You're My Forever

Feel Good | 55

The Next Day...

I woke up slowly to the quiet sounds of birds chirping through the closed windows. My eyes slowly opened to see that Roni and I were still pretty much in the same position on the sofa as we were last night when we fell asleep. She was still asleep though, her head still resting on my shoulder.

I looked at the clock on the hospital room wall and saw that it was 9:15 am. Good thing it was Saturday today...

"Roni.." I said quietly multiple times as my hand caressed the back of her head to wake her up. Eventually, she began shifting and squirming on me a little bit as she slowly woke up. Her head moved off my shoulder and she rested her forehead against mine, her eyes still closed closed since she was still half asleep. I couldn't help but chuckle quietly because she was adorable. I cupped her face with one hand, caressing her cheek gently with the pad of my thumb.

"Ten more minutes..." She mumbled before moving off my forehead and resting her head against my chest, her arms loosening around my neck a little bit. "Roni," I chuckled quietly. "we can take a nap together when we get home.. It'll be much more comfy." I whispered to her. She lifted her head again and looked at me, her eyes finally opening a little bit. "Ok.." She whispered with a small smile. I smiled as well, pecking her lips.

So, she got off me and sat on one of the other sofas. I got up and went over to Paisley's bed. She was still asleep. There was a chair beside the bed so I sat down there. She looked much better than yesterday which put a smile to my face. She got her colour back and she wasn't sweating anymore. She looked normal, despite the fact that she was in a hospital bed with machines attached to her and needles going through her arm.

I grabbed her tiny hand and held it in both of mine as I continued to look at her. Words couldn't express how grateful I was that she was ok..

After seeing Paisley for a bit, I went back to Roni and sat at the sofa beside her. And only a minute later, the same nurse from last night walked in. He greeted us with a smile before going to Paisley. I watched from the sofa as he did some basic and normal checks and tests on her. After seeing that everything was normal, finally he detached her from all of the machines. After that, he walked up to us.

"Alright, she should be waking up any minute now. When she does, just press the call button on her bed remote and I'll be back to ask her some questions and tell you about some aftercare for her surgery." The nurse explained. "Ok, thank you." I said back. He nodded before leaving the room.

So we sat there, both of us pretty anxious for about ten minutes more. After that, we suddenly started to hear shuffling noises by the bed behind us. I was quick to turn around. I saw Paisley moving a bit.

Roni and I were both quick to get up and run over to the side of the bed. Just then, Paisley's eyes started squinting open a bit. Roni pressed the call button like the nurse instructed.

"Paisley.." I said quietly but excitedly, putting my hand on the back of her head. She looked up at me, still squinting a bit. Before either of us could say anything more, the nurse walked back in and sat at the chair beside the bed. He gave her a couple seconds to wake up more before speaking up.

"Good morning Paisley! Are you able to sit up a bit for me?" The nurse said joyfully, holding out his hand to assist her. She nodded a little bit before grabbing his hand and sitting up about half way. She seemed a bit uncomfortable as she did so though.

"So, how do you feel?" The nurse asked her, still in a happy tone. "My tummy feels odd and I'm sleepy.." Paisley said quietly. "That's actually because Doctor Miller, me and a few others had to open up your tummy and remove the bursted body part that was causing you pain. That body part is called your appendix. And after that, we closed back up your tummy and now you're all better." He tried as best as he could to explain something like that to a five year old.