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Feb 1, 2010 2:27:11 GMT 10
Post by baboune51 on Feb 1, 2010 2:27:11 GMT 10
I hope Luka is going better ! great udapte
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Djed
Feb 1, 2010 16:50:03 GMT 10
Post by daniella on Feb 1, 2010 16:50:03 GMT 10
Hey... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Chapter 9: Maggie... Two hours and half later: Abby scratched her forehead and closed her eyes… opening them again, she looked through the window glass of the ICU room towards Luka… he was in one of the rooms on the ICU, in isolation… she was worried about his fever… it was still very high… As a doctor, she knew that if it doesn’t get down soon, it could cause big problems to him… ‘Abby?’ called a voice behind that she soon recognized as her mother… She turned when Maggie put a hand on her shoulder… ‘I came directly from the airport…’ her mother said. Abby hugged her mother… in that moment, it didn’t matter what had happened between the two of them in the past… she just someone to hug and vent… ‘What happened?’ asked Maggie. ‘Oh mom…he’s so sick…’ she said, with tears in her eyes. ‘Honey, what happened?’ asked Maggie. ‘What the doctors think Luka has?’ Abby recuperated herself and looked at her mom… ‘He has meningitis…’ she said. ‘Meningitis?’ asked Maggie and Abby nodded. ‘How?’ ‘I don’t know how…’ Abby said, looking at her hands. ‘Yesterday, he was bad…’ ‘Ok…’ Maggie said. ‘Let’s sit here…’ Maggie picked her daughter’s hand and they walked to some seats in the corridor… then, turned back to her daughter: ‘Tell me everything, Abby…’ Abby sighed and looking at her hands, started: ‘Last night, Luka came to pick me up after my shift… we went to Ike’s, a bar – restaurant that we usually go… I noted that he wasn’t feeling well, so we went home… arriving there, I helped him into bed… I was staying, but he didn’t want… ‘ Maggie just nodded, making a sign for her daughter to continue: ‘When I arrived here, in the morning, Susan asked me if he was ok, because he lost a reunion with her and Weaver… I was worried and called him…’ Abby looked at her mother: ‘Luka didn’t answered none… neither his home nor his cell phone… I went to his apartment with John and found him this way… we don’t know how long he was in that way before we arrived…’ she said, with tears rolling down her face. ‘He’s so sick… I can’t lose him…’ Maggie hugged her daughter. ‘Oh, honey…’ Maggie said, ‘Luka is going to be all right, you’ll see…’ From nowhere, they heard another voice on Luka’s room… Abby got up, looking worried to her mom… when she came at the door, she saw another man standing beside Luka’s bed… he looked at her… ‘Honey, I forget to tell you… ‘ started Maggie. ‘You father came with me…’ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Dani
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Djed
Feb 2, 2010 0:05:50 GMT 10
Post by lkaljk (Ebba) on Feb 2, 2010 0:05:50 GMT 10
What?? haha omg!!! Hope Luka is going to be ok
Love it update soon
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Djed
Feb 2, 2010 1:53:20 GMT 10
Post by baboune51 on Feb 2, 2010 1:53:20 GMT 10
poor Abby , her father ? ;D great udapte
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Djed
Feb 2, 2010 13:12:28 GMT 10
Post by daniella on Feb 2, 2010 13:12:28 GMT 10
Hey.. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Chapter 10: Eddy... ‘Honey, I forget to tell you… ‘ started Maggie. ‘You father came with me…’ Abby didn’t answer… instead asked: ‘Where’s Eric?’ ‘In a hotel…’ said Maggie. Abby turned back to her father and noticed he was holding Luka’s arms… ‘He was agitated and calling for…’ Eddy said. ‘Djed?’ asked Abby. ‘Yeah, do you what it mean?’ Eddy asked. ‘No, but his father is coming here, whit his brother and his wife and soon will we know…’ explained Abby. ‘Dad, you can’t stay in here… he is in isolation… and you don’t have the right protection…’ ‘I know…’ said Eddy. ‘But he calmed down when I spoke to him…’ ‘He thinks you’re him…’ she said. ‘This indicates that the fever didn’t lower…’ Eddy noted that his daughter became worried. ‘What can happen? He asked. ‘He can…’ she said but stopped a little. ‘… have… a brain damage…’ X ~ X ~ X After having been medicated and put the right protection, Eddy went back to the ICU… Maggie and Abby, wearing masks, were talking… he doubted that Luka had improved or worsened while he was out… ‘Have any news?’ he asked, anyway. ‘No…’ said Abby. Eddy walked to his daughter when he saw her worried and put his hands on her shoulder. ‘He will get better, Abby…’ he said. Maggie put her hand over Abby’s. Abby just sighed and closed her eyes. ‘When he gets better, I’m going to marry him…’ she said. ‘Life is too short to waist any more time…’ ‘When you decided this?’ asked Maggie. ‘Now...’ said Abby, opening them again… ‘But Luka already proposed to me a couple of days before... and I said that I needed to think about it…’ Abby lowered her head. ‘I can’ t loose him…’ Maggie hugged her daughter when she started crying… ‘Abby…’ Maggie said seconds later. ‘Look at me…’ Maggie made her look up. ‘I know this is hard, but you’re not going to lose him…it will be a long way to him to be fully recuperated, but you’re going to make it…’ Maggie said. ’He will make it and marry you…’ Abby nodded… Suddenly, Luka woke up scared, looking for the person he wanted the most… ‘Djed…’ he cried out. Seconds later, he tried to pull out his IV, but Eddy and Abby were able to prevent he took off the medication… Eddy put him in his arms and said that his djed was there… Luka calmed down again and closed his eyes… Abby noticed that the fever remained equal and pressing the button over Luka’s bed, ordered a thermometer… XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Dani
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kia
Duchess of Luby
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Djed
Feb 2, 2010 17:38:37 GMT 10
Post by kia on Feb 2, 2010 17:38:37 GMT 10
Luka WON'T have brain damage, ok? Abby wants to marry him! ;D
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Djed
Feb 2, 2010 22:26:12 GMT 10
Post by baboune51 on Feb 2, 2010 22:26:12 GMT 10
yeah , she 's going to marry him nice udapte
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Djed
Feb 3, 2010 0:26:22 GMT 10
Post by suzanne on Feb 3, 2010 0:26:22 GMT 10
so glad she's gonna marry him!! ;D ;D update soon!!
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Djed
Feb 3, 2010 0:46:45 GMT 10
Post by lkaljk (Ebba) on Feb 3, 2010 0:46:45 GMT 10
Marry!! YES!!!! love it ;D ;D Update soon!!!
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Feb 3, 2010 12:56:38 GMT 10
Post by daniella on Feb 3, 2010 12:56:38 GMT 10
Hey... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Chapter 11: Explanations... Maggie stood on the doorway of Luka’s ICU room, holding a cup of coffee… she crossed her arms, still looking inside… till somebody stopped at her side… ‘Maggie?’ a woman’s voice made her turn. ‘Yes…’ she said to the woman. ‘We weren’t presented…’ she said. ‘I’m Susan Lewis… friend of Abby and Luka's…’ ‘Yes… oh, Susan… nice to meet you personally…’ said Maggie, with a small smiled. ‘Abby always talk about you…’ They shook hands… ‘Who is there with Luka?’ asked Susan. ‘That’s Eddy…’ Maggie said. ‘Abby’s father…’ Susan looked inside … ‘Do you think it’s serious his state?’ asked Maggie. ‘Abby said he could have brain damage because of the fever?’ Susan sighed and made a sign to Maggie follow her… ‘Yes, it’s very serious…’ Susan said. ‘The bacterial meningitis mainly… that we have sure he has… we’re still waiting for results, but…’ ‘Why? There’s more? There are differences?’ asked Maggie. ‘Unfortunately yes… there is…’ said Susan. ‘The Viral Meningitis is longer and don’t have symptoms like that, exacerbated… besides, there’s no medicines… we must wait it’s cycle’s finish, without it… now, the bacterial meningitis, the symptoms appear and disappear in 24 hours and it’s treated with high dosages of antibiotics… and the tuberculosis meningitis, that’s not the case here…’ ‘So…’ asked Maggie. ‘Is bacterial meningitis?’ Susan nodded. ‘We’re pretty sure…’ said Susan. ‘We’re waiting just to know the kind of bacteria it is…’ ‘But the bacterial form is better, right? At least he is medicated…’ said Maggie. ‘Actually, no…’ Susan said. ‘ Although the viral meningitis takes longer and there’s no use of medicines, it finishes it cycle's in about two weeks… during this, the patient feel like he has the worst cold possible, but he or she gets better in a week or so… the viral meningitis tends to be better than the bacterial, but is still dangerous…’ Maggie made a sign with her head for Susan to continue… ‘The bacterial meningitis is the result, like the viral meningitis, of the inflammation of the meningis, membranes of the brain and the spinal cord… the patients have high fiver, rigidity of the neck, pain in the body, photophobia, delirious… Luka has everyone of them… in some patients it may occur coma…’ Susan said. ‘But usually we keep the patients in a induced coma… we’re going to put Luka on it after the results come back, for a immediate treatment…’ They stood quiet for a few seconds… ‘Besides, in the viral meningitis cases, the patients usually came around normal unlike the bacterial type…’ ‘So, that was why Abby was so worried before…’ said Maggie and Susan nodded… ‘Will he be ok?’ ‘It’s improbable that he won’t have sequelae, but nothing is impossible…’ Susan said. ’Not because of the disease itself, but because the infection…’ Maggie sighed. ‘Least because it took Luka long to be attended…’ said Susan. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Dani
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Djed
Feb 3, 2010 22:12:24 GMT 10
Post by baboune51 on Feb 3, 2010 22:12:24 GMT 10
They are going to put Luka in the coma? ;D nice udapte
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Djed
Feb 3, 2010 22:30:34 GMT 10
Post by suzanne on Feb 3, 2010 22:30:34 GMT 10
Hope Luka is going to be ok! Update soon!! ;D
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kia
Duchess of Luby
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Djed
Feb 3, 2010 23:50:11 GMT 10
Post by kia on Feb 3, 2010 23:50:11 GMT 10
Thanks for the explanation about meningitis. I'm so curious why he keeps calling his grandfather... I'm hooked to the story. (Karma for you!)
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Djed
Feb 4, 2010 0:18:41 GMT 10
Post by daniella on Feb 4, 2010 0:18:41 GMT 10
Thank you, Kia... Well, some angst ahead, but continue reading... Dani
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Djed
Feb 4, 2010 11:11:08 GMT 10
Post by daniella on Feb 4, 2010 11:11:08 GMT 10
Hey... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Chapter 12: Discussion ‘We have the results…’ said John, with two sheets of paper is his hands. ‘It’s Neisseria Menigitidis... ‘ John gave Abby the papers... ‘The results are partial… but they could isolate the bacteria…’ he said. ‘It appears that Luka treated a woman with meningococémia… a week ago…' Abby looked at the results… ‘He didn’t take medicine after that?’ she asked. ‘How come?’ asked Maggie. ‘I don’t know, Abby… I can’t confirm…’ said Susan. ‘I remember the case… we were careful… Luka had expelled me from the room, because I was having a discussion with the patient…he was exposed without knowing…’ ‘We’re giving him the right antibiotics, though…’ John said. ‘How so?’ asked Eddy. ‘You didn’t the results yet…’ ‘We stated to giving him penicillin for a first medication…‘ explained John. ’The treatment of this bacteria is what we’re giving him…’ Abby couldn’t believe that Luka could be so reckless… ‘It’s contagious?’ asked Maggie. ‘Yes, very…’ said Abby. ‘I had contact with him…’ ‘Orally?’ asked Susan. Abby nodded. ‘We kissed…’ she said. ‘If I not sick, I may have some king of immunity to it…’ ‘So, what now?’ asked Eddy. ‘We induce coma to prevent more damage…’ said Abby. ‘Excuse me…’ She excused herself to look for the ICU doctor… XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Dani
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