Chapter 23

After getting that kind of news I was exhausted while my friends no my brothers celebrated that I was going to be getting the kidney that I needed I held onto my best friends hand. My savior my brother Richie Sambora. I knew we were more than friends now because of this. Hell we would be more than brothers he was giving me a piece of him to save my life. He was risking HIS life to continue mine. I am not a emotional guy not really but this this was just so much more to me than anything. I couldn’t even stop the tears as I was told nor when I held onto Richie's hand. I thanked him though there was much more I wanted to say to him about this. Thank you just didn't seem adequate. I had fallen to sleep quite early as usual. With everything going on in my body I couldn’t stay awake pass seven most days which was okay I guess with my friends.

I had slept quite awhile when I woke up with pain like I had never imagined before. It felt like someone was trying to rip my body in half or rather rip my kidneys out through there. I couldn't breath it hurt so bad. I turned to see Dorothea next to me I could hear my heart monitor going crazy what the hell was going on. I gasped out “hurts...” D was on top of it hitting the nurses button. Soon I was floating on a stream of morphine when Doctor Markus came in. I blinked up at him his face was grim and I knew this wasn't good.

“Jon just relax we got it under control okay..” he whispered pushing my hair back from my face as it was stuck to my face from sweat. He turned to Janice the one nurse who had been assigned to take care of me to keep the security tight. “i need you to contact Richie .. and get him here now....” He turned to Dorothea and then me. “we need to do this immediately.... his body is trying to shut down the dialysis won't even help right now... “ He was going to say something else but through my drug filled haze I wasn't sure what it was. He motioned for Dorothea to the side. He said something to her and she started to cry. I wasn't coherent enough to hear him. Not even twenty minutes later Richie was barreling through the door he was still wearing his pajamas. My whole body was bloated I could feel it though I was drugged up they also had removed my oxygen line and I was forced to wear the mask. He just stared at me.

I ran into the room Janice said Jon had taken a turn for the worse, that I needed to get there. My heart was in my throat when I saw Jon. He face as obstructed with the oxygen mask. Sure he was bloated when I left earlier but this didn’t' look like the Jon I knew. I moved to the side of the bed I turned to see Doctor Markus “what's going on?”

He sighed as if he didn’t' want to say anything in front of Jon. Yet Jon tugged on my hand as I laid it in his. Dorothea looked like she had been crying and so did Ma and Pop. “Richie we need to go in now … get you prepped I don't know if Jon would last the night right now he's already having trouble as you can tell his blood pressure has dropped again we need to get this fixed now...”

Jon stared up at me in fear and held as tight as he could to my hand. I gripped it hard back leaning over him I stared down into eyes filled with fear he knew he was bad before but that the doctor just said he wasn't sure if he'd made it through tore my heart. I looked up at the Dr Markus “I’m ready whenever you are....” I ran a hand through my hair as I was taken from the room to get ready to donate my kidney to my best friend. We didn't have to wait long as I got prepped and shaved. All my paperwork was done thoroughly and I was set up to go into the OR. I turned to see another stretcher coming into the preop area. It was Jon. Ma was in tears as was Dorothea Pop was struggling not to cry himself.