Trapped Underneath a Secret

18- The Surgery

      They opened me up and inserted a tube to suck the water out, "Is the water out?" "Almost doctor, I think he water-bordered her." "That is so disgusting but come on nurses!" They got all the water out and them cut me open to fix my ribs. They hurt so bad and they set my ribs. Then they undid my cast that was holding my broken hand and set it properly. "I have never seen this much damage. Doctor what about her face?" "The next doctor for eyes and face is coming in. Please help him out with his other nurses."
       The other doctor came in and grabbed my hand, "Clara I'm holding your hand so that you know I will take care of you. I am going to look at your eyes' and we are going to take an MRI of your brain to assess the damage. Is that ok?" I barely had the strength to finally squeeze his hand just enough to know that I understood, "Good now I'm going to flash a light and see how your eyes are doing." He shined the light and my head hurt and they dilated fine he said. But that my eyes were in bad shape and needed to be look that, "Now the the MRI." He smiled and we went down to the MRI lab and took scans of my brain. Then we went back to the surgery room. "Looks like it's pretty swollen but somehow it was managed. But we'll definitely have to get it down. No damage though, so you should be fine brain function wise."
He inserted a needle in my IV and it made me so drowsy, "I know Clara you hate this... but we need to have you in a really good sedation so that we can operate correctly. Ok?" He grabbed my hand and I squeezed it hard as I could, it wasn't as hard as you'd think but good enough. He smiled as I closed my eyes. I felt lifeless and I felt peaceful. "Hey dad! Am I ok??" "Yes your just in a coma, you had to be put in a coma for your brain surgery." "I hope I'm ok!" "Oh you are!!! But I figured you'd want to see us!" I smiled and hugged my dad and Dave. "I love you guys so much! I just hope I make you guys so proud!" They both said, "Of course! You became what you were destined to be!!!" "I love you guys!"  As I said that their faces faded and I woke up!
      "HEY Clara!! How are you doing! The surgery went amazing!" I looked up at him and squeezed his hand. "Now we have to eyes and your concussion. Now the x-ray for your eyes is different than brain so we have to wait for your concussion to change." I squeezed his hand again. I was scared to be honest but i felt safe with him. "Now Clara, I have brought in someone you might want to see after the horrible ordeal. Bring him in." It was Brian. I felt bad he saw an IV in me and bandage on my head and oxygen tank but I NEEDED to see him. He grabbed my hand and held it tight and kissed my head ever so lightly. I loved him and I squeezed his hand as hard as I could and it wasn't hard at all but hard enough for him to know.
       He spent hours talking about how much he missed me and he showed me a scar he had from the beating. He laughed about it but felt bad that it was partially his fault. I squeezed his hand and I wanted to speak but nothing came out I couldn't even move my mouth still. I just loved seeing him, even though he looked as bad as I looked when he had his beating. His hair was all messy and was all down and looked greasy. His beard was getting long and he was in old baggy clothes. It was cute but he definitely needed to get cleaned up just like I needed too! I just stared at his beautiful bluish-greenish eyes and his brown hair and beard. I absolutely loved him and missed him!!!