When trust is questioned
Chapter 21
The hospital scene has been a little difficult because I'm not an expert, so sorry in advance to all the doctors, nurses and co who read this hehe ?
„ Hello Miss Bower?"
"Vital functions check...pulls very weakly, breathing slowly... Miss Bower? Can you hear me...she is losing a lot of blood...we need more compresses. Carefully the knife is still sticking, the remove in the hospital..."
The paramedics act quickly, placing Angela on a transpsortbar and lifting her into the ambulance.
Currently, Roger is arrested, he regains consciousness, he is led away in handcuffs.
"Mister, you have the right to remain silent..." It echoes softly through siren, lights and back and forth talk of the paramedics.
"Are you her husband?" Tony looks at the paramedic in shock.
"Are you the husband?"
"um no, her partner".
"Ok she will be taken to the nearby hospital, please come there or follow us with your car directly , the mother can ride in the ambulance".
Mona quickly gets in, Tony follows behind the ambulance. With loud sirens, they drive along the road.
"She loses a lot of blood, press the compress harder on the side."says one of the paramedics.
Angela is put on an oxygen mask.
Mona looks anxiously at her daughter ...I would rather not have left... she is plagued by remorse. Tears roll down her cheek.
A few minutes later.
In the hospital
Mona quickly feels the patient information she got from the nurse...blood type... diseases... Allergies...she quickly goes through it in her mind and then hands it back to the nurse.
...
"1 2 3 and up"
Angela is lifted onto an operating table.
"Well, what do we have here?"
The nurse quickly replies "Woman in her 30s, knife attake, no pre-existing conditions or allergies".
"Please check the oxygen saturation"
„Prepare blood transfusion, place vein access, expose the patient once!"
The nurse cuts open Angela's dress.
„Once 200 miligram propospal and then redose" says the doctor quickly. The assistant doctor administers the anesthetic.
"The knife is really deep, I hope the kidney is not hit..."
After the anesthesia starts the doctor slowly and carefully removes the knife. A lot of blood flows out. "Quick vacuuming".
The nurse responds immediately.
„Disinfect the wound! Spread once, please, and give me another clamp and three swabs," the doctor says firmly.
The assistant doctor uses an additional clamp to hold the damaged skin tissue to the side so that the doctor can get a better overview.
"Hmm, I guessed it, a big crack in the kidney, I have to remove it."
The doctor does this and then closes the wound.
The nurse keep taking a critical look at Angela's vital functions…..
Almost two hours later.
Mona sits on a chair in the waiting area, Tony walks up and down. They are both silent to each other. Mona struggles with her consciences...
That's when a doctor comes to them. "Miss Robinson, Mr. Micelli?"
"YES" they both shout at the same time.
"Miss Bower lost a lot of blood, we had to do a blood transfusion and remove a kidney, which unfortunately was too badly damaged. Miss Bower is in a coma in intensive care..."
Mona bursts into tears, "No..." She turns to Tony, who immediately takes her in his arms.
"Doctor, is she... she's..." Tony barely gets a sound out.
"Mister Micelli, Miss Bower is not out of the woods yet, the next 48 hours are critical. We can't say when she will wake up from the coma, her body is still in a state of shock due to the high blood loss, when she wakes up she needs at least two weeks to recover from the operation and up to twelve weeks to work on the balance of the iron level, i.e. no strenuous work, no lifting or carrying, a lot of bed rest, no sports, pay attention to her diet, avoid stress and do not do any other physical exertion. She won't have any problems living with a kidney, but we recommend a regular check-up."
So much information at once, Tony and Mona try to process the whole situation.
That's when Jonathan and Sam come to them.
"Grandma..." Jonathan falls crying into Mona's arms. "It's all right... shh everything will be fine, your mum has survived everything well for the time being..."
Tony sits down with Sam on one of the chairs "I'm so sorry Dad...what can we do...how could this happen...?" Tears are streaming down Sam's face.
Tony takes her hand and looks at her sadly, he tries to stay strong but can't contain himself and has to cry, he looks down at the ground.
Mona: "Doctor, when can we see her?"
"You can go to her right away, but please little by little, Miss Bower needs a lot of rest, the nurse gives you a smock and a mask to put on and accompanies you to the ward."
Mona nods at him.
A few minutes later, a nurse arrives and hands them smocks, pants, shoe covers and masks. "Please put it on, it is important that we pay attention to a sterile environment after such an operation. Here you can disinfect your hands".
