Desperate Measures

So Soon

The next morning - Josh's POV

I was slowly starting to wake up after falling asleep pretty early last night from the treatment yesteday as I saw that Matt was sleeping in this cot...man he is really the perfect best friend I could ever ask for. Then a doctor that I haven't seen before took off the oxygen mask over my face. "How are you feeling Josh?" This lady said in a quiet voice as I shrugged. "I feel empty..." I said as I was still pretty weak from yesterday as she typed something on her tablet as I could see someone who looked like my sister start to enter the room. "Josh I'm here I came as soon as Matt called." She said dropping her purse on a chair walking over to me pulling me into a hug as I hugged her back as tight as I could. "Thank you for coming...I just need help with our parents. Since clearly I'm in no state to go tour nursing homes with them. Mom and dad both said yes to moving down to Vancouver so we could see them more often." I said laying back in the bed holding my side as it was still pretty sore from yesterday. 

"Of course I'll help you out with that but are you okay? Cause you have looked better." I sighed smiling as I shook my head as she sat down in a chair near my bed. "It's back but its not that bad. Stage two their thinking but I'm on treatments for it and Derek he's gonna operate soon ish. I just hope that one year there will be a cure for this so for other kids like me and myself no longer have to suffer through this. But I'll be okay." I said taking her hand into mine smiling a weaker smile. "You should've told me when you first got diganosed again. You know that I would drop everything for my baby brother." I rolled my eyes grabbing my laptop off the little moving table thing. "I am not your baby brother Sarah. Just cause I'm the youngest out of all of us." I laughed pulling up some homes in Vancouver as we started getting to work on their applications. 

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A few hours later

After a few hours of Sarah helping get mom and dad applied into a place Matt finally woke up. "Hey sorry I stayed up talking to Amanda my sister on the phone. Oh hey you're here Sarah thank god." I just laughed at Matt and his slow reactions. "It's fine man and we got them applied to some places and once I get them down here Sarah will tour some with them and go from there." She smiled as I sat up a little bit as yeah I was pretty tired of being in this bed and this room. "Hey I have an idea, are you able to get yourself into a wheelchair?" I nodded looking at her confused. "Yeah probably with some help why?" She looked over at Matt then back at me. "I was just wondering if you wanted to go on a little bit of a walk then maybe some lunch?" I nodded as I was just so desperate to get out of this small ass room as I slowly stood up as I held onto Matt as it did feel weird to stand. 

"You sure you got this?" I nodded as he helped me over to the wheelchair as one of the nurses came into hook everything up to where it needed to be and all that and Matt handed me my hoodie and some sweats to put on. "Just so you're no longer in a shitty hospital gown." I stood up getting changed quickly as I sat back down as he started wheeling me with Sarah down the hall. "So besides your disease coming back how have you been?" I sighed shrugging. "I guess I've been okay. Um Amanda and I are um having a kid on total accident I swear. I still have no clue how to feel or if I'll even be around for that kid if I don't survive this shit." I looked over at her as her jaw just dropped. 

"Oh my god you're going to be a dad?" I nodded as I was still trying to process everything that happened yesterday. "Um I guess so? I'm still trying to process this all sis as well I never wanted kids and here Amanda comes saying oh its yours. It might even have this shitty gene that I have so I don't know." I just facepalmed as Matt wheeled us outside over to this little chair area as it did feel nice to be outside finally. "Oh you'll be a good dad man. I mean you're nice to Mike's son." I sighed as Sarah probably went to grab something to drink. "Yeah cause it's Mike's kid so why would I be an ass to his kid? I have no idea what to do Matt like I know I said that I would stay but who knows if I'll even be alive." I said as I picked at my iv line that wasn't in use as I felt him place a hand on my shoulder.