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Post by Marissa Tasker on Jul 20, 2012 21:09:49 GMT -5
"Anything you like, always"
Marissa gives him a weak smile but the smile soon fades when she sees him have a coughing spell. She might be sore as hell and groggy thanks to the Anesthesia but she wasn't stupid not by a long shot. Watching him she started to get worried and there wasn't much she could do laying in this god for saken bed so she speaks up.
"JR.... Hun are you ok? Do you want me to call a nurse?"
But she watches him wave her off and after a moment she watches him look at her and give her a weak smile. That smile wasnt the same boyish smile that she has seen from the man that she loved. It looked more forced like there was something wrong. And soon enough her worst fears come true as she watches him stand. Her eyes go wide as she watches his eyes roll into the back of his head before he drops to the floor. Panic begins to fill her whole body before a loud scream rips from her lips before she yells.
"OH MY GOD JR!!! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!"
She screams those words before she reaches in a panic for the button to alert the nurse. She continues to push the button not carring if they get pissed at her or not. She needed to get down there and make sure he was alright but she couldn't will her body to move. The tears begin to stream down her cheeks as she continues to push the button hoping someone gets there soon she speaks to JR.
"Dont you damn well leave me JR..."
She nearly screams those words as a nurse finally flies into the room. Marissa quickly looks over towards her as she begins to speak.
"No dont worry about me please help my boyfriend.... He started to cough really bad and the next thing I knew he dropped to the floor!!! Is he alright please tell me he is ok?"
The heart monitor that she is hooked too begins to ding alerting them that her heart rate is rapidly increasing and her blood pressure is going up as well. While a few doctors rush into the room along with other nurses, one nurse rushes over to her and begins to speak.
"Miss Tasker you need to calm down the doctors are looking after JR. But if you dont calm down were going to have to sedate you, your blood pressure and heart rate are at a dangerous level. If you dont calm down you could have a heart attack or a stroke do you understand me."
But Marissa continues to panic knowing she could be losing JR, the nurse exits the room and quickly comes back with a needle. She soon shoots the medicine into the IV and slowly Marissa vision begins to blure. She looks at the nurse kind of shocked and then down towards JR, her eyes slowly start to close as she speaks before the medicine takes over...
"Dont leave me JR.... I ne...."
Before she can finish her sentence the medicine takes full effect and Marissa drifts off to sleep. The nurse stands there and watches the monitor seeing her blood pressure slowly dropping along with her heart rate. She looks back at Marissa and sees a small tear slip slowly out of the corner of her eye while the doctors continue to work on JR.
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Post by Kathy Martin on Jul 20, 2012 22:51:53 GMT -5
“Good, because I don’t want you to be sick or hurt,” Kathy told him quietly with a small shake of her head. She watched him with all the things he’d laid out for on the bed and took the colouring book into her hands. She wanted to get working right away on the cards she’d make for everyone, but the wave of tiredness began to slow her down and she let another yawn escape.
“Do I have to?” she complained a little, wanting to protest against staying awake. “Why cant I fall asleep?” She moved over a little on the bed when he came to sit down on it and started to stroke her hair. The motion made her sleepy, but the sound of a TV turning on had her reopening her eyes and looking up.
“That’s Spongebob!” she exclaimed with a nod and then grinned. “Okay. So we watch it and then I can sleep after?” She scooched over on the bed and patted the spot beside her. “Can you come and lie beside me, Tad? So I don’t fall asleep for sure?” A sudden commotion outside of her room drew Kathy’s attention to the window and then over to Tad.
“What happened out there?” she asked, pointing to her door. “Did someone else get hurt?” OOC: Wasn't sure if you wanted Tad to go off and see J.R. or not, up to you!
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Post by Di Henry on Jul 21, 2012 14:41:52 GMT -5
"That makes two of us pal.", Tad smiled. But it faded when her face went sour and she started looking sadder and sleepier. When she started asking why she couldn't nod off, Tad shrugged not quite knowing the answer there himself. Luckily the idea of watching TV seemed to perk her up. "I'm sure that'll be fine.", he said. If not I'll make sure of it., he thought to himself, not wanting to see his little girl exhausted and sleep deprived. "Best offer I've had all day.", he grinned. Curling up as best he could in the small bed, he slipped an arm around Kathy and reclined against the pillows. But just when they got comfortable, they heard footsteps and nervous chatter outside. Tad peered through the window as well, and judged that the commotion wasn't going to end anytime soon. If he had it his way he'd stay put but something in his gut told him to take a look. "Just stay put, baby. I'll go see what's going on.", he said. Kissing Kathy on the forehead he slipped out of the bed and into the hallway, then peeked into the room next door. Realizing it was Marissa's. Worried at first something was wrong with her, Tad's panic tripled when he saw doctors working on someone else in her room. Someone else being his son... "Oh my God.." When he tried to get inside the room, he was held back by one of the orderlies and a nurse, and was forced to stand back and watch as they tried to bring J.R around unsuccessfully. "C'mon J.R..c'mon.." Eventually an orderly ran off in search of a gurney, and brought it into Marissa's room. Tad was again left with a choice, be with his son, go back to his daughter...he couldn't remember the last time he'd felt so overwhelmed.
