Episode 6264

Extended Summary

Ash is getting used to the thought that the baby maybe Kyle’s, even making a joke about it with Phoebe. When Ash goes to the hospital to drop some music off to Kyle, Kyle says he’s sorry Ash has to deal with Phoebe’s morning sickness, but Ash is very firm that Phoebe is his girlfriend and he doesn’t mind. At the same time, Kyle is being checked on by James, who asks Kyle to clear up some discrepancies on his medical report: In Melbourne he got stitches but when he arrived here they were already removed – who took them out? However, Kyle feigns ignorance so as not to land Nate in it.

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Kat apologises to Nate for questioning his relationship with Ricky. Nate tries to dismiss it, maybe feeling slightly guilty, but he accepts her apology and they make up. Phoebe arrives and wants to reruit Kat for a lazy day on the sofa, but soon after gets a call about her first ultrasound – the hospital had a cancellation so they can fit her in today. Kat asks if she’s going to tell Ash or Kyle, but Phoebe says it’s no big deal.

Kyle, Ash and Phoebe all watch Phoebe’s first ultrasound scan together.

At the hospital, Phoebe gets her ultrasound with Kat by her side, and is overcome with emotion when she sees the image and hears the baby’s heartbeat. On their way out, Phoebe pops in to visit Kyle, and they share a moment when she tells him about the ultrasound and how amazing it was. Later, she shows him the DVD of the scan, and Kyle can’t stop smiling. Phoebe reaches out and holds his hand, unaware Ash has just turned up and is watching them through the window. He enters and watches the video, pretending to be happy but covering his true feelings.

Ash later confides in Ricky his concerns over Phoebe’s baby. He’s finding it too weird watching an ultrasound with your girlfriend and her ex, not knowing who the father is! He doesn’t know how long he can pretend the pregnancy is something he wants, but he loves Phoebe so mayne be should just shut up and get on with it. Ricky sympathises but reminds Ash that this is what he signed up for when he decided to stick by Phoebe, and says that it’ll get easier once they know who the father is. Ash hopes so.

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Denny goes to visit Ricky and finds her in a serious daze. Denny pulls her up on it, and after swearing Denny to secrecy, Ricky tells her about the moment she and Nate had. She’s pretty sure Nate was aware of it too. Denny asks how Ricky feels about it but Ricky isn’t sure, thinking perhaps she’s just reading into things, and remains adamant that she’s still in love with Brax. Denny says that doesn’t mean she can’t have feelings for someone else. Ricky says that’s not what this is; her and Nate are just mates, and asks if they can pretend she never said anything.

Later, Denny runs into Kat at the beach and she asks if Denny could head out tonight so Kat and Nate can have some alone time. She confides to Denny that her and Nate had a fight last night, over her accusing Nate of something going on between him and Ricky. Denny becomes silent, suddenly aware Kat’s suspicions may have been founded.

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At the hospital, James asks Ricky about Kyle, trying to figure out how his condition deteriorated so quickly and the sepsis developed. James says that Kyle doesn’t seem to remember what happened but he left Melbourne in a stable condition. Ricky is a little defensive, but James insists it’s very important since Kyle is now facing a life threatening condition. However, at that point Nate jumps in – He knows what happened. He tells James about taking Kyle’s stitches out at home because the wound was infected, and  admits that he should have done a full blood work up. He had no idea Kyle was turning septic. Ricky tries to defend Nate saying Kyle refused to come to hospital but Nate tells her it’s ok. He looks James in the eye, admitting he didn’t follow protocol and that’s the reason why Kyle is in this situation now. Later James chastises Nate reveals he has no choice but to report this to the board.

Kat arrives at the hospital to invite Nate to dinner tonight, but Nate is down, and confesses that he’s been reported for medical negligence. Before she can respond, buzzers go off in Kyle’s room and Nate rushes in. Kyle is struggling to breath – it turns out he’s had an allergic reaction to the dialysis. Later, test results show that Kyle is getting much worse, and has lost almost all of his kidney function. Phoebe and Ash see them talking from afar and walk up, asking what’s going on. Nate lays it out straight –the only thing that will save Kyle’s life is a kidney transplant.