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Post by baboune51 on Jan 3, 2009 6:58:01 GMT 10
joe's going to be well !
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Post by shelby on Jan 4, 2009 6:09:36 GMT 10
Thanks guys! Chapter 16 Luka walked out of the ER, with a little confusion. Why was Abby at Mercy? And why the hell did she take the damn car! Now Luka had to take a taxi all the way home. He managed to flag one down, and he was on his way home. He couldn't help but wonder what his wife was doing at Mercy, and why she didn't tell him. She just up and left. Hopefully it was nothing too serious. Dani and Bella heard the taxi pull up in front of their house and they knew right away it was Luka. They stood at the doorway and waited for Luka to walk in. Luka walked in the door, with a confused look on his face. "Umm....hi?" Luka said. He closed the door behind him, but the girls didn't move. "You gotta call mom." Bella managed to blurt out. "Girls, I know, she's at Mercy, something to do with work I think." "Dad just call her!" Dani screamed. She never screamed at her father, she knew if she did he'd give her a beating she'd never forget. But Luka didn't yell at her. He knew something serious had happened, and it was time to call his wife. Luka got out his cell phone and started dialing Abby's cell phone number. Please Abby, pick up the phone for once.Abby heard her cell phone ringing in her purse. She got it out, and saw who it was. Luka. Abby flipped her phone open as fast as she could. "Luka, hi." Abby said. She sounded very relieved that he had called. "Hey, whats up? Why didn't you tell me you had to go to Mercy? Why are you there in the first place? Is everything okay?" Luka started to sound worried. "Um, Luka....it's....it's Joe." Sorry, it's kind of a short update, I'll try to update again later.
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Post by suzanne on Jan 4, 2009 7:25:36 GMT 10
Nice update!! Hope Joe is gonna be ok!! Update soon!!!
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Post by shelby on Jan 4, 2009 7:59:33 GMT 10
Thanks!
I won't be able to update later, so here it is! I'm leaving right now to go to NYC, just to grab a bite to eat and see the tree and all that happy stuff. LOL. Hopefully, but doubt it, a possible Maura or Goran sighting tonight??? Anyway....here's chapter 17. WARNING: Some brief language. Chapter 17 Tears started to pour down Abby's cheeks again. She heard the phone go dead on the other end, so she figured Luka was on his way. She was now sitting by his bedside, holding his hand. It's so different when it's your kid on the table. Those words kept coming back to her. They fall, but you just gotta be there to help them get back up. She remembered Sam's words then. She helped her so much with that experience. The thing she hated about being here was there was no one she knew, no one to help her get through this, just herself. "Okay girls, come on, we're going to Mercy." Luka picked up the keys for Abby's car and ran to the garage. Dani and Bella followed him. They got in the car, with Bella in the front. This would always confuse Luka. He would always look over to expect on girl, but she would be in the back. After all, they only started sitting in the front a year ago. Luka turned on the car, and it stalled. "Shit!" Dani and Bella's eyes got really big. Whenever Luka swears around them, they know he's mad. "Stupid five speed." Luka said to himself. He never drove Abby's car before for that reason, he didn't know how to drive a five speed. He had a feeling how it worked though. Ughhhh....this is going to be a long drive.Luka sat there, relaxing for a few minutes. He remembered when Abby was trying to tell him how to drive it. He was barely paying attention, but he remembered some things. Release foot from gas, push clutch in, shift, release clutch, gas. "Are you okay dad?" Bella said curiously. "Yupp! Just fine!" Luka turned the car on again, this time, it didn't stall. Now for backing up. He looked at the stick. Okay, reverse, push stick down, go to the left, and straight up. He backed out of the garage and down the driveway slowly. He started driving out of the development towards Chicago. So far so good. Until he stopped at a busy intersection and tried to start off driving from forth gear. "Well this is embarrassing." Bella said. "Um dad, you have to put it back into first again." Dani said. "Um...right." Luka hated it when his daughters corrected him, he always felt like an idiot. Well, most dads are like that, right? After stalling out 3 times, and having think for a couple minutes how to put it in gear a few times, they finally arrived at Mercy. Luka drove around to see if he could find his car, sure enough, he did. He parked Abby's car next to his, and they all got out and ran towards the hospital. They ran into the ER, and just like Abby, Luka stopped to catch his breath before talking. "My...son...was brought...here earlier...Joseph Kovac." The nurse pulled out a few papers, which were copies of Joe's, and she led Luka, Dani, and Bella over to the elevators. "Just go up to the 5th floor, and the main desk will be right there when you get out of the elevator, they'll help you from there." The nurse gave Luka a soft smile, and walked away. As they were going up the elevator, he wondered how he would find Joe. He didn't even know what floor he was going up to. As long as it wasn't the Intensive Care Unit, he was fine. Hope you got some enjoyment of Luka trying to drive a 5 speed!!
