but your daughter has a tube down her throat. She is on a ventilator to help her breath and she is hooked up to a lot of wires and machines."
"Thank you ma'am for letting us know."
Ray and Adele walk into her room and break down in tears; they are stunned by what they see. She is so pale and has so many wires hooked up to her and the machines around her
"Oh my Annie I love you so much. I am so sorry this happened to you baby girl. We are all here for you. We are not leaving you. Come on baby girl open those eyes look at me?" Ray says crying
"My sweet girl, you get better, we are all here for you. We love you honey and we need you. Christian needs you, you both need each other. He is in surgery now and he will be in here with you soon." she says crying
They both kiss her check and hold her hands until they decided to let the rest of the family see her
"We will be back later, my sweet girl. We love you so much."
They walk out crying and holding each other
"How is our girl doing?"
"As well as expected Theo. She is very pale and has what looks like a million wires hooked up to her and she is on the ventilator with a tube down her throat. The nurse said she was doing well. So we will just continue to pray that she does and she wakes up soon from the coma."
"Who wants to go next? It will be a while before we hear anything on Christian. So go on and spend a little time with Ana."
"Grandpa, you want to come with me or do you want to wait?"
"Elliot, you and Paula go back and see her. I will visit her when Christian goes into the room. I am good you two go on."
"If you are sure?"
"Yes, yes I am sure go on now."
Elliot and Paula walk out of the waiting room holding hands and walk down to Ana's room
Elliot opens the door and they both gasps so loud that they have to cover their mouths
"Oh Ana my sweet, sweet girl you have to get better. We all love and need you girl. Christian needs you and Ray needs his little girl. Get better my girl and we will go do all those crazy things we plan to do. I love you Ana, take care of yourself and get well."
She leans into Elliot crying and he holds her tight against him
"Little lady, what in the world am I going to do with you? How am I supposed to make you laugh while you are lying there in that bed? I saved your and Christian's lives. You have to wake up and say thank you El I love you. Get better soon, we need you and there is a man that desperately needs you. He is having surgery as we speak. He will be here with you soon."
Elliot had to turn away the tears are falling and now he is leaning on Paula
"Come on El let's let her rest. Ana love we will be back later you rest and get better."
They walk out of her room both of them crying
"Next?"
Just as Taylor and Gail start to get up the doctors walk in
"Grey family?"
"Yes sir, we are the Grey and Steele family. I am Elliot Grey, Christian's brother. This is our grandparents Theo and Adele Trevelyan. Ana's Father Ray Steele. Jason Taylor, Christian's CPO and Christian's house manager and friend Gail Jones. This is Ana's best friend and Christian's friend Paula Donovan. This is Davidson, he is Ana's CPO."
"Hello doctors they all say
"Very nice to meet you all. I am Dr. Perry Tate. I am a bone specialist and I performed a fusion on Mr. Grey. His lower back sections L-4 and L-5 facet joints were cracked and the disc had to be replaced. I replaced the disc with a bone graft from his hip and replaced the facet joints with facet screws. They will stay in his back permanently. He is recovering as we speak. He did remarkably well during surgery. I will be by his room to speak to you again after he is out of recovery."
"Do you have any questions I can answer to help you understand this better or are you alright with what I have told you?"
"How long will he be here and will he be able to walk after he wakes up and how long before he can walk with crutches ?"
"It depends on him and his recovery. He could wake up soon or it could take a while. We will have someone in there moving him around in bed so he doesn't get stiff and lose a lot of muscle. But as I said it will depend on your brother."
"Thank you Dr. Tate, we appreciate that."
"Hello I am Dr. Troy Wingate. I was Mr. Grey's doctor when he was brought in. He had flatlined in the ambulance and again in the operating room. I was just getting ready to call time of death when all of a sudden the machines went crazy and we got him back. He is breathing on his own but he is still unconscious . We do not know how long he will be unconscious.
"He had a broken arm that I set and put in a cast. The cast is from his wrist to his shoulder to keep it straight so the bones will heal properly. His leg was broken in two places and we had to go in and repair the bones and with the help of Dr. Tate we set it and he is in a cast from his thigh down to his ankle. I do not see any problems with either one not healing right.
He has some cuts on his face and above his eye and we brought in a plastic surgeon to stitch them all up.
He has some bruising on his chest, stomach and side where the ceiling fell on him. He is wearing a neck brace because he has whiplash but no nerve damage of anything messed up in his neck. He is very lucky he must have a guardian angel with him. Do you have any questions I can answer to put your mind at ease?"
"How long do you expect him to remain unconscious?"
"There is no way of knowing it is up to the patient and how well they heal. This is the time for healing and his body is letting him know he needs the rest. If he was awake he would be in pain. As I said I will come by his room after he is brought in there after recovery. It shouldn't be more than twenty minutes now. But as I said it depends on the patient."
"Yes and my brother is very stubborn so we will wait and see. Thank you Wingate."
"Yes sir."
(Talking to Ray)
"Mr. Steele I performed the surgery on your daughter for her broken femur. It was cracked and broken halfway down the bone. I removed the broken and cracked bone and replaced it with a long rod that will help the bone grow. It will grow around the rod and the rod is permanently in her femur. It can not be removed as you know the femur is the longest and strongest bone in your body."
"Yes sir, this I do know."
