The
day of Alexis’ biopsy had arrived, and she was waiting restlessly
in the waiting room of ‘General Hospital’ to hear from
the nurse when Dr. Meadows and Monica would be ready for her.
Nurse: “Ms. Davis? Ms. Alexis Davis?” She suddenly announced,
as Alexis hurriedly stood up, and grabbed her purse and jacket before
following the nurse into the examination room where the biopsy would
take place.
Alexis: “Isn’t the Dr.’s here yet?” She asked
worried.
Nurse: “No, unfortunately Dr. Meadows and Dr. Quartermaine
are running a little late, but they’ll be here in a matter
of minutes – just take a seat on the couch, and the Dr.’s
will be here shortly.” She replied smiling, as Alexis placed
her jacket and purse on a nearby chair before taking a seat on the
couch.
Monica: “Alexis, hi!” She exclaimed entering the room
together with Dr. Meadows.
Alexis: “Hi, everything OK?”
Monica: “Yeah…You’re all set for the biopsy?”
Alexis: “As ready as one can be I suppose…”
Dr. Meadows: “Dr. Quartermaine and I want to first explain
what’ll happen step by step, and then we’ll go ahead with
the procedure, and if there are no complications you should be out
of here in 2 or 3 hours.”
Alexis: “Great!” She replied trying to paste on a smile.
Monica: “Dr. Meadows is here for your baby if anything should
happen, and that’s also why we’ll hook you up to a fetal
monitor – just to be on the safe side even though you’re
not that far along! I’ll then take a needle, and insert it
into your left breast, and extract some sample tissue, which I’ll
then send down to the lap to get it analyzed – so that we can
see if we’re talking about a malignant or a benign lump.”
Alexis: “OK…Sounds fairly simple…”
Monica: “Which it is…Listen Alexis I know that this must
be very painful, and I understand that you’re extremely worried
about your baby. But for your own sake and the baby’s try and
remain calm – the last thing your baby needs right now is stress.”
Alexis: “I understand!”
Monica: ”Then I’ll get Bobbie in here…”
Alexis: “Bobbie? Isn’t there another nurse you could ask?”
Monica: “I’m afraid not! Bobbie is the only nurse available
for this kind of examination, and she is one of the most experienced
nurses in this particular field. You don’t need to be afraid
of her telling anybody about this Alexis – she has confidentiality
– just like Dr. Meadows and I.”
Alexis: “I know but…”
Monica: “Dr. Meadows? Would you give us a moment?”
Dr. Meadows: “Sure! I’ll go and check on that fetal monitor!”
Monica: “Thanks…” She replied, as Dr. Meadows left
the room.
Alexis: “You must think that I’m being very neurotic,
which I am! But the point is that I’d really be more comfortable
if it was another nurse assisting you in this examination.”
Monica: “Does this have anything to do with Carly?”
Alexis: “Why would you say that?” She asked frantically.
Monica: “Bobbie is Carly’s mother, and Carly is –
for the time being – married to one of your principle clients.”
Alexis: “This has got nothing to do with Sonny or Carly –
it has to do with the fact that I feel that it’s bad enough
that a member of the Quartermaines knows about my lump – but
to bring the Spencer family into this…?”
Monica: “You’re not bringing the Quartermaines or the
Spencers into this, OK? You’re purely getting medical assistance
from a member of the Quartermaine and the Spencer family!”
Alexis: “You’re right! I’m sorry for acting this
way. Bobbie Spencer is of course a professional, and will treat
my case accordingly.”
Monica: “Precisely! So can I get her in here?”
Alexis: “Yeah, sure…” She smiled nodding her head,
as Monica made her way out of the room leaving Alexis alone with
her thoughts of the examination.
A few minutes later Dr. Meadows, Monica and Bobbie entered the examination
room to the anxiously awaiting Alexis Davis.
Bobbie: “Here’s a gown for you Alexis – you can change
in the bathroom right there…” She replied giving Alexis
a hospital gown, while pointing to the bathroom.
Alexis: “Thanks…” She replied accepting the gown
from Bobbie before heading into the bathroom to change.
When Alexis returned to the room she got on the couch, and laid
down waiting for Dr. Meadows to hook the fetal monitor up to her.
Dr. Meadows: “There we go…And if you start feeling stressed
just remember to take some deep, cleansing breaths, OK?”
Alexis: “Got it!” She exclaimed closing her eyes trying
to think happy thoughts.
Bobbie: “I’ll just unbutton the gown so that Dr. Quartermaine
has free access to your lump…There we go!” She exclaimed
stepping away from Alexis so that Monica could get the examination
started.
Alexis: “My…That’s a big needle…” She replied
amazed that they needed such an enormous needle to get some tissue
sample from her lump.
Monica: “It’s necessary, but I’ve seen in other similar
cases that it helps closing your eyes, and thinking of a safe place.
