Tanner's POV

"How's my mom?" I asked as I ran up to the doctor.

"Well your mom's gonna be fine for now. Come on I'll take you to her room."

"Tanner I think Joanne and I are gonna run up to the house and see if we can find your dad." Aunt Maureen said.

"Okay. Later guys." I said and followed the doctor to my mom's room. I walked in the room and saw mom in a white and green hospital gown on her bed.

"Tanner?" She said with weakness in her voice.

"Hi mama." I said with tears forming in my eyes.

"Don't cry Tanner. Mama's alright now." She said in a comforting voice as she pulled me into a hug.

"Hi I'm your doctor. My name is Dr. Block but you guys can call me Stephanie.

"Hello Stephanie. I'm Mimi and this is one of my sons Tanner."

"Mimi I have some good news and some bad news. Which do you want first?" Stephanie said.

"I think I'll take the good news first."

"When we took your blood I showed that you were pregnant. So we need to take you down for an ultrasound in about 5 minutes."

"That's great, Ma." I said.

"But what's the bad news?" Mom said to Stephanie

"Since we read your file and it said you had AIDS we deiced to check your t-cell count. It looks like you only have enough to survive 2 or 3 years. 5 years at the most. "

"What? How can this happen? She's been fine up until today! "I said in disbelief.

"Tanner we knew it was coming. I've had the virus since I was 19. If Stephanie's predictions are correct I will have lived 20 years with the virus. Way longer than anyone would have lived back when I was diagnosed. And I will do everything in my power to stay alive to see your baby brother or sister born, Kayla's High School Graduation, Luke's High School Graduation, Matt, Mason, and Natalie going to middle school, Aunt Joanne's twins being born, Abby and Peyton starting school, You and Sierra's high school graduation and everything in between I promise."

"Okay." I said as I shook my head. "But how long will I live with it?"

"We could check your son's t-cells for no charge." Stephanie said.

"Could you?"

"Sure I'll do it after your ultrasound"

"Thank you." Mom said.

"Let's see how far along you are first." Stephanie said when we got to the room where they did ultrasounds.

"I know the drill. At least I think after 4 kids." Then mom lay down on the small bed, lifted her shirt and braced herself for the cold liquid.

"Well it looks like you're 3 months along with a baby girl. See?" She pointed to the screen with a blue and black blob.

"Hi sweetie. I'm your mommy." Mom said with tears in her eyes. She was the same way when she found out about Matt and Mason.

"Tanner are you ready to check on the virus in your body?" Stephanie said while my mom was getting cleaned up.

"I think I'm ready." Then Stephanie led me down a long hallway and took me to a testing room.

"Let me take some blood and I'll give you results later this afternoon."

"Kay." After my test, Dad and Kayla came into mom's room. Dad held mom tight for 15 minutes because he was so scared.

"So did your doctor ever say what happened?" Dad asked.

"No but she told me we have something coming in 6 months."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm pregnant with a baby girl."

"That's great honey." He said as he hugged her.

"But there's some bad news too." Mom said quietly.

"What it is?"

"My doctors check my t-cell count. They said I only had about 2 or 3 years left. 5 years at the most." Dad took it a lot calmer than I did and than I had expected. He just held her for a little longer. Then Stephanie came into the room as Dad released Mom.

"Tanner I got you blood test back. You're gonna be fine for a while since its still in its first stages."

"That takes a load off my chest."

"We also found out what caused you to stop breathing."

"So what happened?" Mom asked.

"Well the pregnancy seems to have knocked you out. There must have been something in the air that triggered an asthma attack. Eventually your body gave up so you just stopped breathing. We're assuming Tanner came in a few seconds after you gave up."

"Well I'm alright now so that's all that matters."

"For now anyways. I thought you said you had 4 kids."

" I do these are my oldest. This is Kayla and she's 17. You've met Tanner and he's 14. I also have my twin boys Matt and Mason, who are 9."

"Let's go home." Dad said.

"Okay come with us and we need you to sign some discharge papers."

"Okay." Dad signed the papers and then we went back home.

What Broadway star did I mention in this edition? Stephanie will be back in the story later on. Adios Amigos

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