Blurred Visions of Tomorrow

A Beautiful Day to Save Lives

Bellatrix was currently pacing the waiting room floor as she had been for awhile now. She was certain by the end of the day, there would be permanent pace marks in the hospital. The gang was sitting in the waiting room where they had been since Hermione was wheeled to the operating room,

The doctor told them that the surgery would take around 5 hours to complete barring any major complications. An intern came out twice so far to update everyone on the status of the surgery but everything just went over Bella's head. Katherine had been very warm to her all day offering her ear in case Bella wanted to talk or to provide explanations for all the muggle doctor talk. She wasn't concerned about any of that, she just wanted to see her girlfriend.

Shortly after the five hour mark hit, Dr. Hoffman finally came through the door and she wasn't giving anything away on her face. Hermione could be dead for all the dark witch knew at this point. Bella felt sick to her stomach and for the first time all day, she stopped pacing, took a seat and reached out to hold Katherine's hand.

"The surgery is done and Hermione is in the recovery unit. She'll be back in an hour or two. They need to monitor her closely from the anesthesia. We were able to get all of the infection out of the small area of the brain and it did not spread to any other areas. She's going to be treated with a high dose of antibiotics to stave off any further infections that may occur."

"And the fracture?" Jack asked with a hint of hopefulness in his tone.

"There was no cerebrospinal fluid leaking anywhere from the fracture. Fractures at the base of the skull usually heal themselves. We didn't put a plate or mesh into her skull because the size of the fracture didn't warrant one. Also because certain metals are said to mess with magical cores. We believe that her skull will heal itself on its own. We have to monitor her closely over the next few days as there is always a risk of leaking fluids or brain swelling after surgery and we'd like to monitor the status of her coma. When she wakes up, we have to make sure there was no amnesia associated with the fall and surgery. If her recovery goes as well as I expect it will, she will hopefully make a full recovery when she wakes up pending everything I just talked about." Dr. Hoffman took a breath looking around the room, "do you have any other questions at this time?"

Bella just stared at the doctor processing everything she just heard and didn't comprehend. Of course she had a load of fucking questions but they would have to wait until she could ask Jack. "I think I'm good," was all she could get out. Dr. Hoffman nodded and made her way out of the waiting room while reminding them it would be about two hours before Hermione was brought back to her room. With her mind going a thousand miles per minute, she turned and looked at her future parents-in-law. "Well?" She asked expectantly. "I didn't understand much but from the tone of her voice, I'd say it went relatively well. Yes?"

Katherine nodded in confirmation. "They cleared out the infection. Hermione will need to be on medicine to prevent any further infections."

"Yes, and her skull will most likely heal itself. They didn't have to put in any forgein material to close it up," Jack looked over to his wife who nodded in confirmation.

"So she's fine?" Bella looked over to the group.

"Well..." Andy started to speak when her younger sister reached out and smacked her shoulder. "What!"

"They need to keep an eye on her to make sure she doesn't have any complications with her brain." Jack reassured her that the doctor was confident that this wouldn't happen.

"And she said something about amnesia? Like she won't remember me?" Bella gulped.

"That's the worst case scenario," Harry said. "We shouldn't worry about anything like that until Hermione wakes herself up."