Chapter 110 - Plan backfired (1/2)
Through the night, Lena stayed with Gary. She watched as the nurses come by every hour to check up on him. Tye told Lena that they will remove the ventilator the next morning to make sure he was going to be fine throughout the night.
Lena worked on new designs for SHYNE. She ate her dinner and read Gary a goodnight story before going to her room. She only brought one pair of clothing. She did not prepare for staying for a few days. Luckily, most of the nurses were female so they gave Lena some of their clothes. Lena was not picky.
She made sure to sleep not too late and get enough sleep. She knew that she had to keep herself healthy too. Tye does not need two useless patients. It was 8 a.m. when Lena woke up. She took a quick shower, got dressed, and went up to see Gary. She saw that there was a nurse in there already.
”Am I disturbing?” Lena asked.
”No. I am just washing Mr. Chen.”
Lena stood by the door still. 'Washing…'
”Um… Do you want to help?” The nurse asked. ”We just wash his upper body and legs. We do that every morning. He gets a full body wash whenever Dr. Tye is available.”
”Ok.” Lena walked in. Since it was not anything drastic, she wanted to help. The nurse gave Lena a towel and another warm bucket of water.
She demonstrates a quick wash on Gary's arm. Lena could see that Gary's shirt was already opened. It was not his bare skin that caught her eyes but the bullet wound on his chest. She could see that it had healed like hers.
The nurse saw that Lena was looking at the wound. ”The wound is mostly closed now. You can clean them too but just be extra gentle. You can start on that side and I will do this side.”
Lena nodded. She dipped her towel into the warm water and squeezed the water out. She gently wiped Gary's right arm, his chest, and right leg. Lena followed carefully what the nurse was doing. After that, the nurse washed Gary's back. When they were both done, the nurse left Lena in the room.
Lena went and wash her hand in the restroom attached to Gary's room. She went back to the room and opened the curtains. She slid the windows a bit to let some fresh air into the room.
After breakfast, Tye came in and removed Gary from the ventilator. Gary was perfectly able to breathe by himself. Tye checked the function of his other organs and his brain activity. Good results still.
She repeated her day just like yesterday. She worked for a few hours, read to Gary, and ate when needed. It has just been over 24 hours and Lena was already kind of bored. She was talking to no one except Gary, who does not respond to anything.
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The next day, Lena woke up later than usual. By the time she went to see Gary, Tye had already given Gary a full body wash. Lena was curious to see how Tye was. The way he talks about ”bathing” and how he was when he was actually a doctor was different. Lena trusted that Tye was a wonderful doctor.
Today, Lena wore a turquoise plain tank top shirt and black long leggings. It was something that one of the nurses who was most similar to Lena's size gave her. Today, Lena did her morning stretch and sang to Gary. Although she does not have the best vocals, it was something fun to do. She did not care if she was going to break all the windows in this mansion.