Tony changes his clothes first and then walks into the room. He is shocked when he sees Angela lying there, a thin oxygen tube sticking out of her mouth, and several cannulas stuck in her hand and the crook of her arm. A horrible sight. He has never seen his Angela so fragile. Tears flow down his face again. He stands next to her at the bedside, "... hey Angela... dear...this is Tony," he whispers in a shaky, low voice... He gently takes her hand and caresses the back of her hand. He stays like this for about 10 minutes. He looks sad and then walks out of her room.
Mona, Jonathan and Samantha are currently dressed in their stuff, looking into Tony's face as he comes out of the room, pale as chalk.
Slowly, the three of them walk past him into the room.
Mona's eyes widen "oh my baby..." she puts her hand over her mouth and cries.
"Mum?..." Jonathan walks slowly towards her."Mum...do you hear me" the sight shocks him, he has only seen something like this on TV before, he has to swallow.
He takes a few steps back again: "... I... I can't..." he says quietly and walks backwards out of the room. Sam and Mona look at him sadly.
Jonathan runs down the hallway straight into Tony's arms, "I know.." he hugs him tightly, the tears flow as if they had no end.
Meanwhile, Mona holds Angela's hand and Sam stands next to her. Watching Angela breathe, her gaze wandering along the tubes to the equipment. She follows the heart rate as it constantly beats up and down its same arcs.
Seeing Angela lying there frightens her very much, she only knows Angela as a strong woman and now she lies there, plugged in everywhere, not stirring and mute.
"I'll see what Jonathan does..." Sam leaves the room quickly but quietly.
Mona is still standing there, holding Angela's hand "hey my little girl...I know you can hear me. I am here. Everything will be alright... I remember when you were very little and fell off your tricycle, you cried until I got you a band-aid and just blew your pain away... or when your beloved Teddy Bob lost his ear, you were heartbroken, I sewed it back on...I remember when we had tea parties from time to time you always set for six even though there were only two of us, the more the better you always said... the more the better. I keep reminding myself of these things, you needed me and I needed you..." Mona looks at the monitor, her heart rate is steady.
She continues to caress Angela's hand and looks at her sadly.
"I'm so sorry my darling...I love you" A few minutes later she says goodbye to her.
Sam, Jonathan, and Tony are still waiting in the waiting area.
"We should go now, we'll be back tomorrow , there is not much we can do here except wait.." Mona says with lowered eyes and puts her arm around Jonathan's shoulder.
Tony replies: "no Mona, go ahead without me, I'll stay here with her".
Mona replies : "ok Tony.."
All three leave the hospital with sad looks.
"Tony, if something happens, please call immediately," Mona calls out to him.
"Yes, Mona, I'll do that," he says.
He walks down the aisle and grabs a coffee from one of the vending machines.
He sits back down in the waiting area and drinks his coffee... The hours go by.
A nurse approaches him. "Mr. Micelli, we can offer you a free bed for tonight if you want to stay here, but it would be good if you could pack some clothes and other stuff for Miss Bower, she will need it when she comes out oft he insensive unit"
Tony nods "yes, I'm on my way right away and I'm happy to take the bed for the night".
Arriving home, Tony quickly dashes upstairs, grabs a small suitcase and goes to Angela's room, he takes underwear, tops and comfortable sweatpants and some selfcare products and stuffs them into the suitcase.
Then he sprints back downstairs, at the same time Sam, Mona and Jonathan come out of the kitchen "Tony, what happened..?" asks Jonathan worriedly.
"No no, it's all good, I've only packed a few things for your mom, I'm going to stay in the hospital for the night, Mona please take care of everything here, kids keep your ears stiff, everything will be fine" he said quickly and left the house.
Back at the hospital, Tony registers at the front desk, the nurse takes him to an room where he can sleep, he takes the suitcase with him for the time being, as it is forbidden in the intensive care unit anyway.
In the small room he sits down on the bed, the sister is just about to leave the room when Tony asks again "excuse me, can I visit Angela again later?"
The nurse nods in the affirmative: "Yes, but only for a brief moment, Miss Bower really needs rest!"
Tony nods.
An hour later, Tony is standing at Angela's bedside. He carefully holds her hand again, for fear of breaking something.
"Angela...I'm here...I love you, I love you very much! I will never leave you, you are my everything. Please don't leave me..." Tony crouches down, overwhelmed by his emotions, breaks down slightly and cries bitterly.
He doesn't sleep that night for fear of losing her...