Chemical

chapter 4 - The Truth

After we hung up the phone I told my dad and my Sara what my papa said, but my dad said he already knew and he thought I knew too.  Then he said from now on he will tell me everything he knows about this situation even if it's not what I want to hear, I deserve to know. He then said if I had any questions just ask. Then I started crying because I was so worried about Mom, Sara and dad wrapped their arms around me while my dad was telling me that everything could be just fine but she will have a long road of recovery, but I also have to face the fact that she may not make it. After a few minutes, I noticed my dad starting to tear up too but it was weird because he never cries I had never seen him cry until that day.  We stayed in the room for about five to ten minutes talking about life and mom. Then they wanted to go in the living room but I didn't want to go out just yet so they let me lay in their bed and watch tv for a little while so I could rest and be alone for a while.  The week after that was normal I mainly just stayed at the house and my Mimi and I called each other every day for updates on my mom and I kept asking my Mimi when I could see my mom at the hospital, but she kept saying that she's hooked up to so many machines and she thought it would be too much for me. Then one day she called me saying she and my papa would be driving back to there house so they could get some clothes and stuff for them and if I wanted my dad could bring me to them so I could see my mom. So I ran to go find my dad to ask him and of course, he said yes so I hung up the phone and packed my bag so I was ready. I was so excited and nervous at the same time. I was excited to see my mom but nervous to see her in the hospital. My Mimi and papa are coming tonight but we won't go see my mom till the next day. A few hours passed and it was finally time to go meet them so I said bye to everyone and then me and my dad headed out the door and headed to a small rd gas station where we always meet my mom to pick me up or drop me off. My dad and I were the first ones there,  we sat and talked about everything he told me if being in the hospital room seeing my mom hooked up to a bunch of tubes and machines is too much for me then it's ok to walk out of the room. After a few minutes my Mimi and papa pulled in next to us, I said bye to my dad, grabbed my stuff, and got in their car. For pretty much the whole car ride to there house we asked each other how everything was. They were living in a hotel, my mom was stable and everything was... ok.  When we got to there house I put my stuff in my room and did a few things while they were packing. Then when we were all done with everything we got some popcorn, watched some tv, and talked. I asked them for their point of view of the night everything started. They told me my mom called them twice that morning. The first call they said she was upset and said she wasn't feeling well, the second call was her saying she took to many pills. My Mimi said when she got the second call she jumped up and went to our house the rest of it I was there for, but about an hour after I left for school my mom was telling Mimi she didn't feel good so she called the ambulance. While she was waiting for them she checked her blood pressure but it wasn't showing up so she just thought it was broken and waited for the paramedics to do it. When the paramedics got there they checked her blood pressure and it wasn't showing up on there's either so they knew something was very wrong. So they admitted her into the ambulance and took her to the hospital they checked her blood pressure there and it was so low they were wondering how she was still conscious. Then they had to take her to Kentwood hospital because it was better and they had the equipment she needed. They were going to fly her to Kentwood but the weather was bad so they took her by ambulance. After she got there she got hooked up to everything. It was crazy and hectic for everyone. But not long after they arrived she was put on all kinds of machines just to keep her alive.