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Post by strizzy on Jan 4, 2009 8:15:59 GMT 10
We call it a manual over here, so wasn't sure what you were talking about at first, but I've done all of that, you just get used to it! Funny update!
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Post by suzanne on Jan 4, 2009 8:31:35 GMT 10
Glad u updated again!! The girls telling Luka how to drive was funny!! Update soon, don't leave us waiting to long!!
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Post by shelby on Jan 5, 2009 5:12:02 GMT 10
Thanks guys!
It's actually called a manual over here too, but 5 speed is the most common one I hear. Chapter 18 Abby was still sitting there next to Joe, grasping his hand. It has been an hour since Luka called, she figured he would be here by now, but then again, he was driving her car. The nurse came in to check Joe's vitals, but then walked out as soon as she was done. Abby was there with Joe for 3 hours now just sitting there, she didn't mind it though, she couldn't leave her son. Luka walked up to the desk. He could tell he was on the surgical floor. A tall, girl, in her mid thirties, with long, blonde hair stood there. "Hi, I'm Dr. Luka Kovac, my son is here." The doctor behind the desk stood up and came around to shake Luka's hand. "Hi, I'm Dr. Keaton, I operated on your son. Right now he's in the ICU, there were some complications with surgery, but he should be okay." Dr. Keaton walked over to the elevator with them and took them back down to the fourth floor, where the Intensive Care Unit was. When the elevator doors opened, there was a waiting room there. Luka didn't know how Joe was going to look, or how upset Abby was, hell, for all he knew, she was probably a nervous wreck right now. "Girls, why don't you wait here while I go find your mom and Joe." Luka said. Dr. Keaton stood there waiting. "Why? We want to see Joe." Dani and Bella both said. "You will, let me just go find them. It will only be a few minutes, then I'll come back and get you guys." Bella and Dani sat down in the chairs, and both of them picked up copies of Seventeen Magazine.Luka walked down the hall following Dr. Keaton. When they got to the Intensive Care Unit, they stood outside for a few minutes. "Your wife is already in there with him. I'll be in to check on everything in awhile." Dr. Keaton walked back over towards the main desk, and Luka just stood there looking through the window. He pushed the door open, and walked in. He saw Abby sitting there, holding Joe's hand. She looked like a nervous wreck, just as he thought she would. "Hey." Luka said softly. "Oh god, Luka." Abby stood up, carefully letting go of Joe's hand and gave Luka a hug. She was so happy he was there with her. "Where are the girls?" Abby asked. "In the waiting area, I figured I would find you first before I brought them in here." About 15 minutes later, Abby and Luka were sitting next to Joe's side. The girls were still waiting. Dr. Keaton came in for rounds, Abby and Luka just watched. All those other people in there. One's hand was chopped off. Another just had their appendix removed. The one closest to Joe fell off his roof and cracked his head open. His wife was holding his hand, crying, as Dr. Keaton was explaining to her that her husband won't wake up. When she finally got to Joe, the monitors started going off like crazy. I'll try to update again later.
