"Where's my wife?" Nick said as he burst through the emergency room doors of Desert Palm hospital.
"Are you Jackie Stokes' husband?" a nurse asked.
"Yes." Nick replied in a panic.
"Come here sir." She said as she led him to a little room.
"Nicky" he heard a voice yell from down the hallway.
"Catherine." He said.
Catherine raced to his side. They went into the little room together. Moments later a doctor came in.
"Mr. Stokes, I'm doctor Tyson, I've been wor.."
"How is she?" Nick interrupted, he couldn't care less what his name was, all he could think about was Jackie.
"Well, right now it is touch and go." He said.
"Wait a minute, are you saying that my wife could die?" Nick asked in a whisper.
"Yes sir, that's a very real possibility, I'm sorry, I can't give you more reassuring news than that, but what I can assure you is that we are doing everything we can. We got her heart going once, and then it stopped again, we got it going again after that but right now her heartbeat is very faint"
"Her heart's not working, here give her mine." He said as he started unbuttoning his shirt.
"Nicky." Catherine said as she wrapped her arms around him.
His mind raced, as concerned as he was about Jackie he was even more concerned for his children.
"Mr. Stokes, does your wife have any health problems, especially any heart problems?"
"No, not that I am aware of."
"Is she allergic to anything, anything at all?"
"No, not to my knowledge."
"Is there anything else we should be aware of, anything at all?"
"No, she's completely healthy, she's had a slight cold the last few days but it's nothing serious."
"Ok, we'll keep you posted. Your wife is a strong lady, she's proven that by coming back to us twice already, just remember that." The doctor said with a gentle smile as he left the room.
As soon as the doctor shut the door Nick lost it, he just started bawling.
"Nicky, the doctor is right, Jackie's tough, if anyone can beat this it's her." Catherine said as she tightened her grip around him.
Catherine's cell phone started ringing.
"Hello" she said.
"Cath its Greg, how is she?"
"It's touch and go." Catherine said.
"Oh God. How's Nick?"
"Not very good. Did you guys find out anything?"
"Tell Nick that there is a bottle of cold medicine on her nightstand and that's it's half empty, also tell him we found what appears to be red wine on the sheets."
"Nicky, Greg said that he and Sara found a bottle of cold medicine on her nightstand and that it's half empty, also they found what appears to be red wine on the sheets, do you know anything about that?"
"Well she did have a cold, she probably did take cold medicine." Nick said.
"But why is it half empty?" Greg asked, overhearing his answer.
"Because we've had it for a while, that bottle was nearly half empty before she even came down with this cold. I bought and used it about a month ago when I myself had a cold"
"What about the wine, do you think she mixed alcohol and the cold medicine without thinking?"
"No, a few nights ago we each had a glass of wine in bed, she spilled just a little, she was just about to clean it up but then the baby started to cry, I guess it slipped her mind." Suddenly a light bulb went on in his head, he raced out of the room, and Catherine ran after him. He entered the nearest ER room.
"Mr. Stokes, I'm sorry but you can't be in here." Dr. Tyson said.
"She took cold medicine, I don't think she's ever taken that kind before, I have, but I don't think she has, maybe she is having an allergic reaction after all."
"Thank you, that might be very helpful." Dr. Tyson said.
Suddenly a monitor started going off, a ton of people rushed the room.
Jackie's heart had stopped again.