Spencer's condition

Diagnosis

(TW: some descriptions of vomiting)

Spencer had been having slight difficulty breathing lately. He didn't think anything of it for awhile sense he was probably just out of shape. Then today it got really bad for him. He was in the car with Morgan driving back to the Detroit police station.

He began to cough and wheeze and felt his chest being tightly constricted.

"Reid you alright?!" Morgan said as he pulled the car over looking at him struggling to breathe.

"Morgan..." he couldn't get words out as he gasped for air. The world was starting to get fuzzy for him.

"Hold tight, a hospital is a few minutes away, Reid!" He said as he turned the car the other direction towards the hospital. He put his hand on Spencer's shoulder as he sped towards the nearest hospital. His heart was racing.

Spencer's trying to breathe stopped and he went limp.

"Hold on man!" Morgan cried out speeding even faster.

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Spencer woke up in the hospital with JJ sleeping on a chair next to his bed, she looked exhausted. He didn't have to worry much about his breathing from the oxygen coming in from the device in his nose.

His chest still hurt and he felt weak in that bed. JJ started to move her head back up from the chair and her eyes blinked open.

"Spence, you're awake!" She said excitedly, but she still had a bit of sympathy and worry in her voice.

"JJ, I don't know what happened I swear I thought I was just out of shape," Spencer said weakly looking into her eyes confusedly.

"Spencer, I'm just so glad you're okay," JJ said, grasping onto his hands.

"Where's Morgan?" Reid asked curiously.

"He went to his hotel room an hour ago, I'll call him and tell him you're awake," JJ said, caressing his cheek with a few tears in her eyes.

Spencer's doctor walked in the room, with a serious demeanor.

"Spencer, I'm glad you're awake, but I do have bad news, we saw scarring in your lungs and have determined you have Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, the worst part is it's already major scarring," the woman said with a sigh of pity showing both of them the quick xray they had done.

"It can be managed with oxygen therapy and medication. It's not an endgame but it's gotta make a few things a whole lot harder," she said looking at the floor, she hated giving bad news out.

Spencer laid there silent, responding with a few tears in his eyes. JJ just held onto his hand with both of her hands clasped around his. The woman stepped out with her head down giving them time to process everything.

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Morgan walked in as Spencer was eating jello sitting up with pillows supporting him, his face looked weak and his eyes were tired.

"You like that Jello don't you kid?" Morgan teased and Spencer cracked a smile with the spoon in his mouth.

"It makes it all better," Spencer said with a spoonful of jello in his mouth with an even bigger smile now.

"Where's JJ," Derek asked looking around the room.

"She had to make a few phone calls or something," Reid said, putting his jello cup on the table.