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.”
Jayden remains unchanged. The room is filled with a calm, steady rhythm of his heart rate and breathing.
Dr. Green observes the monitors carefully and nods. “Okay. So far so good.”
He turns to Judy, who is standing back in the doorway, her face etched with pain and confusion. “Come
on in.”
I step back towards the doorway and wait while Judy passes me and goes to Jayden.
I watch anxiously, praying that everything will be okay this time. But within moments, the alarms start blaring again.
The medical team rushes back in, and Dr. Green quickly ushers Judy and I out once more.
Judy’s eyes are wide with shock as she looks at me, her hands shaking. “Why is this happening?” she asks, tears streaming down her face.
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“I don’t know.”
Dr. Green comes out to me. “Winona,
The alarms are still all blaring and I walk
Jayden. I’m here.” I touch his hand.
you come back in?”
alk in with the doctor and go to the bedside. “It’s me. It’s okay,
The heart rate settles, and the nurses reset the monitor
“I guess that’s that then.” Dr Green says.
I look at him, puzzled. “Is he okay? What’s happening?”
“Jayden has made it clear his mother being in here stresses him out.”
“What!?” I can hardly believe this. “Are you sure?”
“Look it may just be that he only wants you in here. This might happen with anyone else. But for the next few days, unless there is significant improvement like him waking, I’m restricting visitors to being only
you.”
“What about Abby?”
“We’ll test her out. Hopefully it will be fine for short time spans.”
I weigh up all the reasons why Jayden wouldn’t want his mother in there with him. I mean, if it was me not wanting her in there, I could understand that.
But he always defended his mother when it came down the brass tacks.
I’m really at a loss. Plus, Judy and I have made some ground, what if she thinks I’m making this up? “Don’t make me tell her he doesn’t want her in here, please.”
“Let me deal with this one. I’ll be diplomatic.” Dr. Green steps back out and I do too.
I shouldn’t, but I want to hear this.
“I’m sorry, Judy,” he says gently. “For some reason, Jayden seems to only want Winona in there. His vitals stabilize when she’s present. We can’t risk another episode right now.”
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