A Forever Type Of Deal

CANCER??

Chapter 21
Heera's pov
We have been sitting with Miles for a while now and he is yet to wake up.The doctor says it's normal and we now have to just wait till he wakes up.
The waiting is the hardest part not knowing if he's okay or not...I know the doctors said he's fine but I just want to see those grey eyes again.
It feels like so long but only a couple of minutes an hour or two tops.
None of us was in any mood to talk so we were all just sitted there on his bed .I held one of his hands while Rachel held the other. Ryan sat at his feet casually massaging them
The door opened and doctor Richards walked in
She was the doctor in charge of Miles.
"Mr & Mrs Gray,may I speak to you for a minute in private please?"
"Its okay doctor,,whatever you have to say just say it here,we are all family here and we'd all like to know if our son is okay." Rachel answered.
I was really grateful for her and honestly I'm glad they consider me family.
"Well then, the blood results are out,we did a number of tests to see if his blood was okay.
We did find an abnormal fluid in his blood and we decided to do further tests to confirm our suspicions and I'm really sorry to be the bearer of bad news but your son has a very aggressive form of leukaemia which is blood cancer."
Then it was quiet.
Like really quiet
Nobody said anything for a minute..guess we were all trying to see if we were dreaming or the doctor really said Miles had cancer.
"I'm sorry,not sure I heard you well,,did you say my son has cancer?" Ryan spoke for all of us
" I'm sorry Mr Gray but we need to talk about his treatment immediately.I am not sure how it wasn't detected way earlier but it would explain the fatigue,the shortness of breath you said he's been having and the pale skin."
He has what we call ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA(AML).
It is a very aggressive form of leukaemia which builds in the bone marrow and eventually spills into the blood.
I would advice we begin treatment immediately before it becomes fatal.
As per now we can still treat it and manage it
"This is alot to take in at once but please continue.
Let us know the treatment options,we'll go home discuss before we decide what to do." Ryan said
He seems to be the only one who has a sense of what is going on here cause I sure as hell still can't believe what I'm hearing.

" Well we'll have to get him started on chemotherapy immediately as that will help weaken the cancer cells and then we can use the drug therapy ,,we use Midostaurin(Rydapt) which blocks the FLT3 cells and other cancer forming proteins.
Once we do that for a while and the progress is good we will find him a donor for a stem cell/ bone marrow transplant.
Where we find a donor who is a perfect match for him then transfer healthy cells from the donor to his bone marrow.
"I know its a lot to take in at once so once he wakes up you can go home and talk about it as a family and then you can come talk to me about it and we will decide on the best possible treatment option for him."She finished
I still just couldn't wrap my head around any of what was happening.
It feels like I'm dreaming to be honest.
"Thanks doc...we'll get back to you soon." Ryan said as he walked the doctor to the door
I was still lost in my thoughts until I felt a hand squeeze mine.
At first I ignored it thinking its just my mind playing games on me but then I felt another weak squeeze but firmer than the last.
When I finally registered what was happening ,I looked up to see Miles looking down at me with a tiny smile on his stupid face.
"Ooh my poor baby,"Rachel immediately threw herself at him..hugging him to her.
"You're awake,,you're awake,she continued crying as she rocked him.
"Rachel let my son breath".
Ooh shush,,He's my baby
Let me see my son, he continued and finally she relented and let Ryan hug Miles next.
I watched all this while crying silently .
Through all this he never let my hand go.
When his parents were done,he turned to me.
"Lil H why are you crying,,didn't think I'd leave you alone did you?" He smiled
" ooh shut up stupid,,you scared us."
'Come here Winters,he patted a spot next to him.
I immediately crawled to him and he just held me.
You'd think I was the sick one but I think we both needed it ,mostly me.
" I know H , I know,he slowly soothed me as I cried in his shoulders.
I heard what the doctor said and everything will be fine." He reassured me yet it should be the other way around.
We just stayed like that for a while.
"I'll go get the doctor to see if you can go home."Ryan said as he left the room with Rachel.
"We'll be fine ,I promise" He said quietly
and in that moment I knew we would be fine as long as we got each other.