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From: tntmur@aol.com (Tntmur) Subject: PC: Friday Update - 2/27/98 Date: 2 Mar 1998 06:07:34 GMT Port Charles - Friday Update - February 26th 1998 (posted and e-mail) Ellen comes into her apartment to find Matt, shirtless and toweling off. He tells her that people entering the room suddenly makes him nervous, as he imagines shirtless men in her apartment make her. She takes a black book out of the paper bag she is carrying and gives it to him. It's his address book he asked for. He asks what else is in the bag. She tells him it's a change of clean clothes for him. The phone rings. She lets the answering machine pick it up. It's Grace. Grace apologizes for the scene in the Recovery Room, but says she thinks Matt's in trouble. Ellen comments to Matt, that it doesn't sound like Grace is going to let him slip quietly into the night. Lucy is still lying in her hospital bed unconscious. Kevin is telling Boardman that they haven't had time yet to tell if the antidote is working. Boardman says they both know that Kevin shouldn't have performed the intubation. Kevin insists he had to give her that fighting chance. Boardman says that Lucy already made that decision for him. Kevin points out that she didn't know they'd have this situation with the antidote when she signed the DNR. Boardman insists that Lucy's wishes should be followed. Scott jumps in to claim that Lucy wasn't in her right mind at the time and Karen supports him saying that Lucy's cognitive skills could have been affected by the poison. (Oooh, hope they don't try to put her on the stand as an expert witness.) Boardman asks her if she doesn't have some other patients to treat. She does. She leaves with Joe obediently following behind. Boardman claims that he understands their dilemma, and doesn't know what he'd do in this situation if this was his loved one, but he has to follow the rules and he has a responsibility to his patient. He asks them to try and understand. "Oh, I do," says Kevin, "I just don't care." Boardman insists again that Lucy will have to be removed from life support. Scott makes sure he gets in his two cents. "The Hospital isn't going to do anything before they see me in court. As her attorney you are not taking her off that machine." Boardman says if he could bring her out of the coma, if there was the slightest chance, he'd stand with them. Kevin reminds him that there is a chance that the antidote might work. Boardman starts to voice an objection that Kevin anticipates; the antidote may have accelerated respiratory failure, but it might work given enough time. Boardman says there's no evidence this will happen. (Stubborn cuss). He reiterates the fact that Lucy left signed instructions. Kevin knows. Yes, he loves that woman and he's violating her last wish. "Sue me! But I have to give her this last chance. I owe her that much." Again Boardman insists that the DNR be respected and implies they are keeping her alive only for their own emotional needs. "This issue is not closed." But he leaves with Scott shouting after him. "We're not giving up!" Kevin returns to Lucy's side. He wonders if they're doing the right thing. Scott assures him that they are. "Besides what are they going to do make a media out of this, a big circus?" (Does anyone else get a headache trying to follow Scott's sentence structure?) They are doing the right thing, and besides they don't have any other choice. Kevin asks for some time alone with Lucy. Scott gives him a manly pat on the shoulder and leaves. Kevin asks Lucy to forgive him, but he just can't let her go. Eve is waiting for Scott outside. He wonders if they're doing the right thing. Eve assures him that they are. "She's not waking up," says Scott. He tells Eve about Boardman. "I said I'd see him in court and he said they'd fight and win." (No, he didn't say anything of the sort. What reality does Scott live in?) Eve tells Scott that miracles happen and everyone has faith that Lucy will recover. Scott feels guilty about getting Lucy into this mess in the first place. Eve says that Lucy did it for Serena and wouldn't regret it even now. She encourages Scott to tell Lucy that he's grateful and how much he needs her. He wants to do more. Eve asks what more he can do. He has a notion. It's the next morning. Ellen asks Matt what he's going to do. He doesn't like his choices. He can either strike out on his own now or march back into the hospital like nothing ever happened. Ellen points out that whatever options he chooses he'll be looking over his shoulder. He's done that his whole life, but he's worried about involving other people. Ellen says she's already involved. "Involved... that's a loaded word." says Matt. Ellen tells him that she didn't intend to start a relationship. He believes that, but a relationship got started anyway. She asks if they can unstart it. Yes they could do that, but he'd rather not try and he asks if she's sure that's what she wants. Scott calls Gail. She's getting Serena ready for school. She asks if there's any change in Lucy's condition. No. Scott wants Gail to bring Serena over to the hospital. Ellen comments that Matt doesn't give up easily. He tells her that the first time they moved him was when he was nineteen. He was in love for the first time. They wouldn't even let him say good-bye to the girl. That was the worst pain he had ever felt, until now. There's a knock on the door. "Ellen? Ellen, it's Grace." Matt instructs her to answer it, but he's not here. He takes his coffee cup with him and goes into the next room. Ellen answers the door. Grace apologizes for disturbing her and asks if she got the answering machine message. Ellen lies and says she didn't want to call because she got in late. Grace says she was up all night. She thinks they should try and find Matt. Serena hugs Scott outside of Lucy's hospital room. She asks him if something's wrong. He says Lucy's still not feeling well. Serena asks if Lucy needs her. "She needs you very much right now." "She won't die will she?" Serena asks. Scott doesn't answer directly, just saying no one wants Lucy to die. He warns Serena that Lucy isn't looking her best. Serena promises not to be afraid. Scott tells her that even though Lucy's sleeping she can hear her. They walk in to the room, where Kevin is still sitting beside Lucy. He turns and sees Serena and smiles. "Hi, Serena." He holds his hand out to her. "Come here." She joins him and they both look down at Lucy. Kevin tells Serena that Lucy will be happy to have her there. Serena says that Lucy doesn't look so sick. "You think?" asks Kevin. "All she is is just sleeping." Kevin asks if Serena would like to say something to Lucy. Kevin moves away and Serena says to Lucy, "I've been feeding Sigmund and his whole entire family while you've been gone. When you wake up, I'm going to take you shopping. I've saved all my allowance. I love you Lucy." She asks Kevin if she can give Lucy a kiss. He says, of course and lifts Serena up. Serena gives Lucy a peck on the cheek and then whispers. "Please don't die, Lucy. I need you real bad. Please don't die." Kevin puts her back down. In Serena's opinion they should let Lucy rest now, she's really tired. "That's why she sleeps so much." Scott asks if she told Lucy a little secret. Serena says. "Yeah, a secret to make her feel better." She asks if she has to go to school because she wants to be there when Lucy wakes up. She touches Lucy's cheek. Grace strides in to Ellen's apartment. Ellen says she hasn't heard from Matt. Grace asks why she's so sure that nothing happened to him. Ellen claims he was fine when he said good-bye. Grace frets that it's not like Matt to disappear. Ellen suggests that he might be coming back. Grace insists that he wouldn't have left on his own without telling her. She and Matt have gotten close and were about ready to go to the next step. At least she thought they were. Matt is still listening in the other room, but gives no sign that he shared Grace's evaluation of the relationship. Ellen asks what Grace is planning to do. Grace thought maybe Ellen could help. Grace has already been to see Detective Garcia. Behind the door Matt rolls his eyes. Ellen is shocked. "You went to the police." "Well, of course," But Garcia said he couldn't help. Grace wants Ellen to talk to him because she was the last one to see Matt. Ellen says that Matt wouldn't want that and Grace is overreacting. Grace says she's worried about Matt and too many things have happened. She'd think that Ellen would be concerned. Ellen says that she is, but Matt is a grown man, capable of making his own decisions. If Ellen won't help her, Grace will do it on her own. "I'm sorry to have disturbed you," she says icily. As she's leaving she sees Matt's address book by the door and demands to know where Ellen got it. "Either he's here or you know where he is. Which one is it? Answer me?" Scott tells Serena she doesn't have to go to school but suggests that she should go to the cafeteria and have an apple and hot chocolate with Grandma Gail. Serena refuses. She thinks everyone should stay there and help Lucy feel better. Gail starts to leave to fetch the hot chocolate, when Boardman comes in. He greets her very politely and asks how everyone is doing. Everyone is fine. He starts to bring up the popping her life support subject again, until they point out the trusting little girl and Boardman and Scott take it outside. Scott insists that they are not going to pull the plug. Gail asks if there isn't something they can do. The antidote has barely been given time to work. Boardman is skeptical of an antidote concocted by these interns. (Can you blame him?) "So what!" Scott shouts. If there's a one in a million chance, then Lucy deserves it. Boardman, "Yadda, yadda, yadda." He goes over the argument again. "Anyway the discussion is moot. You said I had to have a court order and I have one right here." (Scott didn't say that. Were these two having a telepathic conversation?) Scott tears up the court order and tells Boardman to get another one and another one, and then to call the police, and then he'll have a one man riot, but he's not going to kill Lucy. Serena comes out just in time to hear that. "Lucy's going to die?!" she wails. Director - Anthony Morina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX * !! 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