At The Hospital
Carter was sleeping in one of the rooms when Abby woke him up.
"Carter, Brooke Scott's here. She's seven months pregnant and having contractions. She's agitated. Gates wants to give her something." Abby said as Carter followed her. Brooke was now in restraints.
"Gates, what the hell are you doing?" Carter asked.
"She was hitting me." Gates said.
"You're lucky that's all I did. He was going to give me Haldol. Doesn't he know that's bad for the baby?" Brooke asked.
"She's right gates. Get the hell out of here." Carter said. Gates left.
"Sam, let's get these restraints off of her. Brooke, You were having contractions?" carter asked.
"I still am. I get contractions every five minutes. Please do something. I can't have my baby yet. It's only been 7 months." Brooke said as Lucas came running in.
"I'm here pretty girl." Lucas said as he took her hand. Brooke let out a scream.
"Is that a contraction?" Lucas asked.
"What the hell do you think?" Brooke asked in pain. Carter checked her.
"Sam, get the ultra sound." Carter said.
"Dr. Carter, do something. She can't have the baby now. Do whatever it takes. I can afford it. Just make sure our baby's ok." Lucas said.
"We're already giving her medication to strengthen the baby's lungs. The last resort is giving birth." Carter said as Sam brought the ultra sound. He put the handle on Brooke. He looked around for a few seconds.
"Where's the baby?" Lucas asked as he held Brooke's hand. Carter found it.
"It's right there." Carter said as one of the monitors went off. It was the fetal monitor.
"Why is that going off?" Lucas asked as Carter looked.
"Sam, page OB now and tell them I'm coming up with a pregnant woman whose baby's in trouble." Carter said as they wheeled Brooke out. Once they were upstairs Lucas went to go with Brooke but someone stopped him.
"You can't come in here." the nurse said as she went in. Lucas went to the waiting room where he paced. Andy and karen joined him a few minutes later.
"What's happening?" Andy asked.
"The baby's in trouble so they have to do a c-section. It's going to die because it's only 7 months." Lucas said as he started to cry. Karen hugged him.
"Lucas, babies have lived when they were born at 7 months. Look at you. You were born at 7 months and you're fine." Karen said.
"I was lucky. What if my baby isn't lucky?" Lucas asked.
"Don't think like that! The baby's going to be fine. You have to think positively." Andy said as a doctor came in.
"Mr. Scott, we've done the C-Section. You've got yourself a little girl." The doctor said.
"Where is she?" Lucas asked.
"She's in the NICU. Your wife on the other hand is still in the OR. Normally we'd just be closing right now but she's bleeding. We can't close until we have it under control. What I need to know is if you want us to do a hysterectomy on her." The doctor said. Lucas looked at Karen.
"If she has a hysterectomy she won't be able to have anymore kids." karen explained.
"Is it the only thing that will save her life?" Lucas asked.
"Yes. If we don't control the bleeding she'll bleed out. The hysterectomy will stop the bleeding." the doctor explained.
"Do it." Lucas said as the doctor left. Lucas went to the NICU
"I want to see my baby." Lucas said.
"Put this on first." The nurse said as she gave him some scrubs. Lucas put them on and they went in.
"Here she is." The nurse said as she brought him to a small baby. She left him alone.
"Hi little girl. I'm your daddy. You need to be strong and fight for your life because your mommy and I don't want to lose you. You're like me. I was born at seven months too. Show everyone how much you are like me." Lucas said as he looked at his small daughter. She had Brookes hair. Lucas stopped a nurse.
"Is it possible for me to hold my daughter?" Lucas asked.
"I'm sorry Mr. Scott. Your baby isn't strong enough to be out of the incubator yet." The nurse said as she left.
