DNR

kiki asked for a oneshot of Snowing find out that before Emma went for an operation she signed a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate).

Snow and Charming paced up and down the waiting room nervously. They'd been here for three hours, but it felt more like three days. Every little sound from the corridor outside had their heads snapping round to look at the door in desperate hope of some news on their daughter's condition.

Eventually, the door did actually open and Doctor Whale stepped inside.

"Well?" Charming asked him. "Is it over? How is she?"

"The operation was a success. Emma is in recovery now. She's not out of the woods yet, but she is stable for now." Both felt a tremendous weight come off their shoulders. Emma's operation was over. She was safe.

"Can we see her now?" Charming asked. Whale nodded.

"I'll have a nurse come and get you in a few minutes once a few vitals have been recorded.

"You said she's not out of the woods yet. Does that mean something could still go wrong?" Charming asked him. Whale grimaced.

"There is a possibility Emma will go into resus." Whale warned them.

"But you could bring her back with a defibrillator, right?" Snow asked him. Whale looked away uncomfortably. "Right?" Snow said more forcefully. Whale sighed and rubbed the nape of his neck.

"Before her operation Emma was given the standard paperwork to fill out. One item was the DNR." Whale explained. "Emma signed it. If she goes into resus my hands are tied-"

"So untie them." Charming says. "If she goes into resus you do not just leave her to die, is that clear?" Whale looked at him sadly.

"Believe me, I don't want to but I can't not respect a patient's wishes. Unfortunately as she's a sound of mind adult you can't interject here." Snow and Charming tried to take in the information. If Emma's heart began to fail, she would die. There was no hope. "I'll have a nurse come when you can see her." Whale mumbled uncomfortably before leaving the room. Snow and Charming didn't know what to do or say. Emma's life was on a knife's edge, and there was nothing they could do to help protect her.