Lights and Sirens

A Turn of the Worst

"Not looking good?" Gabby asked desperately. "What is that supposed to mean? I need to see my son!" As her voice began to rise the tightness in her throat became all to familiar. Casey wrapped his arms around her and sniffed.

"Can we see him?" He asked, it came out as a whisper.

"Jamie is critical at the moment, he is also not stable. It is in your best interests for you to stay out here." The doctor said sadly but softly.

Gabby felt Casey's hands slide round to her stomach from behind. Although it was something he was doing to comfort her, she felt like it was something else, it was holding her up. She knew that if he was to let go she would fall to her knees in floods of tears. Just his contact made it possible for her to just stay in control. The whole team was all focused on their own thoughts, there was silence in the waiting room.

"I'm sorry to say this miss Dawson but we're not hopeful." He paused, composing himself. "It would be a miracle if he made it through the night." The doctor has been standing there the whole time and no one had realised. Gabby looked up, tears covering her face.

"So that's it?" she yelled. "There is nothing you can do to save my son?!" The pain in her voice shook everyone.

"At this time-"

"I know as well as you that there could be things that could help him, if only you would tell me what's wrong with him!"

Suddenly a loud, ear piercing beep went off, the look on the doctors face told everyone what they had expected.

"Jamie!" Gabby screamed as the doctor began to run towards his room. She was fighting in Matt's arms for him to let her go but his grip just got tighter.

"Gabby." he tried to say, he was only just strong enough to keep his arms around her as she battled to keep her where she was. He knew that she needed to go and see him, even if it was just through the window of his room. He felt her begin to slide down his body onto the floor in floods of tears. As he lowered himself down next to her, he felt a tear run down his cheek, the heartbreak in her reaction was enough for him to lose control of his own emotions. All of the team were staring in horror as all the nurses an doctors raced into his room, a light flashing above his room signalling that Jamie was crashing. Gabby pushed herself up off the floor, tears still streaming down her face and ran toward his room. As soon as she reached it she knew that it was a bad idea. The doctors were all around him and they were getting the paddles ready to shock him. As she looked through the window she felt Matt behind her, the same expression on his face as hers. She raised her had up to her mouth and tried to say her sons name, all that came out was a pathetic whisper but now was not the time for her to care how she sounded. Her son was dying in his bed and there was nothing she could do to save him.

"I need the paddles ready and the epis on stand by, we're not losing this boy!" Will shouted as he ran into the room.

"Stats are low, if we don't shock him now, this is our last chance." April shouted as she unhooked the paddles from the cardiac machine.

"Give me them!" Halsted ordered as he got to the bed, taking them from her hands. "Let's start him off on 100 joules. Everyone clear!" he shouted as the paddles touched Jamie's chest.

His body arched up as the shock spread across his body. April looked over to the machine and saw that the readings where the same. "Shock him again?"

"Yeah, pump it up to 150!" he said again putting the paddles to his chest. "Clear!"

April pressed the 'Shock' button and again the charge forced his body up into the air, a little way off the bed. Halsted glanced up at the machine and took a sigh of annoyance, he was now in v-fib. "Sophie push an epi, April bring in Matt and Gabby, this may be his last few minutes." He said sadly.