"Tad...Tad!!", Di yelled, maneuvering down the hall in her wheelchair. That if she had her way she wouldn't have to use. Aside from a sling for her upper arm, she was unscathed and demanded to be released and see her family. "Tad what's wrong? What's going on?", she asked, but got her answer when she saw J.R wheeled out of Marissa's room on a gurney. "Omigod..what happened, I.." "I..I don't.." "It's alright, go find out." "No, Kathy..I, left her watching Spongebob..", trailing off he gestured down the hall, getting a nod from the blond. "Tad I'll go sit with her, it's fine. You check on J.R.", Di instructed, as Tad nodded then got to her level and hugged her tightly. "Shhh, it's okay, it's gonna be fine. Go be with your son." After Tad followed the gurney down the hall, Di took a deep breath before going to her niece's room.
"Hey sweetie. How you feeling, huh? she asked. Trying to hide how nervous she was for Kathy, J.R, Dixie, basically everyone. "I ran into Tad in the hall and, asked if I could stay with you for awhile. I was in my room all by myself and, felt a little lonely.", she smiled softly. Hoping Kathy would be alright with her being here, and more importantly not ask what just happened in the hall.
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Post by Kathy Martin on Jul 23, 2012 0:07:55 GMT -5
“I wont go anywhere, promise Tad,” Kathy said quietly as she watched him get up and head for the door. The second he was gone she felt the urge to get up and go over and see what was going on, it sounded serious and there was always a chance she’d see her Aunt Julia out there. Hoping everything was alright, she settled back against the covers and tried to focus on Spongebob instead. It wasn’t long before the sound of the door opening had her looking back at that direction, hoping to see Tad again, but still smiling at who she did see.
“Hi Di!” she exclaimed with a small wave. “I’m a little sore, and my head hurts and feels funny, but I’m okay. How are you? Did you break your legs?” She didn’t see a cast, but the worry was there when she saw her in a wheel chair. “Will we have to put a ramp in at Wildwind? Jamie’s good at building things, I think he could help.” She tried a smile, though it faded a little when she spoke about Tad.
“Tad went to see what happened, was everything okay? Was it Aunt Julia? Why didn’t he come back?” she questioned curiously and then nodded a little. “I’d like you to stay with me, do you like Spongebob?” She pointed at the TV where the sponge was talking with his starfish friend. “I was going to make cards for everyone later, but first I have to watch Spongebob, and then Tad was going to ask if I could sleep, I’m really tired.” She sunk back a little against the pillow and tried to keep her eyes open.
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Post by JR Chandler on Jul 24, 2012 16:56:47 GMT -5
The doctor and nurses wheeled JR out of Marissa's room on a gurney down the hall to an empty room.
"He's got a weak pulse but he's not breathing" One of the nurses reported, before the doctor started bagging JR to keep the oxygen going into his body.
"Mr. Chandler's on the board of directors for the hospital, someone get me a medical history on him. He wasn't listed as a crash victim. " The doctor ordered.
JR began to cough, breathing again on his own as he stated to wake up, things were foggy. "Where am I? Where's Marissa?" He asked looking around and seeing Tad in the room. "Tad, what happened? Is everyone okay?" He asked weakly, as the nurse set him up on the oxygen.
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Post by Dix C. Martin on Jul 24, 2012 19:53:55 GMT -5
Blindly following the gurney down the hallway, Tad waited nervously in the hallway until he got an all clear from a nurse to go in J.R's room. Relieved to see the man's eyes open, when he called him he walked right up to the bed. "It's alright son. You gave us a bit of a scare in Marissa's room. She's asleep now though, so for her and everyone else just try and take it easy. Everything's gonna be fine." Sensing though J.R wanted more information, Tad took a seat and carried on. "Well...heard from a nurse Colby's holding up strong and Jamie's ready to jump out of bed and treat everyone on his floor. I got an update on your mom, they're almost through with her in surgery. Fixed the punctured lung and now her knee's getting stitched up but, everything's running smoothly. And Di's sitting now with your sister. Kathy took a bump to the head so they're keeping her overnight and, she got a few cuts and bruises but..I had her laughing at Spongebob earlier which is always a good sign.", he said, his smile not quite reaching his eyes. But he didn't want to tell J.R about Kathy's injury til he had a better idea of what they were dealing with. The last thing the younger man needed was more stress.
