A Gentle Touch (Sawyer Fredericks Fanfiction)

Chapter Six

Sawyer's POV

I waited outside of my bedroom for Violet until she got dressed. We are taking her to the hospital today. I waited for about twenty minutes and when she walked out she was wearing a tannish-brown dress with black music notes all over it. She was wearing black combat boots and had her hair in this really cool braid. I think its some sort of french braid but it started at the top of one side of her head and ended in a braided ponytail on the other side. She left her bangs down. It looked like the braid that Katniss had in the Hunger Games. Then again I didn't know much about hair. We had a duffel bag packed with pajamas, toiletries, and a stuffed animal that my mom bought for her when we were at the mall. I think it's a lemur. It's pink and it has a long tail and really big eyes. It's one of those beanie baby type things.

"Are you ready?" I asked her gently.

She nodded.

We drove there in our pickup truck and I noticed Violet was a little out of breath. I hope she's healthy.

When we got to the hospital we figured the ER would be our best bet. When we told the Attendants our story they got us in right away. They brought us to a little room where two nurses were already waiting. We explained to them what happened and they told us that there needed to be a legal guardian. 

Violet told them the orphanage she had stayed at and they contacted them. They said they would either take custody of Violet unless somebody adopted her. My mom then immediately said that we would adopt her and she left to sign the papers they were faxing over. It was just Violet and I.

"Ok honey right now we are just going to get your vitals, height and weight, and ask you a few questions. Ok?" the nurse said.

Violet nodded.

Violet's vitals were ok except her oxygen level was pretty low and we didn't know why. She was 4'11 and only weighed 69 pounds 2 ounces. She's 14! The nurses asked her some of her symptoms and all she said was chest pain and that she was out of breath a lot. That didn't sound good.

"Ok we are going to do some X-Rays on you OK? Most likely a CT scan, an ultra sound, and then a chest X-Ray. For the CT we are going to need you to drink some contrast and you can have it in whatever drink you want. We are also going to give you some IV nutrients as you are extremely underweight. We are going to need to take blood but we will do that when you get your IV. You are most likely going to need to be admitted. We want you NPO which means nothing to eat or drink except for the contrast incase we need to operate. There is no need to worry though sweetie. I promise you are in good hands."

"Do you have any Zolaf?" She asked them with fear in her eyes.

"We do but we would need consent before we could give it to you."

"What's Zolaf?" I asked.

"It's an anxiety pill." They told me simultaneously.

"She's ok to take that if she needs it." I told them.

"Ok I'm going to go alert the IV team." and with that the nurse left.