Lyric's Wings

Chapter 19: The Operation

     It has been a couple of months since the guys left. They would call just about every night to check on us. Taehyung gifted Lyric with a cell phone before they left and would call to sing her to sleep at night while Namjoon and I would video chat for hours while I layed in the bed. They have been waiting with the same mixed feelings of hope and fear as mom, Steph, and myself. Taehyung would get teary eyed and quiet when we talked about the surgery, and then Lyric would calm him down in her own innocent way. Jimin called me brave, and asked how I could be so calm. My answer was simple. " I have no choice but to be, Jimin. My little girl looks up to me. If I panic or break down, then she will too. I have to stay strong for her." He shook his head with the others in understanding.

      Namjoon agreed with everything that I said. I am sure he does the same with the group, him being the leader. He has to be the strongest and the most calm since the others look up to him, just like I have to be the same for her. But when I was alone, I let it out so she didn't see. I had cried with Namjoon on the phone. He stayed with me through the melt down and comforted me the best he could. 

     It is now the morning of the surgery, and we are sitting in one of the rooms as the doctor explains the procedure. I tell him that I need to be with her until she goes to sleep so she stays calm, in which he agreed. A nurse comes in to announce that the O.R. is prepped and ready. He then injects the sedative into her I.V. while mom, Steph , and I talk to her. I hold her hand while we talk. I tell her I love her and will be right here waiting, She tells me she loves me too right as her eyes start to close. They then unlock the wheels of the bed and role her out the room. We all follow out and down the hall to the O.R. doors where we take a seat in some of the chairs out in the hall. Mom holds one hand in comfort on my left while Steph has the right.

     What felt like hours later I am on video chat with the guys. Namjoon was checking on me and Tae was concerned about the surgery. Jimin and Jungkook were hugging him from both sides. We had called them just that morning since they wanted to see her before we left for the appointment. Just the night before, Namjoon had stayed on the phone with me while I cried myself to sleep, refusing to hang up, threatening to spam call me all night if I hung up. " There is no way I am leaving you alone the night before her surgery". Even Steph was with us. She had come around dinner time to spend time with us and decided that she was staying the night so that night I had Joon on my phone propped on my bedside table and I had Steph cuddle me while I cried myself to sleep in her arms. What are best friends for, right?!

     We were sitting in the waiting area nearest to the O.R. with the boys still on video, trying our best to keep ourselves occupied when I heard my last name being called. I turned around to see the doctor approaching me. I automatically assume the worst. The next thing I see is my eyesight getting blurry before my knees gave out. I recall hearing what sounds like Joon and mom say my name right before everything goes black.

     OK peeps. Yes , I made yall wait like 3 months on a chapter this short. The next two chapters will be the alternate endings. This chapter was very hard to write.  While writing this I had flashbacks of my daughter when she was in the hospital n I had to take a mental break. In the summer of 2020, my youngest daughter was met with an accident. We were lucky that she survived with two broken legs, a broken arm and a fractured ankle. No parent should go through something like this but unfortunately things like this happen and a lot of times, the child doesn't make it. Thankfully, my Bree  wasn't one of them.  I am sorry it took so long to write such a short chapter, but as soon as I wrote about Lyric getting rolled out of the room, I started  having flash backs and had to stop. It took forever for me to start back but I did. Thank you for those who waited. You have the patience of a saint. 🙏🙏💜