teenizer", I fail to gain ownership of this glorious television program and its people. The paragraph at the beginning is simply showing that in present time, Heinz is in a funk. The rest of this fanfic is to show the dark sides of his childhood: the worse parts that he has never mentioned to anyone. This'll get dark at times and darker and others. Read at your own risk.
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. + Year(s): Feb-Mar 1968 .
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz has a lot of trust issues, which stem from his wreck of an upbringing. Though he trusts his nemesis-slash-frenemy Perry and his daughter Vanessa with most of the stories from his childhood, he also purposefully leaves out the antagonizing details - such as physical abuse and attempted suicide. The doctor is alone. He has no plots for Tri-State domination today, his brother is out of town so Heinz has no way or reason to ruin his day, and his daughter is away with her mother. His robot is taking time off, due to Doof's growling earlier. The man now sits alone in his room with an old, tattered journal from his youth. Heinz has translated the majority of it in his spare time. It was his doctor's journal before it was his, of course, writing about the day Heinz had been born.
Feb 4, 1968
"That woman rushed the pregnancy." Doctor Mira shakes her head, talking to her boss. "She's five weeks early but she wanted it done today. She's obviously unstable and she needs medical attention, so where is she?"
"I suppose we should let up on the lockdown, Mira. Her husband checked her out. Looks like we have another abandoned child."
Doctor Norman looks over to the gurgling baby boy hooked up to a ventilator, making up for his underdeveloped lungs and smaller-than-average heart. Due to the loss of oxygen entering his brain - because of the push on the pregnancy - his head had been misshapen. Tears uncontrollably form in Mira's eyes. The last time a baby had been left behind was because the couple was expecting twins and couldn't afford the triplet. This child is barely breathing and needs his parents.
"He'll be fine here, Mira. We'll wait a week before addressing the government."
Feb 9, 1968
"Doctor Norman and I have signed off to be your legal doctors, young Heinz. You deserve that name. You are so powerful, breathing through that machine." Mira smiles to the baby who is beating all odds.
Her boss rounds the corner, also with a smile. "He seems to be reacting positively to the treatment. He'll be available for a heart transplant as soon as he jumps off the ventilator."
The five-day-old child hears the two doctors around them, wondering if they are his parents. He can hardly open his eyes but glances around at the wires and IVs situated all around him, cleaning him and feeding him. Mira wants to adopt him immediately but with her hours she is unable to. When Norman leaves to go through the rest of his rounds, Mira returns to Heinz, softly stroking his tufts of hair.
Feb 13, 1968
Norman and Mira were forced to tell the government about baby Heinz, but they aren't doing anything drastic. The child must be watched over by a Child Services agent until a full week after the surgery. He is still on the breathing machine but he is needing it less frequently and can drink breast milk through a heated bottle.
"Guten abend, gute nacht, mit Rosen bedacht, mit Naglein besteckt, schlupf' unter die Deck! Morgen fruh, wenn Gott will, wirst du wieder geweckt." Mira sings a soft lullaby to Heinz as he falls asleep.
Feb 29, 1968
"The leap year must be in our favor." Norman wakes Mira early in the morning.
"What do you mean?"
He looks over to the sleeping boy and up to the charts. "His lungs have been developed in only three weeks. He is able for the transplant."
Mar 2, 1968
The procedure had been excruciating. Norman has never worked on such a small, fragile body. Mira had been pacing much like a mother awaiting the news - along with the Child Services woman. After two days of long hours, the surgery had been a success. Heinz now has two developed lungs and a normal-sized heart. Mira scoffs lightly at the outcome. Norman raises a brow, walking over.
"What is it?"
"His parents. His real parents. I just don't think they would go through with all this. They haven't even met him. Do you," She chokes on her words. "Do you think they'd just let him die?"
"Mira. No parents could be that cruel."
While he says this out of comfort, his mind cannot help but agree with her. It seems she reads his mind as she sighs and walks over to the window. Heinz is getting care, as he is the only infant in the post-surgical observatory room.
Mar 8, 1968
Heinz is named the Miracle Baby of Gimmelshtump Crest. He gains a lot of popularity after surviving harsh conditions no infant should be forced through. The press follows Doctors Mira and Norman, as well as the Child Services caregiver Matilda, as they account for the past month. A heavy-duty lawyer charges through with two worrisome-
for-the-camera parents, claiming the two famed doctors had given them the wrong baby last month. After a large financial threat in the form of legal matters, Heinz is released into the custody of his biological parents.
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