About 30 minutes later, Kelley, Tobin, and Christen were sitting in Mal's room. Christen was sitting in the chair closest to Mal and holding her hand. Kelley stood on the other side stroking the girls hair and Tobin was on the phone with Ashlynn and Ali, their best friends.
All of a sudden Becky walked through the door. "Oh my god are you guys okay?" Becky asked as she pulled Christen into a hug. Becky had always had a calming but fiercely protective side to her that made everyone around her feel safe.
"We're hanging in there. Don't you worry about us" Christen said.
"How's the kid?" Becky asked with a sad smile.
"She's okay for now. She had some internal bleeding but they are monitoring it" Kelley explained.
"She got out of surgery about 30 minutes ago. Her broken collar bone should heal on its own without surgery. But they think they were able to successfully repair her spine and broken hip. They put permanent pins in so with a lot of rehab they are hoping she will come back to soccer" Christen further elaborated.
"So what happened with her spine? I know you had mentioned on the phone that she broke her hip" Becky questioned.
"The force of the impact compressed her spine at the bottom. The surgery they did was to fix the compression. Before the surgery she couldn't feel her legs all, she didn't even know that she had broken her hip. So we really need this surgery to have worked" Christen explained. Just as Christen finished explaining Tobin's phone call ended. After hugging Becky she spoke up.
"Ashlynn and Ali are going to fly here tomorrow morning. I offered for them to stay with us" Tobin said. Christen nodded her head in approval. They could use the extra love and support from their best friends right about now.
