Highs and Lows Of Life

So Many Emotions

Nick woke to his stomach growling the machine beep behind him at different intervals. He turned his head to see his mom was sitting next to him her hand in his he gave a gentle squeeze to late her know he was awake.

"Hey." His voice sounded weak to his own ears.

" Hey." Denise smiled at her son. "how you feel you been in and out of sleep for the past four hours it seven at night." Running her hand through his thick curls.

" I feel restless and hungry." Turning on his side to face his mom. " I don't understand why I can't eat anything." He mumbled in frustration.

" Well, your dad and brothers did bring you something to keep you occupied. She slowly grabs the backpack from the couch. Putting it beside the teen who slowly sat up curiosity setting in on his face.

He unzips the bag the first thing was some extra clothing for when he was going to be discharged. He slowly set the sweater long sleeve shirt pants down on the foot of his bed.

" Oh....my god really Joe." He rolls his eyes when he pulls out the first Harry Potter book. The book was ripped and has so many crease and dog ears on almost every single page.

" He obsessed with this novel." Nick flipped through the pages before setting it down beside him.

" Why are you so opposed to reading it." Denise smiled at her son taking the book herself flipping through the pages herself.

" I love to read." Nick shrugged his shoulders "Just never really was into the magical world I guess in the book."

" But you will read Les Mis over and over again." Denise gave her son a smirk setting the book on the bed.

" well yeah, it's awesome story." Nick argues back trying to defend himself reading the screenplay is the best Sunday do on a rainy Sunday afternoon."

Well, maybe time to try something new." She raises her eyebrow playfully at her son not wanting him to think she starting an argument.

Nick shrugged his shoulders as pulls out his small handheld game boy. With a couple of game cartridges but he wasn't in the mood to play it as slide back in its case back in his bag.

His eyes turning to JK Rowling kid's book he slowly picks it up flipping to the first page. Slowly started to read not knowing what else to do.

Denise smiled her son could be stubborn she picks up her own book the title read Raising Child With Diabetes.

Before Nick knew it he had read half the book in a couple of hours. It had helped him keep his mind off his hunger pains and help him escape from the world of the hospital.

He looks over at his mom to see she was in thralled in a book herself. But it wasn't her normal romantic novels she tended to read. He slowly read the tiled and his heart dropped.

Denise slowly felt a pair of eyes lock onto her she slowly put her pen down to see her second youngest looking at her. " Hey sweety how was the book looks like you got through most of it pretty quickly." Wanting to quickly turn the conversation into something positive

" oh...yeah..." looking at the book " Guess Joe was right when he said these books are pretty good." He could see it now Joe giving the biggest smile and telling him every little detail of the first book that he might have missed.

" What was the book you were reading." Rubbing his tired sore eyes from crying for most of the day.

" oh..." she looked at all her note she had been taking. " Doctor Brown had given me a package for you." She pulled over a blue bag that had a big white letter on the front that read JDRF Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation