Ross' POV
The door opened and mom and dad walked in with mamoo, papa, rocky, Ell, Rydel and Ryland following. I pulled Rikers hoodies hood over my head. "You alright?" Rydel asked. I nodded. "So this surgery, when's it gonna happen?" Ryland asked. "30 minutes. I could save my life. But. There's a risk" I mumbled. "Risk?" Rocky asked. "I could die in or after the surgery or it may not help at all" I sighed. "You'll be totally fine" papa assured. The door opened and the nurse walked in. "Hey sweetheart. We want you to know the plan before the surgery" she told me. "I don't wanna know what's gonna happen during the surgery" I told her. "Okay well what we're gonna do before hand is put you to sleep in this room and then take you to surgery room. After the operation you'll be in Intensive care for 2 days and then moved back to this room for another 3." She told me. "Will I be awake?" I asked. She shook her head. I heard mom sniffle and I grabbed her hand. I squeezed it and she kissed my hand. "You'll be asleep for the minimum of three days. But the maximum of two weeks. Usually brain surgery can have lasting effects. It's not easy to recover from. You may not be able to talk or walk very well." She explained. I nodded. "What's the chance of me dying?" I asked. Mom covered her mouth. I looked at her and she tried to smile. "30% ross. You'll be totally fine." The nurse smiled. I nodded and rubbed my moms back. "Okay. Well we're gonna put you to sleep in about 10 minutes." I nodded as she left. "I'm sorry baby. I shouldn't be the one crying" mom whispered as I hugged her. "Don't worry mom" I whispered. She hugged me tight. We separated and she kissed my cheek. Dad walked over and hugged me. "You'll be fine" he mumbled. "Look after mom while I'm out please" I whispered. "I will." He promised. "Make sure she's smiling and eating and stuff" I told him. He nodded and kissed my head well hood. Mamoo and papa hugged me and told me I'd be okay and they'll see me soon as they're going back to Colorado. Rydel hugged me and told me that I'd be okay and she'll be here for me. Rocky did the same. So did Ell. Ryland sobbed but I smiled and told him I'll be fine. He smiled before Riker hugged me. "I'll be here everyday. I'm not leaving okay?" He whispered. I nodded and he kissed my cheek. "I love you Ross"
"I love you too"
Rikers POV
The nurse walked in and smiled at Ross. She had the anaesthetic. Ross took a deep breath. "Are you ready?" She asked. "As ready as I'll ever be" Ross muttered. She smiled "you'll be fine. You need to take your hood down though" she laughed. "Do I have too?" He whispered. "Ross it looks nice" I assured. He shook his head. "What?" Mom asked. "He needed his hair cut for the surgery. He's not a fan" the nurse laughed. "Go on baby." Mom smiled. Ross shook his head. I yanked his hood down. "No Riker!" He exclaimed. "Oh my god Ross it's so nice!" Rydel exclaimed. Mom smiled "it looks lovely" she smiled. He shook my head. "Okay Ross lie down" the nurse smiled. My brother took off my hoodie, lay down and held my hand. "You'll be okay" I promised. He nodded slightly as the nurse placed the mask on his face. Moms eyes started to water again but Ross wasn't looking. "Close your eyes hon" Ross followed the instructions. The nurse turned the machine on and held the mask on ross' face. I felt ross' grip start to loosen. "10,9,8,7,6" ross' grip loosened entirely. "3,2,1. He's out" she took the mask off his face "can I come with you to prep for surgery?" Mom whispered. "Two of you can yes" the nurse smiled. We nodded "rike you go" dad told me. I nodded as the nurse started to wheel the bed out. Me and mom followed.
We got to the room where the surgery would take place. They started to hook my baby brother up to loads of machines and covered him with a sheet. He looked dead. Tubes in his mouth, hooked up to loads of machines. Not to mention he's always pale recently and asleep he looks even worse. The surgeon walked in and smiled at us. "Hi, I'll be doing ross' surgery. He'll be under good hands" we nodded. "Okay. Is he prepped?" The surgeon asked the nurses, who nodded. He walked over and turned Ross' head to the side. "Come on."
8 hours later
I handed dad his coffee. Everyone had gone home apart from us. The doctor walked over and we both stood up. "He's okay. Flatlined once but he's fine now. He's currently in intensive care and you can see him at the window but cannot be in the room" he explained. We both nodded as the doctor led us to ICU.
We got to the room and we looked through the window. My brother was lying there.
Life support.
Heart monitor
IV drip.
So many machines.
He was deathly pale. A bandage around his head. "Luckily. The Tumors have gone from his head. The ones on his heart and lungs are still there but we're trying all we can. At the moment we're trying to keep him as stable as possible. That's why we aren't allowing people in the room." The surgeon told us. We nodded as he walked off. "Can you take a picture and send it to mom?" He whispered. I nodded before taking a picture.
Ross right now. Surgery went good. Trying to keep him as stable as possible.
I sent it and looked at dad. He was staring at Ross with his hand on the window. I rubbed my dads back. "It'll be fine dad"
Okay I'm so excited about this story that I'm just gonna publish the whole book now. Yay
