Rick absolutely refused to take anything that Mark had to tell him because the thought that Lesley was never gonna wake up again was never gonna be taken into consideration...
" I'm right here Lesley... I'm never gonna let you go so you come back to me.... Little Riley is waiting for me to bring you home and the girls, they love you and they miss you very much. They continue to ask me “when’s mommy coming home?” l’ve told them that you’d be coming home soon Les, so you’ve got to pull through this."
The minute Rick started talking about Riley, and their girls Rick started to light up as Lesley started to respond to his voice again and she started to slowly regain consciousness...
" I'm right here sweetheart... I'm never gonna leave your side." Rick held Lesley's hand
Unable to communicate Rick started to worry about her recovery neurologically as she had alot of difficulty even just holding a grip on Rick's hand and Mark had later charted that Lesley had moderate paralysis beyond her diaphragm where she wasn’t able to breathe on her own by this point.
" Lesley I promise you you're gonna be okay and I will never ever let anything happen to you again." Rick kissed Lesley on her forehead and stepped out to get Steve and Mark
Mark and Steve evaluated Lesley's condition and determined that Lesley was gonna be alright but it wasn't gonna be easy as Lesley suffered significant brain damage
" Her response is nothing else but a miracle. She had a very low chance of waking up after her last cardio episode and the length in time it took to save her life and rather she’ll be able to tolerate therapy respiratory and physical that’s gonna be unclear at this time." Mark explained through all of his tests with Steve
" I agree Mark her recovery is incredible but she isn't completely out of the woods yet the cardiac damage Monica has recorded in her last eval could be long lasting and it's too early to say if the brain damage is gonna be permanent or not." Steve exclaimed
Rick paced back and forth waiting for word on Lesley's condition and whether or not Lesley was gonna be alright it started to drive him crazy until Steve and Mark had came out finally from her cubicle
" Tell me Lesley is alright...." Rick barked right to the point
" Rick I would like to promise you that and tell you that she would make a full recovery but you know just as well as I do that neither of us can determine that for sure." Mark replied as gentle as possible
" You've seen for yourself Mark, she's come back to us and she's woken up... What more could there be."
" Rick it's not gonna be that simple where she wakes up and then makes a full recovery... She suffered severe brain damage that could've gone worse not counting from Dr Quartermaine's last eval that showed cardiac damage where she may require a pacemaker set up as well and she cannot initiate breathing on her own and she is right now dependent on a respirator. Rick Lesley is very lucky to be alive right now." Mark stated
" There's got to be something Mark... We can't just do nothing." Rick exclaimed
" At this time there's no telling if the brain damage will be permanent or not but Lesley is stable and Rick that is a good start." Mark replied.
" Do you think you might be able to remove the ventilator soon?"
" Rick, I wish I had a definite answer to that... All we can do is bring in respiratory care and have them determine if we can remove the vent. We just don't know at this point." Mark answered.
Rick took a few moments to gather himself together before he went back to sit with Lesley as he knew Lesley won't like to see him as upset as he was. Thinking about it more, Rick decided to surprise Lesley as he's always done whenever he felt like it or whenever he saw an opportunity and went to get a small thing of flowers and he hoped that it would cheer her up when Jessie had something that was waiting for Lesley that came from the twins at home.
