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A/N Thank you to everyone who is still reading the story and especially those who have left me a review I really appreciate them. I have no medical training what so ever, and only very limited knowledge on the subject, supplied by a friend who had the medical condition some time ago, so if I write anything that is medically wrong or that is a total mistake please forgive me. Story not beta'd so all mistakes are mine. Please R&R Enjoy!
Dead Bodies and New Life – chapter 44 A stitch in time.
Gil had gone down to the cafeteria to get a coffee, then he had gone out to the entrance to make a call to Jim Brass asking him if he could drop by his office at work to collect his spare overnight bag that he kept there for emergency's with his toiletries and two spare sets of cloths, and drop them of for him at the hospital for him.
He explained that he had slept at the hospital overnight in case Sara had another night terror, but needed to shower and change and that Sara was due for her surgery at eleven and that if Jim could get the stuff to him by then he would do it to help keep himself occupied.
At a quarter to eleven Brass knocked on Sara's room door carrying Gil's bag and a large bouquet of pink roses with green foliage.
"Come in" shouted Gil.
"Hey Cookie you up for a visit" Jim asked with a bit unsureness's as he peared around the door.
"For you Jim anytime" Sara smiled warmly from her position curled up in Gil's arms.
"Beautiful flowers for a beautiful girl, here you go Cookie" Jim handed the flowers to Sara as she beamed a smile and Jim dropped a soft kiss to her cheek.
"Thank you Jim they are beautiful" she paused "And do you and Gil always use each others chat lines?, Gil used nearly the same one last night" she asked amused.
"Ah well you see Sara, Gil stole them from me, the master of chat lines" Jim chuckled at Gil's raised eyebrows.
Sara laughed loudly at the teasing cop.
"Jim as you well know I only use great poets, writers and famous peoples words" Gil said indignantly before smugly adding "I pick my favorite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armor, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence."
"Robbie Burns" Sara said confidently and smiled, Gil nodded pleased she knew who was famous for the quote.
Jim laughed loudly at Gil's indignant look, until the door opened and a gurney was wheeled in by two men and a nurse dressed in scrubs entered.
"Hello Miss Sidle my name is Shelly I will be your nurse for the next couple of hours okay honey" Shelly said cheerfully as she walked up to Sara and checked her hospital wrist band identifier.
Sara's smile dropped immediately, she bit her lip and her stomach flipped with nerves as she looked at Gil worriedly as the two men positioned the gurney parallel with her bed.
"It's okay honey" Gil soothed as he cuddled her to help calm her.
Jim stood back to give the nursing staff some room and Gil and Sara some privacy.
"Okay honey, your identification is all correct, are you ready?" Shelly asked the obviously worried patient.
Sara nodded weakly as Gil kissed her temple and rubbed her back.
"Okay Honey my name is Sam, if you could just shuffle yourself over on to the gurney for me we will be on our way" one of the male nurses said sympathetically as he helped her over to the gurney and made her comfortable.
Sara's eyes stayed locked and slightly wider than normal on Gil's as she moved over, and the grip on their hands was broken.
"I will wait here Gil, see you soon Cookie" Jim said encouragingly as the entourage made into the corridor.
Gil reclaimed his hold of her hand and squeezed it softly as they made towards the OR, he could feel tears building in the back of his eyes and a lump forming in his throat as he looked at Sara and how worried and panicked she looked.
As they came to a halt in front of the OR double doors the two men entered and Shelly turned to Gil "I will give you two a minute okay" she said patting Sara's hand then disappearing into the OR.
"Hey sweetheart everything will be okay, I will be waiting for you when you wake up okay" Gil said quietly stooping down to her ear and kissing her cheek "Okay"
Sara turned her face to him and saw the unshed tears he was holding in "I love you Gil" she whispered.
Shelly came out and gripped the end of the gurney.
Gil put his arms around her and hugged her close as he whispered on a choke "I love you too Sara so very much" then he slowly released her and pulled upright just after running his hand across her cheek and through her hair.
