Chapter Seventeen; Treatment

Ryan went in for treatment the next day. He didn’t wait as long this time, but it was still quite a while. When he got in, the doctor sat him in a cold room where they would remove the spot. He sat down and the doctor had a cold bag of ice on the side of the table. The doctor came into the room and gave Ryan a shot of pain killers.

He put the ice on Ryan’s arm and waited until the ice was almost gone to start the removal. They cut off the spot and it didn’t take long for it to be over, check out, then go home. He had lots of bandages on his arm, and they hurt too. His mother seemed very relieved that the spot was gone and her son was ok. Ryan was still a bit sick, but he wanted to play outside.

“Hey mom! Can I go play outside?” he asked. “No! You’re sick! Unless you would like to get even more sick, then go ahead!” He sat down in the living room staring at his feet. He waved them around and thought about the T.V. Lucy’s mom had destroyed.

“Why would she do that?” he thought, “I would have been ok with her beating me up instead.” His mother finished the dishes and came into the room, “Wanna get some ice cream?” Ryan sat up and nodded his head. “Alright! Let's go!” Ryan got some shoes on and hopped in the car.

He looked outside at kids playing, kids on bicycles and wished he could play too. He prayed that his sickness would go away, when his mom stopped the car and got out. He opened his eyes and they weren’t at cold toes, they were in the middle of the road. His mom was outside with fists clenched and glaring at someone, it was Lucy’s mom. She also had clenched fists and a glare on her face.

Lucy was sitting in her chair and Ryan made a funny face at her, her mom saw and walked over to the window. She put her fists up, and took a swing. But before she could, Ryan’s mom tackled her to the ground. A drop of blood came off of her face onto Ryan’s window.

He ducked his head and shook severely. He gained up the courage to go outside and help his mother. When he stepped out, Lucy and her mom were gone, and she was lying on the ground. He dropped to her side and grabbed the phone out of her purse. He touched the EMERGENCY button because he didn’t know her passcode. He dialed 911, an operator picked up, “911 what is your emergency?”

“help,” Ryan whispered to a sob, “Sir, what is your emergency?” she asked once more. “My mom… she’s not…” he stuttered. “Calm down child, we will track your call and go to the spot of your emergency.” The operator hung up as Ryan hugged her mother lying on the sidewalk.

After a few minutes, the police, an ambulance, and a fire truck arrived. Ryan stood up and told them what happened. After loading her onto the ambulance he felt better. He looked over at cold toes and saw Lucy and her mother eating ice cream, “THERE THEY ARE!!” he screamed, as soon as he said that, police tackled the mom while Lucy wailed. They put handcuffs on her and threw her into the police car. Police sat by Lucy and asked her questions, though all she could do is nod or shake her head, yes or no. When they arrived at the hospital, she was breathing again. She had a broken elbow and had to wear a cast.

Doctors examined her for a long time for any more broken bones. She winced a lot and a few tears dripped out of her eyes. Ryan sat next to her the entire time, praying. A nurse took Ryan out of the room and asked a few questions, “How old is she? What caused the incident? Would you like to take this to court?” as soon as Ryan heard this he nodded his head yes and the smile appeared on his face, “Lucy’s mom would be in jail! No one would take care of her!” he thought.

“Ok,” the nurse said. She came back with a cookie and a Popsicle for Ryan. “Thank you,” he said with his mouth full of the cookie. He didn’t really care for Popsicle much, it reminded him of cold toes. After a long time, his mom was able to sit up and talk, “Come here sweetie,” she whispered. He embraced her gently, “They will get what they deserve.” she said.