Chapter 14 The Doctor's appointment
A few hours later, Tank picked Stephanie up because she was so weak she could not walk and brought her to her doctor's. They were in the waiting room waiting for her doctor. Tank put her in a wheel chair so she could be wheeled around.
"I hate this" Stephanie told him.
"I know Baby Girl, but we have to find out why you are sick." Pierre told her. Stephanie held her hand out to him and he took her hand and kissed it.
All of a sudden the nurse came through the door that lead to the exam room. "Stephanie" she called.
Tank got up and wheeled her in to the examine room. Once inside they waited longer for Dr. LeBlanc her primary care doctor. Then she came in.
"Hi Stephanie what is going on today?" Dr. LeBlanc asked her.
"I can't walk, and I can't hold any food down this started yesterday."
"Well we will take some blood and depending what the blood work shows I will put you on something for your vomiting. Are they any other symptoms?" She asked.
"No but I have been feeling really tired too lately." Stephanie said to Dr. LeBlanc as the good Dr. was taking blood from Stephanie.
Tank just looked at his wife and rubbed her back.
"Can you forward this information and blood results to Bobby at Rangemen he is our medic and doctor for Rangemen employees." Tank said to her.
"No problem and you are related to Stephanie?" The Doctor asked.
"I am her husband Pierre" He told her.
"Is there any chance that you could be pregnant Stephanie?" Dr. LeBlanc asked.
"I don't know maybe." Stephanie said
"How about you go pee and give me a sample and we can run a pregnancy test. Dr. Leblanc told her.
"Sure thing" Stephanie said, and then she wheeled herself to the bathroom and had Tank help her to the toilet and she got a sample of pee for the doctor. Tank handed the pee to the Dr. and then pushed Stephanie out of the bathroom.
Dr. LeBlanc took the pregnancy test out of the box and put some pee on it, after a few minute two blue lines came up on it. "Well this confirms it you are pregnant, so that is why you are vomiting but now we have to find out why you are so weak. I don't want to put you on something until you gain a little strength back."Dr. LeBlanc said.
"I also want to admit you until we get the blood work back to see if we can get some fluids in your body and try to get you to eat and keep some food down." Dr LeBlanc told her.
Stephanie looked at Tank, "Can you handle being by yourself for the next couple of days?" She asked Tank
"I think I can manage." Tank said and then he kissed her lightly on the lips. "I will also call one of our OB's she is very good and I think you two will like her." Dr. LeBlanc said and then she admitted Stephanie for the evening and maybe tomorrow.
A couple of hours later, Stephanie was in the hospital wing in a private room paid for by Rangemen thanks to Tank's health insurance.
"Darling if you want to go home, you can you don't have to stay I will be fine." Stephanie told Pierre.
"I will stay a little longer I want to hear the results of the blood work." Tank said to her and then kissed her lightly on the lips.
"I am so scared because I am pregnant." Stephanie said and then she put her hand on her lower belly.
"I am right here and I am not going anywhere." Tank said and then added "We will deal with all this together." Pierre said then he kissed her.
"All right I got the results, you are definitely pregnant the blood work confirms that and it also confirms that you have been poisoned with Rat Poison. So I will give you an IV to counteract the poison so you can go home tomorrow." Dr. LeBlanc said.
"Did the poison hurt the baby? Tank asked.
"It is too soon to tell we have to wait and see if the baby develops normally." Dr. LeBlanc said.
"I will find the poison tonight baby girl and then I will deal with it." Tank said and then he kissed her and he left. Stephanie told the Dr. I hate it when he gets mad like that, but I have never seen him that mad."
"Well you are his wife and the mother of his baby. I would be mad too if I were in his shoes." Then the doctor left.
Tank got to the truck and called Ranger.
"Hey boss, Stephanie is getting treatment for rat poisoning and she is pregnant too." Tank said to Ranger.
"I think we need to talk to everybody who can go into your house" Ranger said "and I will go talk to Lula" Tank said