Connor took the box of tissues from the cabinet by the bed and placed them in Ajay's lap for him. "Dinnae get yourself all distressed, buddy. It's going to be okay. You've had a rough ride of it and had a lot of stress to deal with over recent months, and even prior to that from the look of your old medical records. What I'm going to do is get the nurse to come in and give you something a wee bit stronger for the pain in your leg and your belly. I would like to keep you in for a few more days to hit you with a hard and fast dose of IV cortisone to heal up that bleed you had so it doesnae happen again, and we can start you on the meds you'll need to be on from now on. I know hospital sucks, buddy, I really do but over the next few days, we can monitor all your symptoms to begin building a picture of what happens in your flare ups. I want to get a dietician up here to start going over what you need and ways in which you can cope with your eating, but I want to start you on PEG feeding, Ajay. With the inflammation in your belly, the nutrient and iron deficiency and the severe B12 deficiency, we need to start combat that malnourishment. We'll take the burden of eating out of your hands for a little while until you get better. Even when we discharge you, the PEG feeds can continue at home for a short while. Do you think you would be okay with that? If you want, I can call Gabe up and see if he can pop in here to see you for a session. Would you like me to arrange that for you?"

"For now, get some rest, aye? I think we might get you on another bag of fluids and something for nausea so you can rest comfortably. I'm back on shift again tomorrow morning, so I'll come by and have another wee chat with you to see how you're going. But I willnae do anything without your authority, so if there's anything you dinnae want or dinnae understand, tell me, buddy, and we'll find other routes," he said and this time gave Billy a hospital print-out explaining what PEG feeding was and why it was vital for Ajay right now.