Sam had told Daniel a little about Zach, about why he was in the hospital. Daniel honestly felt bad because he was so young; being only 15.
"He's got a heart problem...he really needs a new one" Sam sighed and weighed Daniel in for the day. "What's his name?" The brunette boy asked as Sam looked at her charts, "it's Zach he's a really sweet kid, I've been his nurse longer than I have been yours" she said as Daniel looked shocked, he had been in the hospital for a while but to know that his new roommate had been here longer almost broke his heart for the younger boy; because again ... he was so young.
Daniel walked back to his room and he passed by Jack room, who wasn't there, so Daniel just went to meet Zach better than they're waving at each other.
"H-hey" Zach stuttered as Daniel walked in the room. "Hey" he responded getting off his bed to go talk with the youngest. "I'm Zach" he stifled a breath and turned his head to look at Daniel. "Hey you don't have to move a lot yet I'm glad the surgery went well" the blue-eyed boy piped in as Zach tried to move to see Daniel better. "Thanks it really hurts still," he said referring to the staples and bandage that ran from the middle of his pecs to above his belly button, "I bet" Daniel laughed making Zach laugh too. "So why are you here? I've got heart failure obviously but you look ok" Zach inquired as Daniel just looked down. "Umm well I'm anorexic so they need me to gain weight and stop hating myself and control my depression" he said and Zach nodded before he yawned again and closed his eyes briefly; "how about you get some sleep, I'll be over there you just look tired" Daniel said and got up from his chair. "Ya" the younger said and fell asleep almost instantly. "Goodnight Zach," Daniel said and walked over to Jacks room to see if he was there.
He opened the door before he saw a lot of doctors and nurses around Jack. Daniel got kinda worried and walked in any way as Jack looked at him and smiled. "Hey curly fry" Daniel greeted making the older laugh "Hey blue eyes," Jack said in a raspy voice. Daniel cocked his head to the side as looked at one of the doctors who said "he was at a cat scan and we put him under general" Daniel made an "ohhh" face and sat next to Jack when the people cleared. Jack sighed before he spoke "the doctors said the drugs stopped working...they wanna try something else" Jack looked out the window like he had the first day they met. "What do they wanna do?" Daniel inquired wanting to know if his friend was ok. "Chemo" Jack whispered and let a tear slip from his eye; Daniel noticed and hugged his friend as they sat on his bed. He let Jack just cry knowing he was scared and probably didn't wanna lose his hair or anything else that would come with the more aggressive treatment. "when do they wanna start?" Daniel asked and rubbed small circles on Jacks back as to comfort him; "next week" he whispered and wiped his eyes before pulling back from the hug. "Well, then we've got some time right? Wanna go explore?" Daniel asked. His favorite thing about the hospital, if you can have a favorite thing about a hospital, was exploring. He would just walk around and steal coffee and Dunkin Donuts from the nurses' lounge. "Ya sure" Jack smiled and wiped his eyes on his sleeve, getting up as they walked out, "let me grab my phone," Daniel said and they walked into his room. Zach was still asleep so Daniel didn't wanna bother him. "That's Zach he's my roommate and had heart surgery this morning," Daniel told Jack who nodded as if he understood. "Maybe we can be friends too," Jack said as they walked out and down the hall.
"Boys where are u going?" Samantha asked them as they walked past her, "exploring" Daniel giggled and she just rolled her eyes and continued whatever she was doing. "So where are we going?" Jack asked as Daniel smirked and they got in the elevator. "Cafeteria I'm starving" he pulled out a card that he was given when he first got there, so he could go and get food without paying. "Yay me too" Jack laughed.
—— Back upstairs Zach was woken up startled when he heard noises and loud talking around him. At first, he though his parents but when he turned his head to look it was some people in the other room. "Jonah this is your room, your gonna share with Jack I think you two will get along," a nurse said to a tall boy in a gray beanie. He was with two other people, probably his parents. They then walked into the room and he put his stuff down before walking back out and going to a different room.
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Leukemia ~ stage one A cancer of blood-forming tissues, hindering the body's ability to fight infection.
3rd person
It came back...after six years of remission, the bitch came back. It's supposed to be after three years it can't come back but nope he's just a special case. Jonah had been fighting cancer since he was little and he was so sick of it but he knew he had to keep fighting if he wanted to live. When the poor kid was three he was so tired all the time and would get so sick so easily; his parents got really worried and decided they should take him to the doctor. That's when they were told the horrible reality of they're sons life now...cancer. He was hospitalized and went through rounds of chemo and radiation till he was 13 and close after his 13th birthday he was told he beat it, after ten years and he was cancer free. He spent the next six years catching up on school and growing his hair he so desperately missed back until he was just going to the doctor for a check-up and his blood counts were low again. That scares his whole parents as it should have and what they thought was wrong was; his cancer came back. He started getting sick with the stupidest things again and the doctors told him it was time to go back to the hospital.
So here he is, living in the room across from Zach and Daniel as well as sharing with Jack. Jonah didn't know it yet but one lucky boy would soon steal his hart.
