He closed the last page of the Bible.
Nodding, his eldest daughter reached out for his hand, and for her mother's.
"Dear Lord" his voice was soft,but heavy with an accent."Watch over my family, my grandchildren. Make amends to all of those I have hurt,all I have somehow betrayed..all those I have caused pain"
***************************
I close my eyes
Only for a moment and the moment's gone
All my dreams
****************************
"We got a pulse,Dr.Kovac" Haleh watched him drop the paddles.
Luka nodded, peeling off his bloodied gloves.The old man finally looked like he was in peace. Sleeping."Once you get him cleaned up, the family can come in, one at a time"
Haleh nodded, rushing out to the crowd by the doors.
He caught the eye of the oldest daughter.The one who took his words and translated them for the delicate looking wife."Ma'am?"
"Don't say it.." Ana held her breath
"Welcome back, Mr.Araya" he stood at the foot of the bed, as one daughter pushed her way in.
**************
Pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind
All they are is dust in the wind
**************
It was the daughter with the auburn hair. Luka watched through the window as she sat beside her father's bedside, clutching his hand.She was there when it happened.
"Why didn't you page me?" Romano cried, raising down the staircase towards the trauma room
Luka turned around slowly."Your patient crashed twice while waiting for you"
"Is he stable enough to be brought upstairs?"
There was a cold gush of air. Luka watched one by the one as the old man's children stood up,turning towards the trauma room.
"Dr.Kovac! I said, is he stable enough to go up"
Without giving an answer, the monitors went off.
"I don't think so" Luka replied, watching the daughter drop the old man's hand and back out of the room.
*******************
Same old song
Just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do
Crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind
*******************
Romano ripped the bandage away from the dark, slowly graying skin. Blood
oozed from outside the staples."Page Corday!" his voice twinged with
panic
The machines kept beeping,overwhelming Luka."Start CPR"
"Dr Kovac!" Romano snapped, "Shock him"
He hated their eyes. All watching, part of it sick fascination,
part of them hoping this was all a nightmare."250," luka held
the paddles up,"Clear" he winced, watching the body lurch.
"nothing" Haleh looked up at Luka.
"Charge to 300" the wife stood in the doorway. The nurses turned
to Luka.He nodded,"Clear!"
"Get blood from the bank" Romano screamed. Blood covered
the both of them, slickened the paddles.
"Dr.Romano.." Chuni started
"Anything! Just go!" Luka watched in horror as Romano
ripped out the staples, and opened his chest."Let's move Dr.Kovac"
Luka nodded
*******************
Now, don't hang on
Nothing lasts forever, but the earth and sky
Is slips away
*******************
"Heart paddles and suction! NOW! Where's Corday!!"
There was something soothing about the drone of the
flat line on the machines. Luka watched over Romano's
shoulder, at the family.
They looked years older.The man whose hair was laced with patches
of white and gray, he took the wife in his arms.Held his mother.
"Turn something on.I can't stand wailing" Romano said quietly
"You! Nurse!"
Abby turned to luka. Luka nodded.
For the first time in a long time, time stood still.
The nurses stood behind them,feeding the iv, giving the old man
blood.
"He's been down too long" Romano dropped the paddles, letting the metal
hit the floor.The machines stopped, and the room was filled with
wailing again. Luka watched a man lead his distraught teenage daughter
outside, nearly dragging her in his arms.
"Time of death, 9:45"
*************************
And all your money
won't another minute buy
************************
"Do you want to tell them?" Luka asked quietly
Romano shook his head,"They know already.Tell them once the nurses
clean this all up, they can come in"
Luka pushed open the door, stepping out into the crowd. Everyone
stopped and stared."I'm sorry" he said clearly,and as gently as
possible,"We did everything we could.."
***********************
All we are is dust in the wind
(all we are is dust in the wind)
************************
"Would you, could you in a tree?" Jasmine stopped reading,
listening to her little sister's cries get louder and louder.
Her little brother turned around and looked at her questionally.
Jasmine shrugged, and looked up to see the blood shot eyes of
her mother.
"Your grandfather died" she said quietly
Jasmine nodded slowly as the house filled with loud screams
of disbelief and wailing. She sat sandwiched between her
younger sisters, trying to comfort them, as she waited for
the tears to come.
And her father to come home.
