In Sickness

Chapter 11

I woke up to find that I still had Sean wrapped up in my arms. I reached over and grabbed his phone, looking at the time. 3:30 am. I sighed and I looked at Sean, he was so cute. I laid there watching him sleep, then I felt a sharp pain in my side. I unwrapped an arm from Sean and held my side. The pain came again and I winced. Sean rolled over, yawning. I winced from the pain again.

"Mark? Are you ok?"

I nodded, holding my side and wincing as the pain came again.

"No you're not"

"I'm fi-"

I doubled over, groaning in pain.

"No come on. I'm taking you to the ER"

"Can you drive here? It's different from Ireland"

He gave me a look that screamed "you think I care?"

I tried to sit up before collapsing back on the bed, doubled over in pain. Sean left the room and came back with the keys to my car. He helped me to the car, then got in the driver's seat. I looked at him to see a nervous look on his face.

"We can call Bob or Wade"

He shook his head.

"I can do this"

Then he started the car and headed to the hospital. I held my side as the pain got worse. I then felt like I was gonna be sick. We pulled into the parking lot at the hospital. I opened the door and started throwing up. I felt a hand on my back rubbing small, soothing circles. After I was done, Sean helped me into the ER where some nurses had me lay on a gurney. Then they took me to a room and hooked me up to an IV and a machine to monitor my heart beat.

"Where's Sean?" I asked one of the nurses.

"In the waiting room. I could go get him if you'd like"

I nodded, then she left the room. A few minutes later she came back with Sean beside her. He grabbed a chair and pulled it up beside the bed. He grabbed my hand and held it, I could feel the tension in his body, he was so worried.

"Hey, calm down, I'm fine"

"Fine does not equal laying in a hospital bed"

I sighed. That was true but that didn't mean he needed to be so worried.

"Don't worry so much. You'll make yourself sick if you worry too much"

He chuckled at that.

"Mark, I have cancer. I'm already sick"

"I know but you don't need to make yourself even more sick by worrying about me"

He sighed then laid his head down on his arms. I squeezed his hand to reassure him that I was fine. After a few minutes he lifted his head and yawned. I grabbed my side as the pain shot through it again. He looked at me concerned.

"Don't worry about me. Lay down and get some sleep, you need it"

He shook his head. The doctor waked in then.

"We ran some tests and the results just came in"

I nodded at him to get him to continue.

"We need to perform surgery to remove some gallstones from your gallbladder"

I held my side as the pain came again. Surgery, that's just great.

"When are you gonna do the surgery?"

"As soon as possible. I have someone booking an OR as we speak"

I nodded then looked at Sean. I saw a look that was a mix of concern and worry on his face. I squeezed his hand. Then the doctor left the room.

"Surgery?"

I nodded.

"It'll be fine. It's not the first surgery I've had"

He nodded. A nurse came in then.

"We need to get you to the OR now. Sir, we need you to go to the waiting room now"

Sean nodded then left the room. The nurse then started moving the gurney, she took me down the hall and through some doors. Then a doctor came over.

"The anesthesiologist will now put you under"

I nodded. I knew the drill by now. The anesthesiologist came over and put a mask on me.

"Just take slow deep breaths"

I did as he said and soon enough I was out.

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AN: So I know it's taken me a while to get this out but it's finished. I also went a looked at the word count for previous chapters and they have gotten shorter over time and I don't really know why. I'm trying to fix the word count I promise.

Word count: 761