Chapter 98
Beep beep beep.berg.
Seraphina’s hearthen mondor sounds sohly through the darkened room, and I sit heade her with mine in my throat.
If they hooked me up to the machine, I’m not sure my heart would sound so steady.
She has a tube and pipes coming out of her and two lack eyes, the hump on the front of her forehead so big and already purple.
Seraphina fell down twenty wncrete steps tonight…cuming from me,
She has a badly broken wrist that needs surgery, perhaps also þor ankle, although it’s too will to tell at this stage, but it’s her head that they’re worried about
She was knocked out cold, the swelling on her brain so bad that they had to put her into an induced coma.
What if she has a critical brain injury and never recovers?
It’s 3am, and intensive care is a lonely place where people are fighting to survive, not only the ones in the beds, the people sitting beside them are fighting too.
For me..it’s demons.
“Instead of you sticking my cock up my ass. I’m going to stick it up theirs, and they’ll moan on every fucking inch of it.“I’m filled with disgust.
What is wrong with me. If I hadn’t chawd her she wouldn’t have slipped.
My phone lights up.
Graham Messing
Ahh, the neurosurgeon who I get to look at her scans
Hello
“Hi, is that Gabriel?”
“This is Graham Messing. Sorry I took so long to get back to you. Eve just gotten out of surgery.”“
“It’s okay.” I stammer. “Did you look at the stars?”
“Yeah, I did. She’s taken a nasty hit.”
I close my eyes as I wait for his next comment.
“Look, as far as I can see, what the local doctors they are telling you is on the money.”
I listen intently.
“There’s substantial swelling, but it appears that she hasn’t suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage or a stroke. Her brain activity is normal“
“What does that mean?”
“It means that at this stage, all signs point to the fact that there appears to be no significant long–term damage. However, as you know, she didn’t respond to the medication last night, and as there was no evidence of a bleed, the doctors chose to put her into an induced coma. All brains recover differently, and given the information the doctors had at hand, I believe they did the right thing
“Why hasn’t she woken up yet?”
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I take time. Il call her doctor and suggest that they part to reduce the coma induction!
down to give her the best chance.”
“Okay.” I swallow the lump in my throat. “What about her ankle and wrist?”
“Don’t worry about theus, she’s not moving, so she can’t do more damage there. They both pade in comparisin to a brain injury. That is our in
concern M this stage.”
“Right.”
She’s in no immediate danger and in good hands. The induced coma is giving her time to rest and heat, but as you know, every case is different, ⠀tures and outcomes will vary.”
I nod as I try to process what he’s telling me. “Clay.”
Tll check back in with you in the morning. I suggest ymi go home and get some sleep *
“Okay, thank you, Doctor.” I hang on the line for a beat. “I appreciate you looking over things for me”
“Speak tomorrow.” He bangs up, and I immediately text Debbie,
Hi Debbie,
the specialist neurosurgeon just called.
He confirmed what the doctors here said, she hasn’t had a bleed on her brain and activity looks normal
He thinks once the swelling goes down she will be okay.
message bounces straight in
Thank god Why isn’t she mwake then?
I reply
He said that the induced coma gives her brain a chance to rest and recover
That they will reduce it in the morning
I watch the dots as she typ
Fingers crossed
I reply.
Are the kids okay?
Yes, sleeping sound.
I’m glad they didn’t see her after the fall.
Me too
Thanks so much for having them.
I’ll call you as soon as I know something.
Try and get some sleep
I let out a low, steadying breath as I stare at my love.
1 brush her hair back from her forehead. Her bruised and beaten–up face feels so broken. Did she hit every facking step on the way down?
She must have,
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“When you wake up, I’m going to kill you for being so clumsy,” I whisper. “Yetu dudict have to be all dramatic and throw yourself down the stairs to get out of an argument.” I keep stroking her hair “We both know you would have won, anyway,” Deep_heep beep beep
Her silhouette blurs “Please wake up”
“What’s wrong with my hand a sleepy voice whispers.
