Together we are Alone

Chapter 20

The drug inside of Julia has been identified. What do you think Joe thinks?

Chapter 20

❤Joe❤

I'm worried about her.

The doctors discovered the drug inside of Julia, so the doctor came in her room and did some tests on her. She was still sleeping from the muscle relaxer. He was shining a bright light in her eyes and it woke her up. The doctor explained what was going on and then sent her off to get a CT scan and a ultrasound.

(CT scans take longer than regular x-rays. You need to lie still on a table while they are being done. During the test, the table slides in and out of the scanner, a ring-shaped machine that surrounds the table. You might feel a bit confined by the ring you have to lie in while the pictures are being taken. An ultrasound uses sound waves to make pictures of organs inside the body. For a liver ultrasound, you lie on a table while a wand is moved around on the skin on the right of the belly. Also, gel is put on the belly).

I'm worried that something might be wrong with her liver, just like the doctor had said. If there is something wrong with her liver then she could get really sick. She could even die.

No. I refuse to think about Julia being hurt. I just need to think about how she is now, which still isn't very good, but it's better than how she might be later on.

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It felt like hours while I was waiting in the waiting room. It probably had been hours, but it doesn't matter. I saw Julia being rolled out of the doors and I stood up to follow as quickly as I could. I followed her as she was rolled back to her room. I sat in the chair beside her just when the doctor walked in the room.

"Hello, Mr.Joseph" he said.

No one has ever called me that before, but I ignored it and answered him anyway.

"How it's she doctor?" I asked, looking up at him.

Julia was looking around the room as if she didn't know where she was. Her eyes stopped across the room at the window. I put my hands in my pockets so the doctor couldn't see me fiddling my fingers. I felt something small and cold against my hand. I was about to take it out of my pocket when the doctor spoke up.

"I asked Julia some questions about what happened," he began speaking, "she said that her parents made her eat the times a day weather she was hungry or not. If all of the food had over doses of eszopiclone in it, and she was there, and fed, for about three and a half days, then there could be some damage to the liver. The ultrasound confirms that theory."

I looked away from him. Panic and worry started taking over my body.

"How bad is it?" I asked him. Tears were threatening to escape my eyes.

"It's pretty bad. Without liver transplantation, I'm afraid her liver will fail."

I was on the verge of crying. But luckily, for now, I kept my bearings.

"Wh-what can we do?"

"We'll look for a liver that matches hers. I just hope it won't take long. It could take weeks, or months even. But if your lucky, days."

Days? DAYS? Does Julia even have days left? My mind was racing with questions that need to be answered, but can't be. I took this frustrating time of mine to identify the object in my pocket from a few minutes ago. I pulled it out and saw it was a chain. A small, thin, silver chain with a heart inside another heart dangling at the end. I held it up to get a better look at it.