Bonds of Blood |A Heartland Fanfic

Chapter Fifteen

It had been a long day and it wasn't even over, she was getting ready to start the new round and telling Lou that was feeling like a mistake. However, with a tentative date for Katie the woman could do math and fuss. Lisa approached it with a different strategy, she had a brief window where she could get a lot done before she was dealing with the side effects she was coming to know, after that she had to go by what her body told her. These last few days of the break were it.

She knew they were all searching for a balance now that the house was full again. Katie's care did not keep Lou too busy to help her and they were still sorting out those boundaries. She had restrictions and she had been up front with Lou about what they were, but she was not willing to add to that list because it might help.

She was biting her tongue on enough already, other than her morning decaf, she needed something at least pretending to be coffee first thing, she had switched to green tea. When Lou cooked she ate the healthy experiments, though she had put a stew on this morning before Lou was done getting Katie up; that Jack was out for the day had backfired on her.

Her husband wanted hearty meals, especially in the cold and she suspected Lou's health kick was reminding him of his heart attack; he had reminisced on when she had cooked like this before. It was not something any of them wanted to remind him of right now. They were through the worst of it, she just wanted to look forward.

Katie was trying to convince everyone she could go out to see her pony as they ate; Lou wasn't biting and even Georgie seemed hesitant. Lisa was quiet, it was important right now that nothing interfered with Katie's recovery, and that meant going out in the cold, and to the barn were not good ideas; but the little girl was finding being housebound hard.

The little one wanted to see her friends, and to play around the ranch with the freedom she was used to. Lisa listened as Lou tried to find a compromise, everyone had finished eating and she cleared the dishes while the girls talked.

"Lisa, let me get that." As she returned for the pot Lou realized what she was doing and jumped up.

"Its alright." But turning back she collided with Lou and the pot tipped back on her, warm liquid soaked her shirt. "Lou!"

Dropping the pot back on the table she tried to pull the damp fabric away from her skin and started to back away. Lou could finish cleaning up while she changed, but right now she needed some space. Except Lou had grabbed some napkins and was trying to blot at her shirt. "Lou just let me go change."

Trying to brush the woman's hands away she yelped, pain tore through her shoulder as she felt a warm rush. Lou stepped away as she clapped a hand over her IV, but nothing was there. Lou had paled, the IV catheter and bandage was in the napkin; she swallowed hard.

"Georgie, go get Ty." She felt sick and scared, blood was seeping under her palm and it wasn't stopping.

"Let me do that Lisa." There was panic in Lou's voice and it annoyed her.

"You've done enough." But she clamped her hand tighter over her shoulder and shut up; Katie still sat at the table.

Ty and Amy came in and she let them draw her out into the kitchen, Georgie trailed with Lyndy in her arms. Ty pulled her hand away and against her better judgement Lisa glanced down; her shoulder was a bloody mess and she had to close her eyes.

"Amy go get saline from my bag." Ty placed a clean tea towel against her shoulder, holding it firmly with one hand and twisted to open the first aid kit. "Lisa do you have a list of your medications?"

"In the bedside table." She murmured, watching as he picked up the IV and looked at the little tube. "Is that going back in?"

"No, that site is done. If we can get that bleeding stopped your doctor can put in another, if not we need to go to the clinic." Ty explained as Lou handed him the information about her medications. "But you aren't on any blood thinners."