Gibbs stayed by Tony's side wishing the ambulance would hurry. He cradled his lover in his arms, afraid of losing him.
"Come on Tony, please hang on." Gibbs repeated over and over.
The paramedics came rushing in the unlocked house and took over taking care of Tony. Gibbs wanted to stay there with Tony and make sure he was alright until he heard a tiny scream down the hall as the paramedics began assessing Tony's condition.
"Daddy!" Kami yelled.
'Oh my god, Kami!' Gibbs thought. That poor baby had no idea what was going on. She was too young to have to see her daddy in this shape and being carried out on a gurney.
Gibbs rushed to Kami's room picking the young girl up.
"Where's Daddy?" she asked.
"Your daddy is very sick. He is going to the hospital so the doctors can see what's wrong." Gibbs tried to explain.
Gibbs tried to shield Kami from seeing Tony being taking out on a gurney. He already had a heart monitor on, an oxygen mask and an IV. Though Gibbs tried, Kami still saw her daddy being taken out.
"Daddy going to be with Mommy?" Kami asked with tears in her eyes.
"No sweet girl. Daddy is going to stay right here with us. He's just very sick right now." Gibbs heart broke. This poor baby had lost her mother, she couldn't afford to lose Tony too.
Gibbs quickly made it out to his car and buckled Kami in her car seat as they followed the ambulance to Bethesda.
It wasn't long after they arrived at the ER that Kami was sick again, vomiting up what little food was left in her stomach while becoming very warm again. Gibbs was never one to get scared but after seeing Tony unconscious in the bathroom after becoming very ill so quickly made Gibbs wonder if Kami was next. There was no doubt in his mind he was going to have Kami checked out as well while they were here.
As they waited for Tony to get settled in the ER, Gibbs went to the ER desk to get Kami checked out.
"Can I help you?" A young redheaded receptionist asked.
If this was anything like the old Gibbs he would have flirted with her to get his way. He always did have a downfall for redheads. But something in him had changed…Tony had changed him. Tony was more than enough for him, he didn't need to flirt with redheads anymore.
"Yes, I'm Tony DiNozzo's partner he was brought in a few minutes ago. He has been sick and so has his daughter. I want to get her checked out as well just to ensure this is nothing more serious than a virus." Gibbs explained.
"Not a problem. They are working on Mr. DiNozzo in exam room 4. I am going to have you guys go to exam room 18. As soon as he is stable, you can go in with Mr. DiNozzo." The receptionist smiled.
"Thank you." Gibbs nodded and followed a nurse down to exam room 18.
As he walked carrying Kami, they passed by Tony's room. It took everything within him to not stop and open the door to make sure Tony was ok.
A pediatric nurse walked in to work on Kami. Gibbs couldn't help but snicker. It must be redhead day at Bethesda. This nurse was short and round with auburn hair, blue eyes and a dark black unibrow. She was quite the sight to say the least and for sure not Gibbs' type.
"I'm nurse Angelica and who is this that we have here?" the nurse asked Kami.
Obviously the unibrow was scaring Kami as she cuddled in tighter to her Papa Gibbs.
"Sorry she's a bit shy not to mention she saw her daddy be brought in here. This is Kami." Gibbs explained.
"I'm sorry, but you're not her father?" Nurse Angelica asked.
"No but I am the closest relative she's got at the moment since her father is down in exam room 4 and her mother is no longer here." Gibbs answered.
"Well you can't be in here if you're not directly related to her." Angelica spat.
"You either deal with me or get us a new nurse." Gibbs growled.
"We will see about that." Angelica stormed off.
Gibbs rocked Kami who was starting to cry again from not feeling good and wanting her daddy.
"Oh, my dear, what do we have here?" A nurse walked in with a Scottish accent.
Feeling relived it wasn't the last nurse Gibbs opened up.
"This is Kami. She hasn't been feeling well lately." Gibbs said as he rocked the little girl.
This nurse was kind and friendly. She too had red hair. Gibbs couldn't understand why all the women he encountered that day seemed to have red hair. It was truly a temptation. She was fair skinned with piercing green eyes. She was older and had to get out her readers to type in Kami's information.
"I am Paula I will be working with Kami today. Are you her father?" Paula asked.
"No…but I am her father's emergency contact and also his power of attorney." Gibbs stated.
"Very well. I will take Kami's vitals, start an IV and then go get one of the doctors to come examine Kami to see if we can't get her feeling better." Paula smiled.
Gibbs found it charming but also found her like the female version of Ducky. Gibbs sat Kami on the small gurney and let Kami hold his hand as Paula took Kami's temperature, pulse, respiratory rate and blood pressure before she started an IV . She then documented everything in Kami's chart before excusing herself to go find a doctor to examine Kami.
Gibbs was glad to be able to stay with Kami and keep her company but all the while his mind was drifting off to wonder if Tony was ok.
Down the hall, another team of doctors and nurses were working on Tony. He was currently receiving a nebulizer treatment to help reduce his wheezing. The medical team was also waiting on the results of the chest x ray that had been completed after Tony developed labored breathing shortly after arriving in the ER.
"His temperature is 103.4 and rising." One nurse called out.
"B/P is 90 over 60 and falling." Another nurse added.
"Get some more ice packs on him, turn up his oxygen." Dr. Lee told the nurses.
Just then Tony's chest x ray result arrived. The doctor looked at it and sighed. It was obvious what was going on with his patient. Per his patient's extensive medical record, Dr. Brad Pitt was his pulmonologist. It was time to bring him in on this case.
"Hang on Mr. DiNozzo, we are trying to help. Someone page Dr. Pitt!" Dr. Lee demanded.
A few minutes later, Dr. Brad Pitt rushed into Tony's exam room to find him gasping for air. After examining Tony he sighed. Based on how congested his chest was, his clinical picture with the high fever, pallor, decreasing blood pressure, low oxygen saturation and the chest x ray results, Tony had pneumonia.
"Has anyone contacted Agent Gibbs?" Dr. Pitt asked.
"He is in exam room 18 with Mr. DiNozzo's daughter, who is also ill." Dr. Lee explained.
"I'm going to go consult with him. Get ready to intubate him. His lungs can't take much more stress on them." Dr. Pitt said.
Brad hurried down to Kami's exam room to find Gibbs. Gibbs heard the door open and saw Brad standing in the doorway.
"Gibbs I need you to step out in the hallway; we need to talk." Brad urged.
"Brad, what's going on?" Gibbs worried.
"It's Tony." Brad said. "It's not good."