A nurse enter the room to check on Jude and then promptly left soon after. Everything seemed to be going fine. Jude had curled up on the bed and Tommy sat in the chair.
"What's going to happen when this gets out" said Jude looking at Tommy.
"Oh!" laughed Tommy "The press, is going to have a field day."
"Ugg" moaned Jude.
"Killer publicity" said Tommy.
"You're so like Darius" said Jude.
"No, but Darius might have both of our hides for this."
"And why is that?" asked Jude.
"Because he'll claim we were keeping this all from him" sighed Tommy.
"Yeah" sighed Jude.
"Jude" said Tommy.
"Yeah?"
"It's almost good this never got out in the public, you know?"
"Lucky is more like it" sighed Jude looking at Tommy "it would have been a lot harder to explain all this to you with cameras following us around."
Just then a knock on the door came as it was pushed open. The doctor from yesterday entered.
"Ms. Harrison" said the doctor.
"Call me Jude" said Jude sitting up.
"Is something wrong?" asked Tommy standing up and walking over to the bed.
The doctor didn't say anything for a moment.
"What's wrong with Hannah?" asked Jude starting to feel panic rising up inside her.
"Um, I'm sorry" said Dr. McCarthy slowly.
"Oh god" whispered Jude clamping her hand over her mouth.
"Your baby girl had a grand mal seizer due to lack of oxygen to her brain. We used everything in our resources to resuscitate her, but we were unable to get her heart to return to a normal rhythm. She suffered serious brain damage from the seizers, and we were unable to revive her."
Jude sat there stunned looking at the doctor shaking her head no. She felt Tommy wrap him arms around her and she fell into his shoulder. Even though it felt like she had no more tears to cry all barriers broke down and tears steamed out of her eyes.
"I'm so sorry for your loss" said Dr. Cynthia McCarthy and then she turned and walked out of the room. Sometimes this was the hardest part of the job, telling the parents that their baby really was dead.
Author's Notes:
Ahhh, I know...but don't worry there's more still to come.
Don't give up hope yet either...there are a few more plot twists.
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