Perhaps somewhere you went with Ned or Jax or Kristina. Anything
but this thing…” She replied pointing to the needle with
a smile.
Alexis: “I suppose anything’s better than that…”
She replied closing her eyes once more thinking of a place in Greece
where her mother had taken Alexis and Kristina once – on Alexis’
birthday.
Monica: “Alright…Here it goes…” She replied
inserting the needle into Alexis’ breast to extract the tissue
sample from the lump.
Alexis: “Mhm…” She moaned, as it began to sting,
Monica: “Happy thought, happy thought…” She continued
to repeat to her because she knew how painful this biopsy was.
Alexis: “OK…” She replied taking deep breaths, as
Dr. Meadows and Bobbie just looked on, as the most independent woman
was fighting for her own life and for the life of her unborn baby.
Monica: “There we go…” She replied, as she handed
the needle to Bobbie, who placed it in a container, which she immediately
brought down to the lab.
Alexis: “How is the baby?” She asked opening her eyes
ever so slowly.
Dr. Meadows: “Your baby is just fine Alexis – you did
good…” She complimented her.
Monica: “Now comes the really hard part!”
Alexis: “What’s that?”
Monica: “The wait for the test results…But know that whatever
the results are you’ll have friends and family, who are prepared
to see you come through this with flying colors.”
Alexis: “I know…” She replied smiling.
Dr. Meadows: “I think that I’ll just let the fetal monitor
work for an hour or so, and then if you’re feeling up to it
you can go home. But I want to see how the baby’s reacting
to everything that has gone on. Seeing as though you’ve had
a pretty active pregnancy this far I think it’s necessary!”
Alexis: “OK…” She replied, as Dr. Meadows and Monica
made it out of the room leaving Alexis alone with the sounds of
the fetal monitor letting her know that her baby was OK.
*** FLASHBACK ***
Alexis: “She may be a little overly enthusiastic, you know,
and tend to draw unique, if not completely inaccurate, conclusions
about things, but she's hardly deluded. Is she?”
Sonny: “Well, I don't know. I mean, I don't…I don't know
her that well to make that judgment. She just seems a little excitable.”
Alexis: “How you can accuse anyone of being excitable is beyond
my comprehension.”
Sonny: “Well, I mean, I do have a temper. We all know that.”
Alexis: “That's an understatement.”
Sonny: “But I already apologized.”
Alexis: “Well, you could do better.”
Sonny: “A better apology?”
Alexis: “No, you could deal with your emotions in a more productive
manner.”
Sonny: “Oh, say what I feel, don't get mad?”
Alexis: “That's the general idea, yes.”
Sonny: “Yeah, OK. You first.”
Alexis: “Me?”
Sonny: “Yeah, you. Yeah. You know, you were in my apartment
for an hour, telling me how you were going to tell me how you felt,
and you didn't. Do it now.”
Alexis: “I feel that you are a domineering, chauvinistic, morally
bankrupt criminal with a great deal of personal charm. Which you
exploit on a regular basis to get people to do things that they
would never do for you under any circumstances whatsoever. But you
have a great heart, and one, two, maybe three times a year you actually
choose to show that. The rest of the time you're mildly enjoyable
to deal with, when you're not being a complete nightmare. Anything
else?”
Sonny: “I like you, too.”
Alexis: “Good. Good night.”
*** FLASHBACK ***
Alexis: “God! I need to stop thinking about him! It’s
just you and me now Little One. Let’s just hope that my darling
little sister doesn’t open her big mouth once more like she’s
done before in the past.” She replied, as she thought back
to when Kristina had stepped over the boundaries, and told Sonny
that Alexis was in love with him.
*** FLASHBACK ***
Alexis: “Sonny doesn't explain himself. He just does what he
wants, and apparently today he felt like apologizing to me.”
Kristina: “Oh. And that's all?”
Alexis: “That's it.”
Kristina: “God, I thought you were going to hate me.”
Alexis: “Hate you for what? Why would I hate you?”
Kristina: “Well, not "hate," exactly. I mean, "hate"
is such a final word. Fury, maybe. Outrage.”
Alexis: “What could you have possibly done that would outrage
me? You walked into the apartment. You live here. It's not a problem.
Although you did walk in without having any problem with the lock,
which jams for me every time, which is annoying…”
Kristina: “Alexis…?”
Alexis: “What?”
Kristina: “When Sonny blew up at you, I went over to his apartment,
and I'm sorry, I just couldn't control myself. I reamed him out
for his arrogant attitude, and before I knew it, I was telling him…”
Alexis: “Good for you! Good for you. He deserves that. You
know, he's got a big ego. It's a reality check. Have some popcorn.”
Kristina: “The thing is, is that I just said some things that
I probably shouldn't have. I stuck my nose in your business.”
Alexis: “You're my sister. You're my sister. You were defending
me. How could I be outraged at that? In fact, I love you for it.”
