28 Two Medical Conditions Just Don't Mix- 5sos/1d Medical
Becca was just walking down the hallway with her best mate Thibaut. "Alright lunchtime," Thibaut happily explained as they walked towards their usual spot. Becca wasn't feeling it to eat but she knew she had to due to her diabetes type 1. Becca usually had a pretty stable bloodsuger but sometimes had to check it when she wasn't feeling well. She was to 'good' to come in contact with a sensor which meant the usual finger prik would do the duty.
"You're not eating?" Thibaut asked as he just placed a full hand of chips into his mouth. Becca shook her head, she was feeling off and knew her bloodsuger wasn't good but she just couldn't bare to eat. Let's say that anorexia and diabetes isn't the best combi ever.
"At least drink some coke than. It has lots of suger in it," Thibaut offered sensing what was wrong. He got up to the fending machine and returned with a regular coke.
Becca got the coke as Thibaut got in her backpack. He came back with her glucose meter.
" Thanks," Becca choked out. Thibaut's worry began to grow. He anxiously waited as he watched Becca cleaning her finger. Once the needle pinched her finger, Becca laid the plate on a blood droplet. She passed the material to Thibaut who checked the meter as she was cleaning her finger.
"4.1 so just drink that and I'll get you a new one for during the lesson," Thibaut suggested.
Becca wanted to protest but she knew Thibaut wouldn't listen since he was just as overprotective as Luke. Luke was Becca's brother and full time caregiver since their parents neglected them 10 months ago.
Thibaut always threatened Becca that he would call Luke when she didn't feel well or wouldn't eat. Suddenly the bell rang for the new lessons.
"Here," Thibaut said as he passed Becca the coke and together they walked towards their least favorite subject, history or at least their least favorite teacher mister Greenville.
History slowly passed by and Thibaut and Becca were just playing around. They managed not to get kicked out which was quite an achievement.
Next lesson was English by their tutor mister Horan. Niall knew about the diabetes situation of Becca. He also found that Becca was losing quite a lot of weight but his boyfriend Harry reassured him that it was because of her diabetes.
"Hey hey," Niall said as Thibaut and Becca came walking in. Niall thought Becca looked extremely pale. "Becs can you come here for a sec."
Becca laid her stuf on her table and walked back to the front of the class.
"How you feeling?" Niall wanted to know being interested.
"Fine. Why?" Becca asked fearing Niall had found out about her anorexia.
"You've seem to have lost weight and you're really really pale. Is your bloodsuger alright?"
Becca slowly shook her head and Niall sighed. Luke always told Niall to call home when Becca her blood sugars weren't alright because Becca would usually push herself so far that Luke would visit her at the hospital. It wasn't helping either that Nialls boyfriend was Becca her diabetes specialist.
"You know I have to call Luke right but since this is your last lesson I'll see through but if you feel getiing worse you immediately get to me and I'll call Luke. Promise?" Becca nodded at the offer made by Niall and returned to her seat.
"Alright today we'll do irregular verbs and just some work out of your books," Niall said starting his lesson. He sighed and looked towards Becca who was busy looking with Thibaut.
Becca got through the lesson but most definitely knew that her blood levels were reaching it lows.
The lesson ended and the bell rang. Becca slowly began to pack her bag as well as Thibaut.
"Ride with me?" Thibaut asked. Thibaut was 14 just like Becca. The two of them were inseparable.
"Fine with me," Becca softly spoke in audible for Niall who was making his way towards the only two students left.
"I'll collect my stuff," Becca said once she saw Niall coming their direction. Thibaut nodded and wanted to leave as well when Niall stopped him suddenly.
"I don't think that Becca is fine," he spoke. Thibaut sadly shook his head. "I'm bringing her home," Thibaut replied, "and just hope Luke is home."
Niall nodded. "I can call him if you want?"
Thibaut shook his head. "Becs will kill me if she finds out that I spoke," he replied. Niall nodded knowing Becca by now.
"Just take care of her alright?"
Thibaut nodded towards his tutor and walked towards the bicycle shed.
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Becca placed her bike against the fench. She turned around and waved towards Thibaut. Luke stood in the living room and sensed something was off since Thibaut only brought Becca home like this when her bloodsugars were low or there was something else that happened.
"I'm home," Becca sighed as she took off her scarf and hung up her jacket.