Seeing J.R so weak though left him feeling racked with guilt. If he had held firm and kept him from assisting with the rescue, maybe he would be visiting other hospital rooms now instead of stuck in one of his own.
Sighing, suddenly he felt his phone go off in his pocket and frowned. Taking it out he rolled his eyes and silenced it, getting a look from J.R. "Nothing important, just a fool who can't take a hint."
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Post by Di Henry on Jul 24, 2012 20:21:58 GMT -5
Her heart breaking a bit when Kathy told her what was wrong, Di sighed and moved closer to the bed. "I'm fine hon and so are my legs. The wheelchair's just my doctor's bright idea to make me slow down, but..I promise we won't need a ramp.", she smirked. "Maybe we can put Jamie to work building something else. Like a house for this guy to live in." Holding up the chicken, she made him cluck around on the bed before setting it down. "No, honey. It wasn't Julia. It was, J.R. A nurse told he was looking tired so, Tad went to talk him into taking a nap. He also had to go check in with Dixie and Jamie. But he told me he'll be back in with you soon as he can be." Relieved Kathy was okay with her answer, and her sitting with her, Di smiled. "Yeah, who doesn't!" Hearing and seeing though how tired the girl was, Di bit her lip and hit the call button for the doctor. And after telling Kathy to watch for a few minutes without her, got the woman to speak with her on the other side of the room. "She's exhausted and I feel terrible forcing her to keep her eyes open. If I sit in here with her can she doze off for awhile?" "Yes. But we're going to check on her every two hours or so, just to make sure nothing more serious is going on." "Okay, thank you." After the doctor left, Di returned to Kathy's bedside and smoothed her hair off her face. "I'm gonna keep the TV on but, you can close your eyes for a little while, okay? And don't worry, either Tad or I will be here when you wake up."
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Post by Kathy Martin on Jul 24, 2012 21:14:47 GMT -5
“A house would be too big!” Kathy exclaimed with a giggle as she watched Di move the chicken around and made it cluck. “But we can build a tree house, maybe, with Jamie, Aunt Julia, you and me. Maybe Annie, Emma and her daddy can help us too. And Tad! Tad can come, and we can all play in it together.” She tilted her head when Di spoke of what had happened in the hallway, she briefly remembered meeting J.R. a few times at events around town.
“Okay, I’m glad he’s gone to help everyone,” she said, accepting the answer to where Tad had gone, and what had happened in the hallway. She was thankful Di was going to be staying with her, though not long after the pull of sleep came around and she felt herself get heavy with drowsiness. When Di noticed this and pushed the button, Kathy tried to remain awake, but her eyes kept drooping, at least until the nurse was finished talking with Di and she came back over. The good news brought a smile to her face, though faded as the tiredness seeped back in.
“Do you promise?” she asked quietly, and yawned again. She didn’t want to sleep until she knew for sure that one of them was going to be there when she woke up. “Will you... be okay, with me asleep?” She glanced at the TV, wondering if that was enough to keep Di occupied while she closed hers, and then looked back to Di.
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Post by Di Henry on Jul 29, 2012 11:41:46 GMT -5
"Cross my heart.", Di promised as Kathy yawned again. She was relieved that the girl could finally close her eyes for awhile, it didn't feel right forcing her to stay awake for so long. "Yeah, Spongebob and I will be just fine knowing you're getting some rest.", she chuckled, and leaned back a bit so she was watching the TV. Out of the corner of her eye though she watched as Kathy drifted off. Luckily she'd slept in her room and was wide awake now. Wide awake, but still worried about her family. Quietly she paged the nurse back to Kathy's room and luckily didn't wake the girl up. "Is everything alright?" "I just was wondering, my sister Dixie Martin is in surgery and my nephew, J.R Chandler was brought into a room..I was just wondering if I could get an update on them?" Nodding, the nurse stepped out and went over to the nurse's station, where she got the update and returned with it. "Well Mrs. Martin was just brought into recovery and is still sleeping from the anesthesia. But her operation went smoothly." "That's good, and J.R?" "Still nothing to report but Mr. Martin's in with him, I'm sure if there's any change he'll let you know." "Okay, thanks so much." "It's no trouble. I'll be back to check up on this little one in an hour or so." Nodding, Di smiled as the nurse stepped out, and then turned her attention back to the TV and the talking sponge.
