Alec took close to twenty minutes to really calm down, during which time Catarina re-entered the room to check his vitals again. Heart rate almost back to normal, breathing pretty evenly, that pesky fever was still around and…
"His blood pressure is way too high Magnus." She whispered in his ear.
"How do we get it down?" He whispered back. Catarina shook her head.
"Let's see if it drops on it's own, if it doesn't then he's going to the hospital. No ifs, and, or buts." Magnus nodded his agreement and Catarina left the room again.
"Honey?" Magnus said to Alex. "How are you feeling?"
"Better, calmer. Is the baby okay?" He questioned. Magnus took it as a good sign that the baby was one of Alec's primary concerns.
"Catarina thinks so but she'd like to check some things out just to make sure."
"Okay." Alec consented and Magnus called Catarina back into the room. Alec remained laying on his back but Magnus stood, holding Alec's hand tightly for encouragement.
Catarina once again pulled out the sonogram machine and the gel. This time when she found the image of the baby she showed the vaguely human shaped creature on the screen, first to Alec then to Magnus. Alec let out a soft gasp when he saw the wriggling baby on the screen. That was growing in his abdomen. That precious tiny beautiful baby. Alec heard a small sniff and looked over to see Magnus crying, tears streaming down his face.
"Honestly Magnus, we're trying to all stay relaxed, remember? At least save the tears for when you hear the heartbeat." Catarina said, slightly worried his reaction would set Alec to crying as well. At the word "heartbeat" Alec grew a little excited.
"Can we…" He started to ask, but Catarina shook her head.
"You're at about eight or nine weeks so the baby does have a heartbeat but it's not strong enough for the handheld to pick up yet. It'll be another two weeks at least before I can really make it out on this thing. An ultrasound machine would be able to pick it up at this stage though." She said, seeing an opportunity to slip the hospital into the conversation.
"Oh." Alec said, clearly a little disappointed.
"If you'll come by the hospital soon though I could let you listen, or we can wait a few more weeks. It's your decision." Catarina shrugged. She was trying not to stress him out any more than he already was, even though she really wanted to pick him up and drag him to the hospital.
"I would like that. Does it, hurt, or anything?" He asked apprehensively, still transfixed by the fetus displayed on the screen.
"Nope, it feels exactly like this except the wand is bigger."
"Magnus can we…" Once again he didn't have to finish his question.
"Of course we can." Magnus said. Catarina put away the sonogram machine and motioned for Alec to sit up. She put the blood pressure cuff on his arm once more and then put on the stethoscope. His blood pressure was still high but it was dropping so she decided against demanding they come right then.
"Today I would like the two of you to stay here and relax." Catarina informed them as she cleaned up the rest of her equipment. Magnus went to fetch Alec another towel for the gel on his stomach. Alec sat up and Catarina pointed at him sternly. "You stay off your feet as much as you can and first thing when I leave, take a nap. You need to recover from the shock you were in. You might throw up once the adrenaline starts wearing off so I'd avoid eating anything heavier than Jell-O until tomorrow morning." She warned as he cleaned off his abdomen. He nodded in compliance, even though he didn't think he knew what Jell-O was, placing two hands over his still flat stomach.
"I'll get some when she leaves." Magnus whispered to him as he took away the now sticky, goopy towel.
"You also need to remember to watch that fever. It's nothing serious now, he might just run hot, but I don't want it to become serious without us noticing." Catarina informed Magnus. He nodded again and the two exited the bedroom.
Alone, Alec changed into his most comfortable sweats and a loose t-shirt that actually belonged to Magnus and crawled back into the bed. He had barely made it under the covers when exhaustion hit him like a truck. When Magnus returned a minute later he was already fast asleep.