Author: Jessica
Jessica�s POV
�I�ll be right back baby�� I kissed him and walked out the door and down the corridor to the cafeteria. I got myself a large coffee and slowly walked back to Dan�s room. It was the same routine every time. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday I�d bring him in at 8am and I�d bring him home at 3pm�chemotherapy. For 2 months I�d been taking him there, 3 times a week. A little over 6 months ago Dan had finally agreed to go to the doctor�s office after complaining he didn�t feel good and test results came back showing he had prostate cancer, and it was very advanced. Last week he had gone in for his regular check up and that�s when he learned the cancer had spread through his lymph nodes, his doctor sat down with both of us later that week and told us that with treatment Dan had no more then a year to live and without it he wouldn�t live more then 3 months. I wanted him to do whatever he wanted to do�he wanted to continue treatment. We�d only been married for 3 years, I was 21 at the time and he was 30, we�d dated 2 years before he finally proposed. My family loved him and his family was like my second family. I loved them all. There was so much Dan and I hadn�t done yet. We wanted to travel and have a family with lots of kids. He had been so busy this past year working on his movie, it would be his 5th film he�d worked on writing and producing. I on the other hand was busy signing with Columbia records and I�d just begun recording some ballads for my debut album. I walked into Dan�s room and saw him talking to the nurse. It was a little after 3 and time to go home. We spoke with his doctor before leaving. The ride home was quiet and when we got there I started dinner and let him sleep. I brought dinner to him and then helped him upstairs and into bed, his body was getting weaker everyday especially days like today�after chemo. We fell asleep, though it wasn�t a great night of sleep; Dan was up all through the night ill.
~*2 Weeks Later*~
�Baby, can you get me some water?� I heard Dan asking from the living room. I got him some ice water and brought it out to him.
�Here ya go sweetheart.� I handed it to him and sat next to him. I leaned over and gave him a kiss. �I love you.� I whispered and kissed him again.
�I love you too Jessie.� We just lay on the couch and watched television.
�I�m going to get dinner started.� I kissed him and walked into the kitchen. He looked so drained and tired today so I let him rest while I cooked. While dinner was cooking I went upstairs and did the laundry. I came down an hour later, took dinner off the stove and set the kitchen table. I wasn�t sure Dan would be up to eating at the table or in the living room so I figured I�d set the table anyways. Dinner was all set and I went in the living room to wake Dan up. I kissed his forehead and rubbed his shoulders.
�Baby, dinner is ready.� He didn�t move. �Baby, dinner�do you want me to bring it in here?� I shook him again. Nothing again�I started to panic, he was breathing. I kept trying to wake him and when I couldn�t I started crying and called 911. I sat by him, holding his hand waiting for the ambulance to come. Finally they showed up, I got in the back with them and watched as they began working on him. I had unshed tears in my eyes the entire ride over. When we got to the hospital they stopped me and told me to wait in the waiting room. I sat in one of the chairs and stared ahead at some issue of People magazine. I sat back in my chair and waited.
�Mrs. Lewis�?� I looked up at the sound of my name and saw a different doctor then the one normally treating Dan.
�Yes�� He extended his hand and I shook it.
�I�m Dr. Lachey, Dr. Matthews isn�t in this week as you probably know already.� I nodded my head, he was on vacation. �Anyways, I�m going to be your husband�s doctor for the next week or so until Dr. Matthews gets back.� He sat in the chair next to me. �Your husband is in his last stages of the cancer. I understand he was being treated with chemo, unfortunately it has not been as successful as we�d hoped.� I felt my tears surface again. �His immune system has also been weakened and because of this his body is unable to fight off illnesses as little as the common cold. Your husband has caught the pneumonia which is obviously a lot more severe then a cold. We�ve got him stabilized and on many antibiotics now, but I don�t know how long his body will be able to fight of the bacteria�s.� I nodded with more unshed tears threatening to fall. �If you�d like to go in and see him, he is in a private room and as I said before he�s stabilized.� I stood and felt his hand on my shoulder. �I�m sorry Mrs. Lewis.� His words blurred in my mind and I walked down the hall to Dan�s room. I walked to his door, leaned against the wall near the doorway, slid down to the floor and finally let the tears explode.
End of part 1.