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Post by suzanne on Jan 5, 2009 5:18:29 GMT 10
Oh my god!! You can't let bad things happen!! Looking forward to the next update!!
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Post by shelby on Jan 5, 2009 11:54:13 GMT 10
Thanks! Don't worry, bad things won't happen! Chapter 19 "It's okay, the pulse oximeter just slipped off." Dr. Keaton went and put the pulse oximeter back onto Joe's earlobe. Abby felt relieved now. For a minute she thought she was going to loose her son. "Okay, well we want to keep him intubated for the rest of the day, tomorrow we will try to extubate him depending on how everything is." Dr. Keaton marked a few things on his chart, and walked out of the room with a nurse following her. Abby decided that she should go out and get the girls, since they were probably wondering what was going on. She walked out into the waiting area, and she saw Dani and Bella talking to each other about something that was in one of the magazines. Once they saw Abby, they immediately put the magazines down. "How's Joe?" They both said at the exact same time. She really didn't want them to see him like this. Maybe she should just take them home and bring them back tomorrow when he's extubated. "He's getting better, but he has a tube in his throat to help him breathe, and all kinds of tubes attached to him. The tube in his throat is going to come out tomorrow, so how about we take you guys home, and we'll come back tomorrow and see him?" Dani and Bella wanted to stay, but the sight of seeing their brother in that state made them feel nauseous. Everytime they saw someone like that when they were at the ER made them just feel sick. "Um, sure." Dani said. "Okay, let me just go get your dad." When Abby walked back into the Intensive Care Unit, Luka was whispering something into Joe's ear in Croatian. She didn't want to bother him, but she didn't want to keep the girls waiting long again either. "Um, I'm going to take the girls home and get them something to eat and everything, do you want to come back with us, or are you going to stay here and spend sometime with him?" It took Luka a couple seconds to respond to Abby. "Yeah, I'll stay here for awhile." Abby walked over and patted his back. She has never seen Luka so depressed like this. She kissed his cheek, then walked out of the room. "Hey, Abby!" Luka screamed. Abby came walking back into the room. "Please, please, take your car, I think if I have to drive that thing again I'll kill myself." Abby laughed and walked out into the waiting area where Dani and Bella were waiting. Driving 5 speed wasn't too hard, she loved her Volkswagen Jetta. Luka on the other hand, loved big vehicles like his Chevy Equinox. "Okay girls, lets go." Abby said. When they got into the car, Dani just started laughing out of nowhere. "What, whats so funny?" Abby said. "Dad! Haha! Watching him drive this was soooo funny!!" Abby started to chuckle a little now too. "Well maybe when Joe gets better we should teach him how to drive this." I won't be updating as much anymore. Probably just once a day or every other day. The holiday break is over and school starts up again tomorrow. I will try to update as much as possible though! On the weekends I'll try to update a lot too!
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Post by suzanne on Jan 5, 2009 21:43:15 GMT 10
Thank god Joe is ok, you scared me for a min!! Update whenever you can, can't wait to see what happens!!