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Post by Kathy Martin on Jul 30, 2012 0:39:30 GMT -5
Kathy hadn’t been out long before she drifted into an uncomfortable sleep, dreaming of water and a bus and a ghostly figure calling out to her. She tried to reach for the figure, worried it might be her Aunt in some kind of trouble, but as she tried the figure kept swimming further away. She didn’t understand why she couldn’t reach her, or why she wasn’t coming closer, but something caught her foot and dragged her under causing the air in her lungs to escape. With a cry, Kathy sat up in bed and blinked against the bright light in the room.
“Aunt Julia,” she gasped and looked over at Di, her vision still fuzzy from the sleep in her eyes. “I have to get to Aunt Julia, she cant swim, she needs me!” Struggling to get off the bed she met Di’s eyes in a panic and bit her lip. “My Aunt Julia was trying to swim, but she kept getting further away and I couldn’t get her, there was a bus! And lots of water and it pulled me down. Where’s Aunt Julia?” She was already off the bed, her legs wobbly as she tried to walk for the first time since being brought in. “Can we find her?” She glanced in the direction of the door and edged a little towards it, hoping they could go together.
“Please Di?” she begged.
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Post by JR Chandler on Jul 30, 2012 11:46:40 GMT -5
JR could see it in Tad's face that everything wasn't quite as good as he was reporting. He believed everything the man said, but also could tell he was leaving a few parts out. He wanted to press Tad for more details, but didnt have the energy to argue with him right now, he just hoped that Tad would tell him what was important. Hearing about his mother's punctured lung, even if it was being repaired in surgery, was a scary thought.
"I should be out there with them" JR told Tad, pushing himself up on his arms, but a nurse put her hand on his shoulder. "You can't go anywhere Mr. Chandler, not until the doctor says so, we're going to run some blood tests and get a chest x-ray"
"I'll be fine, my family needs me..." JR said, feeling a sudden surge of guilt that after all the times that his loved ones had been there for him, he wasnt there now for them. But at the same time he was scared for himself too. He knew for awhile now that he'd been feeling worse, maybe this was it for him. He was glad Tad was here, but also hated keeping him away from the others.
Seeing Tad look at his phone JR worried it was an update about one of the others. "If you need to go check on someone else, I'll be fine...I shouldn't even be in this bed, I'm fine" He lied.
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Post by Marissa Tasker on Jul 30, 2012 17:09:38 GMT -5
Meanwhile in Marissa's room the steady beep of the machines can be heard beeping with the steady rhythem of Marissa's heart beat. Marissa is shown still sleeping thanks to the shot the nurse gave her to calm her down when JR collapsed infront of her. There is no one in the room with her you would think her real parents would be there with her but obviously that was too much to ask. Her adopted parents aren't alive so really there is no one to come and visit the petite brunette since most of her friends are in the hospital.
Outside the room doctors and nurses can be soon rushing up and down the hall moving between rooms checking on patients that need them at the moment. But still no one comes into the room where Marissa is, obviously there not worried since she has been sedated but whats going to happen when she wakes up wondering where JR is.
And thats exactly what begins to happen as Marissa's petite body twitches abit. Her eyes slightly flutter and her head turns abit obviously she is trying to wake up but her body just wont allowing her to fully come awake yet. After a few minutes her lips part and her breathing picks up abit as she speaks in a soft voice with her eyes still closed...
"JR...."
She says his name softly before her eyes slowly flicker open once more... Her eyes begin to adjust to the dimly lit room and once it does, she remembers what had happened JR had passed out infront of her.... Panic once again begins to cause her heart rate to go up, she reaches over and pressed the nurse call button and waits for a nurse to come into the room. Soon a nurse comes in as she begins to speak.
"Ah Miss Tasker your awake what can I do for you."
Marissa looks at the woman for a moment before she clears her throat and begins to speak.
"Can you tell me how my boyfriend is his name is JR Chandler... He passed out in my room earlier today and I'm really worried about him, I just need to know that he is ok...."
The nurse looks at Marissa and nods her head before she begins to speak once more.
"I'll have to check for you Miss Tasker.... But while I'm doing that the doctor wants you to try and eat and your dinner tray will be around shortly...."
With that said the nurse heads on out of the room leaving Marissa setting there worried about JR, AJ and the rest of the people that she cares about...
