Guys, I seriously don't know what has gotten into me! During one of the busiest weeks in retail (knowing full well I'm going to work my ass off this week at work) I have been hit with so much inspiration! Not that I'm complaining. I wrote this short bit this morning before work, and I hope to have some more done for you guys in the next week or so.
I tried to post it this morning, but it did something funky. I PRAY it's fixed now so you all can read! Please let me know if it's still messed up.
So, enjoy and leave a review please!
"Wait, wait, wait!" Jay says running into the room the nurse had directed him that his wife was in. He stopped briefly in the ER to drop Jaelyn off with his brother Will, who was going to keep an eye on her since he was just getting off his shift, and then ran up six flights of stairs because he didn't want to chance missing anything with an elevator ride. "Where are you taking her? What's going on?"
"Jay," Natalie, Jay's new sister in law of all of the last month, stops him just inside the door as the nurses' wheel his wife out the door. "I've talked to Dr. Johnson since taking over Erin's case. And I have to agree with her that Erin can't naturally deliver this baby, it is too dangerous. So, I've stopped her labor, and we're taking her into the OR for a C Section. We just need a bit to get her prepped, and then I will send a nurse back out after you with some scrubs and you can meet us there. Ok?"
"And she's okay?" He asks, stepping back into the room slightly, but his eyes never leaving Natalie. "And the baby is okay?"
Natalie nods, smiling at Jay. "So far, they're both doing amazing."
Feeling an urge of relief wash over him, Jay smiles and thanks his sister in law. Natalie squeezes his shoulder before turning to leave the room. Jay walks across the room, and plops down on the couch next to his wife's best friend.
"They're going to be fine, right?" He asks, turning to face Nadia, who offers him a smile before wrapping her arm around him.
"Yeah bub, they are going to be just fine. Erin is the strongest person I know, and we both know this baby will be as stubborn as all get out. He comes from you and Erin, he has no choice."
Jay can't help but chuckle as he hugs Nadia back.
"Where's Jaelyn?"
"Oh she's out in the lobby with Will. Giving him hell, I'm sure."
Just then, a nurse appears in the doorway of the hospital room, holding a set of scrubs. "Mr. Halstead, they're ready for you. If you don't mind to slip these on, I'll take you to your wife."
Jay nods, standing up and taking the scrubs from the nurse. Nadia stands as well. "I'm going to head out into the lobby and help Will with Jaelyn. Make sure she doesn't kill him." Jay laughs, thanking her. She simply smirks to him in return before heading out and toward the lobby.
"Right this way, Mr. Halstead."
"What's taking so long?" A very annoyed Adam groans, twisting in his chair. "I thought C Sections were supposed to be faster."
"Not necessarily," Will informs, glancing over to his brother's best friend, before glancing down to his sleeping niece who was resting in his lap. "A million different things could go wrong, prolonging it."
"Oh wow," Nadia mutters, reaching over and smacking him. "You're not helping!" She scolds him, as Will takes in the wild eyes of the unit and their family sitting around him.
"I'm not saying anything happened!" He quickly covers his track. "I'm just stating the facts. But even if something had gone wrong, Natalie knows what she is doing. She's an amazing doctor."
"Dude, you have to say that." Adam argues. "She's your wife."
"Dude," Will mocks him, turning to glare at Adam. "I would say that even if she wasn't my wife. It's the truth."
"Guys, shut the hell up. Here she comes." Antonio says, motioning to Natalie who was currently walking toward them.
"How are they?" Voight asks, standing up. Nadia jumps up from beside him, clinging to his side and he wraps his arm around the young girl. He could feel the nerves radiating off her, and he suddenly becomes anxious as well. They had all expected Halstead to be the one to come out and share the news of their son's arrival. "Where's Jay?"
"He's with Erin." Natalie informs them. "There were a few complications, and he refuses to leave her side now. But as you all know, Erin suffered from Placenta Previa. Which means that her placenta was covering the opening of her cervix, and she would not have been able to deliver the baby naturally? If she had, she would have bled out." She glances around the small, but loving group that was hanging on to her every word. They all looked terrified, except for Will who was offering her a slight smile and a nod to tell her to go on further. He had a feeling where she was heading with this.
"So we did a C section, and the baby was delivered with no complications. He's healthy, and you can all see him shortly. But as we were delivering Erin's placenta, we discovered that she had a condition called placenta accreta. This is where the placenta is implanted too deeply and it doesn't easily separate from the cervix. In most cases, Erin's as well, it causes massive bleeding. It is life threatening and in order to stop the bleeding, we had to do a hysterectomy."
"What?" Nadia croaks out, her eyes filling with tears. "So she can't have any more children?"
Natalie shakes her head no, solemnly. "Sadly, I'm afraid not."
"But she's okay, right?" Voight asks, growing impatient. While he knew the news of not being able to have any more children would kill Erin, he was more worried about how she was doing at the moment.
"She is. Like I said, we had to do a hysterectomy, and she received two blood transfusions, but she is stable and in recovery. She's going to be fine. She and the baby both are healthy, and very very lucky."
"When can we see them?" Kim asks, from where she sat next to her fiancé.
"It'll be about an hour or so," Natalie offers them a smile. "Erin is coming out of her anesthesia. Jay is with the baby and we'd like to give her some time with him after she wakes up. But as soon as she is able to see him, I'll send a nurse out to get you guys."
"Thank you, Natalie." Hank says, stepping forward shaking the young woman's hand. "For everything."
"You are very welcome. Congratulations, grandpa." She offers a warm smile up at the older man, earning yet another smile from him. That was a word he never thought he would enjoy hearing, but there was nothing he loved more than being those precious babies grandpa.