"When you go and see her you will notice she has two long red bags on her legs that are for circulation they inflate and deflate if you are in there and see the cover move don't be alarmed that is what it is. We will take them off after a day or so.
While she is in a coma I will have therapy come in and work with her leg. If she was awake and her lower leg wasn't broken she would be up the next day walking with a walker. I see that look..yes I know she is not old but that is the best way to start walking after having femur surgery."
"Really doc a walker?"
"Absolutely Mr. Grey, believe me you could not walk any other way. It is not safe and would be extremely difficult to try and put pressure on that leg."
'Wow I didn't realize that. Thank you for telling me."
"Yes sir, you are welcome. Any more questions Mr. Steele?"
"No sir, I am good with what you have told me. Thank you. Oh yes, will I see you in the morning?"
"Yes sir, I will be by after breakfast to see how she is doing. I just want to say Mr. Steele, she is very lucky under the circumstances she has been through."
"Yes. yes, she certainly is."
Dr. Tate bids them goodbye and walks to the nurses station
A nurse walks in and tells Elliot to follow her and he can see Christian
"Come on grandpa, you are coming with me."
They follow the nurse to through the ICU doors and walk into Ana and Christian's room
Grandpa gasps when sees Ana all hooked up to wires and machines and walks over and kisses her cheek
"Mr. Grey is resting as you know he is just unconscious? That is good for his body healing. If you need anything just hit this button."
"Thank you."
"Come grandpa, sit down. They are both going to be alright."
"Elliot, they both look so peaceful. I wish they were just sleeping but as the doctor said this is the way they are healing. Christian has more color than Ana has. They have been through hell and back.
He has nowhere the amount of wires and machines baby girl has but she has a ventilator and he doesn't. They did a good job on his cuts probably won't leave a scar.
Elliot, what is wrong you haven't said one word?"
"Grandpa, I am worried about him. I told the front desk nurse that he couldn't be touched on his chest and back. I also wrote on his paperwork.I hope they remember that when he wakes up they will remember that. Right now it doesn't matter because they have to clean and check his back. I just hope Ana wakes up before they start on him and he wakes up throwing them out."
"It will be alright. Some of us will always be here for him. We are not leaving either one alone. He needs the rest. The boy has been through hell and if it wasn't for that little lady I don't know what would have happened to him. All I can say is I am glad she is here for him. They need each other."
"Yes I am glad too and yes they do. I am going to ask the doctor what time he was going to call..well you know because the doctor said he was fixin to call for Ana too. I am wondering if they were communicating with each other or something else was going on?"
"I'm going to have Ray, ask her doctor."
"That would be weird if they knew each other was dying."
Elliot shivers
"Yes it would, El."
"Come sit down son."
"Grandpa, why did it have to happen to him and Ana? Have they got any answers out of the damn bastards that did this?"
"Elliot all Ray and I know as of earlier today the guy was pissed because he was fired and he wanted to get back at Ana and he blackmailed his cousin to help him. He found out his cousin was cheating on his wife and he threatened to tell his wife if he didn't help him. I call bullshit on that."
"So you are saying the ex-employee found out that his cousin was cheating on his wife. So instead of telling her he was going to blackmail him and make him help him. Yeah I call bullshit too. Something else is going on and I don't think they did this on their own."
All of a sudden Ana's machines started going crazy and lighting up and alarms going off
The doctors and nurses were in there and telling Elliot and Grandpa they had to step out so they could work and needed all the room they could get
"What is happening? Can you tell us please?"
"Dr, Richardson what is going on?"
"Well it looks like Ms. Steele is trying to breathe on her own and the machines don't like it."
"Thank you sir. I will tell Ray."
"Come on El let them work."
Elliot looks over at Christian and his eyes are open
"Grandpa, look Christian is awake. I guess all the alarms, bells and whistles going on brought him out of his unconscious state.
Christian can you hear me bro?"
"Yes Elliot, what is that god awful noise and where am I? Oh god no where is Ana? Where is my love? Carla told me she came back?"
"Christian what are you talking about? Carla, Ray's Carla? She is dead bro."
"What is that noise? Please turn it off."
"That is Ana your love fighting to wake up from a coma and breathing on her own and the machines do not like it."
"Ana is here?"
"Yes bro she is right over there on the other side of this curtain."
"Please open the curtain Elliot."
"I can't right yet bro they are working on her and taking the ventilator out. Just give the doctors a few more minutes."
"Wow you both woke up together and you seem to be fine. Don't move bro you just had major back surgery and you have whiplash. A broken arm and leg."
"How is Ana? What happened to her? I got to her in the building and tried to wake her up but she was in and out of it and I guess I was too."
"Well yes you both were unconscious when we found you two. Y'all were holding hands and I could tell you both had been crying. It was touch and go for both of you before the ambulances got you two to the hospital."
"Why what do you mean El? My god, that nose has finally stopped, thank god."
Elliot peaks around the curtain and sees that Ana is trying to open her eyes
"Ms. Steele come on now dear, open them pretty blue eyes and look at me? That's good, very good. I am your doctor my name is Dr. Richardson and you just woke up from a coma. Do you remember what happened to you?"
She just looks around and starts to cry
Thank you all I will have chapter 34 in a few days. I wanted to give you all something. I know a lot of you were worried. So see they are both alive