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Post by Di Henry on Aug 1, 2012 0:41:42 GMT -5
(OOC: Man, y'all are breaking my heart here!!) Half asleep in front of the TV, Di woke with a start when she both heard and felt Kathy shoot up in bed. "K..Kathy what is it? Honey what's wrong?", she asked frantic. Looking the girl over she saw she was pale and sweated up. And listening to her broke the older blond's heart in two. "Shhh, Kathy it was just a bad dream, okay? It was just a dream that's all!", reassured Di. Moving over she tried to give Kathy a hug, but she was already shifting away from her and out of the bed. Alarmed, and too frustrated with her wheelchair to use it, Di jumped out of it and knelt on the floor beside Kathy, putting an arm around her to calm her. "Shhh, honey you can't, okay? You can't go looking for her now, I'm sorry. You have to stay here and get some rest! The last thing Julia would want is to see you awake and so upset right now. Now, c'mon..let's just try and get you back to bed, okay?" Pleadingly Di looked at Kathy but the stubbornness was clear in the girl's eyes. She wanted answers and who could blame her? But not feeling like she should be the one passing along the news, she let out a heavy sigh. "Okay I'll tell you what, if you get back into bed, I'll go across the hall, tell Tad what you're worried about and, once he has answers about Julia, he'll come back here and tell you everything you need to know. Tad's a detective you know? It's his job to find out how people are doing and, he can probably find out a lot faster than you and I could. Okay?" Praying she got where she was coming from and would be alright with the plan, Di smoothed Kathy's hair before picking her up, and setting her back down on the bed. Kissing her forehead she tucked her back in the blanket, and after got back in her wheelchair and exited, heading to J.R's room to find Tad.
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Post by Dix C. Martin on Aug 1, 2012 1:35:56 GMT -5
"No...you should be in here, with her!", Tad exclaimed, nodding to the nurse that she was in the right. Even though it tore at him seeing J.R in such pain, he knew the pain would only be amplified if he overworked himself and got even sicker. "J.R you're right, your family does need you. They need you stable and strong and passing each of these tests with flying colors. Not aiming to hop out of bed only to fall back in it again. You're not gonna do one bit of good for anyone in this condition, not Colby, or A.J, or Marissa, or Kathy. And especially not your mother. You know as well as I do, if Dix gets out of surgery and sees you running these halls near keeled over, not only is she gonna lay into me for letting it happen but she'll lay into you. And then you'll both get worked up, earn yourselves extended stays and Pop will be out a patient advocate and board member thanks to them sharing a stubborn, pigheaded refusal to recuperate gene.", smirked Tad. As much as he adored his wife and son their shared stubbornness tended to get the better of him, and now was no exception.
"Look...I gave you my word I'd keep you in the loop and I intend to. You need to give me your word that you'll rest and heal up right. For everyone's sake. Understand?" Set to tell J.R that he was staying put, Tad was about to sit and rebut his claim, when Di entered the room nervously. "Di what is it?" "It's Kathy, I tried, sitting with her but, she wants you and isn't taking no for an answer." "I tell you that stubborn gene..", Tad weakly joked, shaking his head at J.R. Even though his stomach was in knots over his little girl. "I'll hold down the fort here and with the others. You stay put though with my niece.", Di instructed, as Tad nodded gratefully and exited, heading quickly to Kathy's room.
"As for you, nephew..since I managed to ditch my nurse...where do you want me? I can stay here, check in on someone. Whatever you prefer."
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Post by Kathy Martin on Aug 1, 2012 13:10:48 GMT -5
“But I want to see Aunt Julia now, I need to make sure she’s okay,” Kathy whined, getting upset over the whole ordeal of not being able to see her Aunt. “Please Di? Please, I just want to give her a hug and make sure she’s okay.” She didn’t want to go back into the bed when it was suggested and stood her ground until Di started to speak. The thought of Tad coming to help her find Julia settled her down a little and she eventually nodded in agreement to this.
“Okay, I’ll stay here and wait for Tad,” she said after a moment’s pause. “I hope he finds her, because I miss her.” Giving Di a tiny smile she didn’t fuss when she was picked up and put back on the bed. Laying back against the pillow she shut her eyes for a moment and snuggled under the blanket, watching as Di exited the room. When she was alone, Kathy turned over in bed and hugged the blankets to her, beginning to cry. She tried to stop but it just kept coming, and when she heard the sound of someone at the door she didn’t bother to look over as she tried to hide her sniffles. OOC: ;_; agreed!
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