Chapter 129

Jon woke with the same worries only four hours later to the sound of his cell phone's alarm.
What was he going to tell the children? The older ones wouldn't be up yet but little ones were always up early. What was he going to say to Faith? If he said her mom was in the hospital she would most likely panic?

Would Melody be alright right now? Would whatever it was have passed by now or was she still in pain? He just hoped she would be alright, he needed her.

With a groan he got out of bed, he had to face the day and the sooner he did, the sooner he could go back to the hospital.

"Where's mom?" Faith asked the question he was fearing during breakfast.
"She's still sleeping." He said before he knew it. Maybe she was still sleeping.
Faith accepted that answer and went with it.

Jon was relieved she didn't ask more, maybe Melody could go home with him later.

During breakfast J walked in to the kitchen. Jon was surprised to see him at 8 am. He didn't say much and just sat down to pour his own bowl of cereal.

After breakfast the three youngest were off to watch cartoons.
"Did you tell Faith?" J asked when they were alone in the kitchen
"No, I didn't know she'd react."
"Probably." J agreed. "You going now?"
"Yeah." Jon put away the last dishes and straightened up and looked at J, he looked worried. "Don't worry, she'll be fine."
J only nodded.
"I'll let you know if I know." Jon promised. "Thanks for watching the kids."

The drive to the hospital didn't seem that long this time. He parked his car and went up to the room where Melody was.

He quietly opened the door, careful if she was still asleep. He looked up at her, her eye lashes rested on her cheeks. The chair he sat in during the night hadn't moved so he sat down in the same place.

She didn't look like she was in pain anymore, that was a relief for him. Maybe it was still the morphine.
He softly laid his hand on top of hers, stroking his thumb over the back of her hand.

Slowly, Melody opened her eyes, focusing on Jon next to her. "Thought you were going home?"
"I did but I had to come back now." He said gently.
Only then Melody noticed he was wearing different clothes.
"How are you feeling?" Jon asked.
"Alright, the morphine helps, I'm making you take it next time."
Jon chuckled, he hoped she wouldn't. "When's the rest of your tests?"
"No idea."

A minute later a nurse walked in. "Oh good, you're up, are you ready for some more bloods?" She asked.
"As ready as I'll get." Melody said, offering her free arm.

The nurse took another three vials of blood from Melody.

Melody thought it was sweet Jon was squeezing her hand even though she didn't really mind it.

"As soon as there's an orderly to take you, you can go for your echo." The nurse said as she put her equipment away.
"Echo?" Melody asked surprised.
"Of your chest." The nurse added.

10 minutes later Jon had to say goodbye to Melody again, she wouldn't be gone for long.
He settled back in his chair and waited for her to return. How long would an echo take?

Melody didn't like hospitals, she never had and now that she actually was in one she liked it even less.
She was relieved to be back in her room half an hour later. Jon hadn't moved from his seat or so it seemed.

"How'd it go?" He asked as soon as they were alone.
"I don't know. The man said he didn't see anything though." She answered.
"That has to be good." Jon hoped.

They didn't have to wait long to find out if it was good as another doctor walked in.

She held a chart infront of her and read, then looked up at them. "Your blood results are all good. Dr. Winston was worried about blood clots but your echo was clear as for fluids too."
Melody and Jon both nodded.
"Your chest pains were caused by an inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs. You'll have to take some anti inflamatory and you should be better in about two weeks."
"Two weeks?" Melody asked surprised.
"Yes. As the inflamation subsides so will the pain."
Melody nodded understanding, was it still going to hurt as much?
"If you don't have any questions, I'll let the nurse get you that anti inflamatory and give you some pain relief before discharging you."
Jon looked down at Melody to see if she wanted to know something.
"I'm working this week and then we're going to Europe." She said worried.
"I can't let you do that." The doctor said.
"What?"Jon asked surprised.
"She can't go working. When are you going to Europe?" She asked.
"In two weeks." Jon answered.
The doctor looked back at Melody. "You should be fine by then but I can't let you go to work, you need to rest those two weeks."
Jon liked that idea, no working.
Melody nodddd.
"Okay then, I'll get the nurse for you."
"Thanks." They both said and the doctor left the room again.

"Well that's good." Jon concluded.
"Yeah, we can go home. What did you tell the kids?"
"Nothing." He said as he got his phone out. "I didn't want to worry them. Only Steph and J know, they were up when I got home and I promised to let him know as soon as we did." He started typing a text to J.

Melody couldn't be happier to be out of the hospital even though the morphine was losing its effect.

As always Jon helped her out of the car when they got home. He wrapped an arm around her waist as they walked inside, he wasn't letting go of her, to be sure she was okay.

"Bed or the living room?" He asked when they were in the hallway.
"Lets watch a bit of tv." Melody decided.

Jon did as she asked and walked her to a very full living room, all heads turning to them as they walked in. Almost immediately a rush of questions followed too.

"Wow, just wait a minute." Jon told them.

Then helped Melody sit down comfortably, then sat down next to her. Melody changed her position and snuggled into him. He was being so sweet to her, like he always was, one of the reasons she loved him so much. She rested her arm around his waist and leaned her head on his shoulder. He was much more comfortable than any bed.

This time the questions were slower. They calmly answered each question, even the exaggerated ones.

When they answered all the questions, the kids were satisfied that Melody was okay.

She knew better, the morphine was gone and the pain was creeping in again. With the children their attention back on the tv, Melody snuggled into Jon and closed her eyes.