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Post by baboune51 on Jan 6, 2009 3:52:11 GMT 10
Joe's well , I was afraid , Luka and Abby is going to support itself in this epreuve ! nice udapte
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Post by shelby on Jan 7, 2009 12:17:26 GMT 10
Thanks guys! Chapter 20 Later that night, around 9, Luka finally came home. He threw his keys down on the kitchen table, and sat down. Abby came over and started to rub his back. He was surprised she wasn't in bed yet. She looked like she was about ready to leave. "I'm going to go back to the hospital. I, I don't want him to be alone." Luka sighed. He was obviously exhausted and just wanted to go to bed. "Abby, he will be fine. Trust me. Get some rest, and first thing in the morning, we will both go there." Abby finally gave into Luka and decided to stay home. It was just weird, to be there and knowing Joe wasn't. At 7 the next morning, All four of them got into Luka's car and drove to Mercy. Abby and Luka had already called Kerry and told them they wouldn't be at work. She completely understood. As they drove to the hospital, all Abby could think of was if Joe would fight the vent today and they would have to put off extubating him until tomorrow. When they got there, Abby and Luka held Dani and Bella's hands as they walked into the Intensive Care Unit. "Don't be scared." Abby whispered to them. "Their going to take the tube out of his mouth today." Dani and Bella looked over at Joe like he was some kind of killer. Abby sat down next to him, and started whispering things into his ear. Dr. Keaton walked into the ICU with 2 other nurses with her. They walked right over to Joe. "Okay, well, are you guys ready?" Abby looked up. She shock her head yes. The sedation was wearing off, so Joe's eyes started to flicker open. First the one nurse turned off the vent, to see if he could breathe on his own. After a minute, he was. Next Dr. Keaton started extubating him. "Okay Joe, on the count of 3, I want you to blow out as hard as you can, okay?" Abby grabbed Joe's hand, and he squeezed hers. "Okay, 1, 2, 3!" He blew it out, and started coughing. Abby felt a sigh of relief. He was awake. Abby brushed the hair back from his forehead. "M....mom." "Joe, honey, you don't have to talk yet. Just get some rest." Abby said calmly. She was mad at him still, but they could talk about it later. "I'm sorry, I'm really, really sorry." Abby bit her lip and looked up at Luka.
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Post by suzanne on Jan 7, 2009 12:38:21 GMT 10
Glad Joe is able to breath on his own!!! Abby and Luka are right to still be mad at him, but at least wait till he's a little stronger before they do anything!! Update soon!!
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Post by baboune51 on Jan 7, 2009 21:38:17 GMT 10
yeah Joe goes better ! nice udapte !
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Post by shelby on Jan 8, 2009 3:27:12 GMT 10
Thanks!
I'll update again later....I have a bit more time today. Chapter 21 A few hours later, it was noon, and Luka was downstairs with the girls getting some lunch. Abby was still upstairs with Joe. He started to wake up again. He could talk better now, he was going to tell Abby the truth. "Mom, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to drink, I didn't mean to smoke. It's all their fault. They said if I didn't, they would kill me." Abby felt frustrated now. All this because of a threat? Man, if she ever saw those kids, she would kill them. "Who threatened you baby?" Joe coughed. Abby gave him the cup of water with a straw in it that was next to his bed for him to drink. "Justin, DJ, and Mike. They said it was cool, and that if I didn't, I wasn't cool and they would kill me. They even had a gun. They said it was cool to wear clothes like I wear too and grow my hair long." Abby felt tears pouring down her face. "Joe, don't ever do something just because someone thinks it's cool. Smoking, isn't cool. It might make you feel cool, but it really makes you feel like crap." When Luka came back in with Dani and Bella, Abby walked out into the hallway. While she was just standing there with a tissue crying, Dr. Keaton came up to her. "Everything okay?" She asked her. "Yeah, he, he just told me something, about what really happened." It took Abby 5 minutes to explain everything to Dr. Keaton. When they finished with that conversation, Dr. Keaton spoke up. "I never had the time to ask you yet with everything going on, but you said you work at County right?" Abby wiped a tear away from her eye. "Yeah, why?" "I worked there, about 23 years ago. Is John Carter still there?" Abby's eyes got really big. "Um, no, he left to go to Africa about 15 years ago." Dr. Keaton sighed. "I, I used to date him. If you ever happen to see him again, could you tell him Abby Keaton says hi?" Abby swallowed hard. "Your, your names Abby too? And you used to date Carter?" "Yes and yes." She laughed a little. "Ha funny, me too. When he went to Africa though, he was going to leave without telling me, but he came back, without Luka. We got a call that day saying Luka was dead. Carter went back to get him, but it turned out he just had malaria. So thats what we broke up over, just a stupid fight." Dr. Keaton was called off down the hall, so Abby got herself together, and walked back into the room to be with Joe.
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