Hounded

59: Bruised ribs

Momma looked Tyler over when she got there. She was shocked by the look of him. "Holy shit Tyler what happened!?" She asked as she ran over to the bed and gently grabbed his face. Tyler winced slightly.

Tyler looked at Josh, he knew Josh wasnr happy about what hes been doing. "Hes been fighting." Josh said. "You're fighting? Who are you fighting?" Momma asked. "Lots of people.." tyler replied. "What do you mean lots of people?" She asked.

"Mutatant cage fights... a friend of dr. Hassen found me and is forcing me to do it." Tyler said as momma Dun looked at his nose. "Oh my god they never quit... your nose is broken." She said. Tyler nodded slightly.

"Jesus tyler your whole face is just one big bruise basically." She said. Tyler looked up at her. She sighed and gently kissed his forehead. "Are you hurt anywhere else?" She asked. Tyler was quiet for a moment but nodded. Slowly he koved to lift his shirt, wincing and growing softly at the pain.

Momma Dun helped him take it off before covering her mouth when she saw Tyler's ribs. Tyler knew they were bad. They hurt the most out if everything besides the throbbing in his head that wont go away.

"Tyler hunny you're not gonna like this but we gotta go to the hospital." Momma said. "What? No. I'm fine." Tyler said. "Tyler you're ribs are bruised really bad.. it looks like some a broken which means they could be puncturing your other organs. We need to go to the hospital now." She said.

Tyler sighed. "Can you get me my migraine medication?" He asked looking at Josh. "I think you're headache is caused by you getting hit in the face and stuff tonight.. that medication isnt going to help. You might have a concussion." Momma said.

Tyler swallowed thickly. "Fine.. let's go. Before i change my mind." He said. Josh quickly helped him to his feet and followed momma downstairs. When the got to the bottom Josh hollered to dix. "Come on dix get ready we gotta take Tyler to the hospital!" He said.

"No give me him you stay here with dix I'll you after we see the doctor." Momma said taking Tyler from Josh's arms. She helped Tyler into her car and then drove to the hospital. They called dr. Dawson on the way there. He said he was getting ready to go home but would stay to look at tyler.

When they got there they went right into dr. dawson's office. "Oh wow." Was the first thing dr. Dawson said upon seeing Tyler's face. He crouched down to look at Tyler's nose. "Someone realigned it for you?" He asked. tyler nodded. "Alright I'm gonna have to put a splint on it to keep it from shifting. " dr. Dawson said. Tyler nodded.

After he did that he sighed softly. "The bruising is pretty severe but should clear up on its own. Itll start to look worse before it looks better and that's normal. I'll give you a prescription for pain meds and you'll take on every 6 hours or as needed." Dr. Dawsin said. "That's awesome dr. Dawson thank you.. I'm really concerned about Tyler's ribs though if you could have a look at them too." Momma said.

Dr. Dawson nodded and gently lifted Tyler's shirt. He grimaced slightly at the look of them. "Alright um... I'm gonna get you in for an xray right away stay here I'll be right back." Dr. Dawosn said before leaving the room. When he came back he got Tyler into a wheelchair and took him to the xray room.

After the xrays were taken he was taken back to dr. Dawsons office while they waited for the results. "Alright Tyler so here are your xray results.. as you can see these three ribs here are in fact broken. This one here appears to be puncturing your left lung.. are you havent any difficulty breathing?" Dr. Dawson asked.

"A little but not significantly." Tyler replied. "Okay well we are gonna have to go in there and remove it from your lung before it worsens... the ribs will be stapled back together and you'll need about a month or two to heal completely. That means no more fights until they're healed. Well get you into surgery tonight, just stay here and get comfy until we have a OR open." Dr. dawson said.

"Wait dr. dawson I have another fight in two weeks." Tyler said. "You're gonna have to back out. You cant risk getting hit in the ribs again or you could end up with even worse results." Dr. dawson said. Tyler's breathing picked up slightly.

"N-no you dont understand I have to fight otherwise hes gonna hurt me more then I would in a fight." Tyler said. "Wait who's gonna hurt you?" Dr. dawson asked. "I-... gordon." Tyler replied. "Gordon Wilson?" Dr. Dawson asked. Tyler nodded. "Alright.. hes not someone you want to be involved with. I'm gonna give the cops a call and were gonna get you out of this Alright?" Dr. Dawsin asked.

"I-t-that just might piss him off more." Tyler said. "It doesnt matter. Hes not going to touch you or hurt you or anything promise." Dr. dawson said. Tyler went to speak again but stopped and just nodded. Dr. Dawson nodded as well before exiting the room to get him schedules for surgery.

Tyler looked at momma. "Hey it's okay. You're gonna be okay." She whispered moving to hug him gently. He started crying then. "I'm so scared. I never wanted to fight again momma I'm so sorry." He cried. "Shhh shhh I know it's okay everythings gonna be alright I promise." She said.

Tyler sniffled. "I just want things to be okay." He said. "They will be.. well move again if we have to." She said. "I dont wanna move again. I just want all the bad things to go away." Tyler cried. "Shhh I know sweetheart. I know." She whispered, kissing his forehead. "Everything will be okay." She said rubbing his should before they sat and waited for dr. Dawson to return.