My Sister's Keeper Page #2

Yeah, she'll die.

So there's a little over $ 700 here.

And I know that's not enough,

but it's all I have and I need your help.

Please.

You sure you want to

go through with this?

Good for you.

SARA:

It's hard to imagine now...

...but there was a time

before all this happened...

...when the kids were just kids,

and everyone was happy.

SARA:

Hi, baby.

- Where's your sister?

- Sleeping.

I tried poking her and everything.

SARA:

Hey, Katie-Cat.

Good morning, sweetie. Are you awake?

How you doing?

Rise and shine.

SARA:

Anemia, right?

- Kids her age don't get mono, do they?

WAYNE:
Could be a virus.

I'll have to draw some blood

and run a few tests.

Kate's white cell count's

much lower than normal.

- What's that mean?

- I don't know.

She may have an autoimmune deficiency.

Could just be a lab error.

SARA:

Oncology?

But that's cancer.

WOMAN:

Mr. And Mrs. Fitzgerald?

I'm Ileana Farquad.

KATE:
Hello.

- Hi.

So I took a look at Kate's CBC.

Her white blood count is very low.

She's also presenting with

12% promyelocytes and 5% blasts...

...which does indicate

a leukemic syndrome.

Leukemic?

Cancer.

I'll need a bone marrow

aspiration to confirm...

...but it seems that Kate could have what

is called acute promyelocytic leukemia.

I'm sorry.

MAN:

Respiration's normal.

BRIAN:

St. Joe's doesn't know sh*t.

You remember when the chief's son was

playing with Jesse and broke his left arm?

They put a cast on his right.

I'm not gonna let her die.

You know that, right?

I'm not.

Hello?

KELLY:

We heard her coughing...

...but she wouldn't

open the door. Your mom kicked it in.

JESSE:
Kicked the door down?

KELLY:
Yeah.

SARA:
I haven't gotten in touch with them,

she's lost a lot of blood.

We need to get

platelets and fluids into her.

- I don't want her going into shock.

EMT 1:
Her age and weight?

SARA:
Fifteen, she's about 90 pounds,

she's allergic to penicillin.

EMT 2:

One-hundred over 68.

EMT 1:

Okay, Base Camp, Rescue 11.

We have a 15-year-old girl,

approximately 90 pounds.

- BP is 100 over 68.

- Jesus Christ.

EMT 2:

All right, let's get her up. Yeah.

There you go.

We're just gonna bring you downstairs.

JESSE:

Nobody's saying anything...

...but seeing everybody together

lets me know that this is serious.

Our family is kind of disconnected.

Dad's relatives are wealthy and distant,

and Mom's side drives her crazy.

So besides Aunt Kelly...

...we never really get to see anybody

except on holidays or disasters.

NGUYEN:

Kate's leukemia is back.

She's no longer remissing.

CHANCE:
We've looked at her smear,

and her leukemic cells are showing at 23%.

Rate this script:4.5 / 2 votes