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132 Jayden Surprises Me

(Winona)

"You can go in now," I prompt Judy who's still staring at the door.

"Okay, yes," she answers, her voice steady. She passes me, moving quickly but carefully, like she's afraid any sudden movement might break him.

I sit on the seat outside the room and take out my cell phone to make a call to Anne about bringing Abby here after school. Suddenly I hear alarms coming from Jayden's room. What the actual hell? My heart leaps into my throat as I see the medical team rushing toward Jayden's door. I jump up but they block me from going in.

"Sorry, no one in the room right now."

Judy is ushered out a few seconds later, looking distraught.

"What happened?" I ask Judy, my voice cracking with worry.

"I...] don't know. I just touched his face and told him I was there, and I loved him. Then everything went off

at once."

"Oh God. I hope he's going to be okay." I squeeze my hands together.

I wait helplessly as they work on him, my mind racing with awful possibilities. Dr. Green arrives, his face set in a grim expression, and he nods to us and disappears into Jayden's room.

After what feels like an eternity, Dr. Green steps out, looking worried. "Jayden's heart rate went dangerously high. His blood pressure spiked as well. We've managed to stabilize him again, but it was close."

Judy asks, "can I go back in? Are we still allowed to be with him?"

Dr. Green nods. "Let's try while I'm in there as well. We need to be very careful. Winona, you go first."

I nod and head back into the room, my heart racing. Dr. Green steps up beside Jayden and I walk up to Jayden and touch his cheek. "It's me. Are you okay? You scared us."

unchanged. The room is filled with a calm, steady rhythm

the monitors carefully and nods. "Okay. So far so

back in the doorway,

on in."

doorway and wait while Judy passes me and goes to

that everything will be okay this time.

in, and Dr. Green quickly ushers Judy

eyes are wide with shock as she looks at me, her hands shaking. "Why is this happening?" she asks, tears streaming down

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"I don't know."

Green comes out to

still all blaring and

I'm here." I touch his

you come back in?"

go to the

settles, and the nurses

that's that

puzzled.

made it clear his mother being in here stresses

believe this. "Are you

else. But for the next few days, unless there is significant improvement like him waking,

"What about Abby?"

it will

his mother in there with him. I mean, if

when

a loss. Plus, Judy and I have made some ground, what if she thinks I'm making this up? "Don't make

deal with this one. I'll be diplomatic." Dr. Green steps back out

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