Song #3

Chapter Eighteen - A half a year!?

Beep..beep..beep was all I could hear right now, that and what sounded like a baby giggling, I immediately wondered if I already had my baby, which would be weird because it would mean I had been unconscious for more than 4 months.

I struggled but eventually managed to open my eyes, "What happened?" I tried to say, my voice harsh and my throat dry, and the words sounded very foreign even to me, someone passed me water, and I gulped it down, then looked around the room, the boys were all there, Corey was holding a small baby that did look to be about 4 or 5 months old, oh god.

That didn't add up. "How long was I out?" I tried to ask again asked, then a doctor came in, "Oh, you're awake! That's wonderful, however, you will need to take it easy, as you have been in a coma for about 5 and a half months, we had to perform a c-section when you were brought in after passing out, she was obviously premature but as you can see she is very healthy now, she is 5 months old" The doctor finished and all I did was look at Corey and he brought our baby girl over,
"Babe, meet Rhia, I know you always liked that name, it isn't for sure yet as I wanted you to confirm it and sign the papers, but that's what I've been calling her, or well, what we have been calling her." He said as he nodded to the boys with a huge smile on his face, and handed me Rhia, I loved that name. "I love that name Corey," I once again just jumbled up my words entirely, I wasn't sure if I was hearing it wrong because I had just woken up, but no one was responding to my questions, so I just looked at my daughter, slightly wondering why the doctor never told me how I passed out and ended up in a coma, maybe they couldn't figure it out.
Who knows, I was just happy that everyone was okay.

Corey's POV

I was wondering when the doctor was going to tell Haley what had happened. Apparently, that bandaid was covering not only just a minor scratch, when the nail gun flew back at her head, it also embedded a 6-inch long nail into her brain, that of which the doctors were refusing to move at the moment unless it began progressing further into her brain. I would never tell but I burst out crying when they first told me this, and for a while, we didn't think she was going to wake up. Every day we'd come in and nothing would change, until today.

It was painful to look at her in this state, she would have to learn to talk again along with other issues, none of which she was currently aware of. I nodded to everyone in the room who wasn't a doctor, silently telling them to leave, that we had to have the discussion now. They got the message, I gestured for Haley to pass me Rhia, which confused her. "The boys are going to go get her some milk, you, the doctors and I need to talk," I explained as I handed Rhia to Joey, who smiled as soon as he was holding her, and they all filed out of the room.

Haley's POV

I could feel myself getting anxious and forced myself to draw a few slow breaths as I looked at the doctor, waiting for him to explain what the hell is going on!

"Okay, so, I am sure you remember at some point working on something that required a nail gun, do you remember it hitting you in the head?" I nodded and he continued, "Well, that had caused a nail to be embedded in your skull, and brain." He paused and I started feeling worse, my heart rate going up tremendously, "So when you tripped and hit the wall, it had caused the nail to begin moving, resulting in your fainting. Be thankful for who you had around you at the time, if they hadn't brought you in when they did, both you and Rhia would not have made it." I couldn't process what he was saying, but I tried. "The reason your voice seems slurred, is because of your TBI, or, Traumatic Brain Injury, you will not remember exaclty how to read or write, nor speak, as well as certain physical movements." He saw I still was not properly processing it, so he began to dumb it down more, making me feel belittled and inadequate.

"Think of it like being reverted back to your childhood, very young, you will need to learn how to speak, read and write, as well as a few physical movements that will be difficult for you. We aren't sure what those will be just yet, but the good news is, you will be able to go home within the week after we have performed a few more tests. You will need to be on bedrest and have these young men take care of you," He said as he gestured to Corey and the boys out in the hall.

I could only nod, now I was severely freaking out, as I wasn't sure if I would ever be back to how I was before this accident. I felt disoriented and, a little bit stupid for lack of a better word, when I woke up, but I thought it was just side effects from being in a freaking coma for nearly half a year. I groaned and began crying, Corey tried to comfort me, but it wasn't working as I heard the heart moniter severely sped up. The doctor started pushing Corey away thinking he was causing the panic, but him being taken away only made it worse. My chest started burning and I felt like I couldn't breathe, before I felt an overwhemling sense of calm, and fell into a deep sleep.

Corey's POV

"Hey! What happened?" I yelled, worried she was going to be asleep for another five months, but the doctor slightly smiled and rubbed her hair, "Oh no, you need not worry, this happens to 9 out of 10 of our TBI patients, they hear the news, freak out, the moniter speeds up, and they pass out for an hour or two. It is nothing serious, now I must go do my rounds but I will be back in exaclty one hour, if anything happens call for me," He just nodded and called the boys back in with Rhia, who smiled at the sight of her dad, making Corey smile as well as all of the boys. Joey took a seat beside Haley as did Sid, they had grown increasingly worried about her over the past few months, well we all did, but they began acting like older brothers to her.

I just sighed and took a seat in one of the chairs on the other side of her bed, held Rhia, and waited. Just like we had been doing for the past half a year. Once again praying for her to be okay and to just wake up and stay up.