A 6th Child - Shaytards Fanfiction

Chapter 6 ~ Surgery

Emmi's POV**

I was talking with mom in the hospital room when I heard a knock at the door. In walked Dad, Gavin, Avia, and Brock.

"Emmi! I'm so glad I get to se you!" she said as she hugged me as much as she could while I'm in bed. Then she whispered in my ear, "Don't tell anyone, but I stayed up all night because I was worried about you."

"Oh, Avia!" I said as I hugged her back. Even though she was probably exhausted, I felt kind of glad that she was caring for me.

"What are you two whispering about over there?" Dad asks us.

"Sisterly love," Avia says as she smiles and grabs my hand. Everybody talks to me and we all bond for the next few hours. I had also scooted over a bit and told Avia to lay next to me. I felt a little lonely sitting there all by myself all day.

A few hours passed and finally it was the time I had dreaded this whole day. The surgery. Nurse Angela came in and said, "Emmi are you ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be," I said as Avia climbed down from my bed. Angela put the IV in and gave me the laughing gas. I was barely awake when I was rolled out of the comfortable hospital room and left my family.

Avia's POV**

I watched Emmi get rolled out if the room and I went and sat down in a chair.

"Avia, are you okay?" Gavin asked. Mom and dad were following Emmi to the ER.

"Yeah, I'm just really worried for Emmi," I scratched my arm nervously.

"Emmi will be fine. She's really tough and she won't feel anything anyways. When she wakes up she won't have felt anything," Gavin was trying to confide me. He was actually getting really good at it over the years. He was in 6th grade now.

"You know what, Gavin? You're right. I have nothing to worry about. We just have to wait until she's done. Then she'll be the same bubbly little Emmi we all know and love,"I smiled and gave Gavin a hug. He really was a great big brother.

Then dad walked in and said, "Okay, so the surgery will take about an hour. How about we get some lunch while we wait?"

"I like that idea!" Brock said. Being only in 1st grade he doesn't really know a lot about surgery.

"It'll take my mind off of Emmi, so, I'm in," I said as I nervously smiled at my parents. Even though Gavin gave me that good pep talk, I guess you could call it, I was still nervous just a little bit.

Collette's POV**

I walked down the hallway to the cafeteria and couldn't help but notice how lucky I was. Even though Emmi had a broken arm, it was something that could be fixed. It made me remember the negative pregnancy test still sitting on our bathroom counter. Wow, with all the commotion the last day I completely forgot about that.

"Mom! What are you getting?" Brock asked me, taking me out of my daze.

"Oh, I don't know, honey. I'll have to look," I smiled and he ran to go order his chicken tenders.

We were finishing up our meals when a surgeon came in looking for the Butler family.

"That's us," Shay said, waving his hand at the man.

"Okay, well Emmi's surgery was successfully completed and she will be going back into your room in about 20 minutes," the man said as he smiled at us. We all quickly threw away our plates and headed back up to the room. We sat for about 10 minutes until Emmi was rolled in.

Emmi's POV**

My bed was being rolled through the halls back to the room where my family was and I couldn't wait to see them. They injected pain medicine into while I was still asleep so I don't feel an ache in my arm. They also put a temporary wrap cast on my arm until they put the actual cast on. When I got back into the room, I saw everybody waiting for me and smiling.

"Emmi! They all shouted giving me hugs and kisses. All of them were careful around my arm.

"How are you feeling?" My mom asked as she rubbed my good arm.

"Before I knew it, I woke up and this wrap was around my arm!" I said. The whole thing was easier than expected. Everyone laughed and Angela then walked in.

"Emmi what color do you want your cast to be? We can do plain colors, stripes, or sparkles," Angela asked me.

"Ummm, can I have pink?" I really liked the pink colored cast.

"Just plain pink?"

"Yes," I responded. After my cast was on, Angela gave me a sling and explained that I couldn't put my cast underwater. She also said that I would wear this cast for two weeks, then I would come back and get a waterproof full arm cast without the sling for three weeks, and then the forearm cast for another two weeks. Then I would just have to wear a brace around my wrist whenever doing any physical activity for about a month.

Collette's POV**

The hospital gave Emmi permission to leave and we all gathered in the Suburban and drove home. By now, it was 6:00 PM and we were too tired to cook, so we went to Wingers, with Emmi's approval.

"Emmi, can I sign your cast?" Avia asked.

"Sure!" Emmi asked me for the Sharpie marker out of my purse.

"Wait! Before any signing happens I need to vlog. I've barely gotten any footage all day," dad says as he pulls out the camera. "Hey guys! Guess what? Emmi broke her arm! Would you tell us about it please?"

"Yes! I will!" Emmi says smiling. "I was having a really bad dream, so I tried to run away, but I ran off my bunk bed and landed off my arm. Here's my cast and sling, I got the color pink."

Shay continued vlogging for a few minutes apologizing for the lack of footage and just updated them on the family. After we were finished eating, we all piled up in the car and drove home. Emmi and Avia both fell asleep on the car ride home. Emmi was obviously tired and I don't think Avia slept very well last night. Shay carried the two girls to their bedrooms, not waking them up while Gavin and Brock went to the TV. I got Daxton out of his car seat and when Shay got back down, we decided to call it a night early. It was only 8:00 but we were all exhausted and we always have to wait awhile in restaurants, they don't cater to larger families.

"Collette, why don't you go up to bed. You haven't gotten any sleep the last 24 hours. I'll put the boys to bed," Shay said as he kissed me.

"You're the best, Shay," I said as I wished the boys good night and went to my room to get ready. I walked in and to my surprise.......

(Author's Note: Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a few days. I've been finishing up summer work for school that starts next week. I'm gonna try to put in as many updates as I can before next Wednesday. That's my first day of high school so I don't really know what to expect which means I don't know how often I'll be able to get updates in. I'll fill you in more when next week comes. Anyways, thanks so much for reading my story! It means a lot to me! Hope you liked this chapter! See you next chapter!)