No Letting Go

Chapter 38: How I Met Your Mother

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Chapter 38: How I Met Your Mother

~~St. Luke's Medical Center, BGC~~

RJ closed the door behind him and looked around for Dr. Fores. He found the doctor near the nurse's station and quickly made his way over. When the good doctor saw him approach, she finished her conversation with the head nurse and returned one of her other patient's chart back to the file and retrieved Sebastian's.

"Mr. Fullerton, glad you could make it," the doctor greeted him as he stopped in front of her.

"The nurse said you wish to talk to me. Is there something wrong my son?" he asked, concern creasing his forehead.

"Oh, no. No," the doctor replied, shaking her head for emphasis. "In fact, I bring good news," she added.

"Really, that's great!" RJ replied excitedly.

"The antibiotics and the blood transfusion worked perfectly and your son's immune system cooperated well. He can be discharged this evening. We'll just let him finish the I.V. fluids that he's currently hooked up to and your little boy should be ready to go," Dr. Gatchalian said, giving Sebastian a clean bill of health.

"Thank you for that wonderful news doctor! You don't know how much relief I'm feeling right now. Thank you!" RJ said surprisingly hugged the kind doctor after enthusiastically shaking her hand repeatedly in gratitude.

'Dr. Fores, paging Dr. Fores. You are needed in the ER."

Dr. Fores looked up as overhead page sounded. "I need to go. I hope I won't see you and your son any time soon," Dr. Fores said with a smile as she departed.

"Don't worry, we'll take good care of him," RJ replied back.

RJ turned to the nurse's station and asked if he can use the phone since his mobile's battery has gone dead and they forgot to bring the charger. Within minutes he was talking to butler Walter and giving him instructions to have Sebastian's nursery cleaned, aired out and purified as well as the connecting bedroom. The butler wisely held his tongue, even though it itched to ask for whom the other bedroom was for.

~~Sebastian's Hospital Room~~

RJ held Sebastian still, trying to distract his son as the nurse took out the butterfly I.V. needle an hour before his scheduled discharge.

Sebastian bit his lower lip in an effort to be brave like what his father was encouraging him to do, but it was no use. Tears still fell from his eyes and a small whimper escaped from his trembling cherry lips.

"That's my boy!" RJ said, commending his son for not crying out loud, kissing his tears away while he spoke.

Sebastian fitted his small head in the crook of his father's shoulder, seeking refuge from the alcohol's sting as the nurse continued to clean his needle wound and remove the remnants of the tegaderm transparent film that held it in place.

RJ slightly rocked back and forth, singing his son's favorite nursery rhyme while he rubbed his back in an effort to soothe and comfort him.

The nurse left them after completing her work and silently closed the door behind her. RJ then walked around Sebastian's bed and cautiously sat down on Maine's bed. He settled Sebastian on his lap with both of them facing her sleeping form. RJ then started talking to his son about his mother.