Shattered Dreams (Read 2,790 times)

[Vanessa]

I'm going to update Wednesday, I'm doing finals right now and haven't had the time to write.

[gapeach]

Finals come first!

[fluffysmom]

Looking forward to more. Good luck with finals Vanessa.

[Vanessa]

I am literally in the middle of writing the next update. It's on it's way because I have a very bad habit of procrastinating.

[Vanessa]

(Chad/Abby)

A month later, Chad was getting worse. He wasn't responding to the chemo, so Dr. Brentson was literally throwing everything in her arsenal at him hoping for a miracle. Instand he was just getting weaker by the day. So she suggested a bone marrow transplant as a last resort. Both Ej and Stefano were tested, and it was decided that Ej was the closest match.

Two days before the transplant:

Chad was laying in bed, when a knock on his door was heard. Abby walked in looking nervous."Hey." That was the first time she's seen him in a while. She almost didn't recognize him. "Hey." He responded quietly. He was glad to see her but there was that part of him that was terrifed to trust her again. She asked "I know this is a stupid question, but how are you feeling?" "Today, I'm just tired. What about you?"

Abby walked closer, "We're good. Do you want to hear your baby's heartbeat? I just got the recording yesterday?" Slowly he nodded, doing everything he could not to start crying. She pulled out a mini-recorder and pushed play.It sounded super fast, and so beautiful.

"Thank you" Abby smiled. "You're welcome. Listen Chad, about when I told you I was pregnant, I'm s-" "Can we please not talk about that right now?!" He abruptly asked, "Ok. Listen,I'm coming back tomorrow. You keep this and I'll see you later." She kissed his cheek.

He stared at the recorder and slowly drifted off to sleep, listening to it repeatly. Dreaming of easier times.

[MrsM]

Awww, poor Chad. I hope that hearing the baby's heartbeat will help turn him around (I know, that would never work IRL).

[fluffysmom]

Poor Chad. I hope the transplant works.

[Vanessa]

(Ej/Dr.Brentson)

Ej knocked on her office door, "You wanted to see me?" "Come in." Ej felt weird, something was wrong . "We can't do the transplant tomorrow. Chad's just too weak."
"Wait a minute, you were just saying yesterday how it was his best shot, what changed your mind?"

She took a deep breath, this was going to be harder then she thought."i think it's time you should consider a hospice program, or take him home and make him as comfortable as possible." Ej felt cheated,"You told me and Chad when this first began that you weren't giving up and now you want me to let my brother die?"

She couldn't hold it in anymore, he had to know the truth: "I don't want you to. I wanted to do the transplant, for f**** sake I still want to, your brother is the one who doesn't."

"No, I don't believe it." "He knows he's not pull through. He only agreed to do it in the first place because he's determined if he doesn't then he's going to let all of you down. Now I'm going to most likely lose my license because I just told you that, but I don't care."

"When did he tell you this?" Ej's voice cracked. "He told me last night, after you left. He asked me if we just stopped all treatment, how long did he have" "And?"

"Since his kidneys aren't working, and it's spread his lungs, we're looking at a matter of days." Her bottom lip quivered. "I can't force him to get the transplant, Ej, none of us can."

"Do you think we are selfish?" "As his doctor,yes As a mother who was in your shoes, not even two years ago,no. No matter what, it doesn't change the fact he's ready."

Ej slowly stood up, made it out of the room and broke down. He wasn't ready to let go yet.

[MrsM]

No!!!!

[fluffysmom]

So sad. I hope someone can change his mind quickly.

[Vanessa]

(Ej/Chad)

After leaving Breston's office, Ej called Kristen and Stefano, Stefano answered,"Elvis, what's wrong?" Ej sighed, " You should head back home." "What are you talking about?" "Chad doesn't want the transplant, his doctor told me. She said that the reason he didn't tell us was because he doesn't want to disappoint us." "So what's going to happen?" Ej sighed, "I'm going to try talking to him, and if that doesn't work, I'm taking him home."

Slowly, Ej walked into Chad's room, he wasn't sure how to approach him, he was going to improvise "Hey." Chad said softly. "I talked to Dr. Brentson. Chad, do you want to do the transplant? Just tell me the truth."

Chad turned three shades of white as soon as Ej said it, "Honestly, no." "How come?" Chad wasn't sure how to respond and he did not want sound like an idiot. "Ej, this is it, we both know it."

"Is it you feel like a burden..." The tears just streamed down Chad's face "YES! Ok. God, you and Sami were suppose to get married last month, Instead you've been here. Kristen should be with Brady and its my fault, I've literally screwed up everything."

Ej grabbed Chad's hand in order to get him to calm down. He noticed they were getting warm. "No, don't even think like that, we're here because that's what a family does."

Chad looked spaced out, "Abigail gave me a recording of the baby's heartbeat." The way his eyes still had a sparkle when he said her name amazed Ej, maybe he was being a jerk, he couldn't understand why it took her so long to even see him. "When did that happen?" "Yesterday. Ej, it's so fast. Can you get me some water?" "Sure. Are you ok?" "Yeah."

He wasn't, though and he felt like he was on fire, and he was having trouble breathing, "E-" The machines started going crazy, and before Ej could even start to call for help, a nurse rushed in, and He was forced out of the room.

It felt like hours past when Abby walked into Ej, nervously pacing, "What's wrong?" "I don't know. We were talking about something and he asked for some water and I guess he passed out."

Dr. Brentson walked out, and signaled Ej over to her. "So do you want the good or bad news first ." Ej said, "Give me the bad news." "He's in a coma, we're running tests to find out why."

"What happened? I was just talking to him."

"He's had a few seizures today, but the one that just happened had to be the worse."

"What?" Ej felt like he was going to throw up. Abby walked over, what's going on?" Ej sat her down and gave her the news.
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The next day:
Abby walked in his room. She touched his cold, pale face. She cried and her heart jumped for joy when he briefly opened his eyes. "Hang on please." She begged him, but his eyes closed and he drifted away. She watched him terrified that the doctor was right and he wouldn't make it through the night.
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Three days later:

Kristen,Stefano, Ej and Abby all surrounded his bed. All hopes for a miracle were lost. By this time, He wasn't moving as much, his skin grayish tint to it, and his breathing had a rattling sound to it.

"We're going to be ok. " Stefano whispered in his ear. "Let's get out of here." He repeated slowly. Tears were falling down everyone's face. Ej got next to Chad and kissed his face.

Chad died two hours after. After Ej, Kristen and Stefano left, Abby stayed behind.

"I know you're gone but I need to say something. I don't regret anything other than walking out on you. You were just amazing. Look down on us time to time ok?" She didn't have any tears left to shed. She kissed his face and left.

[fluffysmom]

So very sad. Poor Chad.

[MrsM]

Wah!!!!!!!! He can't die!!

[Vanessa]

I didn't forget to update, school is just insane right now.

[gapeach]

Thanks for letting us know! School always comes FIRST!!!!