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require a surgery to stabalise with plates in a few days once the swelling has gone down. One of the breaks put a slight tear in the wall of his bladder so we had to go in and repair that. As serious as all that is, I’m not particularly concerned about those injuries. He’s in extremely good physical shape and is obviously an athlete of some description.”
    “Marital arts,” Dane clarified.
    Recognition crossed Dr. Wilkinson’s face. “Ah, I thought you guys looked familiar, I was just struggling to place where. Well, he should recover fine from the pelvic injuries in two or three months. It’s the head injury I’m concerned about right now. He’s taken a good whack to the head. At the moment he’s in a coma and there is some brain swelling and bruising. The scans all look okay, although there are a couple of areas that concern me specifically. However, we’re not going to do anything invasive just yet. It’s pretty common for there to be a requirement to go in and alleviate a buildup of pressure or a bleed. I just want you to be prepared in case. We’ll be constantly monitoring that until we know definitively he’s turned the corner.”
    My eyes darted back and forth between the group. We were all trying to take it in. Looks of shock lined all of our faces and I was sure mine looked exactly the same. Eden must have thought so too, because she placed her arm around my shoulders in support.
    “When will he wake up?” I finally gathered the courage to ask.
    “Hard to say at this stage. Could be a few hours or days. I also can’t tell you at this stage if there is any permanent damage. Every one of these sorts of cases just takes as long as it takes. Until then, we keep him comfortable, monitor him, and make sure his condition doesn’t deteriorate.”
    Permanent damage!
    Those two words scared the hell out of me, but I had to know. “You said you didn’t know about permanent damage. Did you mean brain damage?”
    The doctor nodded. “There’s a lot of different types of brain damage. It can be very minor and temporary to incredibly severe and permanent or even fatal. At this stage, I’m hopeful that anything will only be minor and temporary.” He must have seen the relief on our faces. “I said hopeful. I can’t say conclusively until he wakes up and we can do more tests and assessments. Head trauma is always tricky. I suggest you hope for the best but prepare yourselves for the worst. The most positive thing Seth has in his favour right now is his excellent physical condition and strength. I’m almost certain a smaller framed or frailer person would not have survived the accident from what they told me about the vehicle.”
    We were all silent while that sunk in. How close had I come to losing him? And although the doctor seemed hopeful, the “prepare yourself for the worst” terrified me.
    “Can we see him?” Xander asked.
    “It’ll be a couple of hours yet, but you’ll be able to go in and sit with him when they get him settled in the ICU ward. The nurse unit manager will advise you regarding visiting but it’s usually no more than two at a time and ICU is pretty flexible around times. I should warn you also, he’s on a ventilator, has a couple of drips running and a mass of other tubes and machines monitoring him. So, try not to be too alarmed by all that.”
    He looked from one to another of us, before asking if we had any more questions.
    “How long is he likely to be in here?” Arianne asked.
    “Very hard to say at this stage. Just taking into consideration the pelvic fracture and surgery we’ve done, I’d be estimating a few weeks. Given his health, I’d say it would be less as long as we don’t have complications, infection, etcetera. It’s the head injury. Until he wakes up, we can’t tell. So, I wouldn’t be expecting him home for a few weeks and then he’s going to need some significant rehab. Again, his physical condition will work in his favour.”
    We thanked the