Ricky looked at Amy and he could feel his tears falling down his cheeks. She lay there looking so helpless and pale. She was unconscious and was on a breathing machine. She had several tubes coming out of her arms. She was black and blue all over from her fall. Her face was purple and black. Her neck was in a brace and she lay motionless as she had for the past few hours. He glanced at the small swell of her stomach. She had just began her twentieth week of her third pregnancy. None of the doctors were telling his much about his wife or his unborn child. He just couldn't bare to think of losing either of them. It broke Ricky's heart to see his Amy and the baby that they both wanted so much seem so fragile and hanging between life and death. He went over to the bed and he sat down on the bed next to Amy. He placed a kiss on her forehead. He put his hand very gently to her stomach and he made a silent prayer to protect them. Then he laid down next to her and cradled in her in his arms. Ricky closed his eyes trying to get some sleep but the horrible nightmare still played over and over again in his memory.

He was back in front of their apartment on the second floor. Amy had just started to walk down the stairs as Ricky had closed and locked up their apartment. Then all of a sudden as he turned he saw Amy fall forward and she hit each stair with a sickening thud until she finally stopped at the bottom of the stairs. She lay still and didn't move even when Ricky shot down the stairs as fast as he could and as he reached her side he knew she was in real trouble. He pulled out his cell phone and called 911.

"I need an ambulance NOW!" Ricky said worriedly into the phone.

"Sir we are getting your location and are sending out help. I need you to stay with me. What happened?" The woman asked Ricky.

"My wife was walking down the stairs and she lost her balance and she fell down a flight of stairs. Please I need help. She is twenty weeks pregnant and she fell bad." Ricky tried to control his voice but it was hard to keep his emotions under control.

"Did she land on her stomach? Is she conscious?" the woman asked him.

"I don't think she landed on her stomach but I don't know for sure. She is not awake. But she has a pulse and she is breathing." Ricky said as he checked both from his medical training from when he had been in the army. Then he felt Amy and she has stopped breathing. He started to do CPR immediatly. Breathing into her mouth and doing chest compressions. She began to breath again and Ricky kept watch very closely as she took each breath.

"Ok now I need you to stay with me the ambulance is on the way and will be there shortly. I need you to monitor her breathing and her pulse. Can you do that till the ambulance gets there?" the woman asked Ricky again.

"Yes I can." Ricky said as he continued to monitor Amy and then he heard the ambulance's sirens in the background.

After a few minutes they had Amy loaded up into the ambulance and were getting ready to rush her to the hospital. Ricky climbed in next to her. He held onto her hand and watched as the EMT's began to treat her as best as they could with the equiptment they had available. It seemed like years but finally they made it to the hospital and they unloaded the gurney with Amy on it and got her into a room in the ER. Ricky was asked to wait in the waiting room till they got Amy's injuries asseced and hopefully knew more about what had happened to her and her unborn child.

They had finally gotten Amy into a room and let Ricky see her. Thats when he had laid down next to her and had fallen asleep to the horrible nightmare that kept playing over and over again in his mind. Then he heard the door open and he saw a doctor walk into the room. Ricky sat up and got up from the bed. He went over to the doctor.

"Hi I am Dr. Schultz. I have been treating your wife. We have run several tests and so far Amy is stable. Her breathing was uneven when she came in so we intubated her so that she would be breathing better. We also checked out her injuries. She has several bruises and contusions but what had concerned me was that she hit her head with such a force that she lost consciousness and still has not woke up. We did several x-rays and scans. When Amy hit her head she hit with such force that her brain actually hit the inside of Amy's skull and her brain is showing signs of bruising of the brain. Her brain has actually swelled inside of her skull and is causing trouble with her breathing. We are going to continue treatment and monitor her very closely. We won't know the effects or long term effects for a while. It can be minor to extremely serious but we just don't know yet but we will continue to keep checking on her and monitoring her condition closely. We also examined the fetus. The fall doesn't seem to have hurt the fetus. The fetus is not in distress and doing well but we will continue to also monitor both of them closely. I am sorry I can't give you anymore information. I am just hoping that she will wake up and that we can examine her and see how she is doing. We will be in and out of her room. If you have any questions you can have the nurse page me. I have to check on another patient but I will be back soon." Dr. Schultz said as he put his hand on Ricky's shoulder.

"Thank you." Ricky choked out as the doctor left the room.

Ricky heard his phone go off and he looked at the cell it read Adrian Cell. He picked up the phone and hit talk. "Hello?" Ricky said.

"Ricky? I can't get a hold of Amy. We were expectiing you both hours ago. Is everything ok?" Adrian asked in worry.

"No Amy took a bad fall down the stairs and we are at the hospital. The doctors don't know anything yet they are watching her and the baby and won't know anything for a while it sounds like. I can't really talk not though. I will call you when I know more. Can you call my parents and Amy's for me though? Amy's parents have John and Anna for the day and they will worry if we don't come and pick them up tonight." Ricky said as his tears kept falling from his eyes.

"Oh my God I am so sorry Ricky. Of course I will. If you need anything Ricky, Bryan and I are here for you and don't forget that. I will be praying for her and the baby Ricky." Adrian said into the phone. Ricky could hear that fear in her voice.

"Thanks Adrian that means a lot to me and my family. I will keep you updated as soon as I know anything at all." Ricky said as he hung up the phone. He put his cell back in his pocket. He then sat down in the chair next to Amy's bed and he put his hands to his face and let his tears cry. He cried for his fears, for his pain, and for his two loved ones that he could feel hung between life and death a line so fragile that it could be cut with such ease. Ricky cried until he couldn't cry anymore. He finally fell asleep.

When he woke up to beeping noises and people in Amy's room. The nurses and doctors were putting shots in Amy's arms and they were doing chest compressions and they were shocking her chest. Ricky stood up but he felt like his legs were Jello he stared at Amy. Her lips were blue and her gown was pulled back exposing her body. A nurse noticed Ricky and she went over to him.

"Sir you'll have to leave now." She said as she directed him to the door.

"Please tell me what's going on. I need to know. That's my wife and child. They are my life." Ricky pleaded with the woman.

"Your wife's heart stopped and the doctors are trying to shock her and get it beating again. We will let you know as soon as we can but we need you to give us room to let us do our work. I am sorry but you'll have to stay out of the room." The nurse said as she closed the door in front of Ricky.

Ricky stood there and looked in the window. He could see Amy's body being poked and prodded and being shocked and shocked repeatedly. Then the nurse closed the blinds and all Ricky could do was hear the horrible noises and commotion from the room. He stood by the wall and collapsed and he put his head down and he prayed and prayed for Amy to be ok and to let her live. But Ricky felt like Amy was no where near him. He felt like her spirit was no longer there. Just her body that the doctors were trying to keep alive so hard. Then Ricky just cried and cried for he felt like he was losing his wife and their baby.