chapter three:life with Chris
I just had my first ever sleepover,I'm glad it was a sleepover with Chris was amazing.
Even though I lied to him a lot he has forgiven me for all of it and understood why I did so.
It still feels like a dream most of the time
Today is going to be a long day Chris had to go home to his family to make sure they were okay.
He will be here later with his family to be here for his sister's surgery
This was going to be a long day.
Before I eat my breakfast I pray for Chris's sister to make it through the surgery I haven't prayed in years.
The last time i prayed was back when my little sister was kidnapped.
I don't know why I do when things are bad it isn't like nobody is listening,but I still do it when times like these.
I start to eat my breakfast my my chest starts to hurt.
It hurts so much I hit the ground.
My heart monitor starts to heap louder and louder idk if It is just an anxiety panic attacks or if there is a medical problem
Finally I black out from all the pain in my chest.
Chris's perspective....
We are just now arriving to the hospital I can't want for my parents to meet Kate but I'm very worried about if my sister is going to make it through the surgery.
We finally walked in and signed in.
We rushed to see my little sister because she is suppose to go into surgery in 2 minutes but the doctor nor the nurse is there she isn't even prepped for surgery.
The doctor finally came in and said "we had to move her surgery to 2pm"dr.carson says
It is 1pm rn
"Why?"my mother asks
"One of our other patients was rushed into the er so we have to wait for er 3 to be prepped and clean and ready which will only take 40 minutes and we have to do her vitals and prep her so around 2pm which is in an hour"he said
"Okay"my mom said they sit and wait with my little sister her name is lily
"Is it okay if I go and see how Kate is doing"i asked
The doctor looks at me
"Unfortunately no u cant,she is the one who had to be rushed into the operation room,her heart monitor started going off and we found her on the floor"he says
He knows about me and Kate,I can't believe this is happening,ugh why do I fall for people who are at risk of dying and leaving me.
I'm worried about her I hope they fix what made her go into the operation room
I know cancer is a big very big deal that not a lot of people make it through cancer.
Now I'm not just worried about how lily surgery I'm worried about Kate's too.
"How long is she gonna be in surgery for?"I asked the doctor
"Lily surgery should only take about 2 hours to do and Kate's surgery we have no clue how long it just depends on what they find out and so,sorry to bear u the bad news and all"he says
He leaves the room.
Ugh this bad feeling I have in my stomach.
What if I lose kate?what if I lose lily?even worse what if i lose both of them today.....
I can't get any of this out of my head.
1 hours later....
Lily is in her surgery,Kate is still in surgery.
I really hope and pray they both make it through the surgeries.
2 hours later
Lily has been in surgery for 2 hours now and Kate they still have no news for me other than she is still in surgery.
I hate this feeling and I hate being in the hospital waiting to see if they're going to make it.
Lily should be getting out of surgery soon hopefully. If she made it.ugh this thoughts again.
Finally the doctor comes over
We all stand up.
"Lily is in the recovering room,we did it the tumor is gone"he says
We all hug him and hug each other
"When can we see her?"my dad asks
"We can bring u to her in an hour we want to make sure nothing happens and make sure she is fully stable"he says
"Okay,thank u so much dr.carson"my mom says tearing up a bit more.
"Hey dr.carson,what is going on with Kate,is she gonna make it,what is going on,please"i asked
"She is still in surgery,one of the nerves in the heart was failing so they are fixing that and make sure her heart is still functioning properly,if everything go as planned she should be getting out of surgery any minute now"he says he pats me on th e shoulder and then he gets a paged,and he looks at me and then leaves.
I bet it had something to do with kate.
Dr,Carson's perspective....
I told him the truth and hoping it helped.
I got a paged to er 3 where Kate is
I enter the room washed my hands and put on gloves just in case I need to step in.
"Okay we fixed the nerve,and we can finally say she is gonna make it her heart is pumping again,that is the good news but it looks like the cancer spread more,she has a tumor in her heart we managed to take half of it away but she still has heart cancer and the cancer has spread to her lung"the 1st term surgeon informed me
"So what do u suggest we do about it?"I asked cause I have to educate the 1st term surgeons
"There isnt anything we can do without a lung transplant"he say
"Or we can try to remove it and have her with only 1 lung but because she will need her lungs to help her breathing and I dont suggest taking her lung out cause it can effect her ability to fight,so I say we close her up and get her on more meds and have her on a nasal cannula with a portable oxygen tank"i say what we are going to do
We get her to her room,and I put the nasal cannula .
She will wake in an hour.
Chris and his family is seeing lily.
I also put on a new heart monitor. I also connect it to the watch I have her on that allows her to have a good pace and balance on things.
Chris will be glad to see her.
Now it is the afternoon and Kate and Chris are hanging out lily is still stable just like Kate.
We are still watching over them two just in case if anything were to happen.
Lily's parents are sleeping in lily's room
Chris is staying the night in Kate's room again
We check on then two every half an hour like yesterday.
We usually wouldn't allow a bit and girl be in the room throughout the night unless they are siblings
But Kate is really sick so I made an exception to her.
We don't know if she'll even make it another year with how things are going but miracles do happen I can only hope Kate's life will turn around,she has already gone through so much darkness I really want her to make it and finally get to see how beautiful and amazing and bright the world can be.
I gotta go in there and break the bad news about her lung and such.
Kate's perspective
i woke u connected to a tub thing that feels weird bu there are the two air tubs in my nose holes and it is connected to a tube that is connected to a tank.it hurts to breathe it hurts to move rn.
my chest still hurts chris is sitting next to my bed holding my hand which feels very right and so nice.
"hey kate,u had to go into surgery idk what all happened or what they found if u like i will get the doctor for u"chris says
"im sure he'll come in and explain and tell me how things went eventually"i say my throat is very dry so i sound a bit weird.
1 hour later
it is 8 30pm im probably going to bed at 9 im so tired chris had to leave with his family
finally dr.carson comes in
he comes in with my dinner thank lord i was starving.
but this means there is some bad news to tell case he never brings me food after a surgery unless it is bad news usually he comes before or after dinner to tell me good news so now i know something bad happened or so.
"i got big news to share"dr.carson said
"i figured cause anytime u come in here u have news to share but u only tell me bad news with food so just go ahead and say it"i said
(So you guys know idk about medical procedures or any of things that actually happens so if this doesn't actually happens in the real world I'm sorry this is a story not on any hospital experiences from anyone just trying u know sorry)
"The cancer spread to your lungs we managed to get half of the tumor in ur heart out but we couldn't get the other half. I'm sorry kate,u have to have this tank and all at all times cause it will help u breathe better"he says
"Okay,at least I'm not dead yet,right"i say trying to stay strong infront of him.
"Right,I gotta go check on patients and such"dr.carson says then leaves
Once he leaves I cry until all I feel is numb.
I'm not hungry but I make myself eat the food which is better today because of the bad news.
Dinner:glass of apple juice,steak,mashed potatoes,and chocolate cake
After eating I decide to get some rest goodnight.