Chapter Twenty-Three
Fifteen minutes later Jay pulls his car into the parking lot of the ER at Toronto General hospital. He drives up to the ER doors and puts his car into park. Alex gets out of the car and runs into the ER. She grabs a wheelchair and pushes it out to Jay’s car. Jay helps Paige out of the car and into the wheelchair. Alex Pushes Paige into the ER, as Jay goes and parks his car. A nurse walks over to the two girls and looks at Paige right leg. She takes the wheelchair from Alex as Jay walk up to them. The nurse pushes Paige into the ER and Jay and Alex follows the nurse and Paige back. Jay’s help the nurse lift Paige onto the hospital bed. Then the nurse pulls the curtain around. Jay walks out of the curtain area, so Alex and the nurse can get Paige changes into a hospital gown. As Jay is waiting outside of the curtain, Dylan walks up to him. Both Jay and Dylan give eachother an unconformable look and Jay puts his hands into his Jaen pockets.

Dylan: Has a doctor been back to see Paige yet Jay?
Jay: No, Not yet. The Nurse and Alex’s are Helping Paige into a hospital gown right now.
Dylan: Oh
Jay: How long is it going to be till your mom gets here, Paige wants to see her?
Dylan: She could not get out of the meeting that she is in right, but will try to be here soon.

The nurse open the curtain and pulls the curtain open and let Jay and Dylan walk over to Paige bed sides. Dylan walks over to Paige left-hand sides and takes her hand. Jay walks over and stands next to Alex who is holding Paige right hand. Dylan wipes a tear off his little sister face.

Nurse Speed: I have to asks you a few questions about what happed Paige.
Paige: Ok, Ah-Choo
Nurse Speed: When did you first hurt you leg, was it today or another day?
Paige: At Thursday morning cheerlead practices. I was doing a stand back tuck and when I landed the stand back tuck I felt my right leg from the knee down pop and it also made a loud creak sound, before I fall to the ground.
Nurse Speed: Did you have the school nurse look at your right lrg or go to see your family doctor afterward and get clear to take part in the meet?
Paige: No, I just push my self through the pain, because I want to take part in the meet today. I made it to the lasts move of the routine, which was a Herkie jump. When I landed the jump I felt and heard my right knee, shine and ankle pop. I was able to stay standing long enough for the Judge to let us know our team could leave the floor. When I went to walk off the floor with my team, my leg gave out and I fall to the floor.
Nurse Speed: Ok, have you take any medicine today?
Paige: Yeah just some Tylenol cold and flu. For the head cold I have.
Nurse Speed: Ok, One of the ER doctors will be back in a few minutes to take a look at your right leg.

Nurse Speed sets Paige chart on the end of the bed. She then walks away from Paige, Alex, Dylan and Jay. Paige looks at her bother and starts crying again and at the sometime start coughing. Dylan feels his little sister forehead and feels that she is running warm.

Dylan: Paige, do you know that you are running a fever?
Paige: Ah-Choo, Yeah
Dylan: You should have stay home and let mom know last night that you hurt you leg!
Paige: Jay can you go get me a pop or a bottle of water my throat is really dry?
Jay: Sure Paige, I will be right back.
Paige: Thanks
Alex: Can you get me a pop too, it time for me to take my medicine?
Jay: Sure Lexi.

Jay walks away from Alex, Paige and Dylan. He walks to the near pop/water vending machine. As Jay walks away Alex set down in the chair by Paige bed. She reaches into her shoulder bag. She grabs her asthma inhaler out of the bag. She shocks the inhaler and then takes a few puffs from her inhaler. She then throws the inhaler back into her shoulder bag. She notices that both Dylan and Paige are looking at her. Sees notice that they both look worried about her.

Paige: Coughs, Lexi is everything ok?
Alex: Yeah, just a little short of breath, which is normal for me when I getting over being sick.
Paige: Ok , I was just, Ah Ah-Choo, checking Lexi.

Jay’s walks over to Paige, Alex and Dylan carrying a MT Dew and a bottle of water. He heads Paige her water and then hand Alex her MT. Dew. Paige open the bottle of water and takes a few sips of the water. At the sometime Alex open up her pop and puts her medicine into her mouth. She takes a few sips of her pop to swallow her pills. A female doctor walks up to the end of the bed and picks up Paige chart. He looks at what the chart says then walks over to her right side.

Dr. Avatar: Hi I am doctor Avatar. I am going to take a look at your right leg.
Paige: (Sounds hoarse) Ok

Dr. Avatar lifts the sheet off of Paige right leg and looks at her leg. She sees that Paige knee, shine and ankle on her right leg are swell up to the size of watermelons and was also very bruised.

Dr. Avatar: I am going to touch her right ankle, let me know if it cause you a lot of pain?
Paige: But my leg really hurt!
Dr. Avatar: I know you leg hurt, but I need to know how much pain you are in when pressure is being put onto your ankle.
Paige: Alright

Dr. Avatar careful lifts up Paige leg in her right hand and starts putting pressure on Paige right ankle after only a few seconds Paige starts screams. Dr. Avatar stops put pressure on the ankle. Paige stop scream and stop squeezes her brother and Alex hands. Dr. Avatar then starts putting pressure on Paige shine and no soon then she has start Paige start screaming again. Dr. Avatar stop putting pressure on Paige shine. Paige relaxes and stops scream at the doctor.

Dr. Avatar: Ok, Paige I need you to bear with me for a little while on this one.
Paige: Why
Dr. Avatar: Because I need to feel your knee cap to check if it pop out of place and how easily it is to move your knee cap. So why don’t you look at Dylan or Alex and not look at what I am doing. I will be able to tell how much pain you are in by the look on your face.
Paige: Ok

Paige turns her head toward her girlfriend and they look into eachother eyes. Dr. Avatar starts to feel if Paige, right knee cap is in place. She finds that Paige knee feels in place in a straight, so she bend Paige, right knee and Paige squeezes Alex and Dylan hands. Dr. Avatar sees that Paige knee cap does not stay in place when she bends the knee. She straight Paige leg out and very careful move the knee cap to see how easily the knee cap moves with pressures put on it. Dr. Avatar stop putting pressures on Paige, right knee and pick up Paige chart up. She then writes down what she found on the chart.

Dr. Avatar: I do not like how easily your right knee cap is moving and how your ankle, shine or knee feels. I am going to sent you to have an MRI and X-rays done. Your Brother and Jay can come back with you and Alex can keep an eye out for you mom to get here, see that she is just getting over being sick and she needs to take it easy.
Paige: Ok.
Dr. Avatar: I am going to get the nurse to take you to have the X-rays and MRI.

Dr. Avatar walks away from them and goes to find a nurse. Dylan wipes the tears off the right side of Paige face. Alex wipes the tears off the right side of Paige face. Nurse Speed walks over to them and with the help of Dylan gets Paige into the wheel chair. Alex watches nurse Speed pushes Paige and Dylan along with Jay head towards the radiation department.