181 Yona makes a promise

Yona takes the tray up to Crystals room. His heart swells as he looks as this precious bundle of joy. Her face is flushed from the fever. Sitting the tray down he sits on the side of her bed. Feeling her forehead she is cool to touch now though her hair is wet from sweating. Leaning down he kisses her forehead. Whispering 

"I love you my baby girl." She opens her eyes to look at him. She whimpers and wraps her arms tightly around his neck. Crystal begins to sob her whole body is shaking from her cries. Yona tightens his arms around her and sits her on his lap. Cradling her tears in his eyes . 

"Hey,What's wrong ? I'm here don't worry " rocking her till she starts to calm down. Yona closes his eyes and thanks God for this little one. Crystal kisses Yona's cheek and places her hands on each side of his face looking at him . Her expression is one he hadn't seen from her before. His heart lurches as he gazes at her.

"You have to promise me that you will not get hurt. You are my Daddy and you can't leave me. I waited so long for you to come and now I am scared you will get hurt" She hiccuped and smiles at him. Yona hugs her and promises 

"I cannot promise that I won't ever get hurt. I will promise to love you forever. To be here for you always as long as you need Me. I will promise to be careful and to try to always be safe. Thank you for loving me and protecting me. Thank you for thawing my frozen heart and allowing me to be your Daddy. You are more precious than anyone . I love you and now you must promise me something" he grins down at her. She nods vigorously 

"You have to promise that you will always be kind and gentle . To not rush into danger. To not get hurt as well you are more precious than anyone other than your mommy to me. I would not be happy if you got hurt." She promises and hugs him again. He picks up the spoon for her soup and begins to feed her. Remi was standing in the doorway watching them. Her heart swells with love for these two she begins to silently cry. 

"Thank you God for this child and this man. Thank you for sending him to us to make our family complete.thank you God for this special child you gifted to me. Let me raise her to be a kind and loving woman. I'm am beyond blessed by your love and grace . Amen" she watches him feed Crystal loving him even more. When she is done he rocks her till she falls back to sleep. He lays her back in bed and turns to see Remi standing there. Taking her into his arms he kisses her deeply. 

"I love you thank you for giving me such a wonderful daughter." He smiles down at her and taking her hand he walks her to their room. 

Aisling is helping Maureen with getting dinner he she notices that Maureen is sweating.

"You are running a fever , you may have caught the flu from Crystal. How about we have Onacona take you to the hospital to have Moll test for the flu and make sure that the baby is doing ok." Maureen nods and Onacona helps her to her feet . Astila calls Moll and tells her he is sending Maureen to her. Moll prepares what she will need to take care of Maureen. Astila's pager goes off it's the hospital. He calls them back and he needs to go to work. Kissing Aisling goodbye he goes with Onacona and Maureen to the hospital. It's a mad house in the emergency room. There was an accident on the old road. A group of kids was hit head on coming from school. He takes a look at the driver of the car. He is a man in his fifties and is in congested heart failure. Calling the operating room he gets him prepped for a procedure. Wanting to find out exactly what is going on. He checks on the kids in the other car. One of the kids is Aisling's cousin. He gives John a call to let him know what is happening. That he needs to call his daughter and son in-law. The girl is in critical condition she was knocked unconscious and there is swelling on her brain. They are moving her to have a CT scan as he is heading over to take a look at the mans heart. He lets the nurse know he called the girls grandfather and her family would be there soon. He sees Curtis he asks him 

"Can you let Moll know what is going on . The man who came with me to bring his wife to see Moll. Can you ask him to call Aisling and let her know her cousin is here in bad shape to come." He knows it's a little curt but he also knows Curtis will make sure to inform them in away that won't scare her. Looking up to the heavens he asks God to guide his hands and to keep those kids safe. Lord Don't let the girl die. They are just recovering from Norma . He goes in and his team already has the patient prepped and ready for him to start the angioplasty. Delicately he inserts the probe and moves through the arty towards the heart. This man has severe plac throughout his body. He enters the heart . The left Coronary Arteryis ninety five percent blocked. He inserts the stint and notices that the blood is not flowing to the other chamber. He clamps the blood supply so he can get a better look. The artery is also blocked. Astila looks at his team . 

"we are going to have to clear as much as we can to get him stable . He has other injuries that need attention. He won't survive open heart surgery to replace the valves . So let's place a stint in the arteries and clear as much as we can. " they work for the next two hours getting his blocked arteries open and the heart pumping in rhythm. Leaving his assistant to finish up he goes to check on the others. 

Astila meets the mans wife in the waiting room . Letting her know that he will need open heart surgery but they have him stable. He goes looking for Aisling and the others. He sees John when he comes out of the waiting room. 

"How is your granddaughter?" He sees the man is tired and worried. 

"They have her in surgery. She has a bleed that needs taken care of from hitting the dashboard. Curtis is assisting with the surgery so we will know soon.  I sent Maureen home she has the flu Aisling went to get Marshal they will be bringing food. My daughter is just sitting in the waiting room staring out in space . Thank you for calling me first. If someone had called her there could have been another accident. She is completely dazed right now. Did you see her scans ,will it be a difficult surgery?" 

Astila wants yo reassure his friend but isn't sure what to say. 

"Tell you what I will scrub back in and go check myself how is that?" He sees HeJin and she grins at him. 

"I got this don't worry, I called big brother and he is going to face time with him. He will be ok just go check on the patient." Astila hugs her and goes to scrub in. 

HeJin tells John he has to come with her. handing him the phone when it rings. He sees the commander in his full uniform in the middle of a meeting. 

"Hey little brother HeJin told me what's happened. Look don't forget who you serve. You have preached to me and the entire family about God. You have always told us to have faith and to rely on him. Now it's your turn I have a room full of my men. Everyone of them are men of God you get the family on your side . Go to the chapel we are gonna pray. No hurry we only have a few minutes. " John chuckles to himself and says yes sir. He gathers the family when inside the chapel HeJin places the phone on the podium. John and the family holds hands while the commander and his men gather and hold hands. The chaplain on the phone let's the family know. 

"We have fifty of our solders gathered praying for your girl we are in mind mind and one accord with you . Let us pray.

Our Heavenly Father we hold this child before you. Father we ask that you heal all those involved in the accident and our you grace upon them. Father we ask that the child in surgery now for her complete healing. Guide the surgeons hand to find and take care of the bleed. Father we know our commander has always been strict and cold hearted we thank you for this man and thank you for the opportunity to be of service. We ask that you stay with this family to still their worried hearts and bring the peace. Father I thank you for you unconditional love and grace . I thank you for the healing I know you will bestow. Father I ask that you keep our unit safe while so far from home in your sons holy name Amen." The chaplain finishes the prayer. John thanks him and thanks his brother. He promises to call him to keep him updated. The commander lets him know he will not be allowed to receive calls for now. They are about to start a mission. He will call him when it's done. The brothers hang up and Astila has come out. He informs the family. 

"The bleed is under control and they are finishing up. She will be kept asleep for now in the ICU unit. She has to stay perfectly still. She will be on a respirator for now while she is asleep. Once the swelling starts to go down they will gradually wake her. Her vitals are strong she should be fine we will know more as in twenty four hours. " 

the family thanks him and move to the ICU waiting room. John asks Astila. 

"I know your tired why don't you go home and rest?" 

"I can't I have a patient in ICU with not just a bad heart but he has a few injuries from the accident. I will be staying here. So don't mind me if I wind up sleeping on your shoulder." The older man grins at the younger one.