Luke came walking in with his thee.
"Alright your bloodsugars now," he demanded as he saw Becca wanted to go past. "Why?" Becca wanted to know. She damn right knew she was way too low but if Luke would find out than she would be further from home. He would call Ash or Mikey, both trauma doctors, or Hazza her diabetic specialist and she damn right wasn't having that.
Becca sat up her favorite TV show, ER. Luke came back from the kitchen and passed her meter again. Becca sighed but Luke pleaded.
Becca gave in and sat straight. A wave of dizziness took control and Luke immediately got to her side.
"What is it?" he frantically asked. "Nothing," Becca simply replied and got her fingertip cleaned with an alcohol wipe.
She pinched her finger and dropped the blood on the meter. As she wiped her finger she got dizzier by the second. She heard the beeping sound of her meter but just couldn't focus on the numbers. After a few seconds her vision became back to normal. "2.3," she saw and immediately cursed under her breath. Luke came walking back into the living and immediately got her meter.
"Oww your in so much trouble lady," Luke said getting upset. He knew that Becca wasn't eating as she should since Thibaut came in contact with Luke already way before.
"I'm getting you sugars and I'm calling Harry whether you like it or not."
Becca sighed and nodded, too tired to even fight the discussion that was going on.
Luke was busy in the kitchen with the sugars when Becca began to feel really weird. She never felt it before, she had no idea what was going on around her. She wanted Luke to come back soo badly but once she opened her mouth there was no sound to be heard. Suddenly her body stiffed and she want into a tonic clonic seizure.
There was a thud to be heard. "Becs you alr-," Luke, who got curious of the sound and had no idea that his sister was having an epileptic fit on the floor, didn't come further with his sentence because he saw Becca in not the best state possible momentarily.
"Oke fuck fuck fuck," he cursed as he rushed to her side. He immediately speed dialed Ashton.
"COME ON FUCKING ANSWER YOUR PHONE," Luke yelled as Ashton still hadn't picked up yet. He was replacing the furniture and placed Becca into the recovery position while she was still seizing. "Come on baby girl."
Luke was currently at the state that he could lose himself at any moment. Suddenly his phone answered.
"This is th-," the voicemail of Ashton wasn't heard any longer since Luke already had hung up.
"Fuck, fukc, fuck," Luke yelled completely losing it
Next speed dial, Michael. Luke laid the phone on his shoulder and clamped it with his ear as he was stroking Becca's hair. It took an eternity before the phonecall even got through but Michael luckily picked up.
" Hey Luke what's wrong mate," Michael asked. Michael was just doen with a patient and found out Luke had called.
"It's Becca," he sniffed, "she's seizing. Her blood sugar is 2.3 so it's way too low."
"Alright I'm going to send Louis and Calum with the ambo towards you since Ash is busy and I'll stay here to wait. I'm calling Harry as well because he knows what's he's doing. Just take care alright, Cal and Lou will be there in 6 but don't mind calling if her situation worsens."
Luke thanked Michael and hung up as he still stroke through the hair of a still seizing Becca.
10 kilometers further north Harry was cooking dinner for himself and Niall. He usually did that when he had a day off. Niall just parked his car outside the lawn and waved to his husband. He undid his scarf and walked inside his house.
"How was your day sweetie," Harry asked as he kissed his boyfriend. "Fine and yours," Niall responded. Harry nodded as well. "Yeah it was fine. Just chilled around the house and did some paperwork."
Suddenly Harry's telephone went and when he saw that Michael was calling he pushes him away. "Shouldn't you have picked it up?" Niall wanted to know. "No its Mikey. He probably wants to know what we're eating because he usually wants to come over," Harry chuckeld as he got himself cozier with the pizza on the couch. Suddenly Michael called again and that when Harry knew there had to be something wrong.
"Yeah," Harry picked up as soon as he reached his phone.
"It's Becca you need to come immediately," Michael hurriedly spoke as he was paging Ashton as well.
"Wait how," Harry shot up.
"Don't know," Michael answered, "but Louis and Calum are on their way. The only thing I know is that Luke called me because she was having a seizure due to a very low blood sugar."
"Alright I'm on my way. Get Ash down as well."
Harry hung up and threw his shoes on. Niall, who just went to the toilet, saw his boyfriend in quite a hurry.
