[[Melissa McCall.]] < it did ensure he didn’t have to sit in a waiting room to get looked at, the familiar McCall mother immediately >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < rushing to his side. He couldn’t respond to her audibly, which was probably the correct indication that no, he wasn’t >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < okay, and luckily she’d gotten that hint, asking for someone nearby to get a gurney. Others helped, shifting him onto >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < the surface so that they could keep him off of the ground, and follow protocol, checking his heartbeat, following the >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < usual standards while also attempting to assess to the situation with what they knew. Melissa already had an idea of >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < his condition, the issues he had before, so it shouldn’t be long before her and the other doctors and nurses would >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < put two and two together about his cartilage, the bar implanted near his sternum on the verge of collapsing, causing >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < the pressure and the exasperating pain.]]

[[Melissa McCall.]] [[I was completely coherent, which was the worst part, I think, because I was going to be able to remember all of >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < this pain I was going through. On the other hand, I was happy to be, because Melissa was there to help reassure me. >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < No matter how bad it got I could look to her for help, and believe her, because she was like the mom to everyone in >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < the town. The healer, the guardian. Not too long after that I was knocked out with a few drugs, put under and taken >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < off to surgery where they could fix what had gone wrong inside of my chest. I was out through that, and being rolled >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < back into my hospital room and put into bed, and by the time I had awoke I saw Melissa's face as she stood over me, >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < clipboard in hand. The same face I saw reassuring me before I was given the sedatives, like my guardian angel, there >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < to make sure I was okay. I found myself smiling weakly, not in much pain, but my body was definitely still a bit worn >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < out from all it had been through that day. The medicine being pumped into my veins was urging me to relax, so, I knew >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < I should probably follow along with that and not move around or stress myself too much. Honestly, I was just happy >

[[Melissa McCall.]] < that I had woken up at all.]] Hey, Ms. McCall...