"I'll send the nurse out shortly," And with that, Natalie turns to walk away.
Will watches her step away, and pushes himself to stand up. He very carefully reaches down and places his still sleeping niece in the arms of Antonio, who gratefully took her and began to run a hand through her thick curly hair, before running to catch up with his wife.
"Nat," She turns around to face her husband, and allows him to pull her around the corner, away from the prying eyes of Will's family and friends. It was only when he pulls her into his arms that she allows herself to break down and cry. "Are you okay?"
She shakes her head, before burying it in his chest, as she sobs. "Will, that was the scariest thing I have ever endured. And I've had my fair share of scares in this job… Will, I was so afraid I was going to lose her… and that they would all hate me."
"They could never hate you, not even for something happening to Erin. If something had happened, it would have been beyond your control, you would have done everything you could, and they would have understood that. Jay, especially." She continues to cry in his arms, and he pushes a piece of her hair away from her forehead before placing a soft kiss to it. "But baby, you don't have to worry. Because you didn't lose her, you saved her. And I knew if anyone could, it would be you. You're a rock star, Natalie Halstead."
Hearing him say her name, along with his last name, was the one thing to pull her out of her freak out and cause her to smile. This was still so new to both of them, but she was so in love with this man that it was unreal. He was an amazing man, an even more amazing doctor, and he loved her, and her son. He was all she could ever ask for, and she didn't know how she had gotten so lucky to be able to call him her husband.
"There's that smile I love so much." He says winking down at her, causing her smile to grow even more. "Now come on, let's go get you a much needed cup of coffee while we wait to be able to see Erin and the baby ok?"
Exhausted of the events of the last two hours, Natalie doesn't argue, instead she just nods and allows her husband to pull her toward the elevator.
Two hours later, Erin was fully awake and sitting up in her hospital bed. She was in the most extreme pain she had ever felt, she certainly didn't hurt this bad after Jaelyn's birth considering she had given birth to her naturally, but the pain she felt at this moment was so much more than worth it. She was on cloud nine as she finally held her baby boy. She couldn't stop smiling down at him as he lay in her arms fast asleep.
Her husband, her amazing husband, was sitting on the bed next to her, his arm wrapped around the two of them as he too stared down at their little miracle.
"Oh little Jonathan, you are so wore out." She whispers, running the back of her finger across his tiny cheek. "You've had such a long dramatic day."
"And it's only going to get more exhausting," Jay mutters, placing a kiss to Erin's temple as he hears a soft knock on the door. Seconds later, Natalie walks in.
"Visiting hours is just about over, but these guys wanted to see you before we kick them out." She explains, laughing slightly. "You guys okay with that?"
"Of course," Jay nods, and Natalie steps back, allowing the group to enter the decent sized hospital room. By the time they had all filed in, space was a little tight but the once again new parents didn't mind. This was their family.
Erin and Jay stay seated on the bed, and Nadia, who was carrying a half asleep Jaelyn on her hip, moves to stand next to Erin. Voight moves next to her, followed by Kim and Alvin. Adam and Kevin stand near the foot of the bed while Will and Antonio stand next to Jay.
They all take in the new sleeping baby, and express their congratulations and coo over him.
"You see your baby brother, munchkin?" Jay asks, ignoring everyone else and glancing over his wife's head to his daughter. "He's pretty awesome, huh?"
By now, Jaelyn had lifted her head from Nadia's shoulder. Her once half hooded eyes were wide in anticipation as she studied her baby brother. She glances from him, to her parents who were both watching her intently. She just nods.
"You want to hold him?" Erin asks her daughter. She and Jay had already discussed it, and they wanted her to be the first person to hold the baby after the two of them, before grandpa or any of the aunts and uncles.
Jaelyn's eyes light up and she nods excitedly, causing everyone in the room to laugh.
"Ok, come over here." Jay instructs, pointing to the recliner next to the bed, where had spent much of the afternoon hanging out with his son, while waiting for Erin to wake up. Nadia sits Jaelyn down on the ground, and she runs across the room where her father had instructed her. While Jay eases the still sleeping little boy out of Erin's arms, Antonio lifts Jaelyn up and into the chair. He lays an extra pillow that was on the couch underneath her arm, before Jay slowly sits the baby in her arm.
He moves off to the side so everyone could see, but his hands never leave his son. His hands were resting on him slightly. It was just enough to make Jaelyn believe she was doing all the work, but enough to give him and Erin relief knowing he had a hold of him as well. "What do you think, Jae?" He asks, studying his daughter closely.
Behind him, Erin and Nadia was both snapping away picture after picture of the special moment Jay was sharing with his now two children.
Just as Jaelyn opens her mouth to speak, little Jonathan lets out a whimper, and then a wail. Both Erin and Jay cringe, expecting for Jaelyn to freak out. But instead, she reaches down and grabs the pacifier that had fallen out. She places it back in his mouth, calming him instantly. "Shh baby, it's okay." She mutters, earning a room full of aww's, and effectively melting her parent's hearts.
"You're such a good big sister, Jae." Erin praises her daughter.
"MY baby!" Jaelyn exclaims, leaning over and planting a kiss to her new brother's head. This of course, earns a couple laughs from across the room.
"Whatever you say, munchkin." Jay says shooting his wife a wink across the room. Erin just smiles in return, already so much more in love with her tiny family than she already was.
I never claim to know much about placenta accreta, I only found out about it a couple days ago while doing some research. I read as much about it as I could, and tried to make some sense of it, so hopefully this is close to spot on at least.
Anyways, please review :)
