A Day of Unfortunate Events

Chapter 10: Ventilator

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      She shakily walked towards it, ignoring the little and big puddles of blood, crouched down and taking the bag in her hands. Tears darkened the colour of the bag in some places, some even mixing with the red. She ran her fingers on the name tag. Peter Parker. Her peter, her tiger, who was fighting for his life two floors below. She just clenched the bag close to her chest and let even more tears run down her face. Her sobs spoke volumes that day.

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Mj P.O.V

      They were back down in the waiting room. Her eyes were dry now, having cried too much today. Her heart was somewhat beating properly now. Everything was quiet, the avengers all cleaned up and medically treated, though they were very pretty persistently reluctant about it. Ned had his head leaning back at the wall, staring at nothingness, though his grip in their intertwined hands was strong. Their parents had been informed ( Both the sets knowing about his alter ego after May passed away and Mj and him got in the relationship, they had also signed their respective NDA’s) 

      Just then the doors of the surgical room burst open and a few nurses came out looking frantic. Almost all of them got up, Tony caught one of the nurse’s arms.

   “What happened?” The Nurse looked ready to retaliate, but then thought better of it after taking one look at Tony's face.

   “Sir, he is flatlining, we weren't actually prepared for the surgery, so we currently don’t have the Defibrillators with us, so we were going to get it along with a few supplies, so, it would be better if you let go of me.” He answered professionally. Tony let go of him, eyes wide. Peter- her Peter- could be dying, once again inside and there was nothing she could do. She just stared at the spot where the nurse was standing before, before collapsing onto her chair, her whole body shaking like a leaf. Brain running miles per hour while being silent at the same time. She could  give up anything and everything just to get to hold him once again, to kiss him, or even just to see him smile… once, just once. 

……….

      After a long wait, Dr.Cho came out of the waiting room, looking utterly tired and defeated. She was now out of her surgical gear, just in some scrubs, devoided of any traces of blood. She looked at them and gave a strained smile and sat down with a ‘huff’ on an empty chair. All of them were waiting for her verdict on his condition. She gave herself a few moments to gather herself and then turned towards them, who were looking at her with a mix of emotions. 

      She straightened herself and drank a few sips from the bottle Wanda handed her. 

   “Okay… so he is…alive, for now, we did lose him two more times during the operation. I will first name his external injuries then tell their effects, ok? I think that way it will be easier for me to tell too and for you guys to hear.” She said,

   “He has a broken nose, whoever did that did a really good job because those punches have cracked his nasal bone.. Most of his facial bones are either broken or cracked. His lower teeth had even lodged a little in the upper gums. He has pretty bad crushed right fingers. His left leg is…. Um…. blasted off….. Tony, it was most likely your gauntlet and there were thunder marks there too-” she confessed softly “- we- we -okay, we had to amputate it, below his knee… the damage was too excessive, even for the cradle, and thunder had charred off the nerves of that part. I think that the leg was blasted first.” she stopped, giving them time to take that in. The nerve in Tony’s head was popping, pepper, who had arrived an hour prior, just took a hold of him by his shoulders, with tears in her own eyes. There were spikes of thunder around Thor.

      “There are many bruises too.” Dr. Cho continued,

      “Now, talking about his internal injuries… they are… a lot of them. Pretty gruesome too... So, his left lung took a lot of heat, with all the punches, wall throwings and from his broken 3rd and 4th rib impaling it. His left lung has collapsed, but his right one is working fine, for now. His lower ribs from the right side were broken beyond repair, that is, his 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. We had to remove them. His left side ribs have survived somewhat. But his right clavicle is broken. We had to plate it, along with his sternum. His fingers will heal properly, but it is still going to be a bit difficult, they were broken pretty well..-”

      She looked at Bucky from her periphery. Bucky looked down at his ice pack remorsefully. 

   “- There was a bit of nerve damage, and… um they might not even work properly as he strained them after they were broken. His heart has undergone a lot of trauma and stress too… He might face a few issues with breathing and all after he wakes up. He is currently on a ventilator… His respiratory system has been damaged a bit too much. He is alive solely because of his enhancements. He is on life support.” She said in a single breath. Eyes now glistening with tears. 

      “We don’t know how responsive he is going to be when he wakes up… his brain was without oxygen and blood for a long time, a very unhealthy amount of time. He- he is going to have some brain damage… or a lot. He- he might even be vegetative for all we know…” She said the last part as a whisper. The words hung around the room like dead weight, making it hard to breathe. His Peter, their Peter, pretty much a genius in making, was most likely brain dead, or atleast had a lot of damage. He might never even be the same again. 

      “And-” She started

   “There’s more?” Sam croaked out. 

   “Yeah, ummm, He- he has- there was a piece of glass lodged in his spine along with a lot of trauma to that area.. He has damaged his spine. The glass was there in the Lumbar part of the spine, between L2 and L5, which controls the leg moments basically… There's no easy way of saying this, but he might be paralyzed from the waist down. It may be partial or permanent, but at this stage, paralysis is going to be there. The Spinal columns from T4 to T11 also took a lot of heat…. He is going to have nervous issues when he wakes up… and that is if he wakes up.

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(A/N)

I wanted to write this chapter so bad, like all the medical stuff and all the detail. I hope you enjoyed reading it too.

Have a good day :)