The next morning Rick got up to shower and start the day alittle earlier than usual but he waited until it was about 6:30 before he went to give Lesley her morning medication and leaned beside Lesley to see if she needed anything else
" Is there anything I can get you Darling?" Rick whispered when Lesley started to wake up
" No i'm okay I think i'm going to maybe try to get a shower and maybe come downstairs are the kids up?" Lesley replied softly and looked over up at Rick
" Genesis and Jesslyn have left for school and Riley was still asleep when I checked on him his fever is starting to go down.... So right now I just want to see how you're doing... and if you need anything besides your medication" Rick sat down on the bed beside Lesley
" I'm hanging in there... Rick, I'm so sorry...." Lesley held on to Rick's hand
" What about this time... Lesley you have nothing to be sorry for"
" For keeping this from you again.... For not allowing Jessie to help me tell you how bad it was right away… I shouldn't have kept things from you again like this" Lesley fought not to cry
" Lesley please look at me, sweetheart don't ever be sorry... My job is to take care of you and I have to tell you I didn't do my job like I thought I was doing... It breaks my heart that you chose to suffer, but I'm not gonna just let you go through this alone... I'm with you all the way and every step of it because Lesley there is nowhere else I'd rather be than to be right by your side." Rick hugged Lesley and gave her a kiss on her forehead.
" Would you like me to help you with getting a shower before the morning and day nurse comes.?” Rick asked and moved to help her when she nodded
Lesley eased up carefully and made her way to the bathroom with Rick's help to get a shower hoping to take it easy in spite of not feeling well
“ I think I'm gonna be sick…” Lesley started coughing more when trying to reach to the side in the sink.
" Everything's gonna be okay Lesley, I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere.” Rick held Lesley close to him just before she started vomiting more
" What can I do for you sweetheart...” Rick asked softly in her ear before he moved to help her get cleaned up.
Rick helped Lesley get a shower in spite that she felt like she was suffocating. “ I'm gonna get you all soaked.”
“ And that's okay because right now I have to take care of my little bug… Right now you need me and this is where I need to be. Right by your side.”
It didn't take Rick too long to help Lesley dry off and to get dressed into something comfortable but shortly helped her to go back to the bathroom when she felt like she was gonna be vomiting again
" What else can I do for you sweetheart.... There's got to be anything that I can do to help you feel better.” Rick asked while he helped her to get into something comfortable on before he carried her to lay down for alittle while.
" I just want to be with you.... Could you stay with me alittle while?”
Now Rick couldn't help but slightly laugh when he looked down at Lesley. “ Is that supposed to be a difficult question? Of course I'll stay with you sweetheart, how could I say no...? That little bug... That would be the hardest thing you could expect or ask me to do. I would never be able to say No to you.” Rick stood up carefully with Lesley and carried her to bed and laid with her for awhile after reaching for her respirator mask before Jessie and the other hospice care nurse was to arrive to help with whatever Lesley needed.
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Terminal Diagnosis
FanfictionThis kind of subject is and has been an open wound on me for 3 years it is no walk in the park for me to think about nevermind reminding myself of what my Aunt went through the last 5 years she had. This wasn't a rewrite or a storyline that was giv...