"Wait what's wrong," Niall wanted to know. Harry ran past and threw on his coat.
"They're bringing in Becca. I need you to pick up Thibaut since I think you two know more," Harry said as he closed the door and drove away with an amazing speed.
Niall sighed letting it sink all in but he knew that he had to call Thibaut and take him to the hospital.
With shaking hands Niall grabbed his mobile phone and dialed Thibaut his number. After two ring Thibaut picked up. "Hello? Mister Horan is thst you?" Thibaut asked getting nervous he did something wrong. Niall always mailed his students unless it was severe, than he would usually call them.
"Hey Thibaut I want you to listen. I'm picking you up and we'll drive towards the hospital. Becca has been admitted and they want us to talk."
Thibaut sighed knowing he had to spill everything to Luke about Becca her eating condition.
"I'll make sure I'm ready," he soflty spoke as he hung up.
10 kilometers back south Luke was still stroking Becca her hair. She had stopped seizing but still hadn't waken up. Suddenly the doorbell rang and Luke shot up. When he opened the door, Louis and Calum were to be revealed. "She's in the living," Luke softly spoke as Calum took a run.
"Lou get the gurney and oxygen," Calum ordered as he crunched down by Becca. He tried some painstimulations but those had no effect of getting her into a consciousness state.
"She was seizing you said?" Calum asked Luke as he lifted the eyelids of Becca and shone a light in it. Luke nodded and told them that her meter was on 2.3.
"Alright love open your eyes for me," Calum tried as he shone a light into Becca her eye.
"Alright Lou," Calum said as he colleague came walking in, "get her on oxy and get her on the monitor."
Louis nodded while Calum pulled up Becca her shirt. Calum was beyond shocked.
"Ehh boys I think we have a bigger problem going on...."
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"Alright 14 year old Becca Hemmings. BP 90 over 50. Oxygen levels stable. Known with diabetes type 1. Had a seizure at the scene due to low blood sugar. Glasgow scale 13, probably diabetic coma," Calum yelled as he wheeled Becca into an empty cubicle.
Ashton and Michael were waiting outside while Harry was setting up an shot of glucagon.
"And I think we're needing Liam down here right now," Calum whispered. He slowly pulled her shirt up.
"You mean?" Harry asked immediately turning around once the name Liam was mentioned.
"I mean she has anorexia," Calum softly spoke.
"I'll get him," Michael offered. The other ones nodded and waited with Becca still laying unconscious on their table.
"Ash just help Alright because she might wake up suddenly," Harry said as he was about to put the glucagon into her system.
Ashton hold her down and as Harry expected Becca immediately opened her eyes. She dreadfully looked around and it all came back.
"Hey you gave us quite a scare there Becs," Harry said as he hung over Becca her head. Becca mumbled something but suddenly threw up.
Ashton and Harry immediately turned her on her side and the vomit hit the floor.
Once she was done Liam stood in the room.
" Hey Becca. My name is Liam and I think we need to talk," he softly spoke. Harry hurried out as well to get Luke since he needed to be part of the conversation and to ask Thibaut and Niall if they had witnessed anything odd about Becca recently.
Harry ran into the family waiting room and the three shot up.
" Alright Luke she's in cubicle 1 so you can see her. Niall and Thibaut I need you to come with me."
All three did as they were asked. Luke ran into the cubicle and immediately embrased Becca. "You'll be alright I promise," Luke whispered into her ear.
"Hey my name is Liam Payne," Liam introduces himself to Luke, "I'll be Becca her diëtist. I'm sorry but Becca suffers anorexia nervousa. I'll need to put a feeding tube into her nose to get enough nutrients into her system. She has worn it out and she needs to recover."
Luke was taken aback and couldn't believe that Becca had done that to herself.
" I've giving her some spray so that she won't feel a thing of the tube that's going into her nose directly into her stomach," Liam explained as he got out the thin tube. Becca looked terrified and Luke grabbed her hand.
"I'm starting now," Liam explained. He slowly slid the tube down. Becca was crying and it felt like there was no anesthesia at all. Luke rubbed her hand. "Just a bit," he comforted her.
"Alright all done," Liam told, "I'm going to get you a room so you can stay there the opcomming 2 weeks."
Becca nodded and saw Thibaut come running in. "Omg I thought you died," he cried. Becca laughed and hugged her best friend back.