**************************
All we are is dust in the wind
**************************
Nodding, his eldest daughter reached out for his hand, and for her mother's.
"Dear Lord" his voice was soft,but heavy with an accent."Watch over my family, my grandchildren. Make amends to all of those I have hurt,all I have somehow betrayed..all those I have caused pain"
***************************
I close my eyes
Only for a moment and the moment's gone
All my dreams
****************************
"We got a pulse,Dr.Kovac" Haleh watched him drop the paddles.
Luka nodded, peeling off his bloodied gloves.The old man finally looked like he was in peace. Sleeping."Once you get him cleaned up, the family can come in, one at a time"
Haleh nodded, rushing out to the crowd by the doors.
He caught the eye of the oldest daughter.The one who took his words and translated them for the delicate looking wife."Ma'am?"
"Don't say it.." Ana held her breath
"Welcome back, Mr.Araya" he stood at the foot of the bed, as one daughter pushed her way in.
**************
Pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind
All they are is dust in the wind
**************
It was the daughter with the auburn hair. Luka watched through the window as she sat beside her father's bedside, clutching his hand.She was there when it happened.
"Why didn't you page me?" Romano cried, raising down the staircase towards the trauma room
Luka turned around slowly."Your patient crashed twice while waiting for you"
"Is he stable enough to be brought upstairs?"
There was a cold gush of air. Luka watched one by the one as the old man's children stood up,turning towards the trauma room.
"Dr.Kovac! I said, is he stable enough to go up"
Without giving an answer, the monitors went off.
"I don't think so" Luka replied, watching the daughter drop the old man's hand and back out of the room.
*******************
Same old song
Just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do
Crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind
*******************
Romano ripped the bandage away from the dark, slowly graying skin. Blood
oozed from outside the staples."Page Corday!" his voice twinged with
panic
The machines kept beeping,overwhelming Luka."Start CPR"
"Dr Kovac!" Romano snapped, "Shock him"
He hated their eyes. All watching, part of it sick fascination,
part of them hoping this was all a nightmare."250," luka held
the paddles up,"Clear" he winced, watching the body lurch.
"nothing" Haleh looked up at Luka.
"Charge to 300" the wife stood in the doorway. The nurses turned
to Luka.He nodded,"Clear!"
"Get blood from the bank" Romano screamed. Blood covered
the both of them, slickened the paddles.
"Dr.Romano.." Chuni started
"Anything! Just go!" Luka watched in horror as Romano
ripped out the staples, and opened his chest."Let's move Dr.Kovac"
Luka nodded
*******************
Now, don't hang on
Nothing lasts forever, but the earth and sky
Is slips away
*******************
"Heart paddles and suction! NOW! Where's Corday!!"
There was something soothing about the drone of the
flat line on the machines. Luka watched over Romano's
shoulder, at the family.
They looked years older.The man whose hair was laced with patches
of white and gray, he took the wife in his arms.Held his mother.
"Turn something on.I can't stand wailing" Romano said quietly
"You! Nurse!"
Abby turned to luka. Luka nodded.
For the first time in a long time, time stood still.
The nurses stood behind them,feeding the iv, giving the old man
blood.
"He's been down too long" Romano dropped the paddles, letting the metal
hit the floor.The machines stopped, and the room was filled with
wailing again. Luka watched a man lead his distraught teenage daughter
outside, nearly dragging her in his arms.
"Time of death, 9:45"
*************************
And all your money
won't another minute buy
************************
"Do you want to tell them?" Luka asked quietly
Romano shook his head,"They know already.Tell them once the nurses
clean this all up, they can come in"
Luka pushed open the door, stepping out into the crowd. Everyone
stopped and stared."I'm sorry" he said clearly,and as gently as
possible,"We did everything we could.."
***********************
All we are is dust in the wind
(all we are is dust in the wind)
************************
"Would you, could you in a tree?" Jasmine stopped reading,
listening to her little sister's cries get louder and louder.
Her little brother turned around and looked at her questionally.
Jasmine shrugged, and looked up to see the blood shot eyes of
her mother.
"Your grandfather died" she said quietly
Jasmine nodded slowly as the house filled with loud screams
of disbelief and wailing. She sat sandwiched between her
younger sisters, trying to comfort them, as she waited for
the tears to come.
And her father to come home.
**************************
All we are is dust in the wind
**************************