Life's Pages

Thanks to you, it will be Done

Jimmy winced as they inserted the needle into his bulging vein. 

"Sorry Mr. Page, we have to take blood work to make sure your blood is still compatable and that your organ systems are still working." the nurse explained while collecting tubes of the thick crimson coloured liquid. Jimmy slowly nodded his head. 

"Quick pinch, ok?" the nurse said as she extracted the needle from Jimmy's arm, and quickly put a cotton wrap around the puncture site. Jimmy watched in silence as the nurse threw away her gloves and needles, and took the tubes, now warm from the fresh blood, into her arms. 

"About 10 minutes ok Mr.Page? We have to run these in the centrifuge to get results." she said with a faint smile. Jimmy gave a weak smile and nodded. The nurse then closed his door to his hospital room. 

Jimmy quickly rose to his feet, and slowly crept to the door, and squeaked it open. He pushed his pale face out of the doorway and into the cold hallway. His emerald eyes scanned the hallway, looking for the pre-operation room where Emily was. At the end of the hall, he saw it, and a smile quickly came to his face. Jimmy yanked open the door, and began to run down the hall to her. Suddenly, another nurse flew out of a nearby room and stopped right in front of Jimmy. 

"Excuse me Sir! No patient or visitor is allowed in the Pre-OP room!" she said in a snobby tone. Jimmy scowled down at her. His eyes stared her in her dark brown eyes, and he looked at her face. Caked in makeup, and her blonde hair was all snarled and greasy. 

"No, excuse ME. I'm going to say goodbye to her before she goes into surgery!" Jimmy yelled back at her, causing her to lean back and her eyes widen. Her messy pink lips turned into a frown. 

"Listen here, buddy,  you ain't allowed back there." she said while pointing her finger at him, and poking him in the chest roughly. Jimmy furrowed his eyebrows, and clenched his fists. In a quick movement, he shoved the nurse backwards, and hustled down the hallway to Emily.  Jimmy quickly closed the door behind him. 

The room was quiet. The only noise was the heart monitor and the pulse oximitor. Jimmy smiled and sat on the foot of the bed with her, and grabbed her pale, freezing hands. 

"Emily.. If you can hear me, I love you. It's going to be okay.. Dammit, if you go, I go. My life isn't worth living if you're not in it." Jimmy began to rub his thumbs across her fragile skin as tears began to creep up in his eyes. He then gently lifted her hands up to his pale pink lips, and planted a tender, loving and passionate kiss on her hands.  

With resentment, Jimmy rose from the bed, and slowly walked backwards to the door, not taking his eyes off of her lifeless body. His hand fumbled to find the door handle at first, but as he did and opened the door, the doctor was standing right behind him. 

"Oh, hello Mr.Page. I heard you got into a dispute with one of our nurses. We apologize for her behavior. Anyways, your blood work has been approved, and we're ready for surgery. If you would please follow us down." the doctor said as he walked down the hallway. 

After many twists and turn down silent hallways, Jimmy found himself sweating, and his heartbeat increasing with each step. They then reached the room, and Jimmy was instructed to remove himself of all of his clothing, and any jewelry. The nurses assisted Jimmy in containing all of his hair into the surgery cap. Jimmy shivered as he was just in a paper robe as he walked to his surgery bed. 

The doctor came over as Jimmy adjusted himself lying in bed. 

"I'm going to have to remove your gown, Mr.Page. The nurses will be in shortly to do so." the doctor said as he walked over to the sink and began to scrub his hands. As the nurses came in, so did Emily. Jimmy sat up to look at her better, and as he sat up, he felt the nurses hands around his waist as they untied his gown. He didn't even care if he was completely exposed. The nurses looked down at Jimmy's groin and blushed and giggled amungst each other. 

"We need you to lay back down there hottie." the one nurse said while giggling. Jimmy rolled his eyes at her as he laid down. He never took his eyes off of Emily. The doctor came back in with a marker, and began to draw on Jimmy's lower stomach area. 

"Incision marks Mr.Page." he said quietly. Jimmy just nodded his head. The doctor stood back up and clapped his hands and rubbed them together. 

"Ladies, let's get Ms. Emily and Mr. Page under anesthesia, and let's get this surgery over with." 

Jimmy took one last look at Emily as the nurses slid the anesthesia mask over his mouth and nose. The gas tank squeaked as the gas was turned on. With every breath that he took, Jimmy became more and more drowsy until he finally closed his eyes. 

All he could see was Emily.