Troy was in the waiting room waiting to hear about his daughter and wife. He wanted to cry so badly, but something inside of him wouldn't let him.
"Mr. Bolton?" Dr. Lipter came in.
Troy got off of the chair and went over to the doctor. "How are they?" He asked ready for the inevitable.
"Well, the hit that Gabriella experienced early on in the pregnancy has come back to haunt us. It turns out it tore the womb from the uterus. So we will have to do an emergency C-Section to save the baby's life."
"But it's to early."
"Well, not that early. It's the only way we know that the baby will survive. If we keep it inside of Gabriella any longer it might not have a chance."
Troy nodded his head in understanding. "What are the risks?"
"Well, there are always risks when you go into surgery, but everything should go fine."
"Can I come in?"
"I think it would be best if you didn't." Dr. Lipter said trying to sooth him.
"So what am I supposed to do just sit here?" He asked mad.
"Well, if you want what's best for the baby you will. You can call your parents and everything. The surgery should only take about a half and hour. Gabriella will be drugged so she won't feel a thing until she wakes up."
Troy nodded his head. That's all he could do. If he knew how he would perform the surgery for her. Just to make sure everything went fine, but he couldn't. He felt so helpless and he hated the feeling.
In The Operating Room:
Dr. Lipter had the mask on her face and looked at the machine. It was the heart beat of Gabriella. She put her hand inside of Gabriella's cut open stomach and took the baby girl out.
"Here she is." She said as she handed the baby to on of the nurses.
The nurse quickly took the baby and suctioned out her mouth. She did this so that the fluids would come out and she would breathe.
Another nurse came with an incubator that you put baby chicks in. The other nurse took the baby girl and put her in. She hooked a machine to the baby so it could breathe.
Dr. Lipter was now trying to close Gabriella back up. But then all of a sudden the machine began to beep uncontrollably. All if a sudden the one beep began on the machine.
"What happened?" One of the nurses asked that was a Sergeant.
"I don't know. She began to bleed a lot." Dr. Lipter said getting tissue and trying to compress the bleeding.
"Here let me take over." Another doctor who said moving Dr. Lipter out the way.
15 Minutes Inside Of the Waiting Room:
"Don't worry sun. I'm sure they'll be alright." Jack Bolton told his son as he patted him on the back.
Mrs. Bolton was sitting down sobbing. Mr. Bolton had tried earlier to make his wife calm down, but it didn't work. He saw how tense his son was so decided to try to see what was up with him.
"Thanks Dad. For everything." He said turning around and smiling at his dad.
Dr. Lipter rushed in the waiting room and went right to Troy. She took off her mask. "You have a beautiful baby girl." She announced happily.
Troy's inside began to calm down, and he could actually feel a little happy. "How's Gabriella?"
"Well, she began to bleed uncontrollably after the baby was born. But another Doctor made her stable and she is now in recovery. She should wake up in about three hours. She will be a little sore, but she is fine."
Troy smiled again. "Can I see my daughter?"
"Now, I must warn you she is a little small. She is what we call a premature baby. That means that she is underweight, and her skin is very translucent. She can't breath on her own, yet. We have a machine that helps her. She also can't eat on her own. So we also have a machine for that."
"Will she ever be able to eat or breathe on her own?" Troy asked concerned.
"Well, that's up to the baby. Most premature babies learn to eat and breathe on their own after about a month. They usually grow up to be normal kids."
"What about the others?" He asked trying to hear the whole side of the story. He knew that doctors always gave the happy stories and never the whole story.
"The others are special cases. They do die, because they are so extremely under-weight. They are the baby's that are one pound to a couple of ounces. Some other cases are where they don't learn how to eat or breath on their own. Then we have to cut the machines off."
"How much does my baby weigh?"
"She is about three pounds. Which isn't bad at all. The normal baby weighs 5 to 8 pounds."
Troy nodded his head. "Alright, I'm ready to go see her."
Dr. Lipter nodded her head. "Follow me." She said walking toward the room where they kept the premature baby's.
Troy did as he was told. He was actually pretty excited to see his daughter for the first time.
"Here she is." Dr. Lipter said as she pointed to a tiny baby inside of an incubator.
Troy went over to the incubator and looked at his daughter. She was really little. He guessed that she could fit in his hand. "Why are those things over her eyes, is she blind?" He asked looking at the white, tape over her eyes."
