More angst, both medical and in general. Also, my family has spent waaaaaay too much time in hospitals, so this is pretty damn accurate too. :P Enjoy!
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Episode 83: Red white and done
"Katie he's gonna be okay," Carlos said, rewrapping her arm with some gauze the nurse at the front desk had given him.
"B-b-but what if he isn't Carlos?" Katie sobbed, both from fear and her arm still hurting.
"He will," Carlos answered. "You started CPR, and that has to count for something, right?"
"Y-yeah," Katie said, burying her face in Carlos' chest. Lucy was sitting on his other side, shaking from fear. She was completely freaked out and just as scared.
"Party for James Diamond?" The doctor suddenly called. Lucy ran over to him.
"Is he okay?!" She asked, almost in tears, Katie was already in tears, Carlos just as panicked, but trying to keep the girls under control.
"What's wrong with James?" Carlos asked.
"Has he been drinking more than usual?" The doctor asked calmly.
"Yeah," Carlos answered.
"And has he been urinating more frequently?"
"Yeah he's wet the bed almost every night since he started the drinking thing, a-and he's been losing weight," Katie said, realizing then what had been going on.
"James has type 1 diabetes and has gone into a diabetic coma, and developed severe ketoacidosis," The doctor explained. "You were very smart to begin CPR young lady, that saved his life."
"R-really?" Katie asked.
"Can we see him yet?" Carlos asked.
The doctor nodded his head and walked them back to James' room. "We're waiting for a bed to open up in GI, but until then, make yourselves comfortable." and with that, he left. The three of them filed in to the room, Lucy curling up against James' body and crying softly. Katie sat on the sofa next to his bed, shaking and unable to think clearly. She'd saved his life? She was just a simple person.
"Aw crap I gotta go," Lucy sniffled. "I'll be back tonight, text me if anything happens, okay?"
"Yeah, we will," Carlos said, wrapping his arms around Katie. He knew this was gonna be a loooong day and night.
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Episode 83: Red white and done
"Katie he's gonna be okay," Carlos said, rewrapping her arm with some gauze the nurse at the front desk had given him.
"B-b-but what if he isn't Carlos?" Katie sobbed, both from fear and her arm still hurting.
"He will," Carlos answered. "You started CPR, and that has to count for something, right?"
"Y-yeah," Katie said, burying her face in Carlos' chest. Lucy was sitting on his other side, shaking from fear. She was completely freaked out and just as scared.
"Party for James Diamond?" The doctor suddenly called. Lucy ran over to him.
"Is he okay?!" She asked, almost in tears, Katie was already in tears, Carlos just as panicked, but trying to keep the girls under control.
"What's wrong with James?" Carlos asked.
"Has he been drinking more than usual?" The doctor asked calmly.
"Yeah," Carlos answered.
"And has he been urinating more frequently?"
"Yeah he's wet the bed almost every night since he started the drinking thing, a-and he's been losing weight," Katie said, realizing then what had been going on.
"James has type 1 diabetes and has gone into a diabetic coma, and developed severe ketoacidosis," The doctor explained. "You were very smart to begin CPR young lady, that saved his life."
"R-really?" Katie asked.
"Can we see him yet?" Carlos asked.
The doctor nodded his head and walked them back to James' room. "We're waiting for a bed to open up in GI, but until then, make yourselves comfortable." and with that, he left. The three of them filed in to the room, Lucy curling up against James' body and crying softly. Katie sat on the sofa next to his bed, shaking and unable to think clearly. She'd saved his life? She was just a simple person.
"Aw crap I gotta go," Lucy sniffled. "I'll be back tonight, text me if anything happens, okay?"
"Yeah, we will," Carlos said, wrapping his arms around Katie. He knew this was gonna be a loooong day and night.
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