Luck of The Draw

New Patient

For nearly a week Alex had worked hard on the letter he planned to send to the WWE . I'd never seen him work so hard for something before. I was proud but in some ways I was very fearful for him. I didn't want to see him upset if his name wasn't drawn in the contest, but at the same time,  his determination told me he was going to be just fine. When he was finally ready for me to send it off, I wanted to take a peek at the letter just to see what he had written.

"No sissy don't look!" he yelled.

"Why not?" I asked. "I want to know how well you wrote this."

He sighed, "Yeah but I also want to keep it a secret until after the drawing."

I looked down at the envelope the letter was in, "You didn't tell any fibs did you? You know they won't like it if you lied about something."

He frowned at me, "I don't tell fibs sissy."

I sighed and then pulled him in for a hug, "Oh honey Leah is sorry. I'm just really worried about this whole contest you know?"

He smiled, "You're scared about me not getting picked aren't you?"

I nodded, "Yes I am."

"Well don't worry about me, I'll be alright. Even if I don't get picked...I want the Undertaker to at least know who I am."

I smiled at him and then sealed the envelope. "That's enough for me honey."

He watched as I filled out the address and our own before taking it outside to the mailbox. Once I put it in, I went back in the house, grabbed my keys and purse and told him it was time for school.

"Awe...do I have to go to school?" he whined.

"Yes you do honey. School is very important and I have to work." I told him.

He huffed, "Well I don't want to go..."

I glared at him and opened the garage door. He was constantly giving me an attitude about school and I wasn't going to put up with it. "Get in the car Alex."

He folded his arms and made his pouty face before stomping his way out the door. I tossed my purse in the car and then gently grabbed his arm.

"Come on Alex. School isn't that bad I'm sure." I said as I guided him into the backseat.

He glared at me as he put on his seatbelt. "You only say that because you don't go there."

I giggled, "Alex I used to be a student like you a long time ago...trust me you'll be ok."

Work was pretty slow for the most part. I had all sick patients who were on strict bed rest...that is until my last patient came in.

"Leah there is a patient in room 125 who thinks he's broken his hand. Can you go start him off for the doctor please?" my boss asked.

I nodded as I took his chart, "Sure. Anything I should know before I go in?"

She chuckled, "He's a big guy, and is wearing a mask too. I don't know what that's about."

I giggled, "Oh boy..."

"Yeah, I guess Halloween came early this year." She laughed.

"Well here goes nothing."

I walked down the hall until I found the room I was looking for. Before knocking, I read the patient's name as Glenn Jacobs, a name that sounded familiar.

Knock Knock! "Mr. Jacobs?" I said sweetly as I opened the door.

He grunted, "Come on in."

I didn't look directly at him until I shut the door. I was in complete shock when I came face to face with a man I knew worked in the WWE under the name Kane. Like my boss said, he was a big guy with a mask on his face. He was clutching his right hand and breathing heavily.

"Oh my goodness you're Kane right?" I asked.

He nodded, "Yes but it's Glenn for now."

I nodded, "Ok Glenn, tell me what happened."

"I was lifting weights with my friend and one of the weights came down on my hand." He said. "It hurts like a bitch!"

I smiled and wrote down all the information. "Ok Mr. Jacobs, I need you to be calm ok?"

"Calm? Look at my freaking hand lady!" he said as he held it up. It was bruised pretty bad and swelling into a massive size.

"Alright sir, let me check your vitals and then the doctor will be right in ok?" I said as I got out the blood pressure cuff and my stethoscope.

He nodded and fell silent for a moment. As I was writing down his blood pressure, he sighed, "I'm sorry for yelling at you."

"Oh it's fine, I get worse things said to me by other patients." I told him.

"So you watch wrestling?" he asked.

I shrugged, "Only a little. My little brother is a huge fan of it."

"That's cool...what's your name?" he asked.

"Leah."

He turned his head slightly to the side, "That's a beautiful name for a beautiful woman."

"Awe thanks." I said as I moved my hair behind my neck.

"You look really familiar too. But we've never met." He said.

I nodded, "That's true. Anyways I'll be back once the doctor exams you ok?"

He nodded and watched me as I left the room. Boy Alex was never going to believe this shit.

Once the doctor examined him, he instructed me to take him upstairs for an x-ray. I did as he asked only to find that he didn't have any broken bones.

"Ok Glenn, you just bruised it really bad so what the doctor recommends is that you go home and put it on ice as much as possible." I told him.

"What will that do?" he asked.

I smiled, "It'll help reduce the swelling and possibly the bruising too. Make sure you try to move it often too so it doesn't get stiff. I'll write you a prescription for your pain ok?"

He nodded, "Thanks so much Leah."

"No problem." I said.

He sighed, "I wish I could write you an autograph for your brother."

"Yea me too...hey, maybe you can take a picture with me." I said.

He smiled, "That'll be good."

I finished writing his prescription before taking out my cell phone and snapping a picture with him. "Thank you so much, Alex is going to be so happy."

"No problem, take care Leah." He said after taking the prescription I wrote him.

"You too Glenn." I said with a smile.