"No, that's just to make sure that the radiation doesn't hit her eyes and make her blind." Dr. Lipter laughed because it was the total opposite of what he had said.
Troy thought that she was beautiful even if she was small, pale, and had all types of machines hooked up to her.
"You can hold her hand." Dr. Lipter said looking at Troy. "There is a little slot and all you have to do is pull it." She told him as she did it. She opened the incubator up from the side and told him to stick his hand inside.
Troy did as he was told and held his little girls hand. Her whole hand couldn't even fully fit around his pinkie finger.
"Alright, sorry but we have to fill the machine for her first dinner." She told him. "You can go to room 356 to go and see Gabriella."
Troy nodded and left the room.
4 Hour's Later In The Recovery Room:
Troy was in a chair lying near Gabriella. He had fallen in and out of sleep for the past four hours. He was scared that he wouldn't be up when Gabriella woke up.
His parents had seen their grand-daughter after she finished eating her first meal. They couldn't believe how small she was, and his mom couldn't stop crying.
"Mmmmm..." Troy heard a sound come from Gabriella. She began to move around a lot in the bed.
He went over to her and took her hand into his, and watched as his wife woke-up.
She moaned in pain and then opened her eyes. "How is she?" She asked softly.
Troy could tell that Gabriella was in an enormous amount of pain. "She's fine. She is really small, and she really can't do anything on her own yet. They have her on machines."
"Do you think she's going to make it?" Gabriella asked with a tear running down her face.
"I know she's going to make it. The doctors said this happens a lot, and she should be her regular weight in about a month." He paused and then looked at Gabriella. "How are you feeling?"
Gabriella took a deep breath. "Well, every time I breathe or talk it hurts. But other then that I'm doing pretty well."
Dr. Lipter came in with a smile on her face. "I see our little patient has waken up?"
Troy nodded his head for Gabriella. "She seems to be in a lot of pain, is that normal?"
"Yes, it's really normal. Actually when you have a C-section people think it's less painful then a regular vaginal. Actually after you give birth with a vaginal the pain is pretty much over. With C-Sections afterward you are in a lot of pain. It should settle down in about a couple of weeks."
"Can I see her?" Gabriella asked opening her eyes a little.
"I don't want you to get up so we will wheel her next to your bed." Dr. Lipter stated to Gabriella. "But after she leaves I want you to get some rest."
Gabriella nodded her head in understanding.
After she left Troy looked at his wife. "You know we still need to give her a name."
"What's today's date?" She asked ignoring her husband's earlier statement.
"It's May 4, 2008." He answered. Not realizing that he had not even dared to ask the date of his daughter's birth.
Gabriella smiled. She knew that Troy was so worried about the health of her and the baby he wouldn't even remember the date.
"Here she is." Dr. Lipter said as she rolled the incubator that had their daughter inside of it.
Gabriella opened her eyes all the way to see her daughter. Even if she was small, she still was the prettiest sight in the world d to her. "Can I hold her?" She asked still in a lot of pain.
"I wouldn't advise it. I mean your still in a lot of pain, and she can't be taken out of that incubator. "
Gabriella nodded her head in disappointment. She just stared at the little girl. She couldn't believe that she was a mom. That was somebody that was going to depend on her 24-7.
"What about her name?" Troy asked walking over to the other side of the room and looking at her daughter as well.
"I always liked the name Abigail." Gabriella stated.
"I like that name to, but everybody has that name."
Gabriella nodded her head. It was the truth. She wanted her daughter to have a different name.
"How about Wabasha? That's a name that nobody has."
Gabriella looked at her husband as if he were crazy. "I want her to have a unique name, but not a name that everybody can make fun of."
Troy laughed at the expression on his wife's face. "Alright, then what about Jane?"
"No, I like that as a middle name though. However I do like the name Alicia."
"I like that name as well, and it isn't a name that everybody has." Troy agreed.
"Then meet. Alicia Jane Bolton. She was born May 4, 2008." Gabriella said with a smile as she looked at Alicia.
"Alicia Jane Bolton it is." Troy stated out loud.
I hope you guys like the chapter. I am sad to say that this is going to be one of the last chapters. Next chapter will be the final chapter of High School Drama. There will be a sequel that I want you guys to look out for.
It will be about Troy and Gabriella's life after they move away to Boston. How will they deal with moving? Being parents to Alicia? And being students? You'll have to wait to see...
Anyway thanks for all the reviews!!!