Satellites

Twenty Four

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Here is Chapter Twenty Four

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Bone marrow aspiration is where the doctor uses a thick, hollow needle to remove samples of bone marrow.

            I just had the aspiration done and now they’re doing tests. The trip here to Reno wasn’t too promising. Everybody was just so quiet and it was really uncomfortable. Right now I was getting platelets injected into my bloodstream – since mine magically stopped working.

 “Is she going to be okay?” Dave asks, holding my hand.

“She will be fine. After we’re done giving her platelets, the nurses are giving her sedatives to help her sleep.” The Doctor replied.

“Kellin?”

“I’m here baby sis”

I smiled feebly at him, it’s my first time to get an anesthetic in my blood stream, forgive my daze.  He smiles back, I see Dave leave with mom. I sighed deeply, every day the breathing got harder for me. But I managed to pull through, with Kellin’s help of course.

“You think I’ll make it?” I ask.

“You will okay, don’t think that you won’t” His voice cracked.

“Are you going to cry?”

He nods as one…two… three… and more tears fell. “Please stop Kell, save the tears for later”

“Quit talking like that you little shit”

            He wipes his eyes and kisses my forehead. I honestly don’t think I’ll make it. I feel so weak right now. Everything just feels like a dream. Everyone’s voices sound so distant. And as much as I want to push on further, my body’s slowly fading away.

“Kellin, are you still there?”

“Yeah, I am, you know I am”

I smiled as the sedative settled in.

***

            I’m still thinking about the kiss. Right after it was done, we kind of just stared at each other. He was giving me a bothered-curious look while I stood there shocked and speechless. In the end, we didn’t end up together. Or not yet as he said. He wants me to think about it and I’m grateful that he’s giving me this chance.

“Good morning” Kellin says.

“Oh hey, didn’t see yeah there. What are those?”

“Gifts from home, the girls, the guys, and this one’s from your boyfriend.”

I blushed madly, and I’m not even being abstract. My cheeks felt hot, I was smiling like an idiot, and my heart is beating so fast it could put hummingbirds to shame.

“Shut up…” I cover my face.

“Come on Kat, don’t deny it.” There was playfulness in his tone, he was enjoying this.

“I know but, what if when I come back home and I look like an old woman or something?”

“Mark will love it, looking back from then and now, he would’ve left once he found out that you had CML. But no, he stayed, now shut up and eat your pudding”

            I stared at the pudding with worry as if it would actually talk and give me life advice. I hear Kellin chuckled. He stops, and gives me that look. I give him one back; we basically just did a twin thing. I’d explain, but you wouldn’t understand. The door opens revealing mom and Dave… and dad.

“Dad, why are you here?”

“What, can’t I visit you?”

“I guess you can…”

Kellin’s grip tightens; I didn’t even see him hold my hand. I give him a light clutch and he calms down. “I’ll be in the lobby” he kisses my forehead and absconds. Mom and Dad sighed. He always stormed off because of one out of two reasons. One, he’s angry as hell and doesn’t want to scream at anyone. Two, he’s going out. Right now, it was choice number one.

“How are yeah doing kid?”

“Alright I guess; do I still look normal?”

“You look wonderful as always Kat” Dave replied.

I smiled. Suddenly the doctor from yesterday returns. His face didn’t look so pleasant – talk about bearer of bad news. But it’s a job requirement, other than curing or helping out people, he also bore the bad news. I wish it was easier for them, I mean all this pressure put on them. People’s lives on their hands. Yeah, you get the idea.

“Come on, hit us with it” Mom spoke.

He sighs. “Katherine isn’t healthy enough for chemo therapy…”

“What does that mean?” Mom sounded so devastated.

“Her body’s too fragile, we’re afraid that if we try CT on her it’d recoil. I’m sorry to say it, I truly am. Right now, her life relies on the medicines she’s taking and just sheer hope.”

“Sheer hope?! Don’t give us that damn bullshit, my daughter is dying!”

“Dad calm down please!” I begged.

I see mom and Dave holding him back. “We’re truly sorry.”

“How long do I have left?” I finally asked, bringing everyone to silence.

“Six months, maybe even less…”

I nod at him slowly; he nods back but much more hesitantly and left. Mom hugged me, she was crying madly. I don’t know why I wasn’t. Dad left to who knows where. Dave must’ve followed since he wasn’t in the room too.

Six months. Six months was my given chance.

“Mom, I love you”

            She looks at me, tears everywhere. It truly pained me to see her this way. The words she said hurt even more. She’s blaming it all on herself, about how it should’ve just gone to her instead of passing down to me. Before long, I was engulfed in a hug. I hear the door shut, and by then I was drowning in my own tears.

“I… Kellin…” I cried out.

“Shh, I’m here. I won’t leave you, you hear me?” He was crying too.

“Six months Kell, I have Six months…” As of right now, I soaked his shirt.

He holds my face, I looked straight at him. “We can’t do much anymore, but I swear Katherine. I swear on every damn grain of sand, every rock, every leaf, every branch, every speck of dust, and every damn star in the whole god damn universe that I will make it the very damn best for you. We all will.”

            He blinks and the tears fell, mine did too. “I love you Kellin” I croaked out. He kisses my forehead in reply.

Everything’s so damn painful – emotionally, physically, and mentally.