April died in December Part two

and that is when it happened,and all who were there that day saw it also.....

Yes , she was indeed dying but he did not know why or how to even save her he thought as he got in the car and turned over the key,the motor hummed.He looked at April,slumped over herself with the seat belt all but keeping her from falling out of the seat.Quickly he took his hand and lifted her head backwards so that it rested on the window and headrest.He took off down the sandy dirt road towards the nearest town in the chopped up Toyota sand buggy.He kept his hands on the wheel as the car hit bump after bump from rocks and washes.As he drove he kept yelling for April to wake up at the top of his lungs, for it was hard to hear above the droning of the engine being put to its test,BUMP,BUMP,BUMP the car slammed into the road,April moved her head to the side and forced her eyes to open,all she saw was a blurred vision of someone next to her,but she could hear the voice yelling her name,BAM,BUMP,he saw her eyes open but then slowly close and was not arousable after that.He panicked and almost lost control on the hairpin turn,he knew, and all of his thoughts were consumbed by the thought April was dying .11 miles out and he hit the blacktop at full speed ,going into the other lane of on coming traffic,he swerved to just miss a head on crash and popped the car into forth gear as he was jetting down the highway to Mesa.Aprils head bobbed from side to side hitting her head on the window more than once as he continued down the road,for as much as he yelled and shook her with one hand April never awoke.As he was at top speed heading to Mesa he spotted a highway patrol car sitting on the side of the road in a big pull out,he skidded into the pull out.Aprils head banged against the window once more as he came to a screeching halt along side the police car,The policeman was startled to see a car coming at him full speed and then skidding sideways,coming to a halt.Dust rose and blanketed both cars in a cloud. The policeman grabbed his holster at his side as he got out of the car unsure of what to expect.The man was out of the car at the same time as the officer and ran up to him,for the policeman was taken back by how fast this man approched and he put his hand on his pistol,stepping back a step,The man was now on the side of the car and next to the police car and the policeman, he was yelling that he needed help and that something was wrong with April,the man grabbed the door to open it and the policeman saw the blonde colored hair against the window blood stained from hitting the windowside among the bumps and potholes to get her help.The policeman understood.The man opened the door and April fell out into his arms,he caught her and swept her up.The policeman ran to get a blanket  from his trunk so as to lay April down on it and then he was on his radio requesting help from the fire dept.,.Slowly the man put April on the blanket and covered her up,the policeman started to ask questions,,,what had happened to her ,did he know her,was she on drugs,did she take drugs,had this happen before,,,all the questions that you would think a policeman would ask.No,yes,no,no,no,all the man was thinking was when would the fire department be there,as for the policeman, he seemed concerned with helping April also.Within moments after the call was placed,the fire trucks began to roll,3 of them all together and as luck would have it they were right down the road,and now speeding towards April.The policeman was bending down and checking her pulse ,listening for her breath,she was alive but seemed to be dying before his eyes also, for he knew CPR but had never had to use it ,the policeman was kind and felt helpless seeing this young girl of 18,blonde hair,fair of complection,pretty face looking so pale and lifeless as it reminded him of his daughter as she was the same age,as he reached up and pulled the blanket up on her shoulders the fire department arrived.The fire trucks had their sirens blaring,one behind the other as they pulled  next to the police car ,out of the Medic truck came 2 firemen and then all the firemen emerged from there vehicles to see April.The medics reached April with there bags of equipment and squatted down beside her ,the medic putting his hand on her wrist and then whipping out a stethoscope listened to her chest,without a word the other medic was hooking up the heart monitor so to see her blood pressure , pules and oxygen level,when the first medic was done listening to her chest he checked her eyes by opening them up and shining a light in them,he asked what her name to the man and he answered April.The medics worked swiftly,beep,beep beep went the monitor that was hooked up to April,for now that showed great relief to the man that she was still alive and he turned to answer the questions of the fireman standing next to him. The medics that were taking care of April were talking to each other and were squatting next to her as they continued to acess her ,for they had heard the story that had been told by the man.Even though the man denied it seemed possible that there were drugs involved,for Aprils heart rate was low and her rhythm was irregular and irratic.They had established a intravenous line and started saline running full wide open,One of the medics did a sternal rub on April which brought the response that they had hoped for,a little moan, her head was moving,slowly her eyes opened",Hi there," said one of the medics to her ,questions then came ,do you know where you are ,who you are, how do you feel ..they came so fast at her that she barely had time to speak , as if in slow motion she spoke.All April could tell them was that she was tired and kept repeating the same words in a whisper,then that is when it happened and all who were there that day saw it also.On the monitor Aprils heart rate suddenly dropped to 35 beats per minute,her blood pressure dropped and alarm started to sound from the machine,all eyes turned to look at the same time,April was loosing consciousness, in her head it swarmed gray with spots of white and she heard far away sounds of someone talking as her eyes closed.The medics acted swiftly,talking to each other as they grabbed medicine that they injected into the line from which the saline had been running,another medicine was given at the same time one of the medics was asking April to hang in there,there was a plea in his voice,all that stood and watched knew this was not good.One after another medicine was introduced into the line,her heart still continued to beat a death march and them came the deadly arrythmas,her heart beat and blood pressure had reached the limit,the line between life and death,more medicine,and hte other medic was now on the portable phone ,calling the base hospital wanting to speak to the doctor.As the new medicine was pumping through Aprils heart it began to work,slowly her heart beat began to increase and with it her blood pressure,the deadly heart beats soon stopped and her heart was now at 45 beats per minute,not strong but enough to keep her alive until they could get her into the fire ambulance to get her to the hospital.Quickly all of the firemen helpped put her on the gurney strapped her down and into the back of her transportation that would take her to a place that would save her life.The other medic was now talking to the emergency dept. doctor on the phone and the other medic was sitting next to her as April slowly opened her eyes again",Well you gave us quite a scare young woman", he said jokingly to her,she smiled a sleepy smile,but the look of concern was on his face,the sirens began to scream as the ambulance started to race off ,running against time. April was starting to fade,she asked if it was alright to go to sleep but the medic said for her to fight to stay awake,all of a sudden the alarms once again started to go off ,Aprils heart was slowing down again,April muttered again if it was ok to go to sleep and closed her eyes,  the alarms on the machine which she was hooked up to began to scream" death".

Author's Note

there are 6 parts to this story,and with each and every word I am honored to share it with you ,as a remembrance to April who died in December.