"Aunt?" I ask nervously as we press buttons on the elevator to go to the cancer section.
"Bee?" Aunt says. It's her name for me when I ask her things because 'aunt' sounds like 'ant' if you haven't realised that.
"Do you think I'll need an operation"
"We'll see my love, we'll see."
I hold Max's hand as we walk through the opening doors. All around us on chairs there's people with all types of cancer. With tubes, tanks, tears. The three T's of cancer. Tubes, Tanks and Tears. We sit down on the cold metal chairs beside a girl and her boyfriend. The girl has auburn hair, blue eyes and smells of the sea. Her boyfriend is tanned with dark hair and brown eyes. Both of these people are gorgeous.
"Hi! Why are you here?" The ginger girl asks.
"I have heart cancer, you?" I reply.
"I'm Caia. This is my friend Casper, who has cystic fibrosis. There's no space in our waiting room so we're here. " Caia says. Casper flashes me a smile.
"I'm Chrissy. This is my cousin Max. I'm here because I might have a heart tumour" I say
"I hope you don't! Poor you, it must be horrible! Let's get off the subject of sad stuff! Max is so cute!" Caia squeals. She uses a lot of exclamation marks. Max crawls onto my lap and I hug him protectively.
"Chrissy" he says firmly. "Introduce me to you're friends. Or Mr Duncan won't give you his cookies"
"Oh that would be simply terrible! We can't have that can we?" I laugh, tickling him. "These are my friends Caia and Casper. How is Mr Duncan might I ask?"
I think Caia and Casper have twigged that Mr Duncan is Max's imaginary friend. Max squeals and laughs.
"Chrissy Moone?" The nurse calls into the waiting room. I say bye to Caia and Casper. I pick Max up on my hip. He claws to my waist. He doesn't like hospitals. Can't say I do. We walk through the white door to reveal two chairs and a bed. I hop on the bed, while Aunt sits herself on the chairs. Max climbs up to join me.
"OK Chrissy. Few questions" Dr Rubin says. I nod.
"Have you been having heart pains? If so how often?"
"Yes. Usually one or two times a day" I reply. I know that's not normal. I'm having an operation.
"One more question. Do you think you need an operation, honestly?" Dr Rubin asks
"Yes" I say, holding back the tears.
"You will go for a MRI scan, to see if you have a tumor. You know where to go" He nods. I walk away, Max clambering to get up. I hoist him up and give him a piggy back. We walk up the stairs to a new waiting room, which has lots of little kid games for Max. Max laughs and runs off to play with Mr Duncan.
"Chrissy. I'm so sorry" Aunt says tearfully
"It's not your fault" I whisper, tears seeping out and rolling down my cheeks. More come, until my cheeks and neck are sticky.
"Chrissy, pet, come along" the doctor beckons. We follow her into a big room with the MRI scan. Aunt is given a yellow heavy vest to put on and she and Max are put behind a screen of glass. I take off my shoes and socks, my whole body shaking. I slowly sit on the bed, and move my body until I am lying down. Doctors are reassuring me and telling me what is going to happen, but I know what's gonna happen. They go behind another screen of glass and press buttons so I'm moving through the scan. It stops when my chest is under the camera. It beeps a few times before moving me back out. I sit up as the doctors cone towards me, their faces grave.
"Chrissy. You will have an operation tomorrow." They whisper. I bite my lip, trying to not let the tears run down. I get up in silence. Aunt and Max thank the doctors and give back the vest and we walk through the doors. We walk back to the waiting room, where the doctor will send us to a ward where I will stay until my operation. We wait for 1 hour until we are called. They send us to Heart Ward. We walk into the huge area and a woman with curly blonde hair piled on top of her head, and she wears a green shirt. We are showed to our room, which has a TV, machines, a bed, and a sofa for visitors. Aunt and Max sit down, and she takes out a bag.
"You packed?" I ask
"Just in case we had to stay overnight" she smiles. Now I feel bad. Max has to stay too, because there's no one else back home. Aunt changes Max in his super man pajamas and drags a brush through his hair. I pull on my grey hospital pajamas, and brush my hair too. I kick off my shoes and socks and hop into the crisp white sheets. A doctor comes in.
"My name is Dr Pattelle. You must fast until you're operation, which is tomorrow at 4. You must start fasting at midnight. You can drink when we tell you to." She walks away.
"I'm just going to buy some food OK pet?" Aunt says. I nod and the second the closes the red door Max comes bounding over and jumps on my bed.
"Chris. Whats happening?" He sobs. I hug him tight and pull the blanket over us.
"I just need a little operation on my heart to make me feel a lot better. It'll be OK Maxie." I whisper into his hair.
"Will you die? Mr Duncan doesn't want you to die" Max cries, tears streaming. I wipe the tears away with my thumbs.
"Shh now my Maxie. It'll be OK. I'll be fine. I'll be fine" I repeat. Aunt walks back in with food. I sit up straight and Max cuddles up to me. He tugs at my long blonde hair to whisper on my ear.
"I love you"
Aunt gives is sandwiches and then Max goes to sleep. We shift him off my bed because I will be woken a lot, and he snores on the sofa. A nurse comes in to put a plaster holding a sensor for my heart rate. I fall asleep thinking one thing. I might die.
A/N I based the hospital bits of when I was in hospital and the Heart Ward as well, and the MRI bit. Hope y'all enjoyed! Yes I brought Casper and Caia from my other story into this. I'm that cool. Next chapter is the operation.
Byee Éabha xxx
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Chrissy Moone
Novela JuvenilChrissy is a young girl fighting cancer. She has run away from her abusive father to her Aunt Faith and cousin Max. She joins a new school, determined for a fresh start. She pushes the thoughts of her father out of her head and tries to keep out of...
