Good Morning everyone! Once again because of your reviews I have managed to think of a final chapter. Hope it's good for you :D
After Connie's lecture, Ethan was once again sent home because of being emotionally distressed until the next day.
Ethan was having a better day until halfway through a 12 year old girl was admitted after being hit by a car at 40 mph. She was unconscious and has possibly broken at least one or two bones. As Ethan was examining her, she had arrested. Ethan began chest compressions while Dr Ashford charged the defibrillator.
"Charging." Said the doctors deep voice. "Clear."
Ethan stepped away. The little girls body jolted but still had no output. Ethan had continued chest compressions.
And the cycle repeated five times. Ash watched a sweaty Ethan still doing chest compressions. Ash sighed as he ran a hand across his mouth.
"Dr Hardy, we're gonna have to call it, she's had no output for 30 minutes."
Ethan felt too weak to carry on so he just stepped down without question. Leaning against the side, breathing quickly.
"Time of death: 15.06." Ash looked at his watch. Ethan took off his gloves and left resus.
"Ethan?" Robyn called after the doctor as he left. Ethan walked to the nearest men's room and leaned over the sink rinsing his face with water before walking to the staffroom but he bumped into Cal without looking or thinking.
"Whoa careful nibbles." Cal exclaimed as he held on to Ethan's shoulders.
"Sor...sorry." Ethan's weak voice spoke.
"You okay?" Cal asked as he looked at his pale brother.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Ethan spoke in a daze before continuing his walk to the staffroom.
Once entering the empty staffroom, Ethan suddenly got a wave of dizziness, he clutched on to the table for support, screwing his eyes shut.
"Ethan?" Cal called and looked at his brother from outside the staffroom and within two seconds Ethan fell to the floor. Cal rushed over to him.
"Ethan, are you okay?!" Cal crouched down beside Ethan, who tried to get up. "Stay down nibbles."
Cal restrained Ethan from getting up. Ethan looked at him with a frown.
"Cal I'm fine, I just fell over."
"On what?" Cal wasn't convinced.
Couple of seconds later, Connie walked into the staffroom looking down at the two brothers.
"Dr Hardy, Dr Knight, you playing twister or something?" Connie smiled lightly.
"Ethan's collapsed." Cal sighed. Connie's smile went
"Again? Ethan!" Connie frowned.
"Look I fell over, okay?" Ethan huffed, tried to get up but he still felt dizzy. Connie looked at him suspiciously.
"Ethan when was the last time you ate?" Connie asked. Ethan looked down, he didn't answer.
"Ethan!" Cal asked with a hint of annoyance.
"Yesterday afternoon." Ethan answered still looking down. Connie and Cal sighed.
"For God sake Ethan why?!" Connie asked. Ethan looked up at her.
"I don't want to die from sugar intake!" Ethan exclaimed.
"But Ethan there is a difference between eating too much sugar and starving yourself." Connie pointed out then pulled out a glucose meter and pricked Ethan's finger.
"See?" Connie showed Ethan the results. "2.3, that's very low Ethan. You had a hypo." Ethan looked ashamed.
"I don't want to end up like Henry." Ethan whimpered. Connie bent down in front of him.
"Ethan, you will end up like Henry if you continue to neglect your health, sugar or no sugar. Food won't kill you, it's something you need, it's something everyone needs." Connie softly spoke.
"Come on. Let's get you up. Can you stand?" Cal asked, putting a hand under his arm.
"Think so." Ethan spoke quietly.
Cal grabbed Ethan and pulled him up gently so Ethan wouldn't get another wave of dizziness and supported him to the sofa.
"Right I'm going to go get you some food." Cal said hoping for Ethan too agree.
"No! I don't want anything" Ethan worryingly shouted.
Cal sighed deeply. Connie spoke, saving Cal's breath.
"Ethan looked at yourself; you're pale, your skin is clammy and cold, you're shaking and you've just collapsed. You need sugar!"
"No!" Ethan refused.
Connie and Cal didn't know what to do, they couldn't exactly shove food down his throat. Cal had an idea, he left the staffroom to go to Honey's shop.
"Honey. Do you sell anything that looks like it doesn't have sugar in but it actually does?" Cal weirdly asked. Honey was confused by Cal's question. Cal cut straight too the point.
"Ethan's collapsed from low blood sugar and he's refusing to eat when he really needs to."
"Should I go talk to him? Help him find the honey?" Honey smiled.
Why didn't Cal think of that before? Ethan trusts Honey. Upon going back to the staffroom, Cal gestured to Connie to leave the staffroom with him so Honey could talk privately to Ethan. She sat next to him on the sofa.
"So Cal told me you fainted again." Honey stared at Ethan.
Ethan didn't answer or even look at Honey, he just continually stared into space.
"I know you can hear me Ethan, you're in a daze, not deaf." Honey smiled. Ethan finally looked at Honey.
"Look Honey I appreciate what you are trying to do but I don't want any food." Ethan hopelessly responded.
"Well how about a sugar free lemonade?" Honey smiled.
"Are you sure it's sugar free?" Ethan asked with hope.
Honey nodded and gave him the beverage. Ethan took a sip out of the cold can and realised straight away that it wasn't sugar free, Honey had swapped the liquids round in the cans.
"For God sake Honey I told you, no sugar!" Ethan angrily said.
"Ethan you really need to eat or drink something. You can barely stand. They won't pay you to sit on a sofa all day." Honey frowned. She had a point.
"Remember what I told you? You can't save lives on an empty stomach." Honey smiled.
Ethan growled lightly while running a hand through his hair. Lives are more important to save including his own.
"Fine I'll eat something." Ethan gave up.
Honey smiled and kissed him on the cheek before leaving the staffroom and nodded at Cal and Connie.
"Oh thank you Honey, glad you were there for him to see sense, again!" Cal happily said. Honey and Cal walked back to her shop.
Few moments later, Cal walked in to the staffroom with a sandwich.
"Chef sends his apologises for the delay." Cal smiled. So did Ethan. Cal gave Ethan the sandwich, he just held it.
"You won't die Ethan, you would die if you ate like a hundred doughnuts." Cal joked.
"Who wouldn't that kill?" Ethan responded, Cal chuckled.
"Right you eat that and if you are well enough, you can continue to work. We can't keep sending you home as much as you want to." Cal joked once again.
"Nope I'm staying here and finishing this paperwork." Ethan responded positively.
Ethan's folders were still in the staffroom from when he had his hypo attack but they were neatly stacked to the side. Cal tapped Ethan's shoulder before leaving him with the admin work and they both continued their day.
Big massive thank you to those that gave me the idea of Ethan neglecting his health and hear having a fear/hate of sugar. It really helped make this chapter happen : )
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