Chapter 20: Dr. Michelle Montgomery

(Sara's Apartment)

Warrick knelt down beside his chair picking up a blue pacifier, and wiping it off he gave it back to Lexie, who was sitting in her highchair at the table. She had just finished eating her breakfast and now they were waiting on Sara to finish dressing and come out of her bedroom. Today Sara and Warrick were taking Lexie to her first doctor's appointment.

Sara had talked to Doc Robbins about the pediatricians here in Vegas and he had given her the name of Dr. Michelle Montgomery, saying that she was one of the best here in town and a good friend of his.

"I'm ready," Sara said as she stepped into the kitchen.

Warrick saw she had the baby bag but also a slightly small briefcase looking bag as well.

"What's that?"

"It's Lexie's medical history; I got them from her doctor in Boston."

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(Doctor's Office)

Sara, Warrick, sat in a small examining room. The office was as colorful as the Pediatric Emergency Room, but this one was tastefully done.

The entire place had a Walt Disney theme. The waiting room looked like the entry way into Cinderella's castle and it had a mural of Cinderella, Prince Charming, and the mice. The hallways had a Finding Nemo and Little Mermaid design that made it look like you were walking underwater, the carpet was a sand color. Triage area appeared to be of the Pride lands from the Lion King. The examining room that they were in was decorated in a Mulan theme with Mulan, Shang and Mushu painted on the walls.

The door to the opened and a tall woman in a dark blue pant suit, with graying blond hair pulled into a bun walked in. She had two files and a medium sized bag in her hands.

Smiling, she walked over to Warrick and Sara, extending her hand, "Hello, my name is Dr. Montgomery or Dr. M. I heard you work closely with Doctor Al Robbins."

"I am Sara and this is Warrick Brown, and yes we work in the crime lab."

"Well better him then me, I like working with the living, especially the small ones," Dr. M looked down at Lexie who was sitting between Warrick and Sara with a yellow ball in her lap, "And you must be Lexie."

Gazing into the smaller file in her hand, she read a little then looked back to the couple, "it says here you are not Lexie's biological mother, may I ask about the situation?"

"Sure," Sara replied, she had been through this so many times she felt she could do it in her sleep, "Lexie's mother and I were best friends in college. Almost three and a half months ago she and her husband were killed in a motor vehicle accident. They had name me Lexie's guardian."

Dr. M listened quietly and then wrote some notes into the file folder.

"Do you know much about Lexie's family medical history?"

"I contacted the family's physician and he said that I couldn't receive the information because of patient confidentiality but that he would be willing to work with you on that. I have his information here," reaching into the baby bag she pulled a slip of paper out and handed it over.

"It also says that Lexie had some problems when she first got here?"

"She developed a pretty bad cold; the ER doctor said that it was probably to the change in climate coming from Boston to Las Vegas."

"Any flare ups since?"

"None."

"Okay, now let's get a good look at Miss Lexie," bending down Dr. M picked Lexie up and sat her down on the examining chair," let's see what we have here."

Dr. M pulled Lexie's sock off her right foot, and ran her finger lightly across the bottom checking the Babinski reflex, "Yep that's a foot. Do you have another one?"

"Well look at that, its right here. Now is this one ticklish?"

Running her hand over Lexie's other foot the doctor got a giggle out of her. She spent a few more minutes checking Lexie over before going to her medical history.

"Well as for now her shots are up to date, you'll have to bring her back in about five weeks, but I think that is it. Oh! One more thing."

Dr. M reached over to the bag she had brought in. Opening it up she pulled out a furry white thing, but on closer inspection it showed to be a cat with a pink bow.

"Miss Lexie I would like you to meet Marie from the Aristocats," the doctor said smiling. Waving it a little as Lexie reached out for it.

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A/N: The office I described was my dream office back when I wanted to be a pediatrician.