Make A Wish - (Roman Reigns)

Chapter 13

A/N: I'm not a doctor, nurse or in the medical field at all. I'm just a person with access to Google so if some of the information in the chapter isn't medically accurate...it's fiction. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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"Hello, Ms. Nelson," Dr. Foster greeted. She could tell that he was annoyed with her because in his mind her frequent visits were a waste of time. "Are you ready to begin."

"Of course," Robbie nodded. She was taken through the usual examinations and was waiting for the results. Dr. Foster entered and sat behind his computer without speaking a word. This worried her because he'd usually dismissively set her next appointment and send her on her way.

"Is something wrong?" she asked. He didn't answer as he rolled his chair over to turn the light off. Then with a remote control he turns on a projector. It shined a bright white square on the wall in front of her. He presses a button and her MRI body scan appeared. "W-what am I looking at?"

"We found something..." he began and her heart dropped.

Robbie took a terrified, shuddering breath and turned to face him. "I knew it...I knew it! How much time do I have left?"

"It's not what you think," he said, grabbing a laser pointer. He moved it to her hip area. "This is the nucleus, or cell of a tumor. Don't worry, it's benign for now but when it decides to grow whether it be tomorrow, next week or next year, it could be fatal."

This information did nothing to calm her down. "Is it related to my cancer at all?"

"No, all cancers come from tumors but not all tumors are cancerous or have the potential to become cancerous," he explained. "Also, I want to apologize for being nonchalant about your concerns these last few months. I'd like to continue seeing you as often as I am now just to keep an eye on you."

"So what do we do about this?"

"We can schedule a date to operate," Dr. Foster replied.

"Schedule a date? You just said this thing could grow tomorrow and be fatal! No, I want it out of me today!" she said, forcefully.

"I understand but I have two more appointments after you and three surgeries scheduled for this afternoon. My next opening won't be until next Tuesday and I understand you'll be on the road with WWE that day so unless you take off that day, I'll be open to perform the surgery Wednesday."

She shook her head, not wanting to accept that answer. "Orlando is huge. I'm sure you can make a call to one of your fellow oncologist buddies around the city and get me in with them."

He sighed. "I'll see what I can do."

An hour later, she was going nuts at the hospital as she was prepped for surgery. What if Dr. Foster read the scan wrong and it was cancerous? What if opening her up caused the tumor to spread? That would change the odds tremendously and not in her favor. A nurse injected something into her IV.

"Wait, what is that?"

"It's the happy med, a light sedative to relax you before we take you into the operating room. It'll probably put you to sleep," she informed.

"Hey, can I have my phone? It's with the rest of my stuff. I need to make a call before this stuff hits and knocks me out. I can feel myself drifting already."

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"I haven't seen this one yet," Galina said, showing Roman a picture of them on the Hobbs and Shaw red carpet.

"You looked absolutely beautiful that night," he complimented. They'd fixed their intimacy issues and were back on track to a healthy marriage. The reconciliation was complete. He didn't struggle with his feelings for Robyn as much and he didn't think about her as much anymore. He was being intentional about focusing most of his attention on his wife, kids and work instead of constantly peaking over the fence at Robyn to see how green the grass is on the other side.