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Chapter 4: Hospital Room
The doctor was checking over Calleighs vitals, making sure that her heart rate was not going to go haywire like it did a few minutes ago. Calleigh was slightly awake, looking between Alexx, Eric and her doctor. She is constantly trying to get the thin covers off of her body, but since she is so weak, she barely has the strength to move.
"H..ratio" she moaned "Baby.."
In the hall, located near room 868 was a red headed man, looking through the small window. He feared that if he went in the room that he would probably not be able to see the woman carrying his child like this. It's either walk in or walk away he thought to himself. Thinking hard on this, he finally decided to walk into the room.
"What is wrong with her?" asked Eric, as once again he watched Calleigh struggle to get the covers off of her again, after Alexx gently put the covers on her.
"Her blood work came back a few minutes ago and it looks like she has a severe case of the flu. She might not of noticed she had it, but then again she probably did. Some cases of the flu aren't that serious, but others can put you in the hospital. We wont know until she is fully awake if she has a sore throat, headaches and if she has any trouble breathing" the doctor replied back to Eric
Horatio entered and heard the answer that the doctor gave to Eric and Alexx. When the group heard the door creak, they looked to see the red headed man come fully into view.
"Horatio, you're finally here" Alexx sighed in relief "All the way here she was moaning your name, she actually screamed it once, like she was in pain"
"What..How did this happen?" asked Horatio, looking between the three in the room. The doctor looked at the man before her and stepped forward, explaining the whole situation to him.
"Calleigh has a severe case of influenza, or commonly known as the flu. May I ask who you are?" asked the doctor
"Um, I'm Horatio Caine, I'm the.. the father of the baby" Horatio nervously told the doctor
"So you're the Horatio Caine that Calleigh has told me about, I have to say that when Calleigh told me that she was pregnant with YOUR baby, well it shocked me but it made Calleigh cry" the doctor told him "By the way, I'm Laura Parker, Calleighs' doctor" she introduced herself.
"Nice to meet you"
Looking at Calleigh, who was tiredly looking at him, was a real eye opener. He treated her so badly the last two months, he was still surprised that she would even still think of him, even when he told her that she either had to resign or switch to nights. He never thought that she would resign. Now he finds out that she is sick, but not like a cold sick, more like a virus sick. He only prayed that she would get better, not only for her sake but for their baby.
"You too, ok so here is the deal…" Laura was saying until a scream interrupted her
"HORATIO!!"
Everybody snapped his or her heads to Calleigh bed and saw her roll onto her side-as if to release some pain-then silently cry. Horatio was the first one to Calleighs' bed, he was there holding her hand and whispering sweet words to her.
"Hey Calleigh, come on sweetie, look at me please" whispered Horatio, as he watched Calleigh wince in pain every few minutes.
"Mmm..Baby..Leave me –lone" she mumbled together, trying to form coherent words
"No, I'm not going to leave you alone sweetheart, not now, not ever, please get better" he pleaded.
Alexx, Eric and Laura all watched as Horatio talked to Calleigh. Calleigh was still sweating, but her fever is still high; Laura gave Calleigh some antiviral medication, but she will not know if this will help with the symptoms that she has, since she only knows of one.
"Alexx, has Calleigh been feeling bad at all lately, or have you noticed something wrong at all?" Laura asked Alexx
"Let me see.., All I know is that she has the chills and a fever. I didn't see her in any pain the last few months unless she was hiding it" Alexx told Laura
"I did see her grab her back in pain once, but I thought that it was due to sitting down for too long" Eric came into the conversation, after watching Horatio and Calleigh slightly interact "How long will this last for?"
"Influenza can last up to 5 or 7 days, depending on how severe it is" Laura told the two "Calleighs' fever is still high, but hopefully it will go down in 24 hours. Tomorrow I will check up on her and the baby by getting a sonogram. If her fever is down by tomorrow, then she is in the clear, but if not, then we have to put her into the tub"
Horatio and Calleigh were silently talking-well Horatio was talking; Calleigh was more like mumbling words out. Calleigh was saying something about the baby and how she was sorry. Horatio had to persuade her that he was not mad at her anymore and that he doesn't blame her for what happened, he blamed himself and he wished that he could take it all back.
Laura, Alexx and Eric decided to leave the two to talk over things, so they walked out into the hall. Eric and Alexx knew that Calleigh needed Horatio in there with her, so they let them be. Tomorrow was a new day and hopefully it would be a better one
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