"32 year old male, unconscious, bloods show high level of toxins. BP is 180/70. He's been having multiple convulsions, can we get this patient to Neurology ASAP" the paramedic yells as we pass through multiple doors, I chase after Joe's stretcher until one of the doctors blocks me for entering the facility.
"Let me through, thats my husband. I need to know that my husband is okay!"
"Ma'am we kindly ask you to calm down, we're gonna do everything we can for your husband; but we need you to stay in the waiting area and we'll call you as soon as we can give you any information." The doctor says and my son clings onto my body for dear life as I watch the double doors shut in my face.
"I don't want Dad to die Momma." Luke whispers and I cant help but stare at the same closed doors as tears fall from my eyes like a River. I place my hand in my growing stomach and I realise that I have kept my child from knowing it's father and now I might not get a chance to fix it.
"Now you listen to me Lucas William Sugg and listen well, your father is the strongest man I know, and he is a fighter. He's going to get fixed by the doctors and he's gonna go back to being the pain in the backside that we know and love, do you understand?"
"I understand." Luke say nodding his head and wiping his tears.
"Repeat after me, My Dad is strong and he is not going to die." I ask of my son and he composes himself before repeating my sentence.
"My Dad is strong, and he is not going to die." Lucas says and I peck him on his forehead before looking into his eyes which are exactly like his fathers.
"There you go, besides I'm gonna need your Daddy since your terrible at changing diapers." I say as I reveal my baby bump to my son, letting him know that he's going to be a big brother again.
"Wait, does that mean I'm gonna have a little brother?!" Lucas asks as his blue eyes sparkle in excitement at the thought of having a little brother to keep him company and play all he games he can't play with Mŷa.
"Well, I don't know yet, it might be a girl. I'm only 16 weeks." I reply and Lucas smiles at me and I see his father in him making my heart break a little more as I might have stolen his chance to spend time with him.
"Yes, I can finally have someone to play with." Lucas exclaims.
"Hey!" I say pretending to be offended that he doesn't want another little sister. He looks at me and remembers that he actually has a little sister and makes a guilty face and I giggle.
"I do love Mŷa and everything but I need to play something other than tea parties with dolls." Lucas defends his reaction and I can't help but smile at my son, our conversation makes me forget for a few seconds that his fathers life is undetermined.
"Fair enough." I say to my son before sitting on the designated seats hoping that someone will come through those doors again and tell us that Joe's going to be fine. But no one does, and we just sit and wait for hours.
Zoë, Arden, Melanie, Oli, Caspar and Conor all gather around me for moral support as we all await news on Joe. Fourteen hours of pure agony later, Dr Carson come through the doors; she is Joe's doctor and the main reason why he survived his brain injury.
"Hi Dr Carson. Is Joe gonna be okay?" I ask her as soon as she comes over to me, she pulls me away from the others and I invite Zoë and Oli over with us and she gives me a look of disapproval and I almost faint.
"We've had to put Joe in an induced coma as we found a mass growing on his central nervous system."
"A mass?! What like a tumour?" Oli asks stunned by his best friends diagnosis, I stay still unable to move, think, or breathe. I just stare at Dr Carson as she continues to explain exactly what's going on with Joe.
"But you've removed it right? That's why we've been here all night. Right?!" Zoë says as tears fill up her baggy eyes from lack of sleep. Oli wraps his arms around Zoë and I, but I still remain frozen still; almost as though I am numb to the news I am receiving.
"No, unfortunately the tumour is too large to operate on, and patients who've suffered brain injuries are at higher risk of developing CNS Lymphoma and operating to remove any malignant tumours becomes very risky; because of that factor and where the mass is positioned if we operate on him.... we'd kill him." Zoë breaks down and sobs making Lucas' attention immediately fall on us.
"Oli, get her out of here. She's scaring Luke." I say waking up from my slumber of shock and Oli escorts Zoë out of the ward, before Dr Carson continues to speak with me.
"So what does this mean Dr Carson? Are you telling me that my husband is dying?" I asked a single tear falls on my left cheek and I immediately wipe it off and go back to cutting off my emotions because if I let them get the better of me, I will frighten my son.
"Now you know I will do everything in my power to save your husband, but the prognosis isn't looking good; we've put him in the induced coma to slow the cancer cells from spreading but you might want to prepare yourself." Dr Carson says to me before walking back into the closed unit and I walk over to the rest of the gang and Lucas immediately asks about his Dad.
"Momma is Dad gonna be okay? He asks me and I smile and nod my head, I feel an immense sense of guilt for lying to my son but I don't want to break his heart unless I have to. For now I'll just keep him in the dark until we know more
"He's gonna be just fine. I told you your Daddy's a fighter." I say with a large fake smile and I mouth to Conor to take Lucas home.
"Come on buddy, you've been here all night. Let's get you home to get some rest, and by the time we come back your Dad should be awake too." Conor says before kissing me in the cheek and lifting Luke and carrying him on his hip, I give my son as kiss on his lips and Conor takes him home. As soon as They leave I break down into floods of tears, Arden, Caspar and Melanie gather around to comfort me as I wail hysterically.
"He's dying! I'm gonna lose him, I can deal with a lot but I can't deal with losing him."
OMG!!! Can you see me crying hysterically?! My god, I feel like Shonda who kills all her characters!!
But there you have it folks!!!
If you didn't understand all that medical talk, basically because of Joe's injury that he got in Unfinished Business; he's now developed a brain tumour. This tumour is sitting on his central Nervous System and is spreading rapidly, because the tumour is too big and because of where it's placed they can't operate; so he's basically dying.
Do you think that Lucy will get back together with Joe? Or will she walk away from him at the time he needs her the most??
Only time will tell,
Love you heffas with all my heart,
Kasey 😘❤️😎💁🏽
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FanfictionLucy and Joe have been married for eight years, and life couldn't be more perfect. Until the cracks in their relationship begin to show, and what looked like the perfect family Portrait falls apart. Will they be able to save their marriage against a...