Shelly pulled slowly on the gurney to pull it through the doors as Gil stepped back slightly "Right they are all ready for you now honey" Shelly said.
"See you soon honey" Gil choked out as Sara disappeared through the doors.
Gil walked to a window opposite the doors and braced his hand to lean against it and he finally let the tears fall quietly.
Shelly came out and walked up placing a supportive hand on the back of his shoulder "Mr Gissom you will be able to see her in about an hour in the recovery room, why don't you go and get yourself a cup of coffee, you look like you could use one" she patted his shoulder a couple of times as Grissom turned to walk back down the corridor.
"Thanks" Gil said softly not making eye contact with Shelly.
"We will take very good care of her, please don't worry" she offered the clearly upset man as he nodded and walked off.
Forty five minutes later after taking a quick shower and redressing in the bathroom en-suit to Sara's room, Jim had managed to pursued Gil to go to the cafeteria for a coffee and some breakfast, even though he didn't eat much.
Jim had gone to work with a promise to return later as Gil made his way back up to the OR recovery room, and sat in a chair in the corridor waiting anxiously for news of Sara.
Five minutes later Dr Reynolds came out of the recovery room with another man both dressed in scrubs and approached Gil "Grissom this is Mr Brotheridge the gynecologist consultant surgeon who performed the procedure on Sara" Dr Reynolds said introducing the men.
"Hello, how is she?" Gil asked hopefully.
"Grissom, it is alright to call you that Isn't it" Mr Brotheridge asked.
"Yes of course" Gil replied nodding and shaking his hand firmly.
"The surgery has gone very well you'll be pleased to know, the pregnancy should be a lot more stable now with the stitch in place. Also we performed another more thorough internal ultrasound scan which shows that the baby and placenta are in a bit better position than first thought, but the initial diagnosis of placenta previa still applies to the pregnancy and extreme caution should still be adhered to, and her blood transfusion IV is now in place. Do you have any questions Grissom?" Mr Brotheridge asked.
"Dr Reynolds has already informed Sara she will be unable to return to work, but what sort of treatment can we expect her to receive for the rest of the pregnancy?" Gil asked hoping he wasn't going to say hospital confinement and complete bed rest.
"Ah yes, my colleagues and I have already discussed your suggestion of Sara returning home and receiving professional home nursing, and we agree that in light of her past and more recent experiences, and her mental wellbeing that in a couple of days she should be allowed to return home under appropriate nursing supervision" he pause to let Gil absorb his words then added "She will need to be on complete bed rest for the next week, then I see no reason why she can't get up and move around a little, then we will reassess her on a regular basis" Mr Brotheridge finished with a smile.
Gil smiled relieved at Sara being allowed home again and couldn't wait to give her the good news "You will need to be specific when you speak with Sara about what she is and isn't allowed to do, because she has a tendency to be very stubborn and will argue about semantics if things are not stated clearly to her from the start" Gil informed the surgeon seriously.
"She will not be able to be on her feet for any great length of time, or carry out anything strenuous, no lifting or straining herself, and I am afraid you will have to refrain from full penetrative sexual intercourse for the remainder of the pregnancy" Mr Brotheridge said in a professional tone.
"Yes of course" Gil replied flicking his eyes quickly to the recovery room door to avoid the two doctors faces and he started feeling a bit warm as a slight blush started on his neck and ears "Could I see her now?" Gil asked changing the subject quickly.
"She is still not awake yet but this is normal for her usual reaction to the anesthetic, you should be able to sit with her shortly" Dr Reynolds said as he and Dr Brotheridge made towards the OR again "We will both be in to see her this evening when she is fully awake and feeling a little better" he finished.
"Thank you both very much, I really appreciate all you have done for her" Gil said gratefully.
Gil only had to wait five minutes before a nurse came out and led him into the recovery room where Sara was.
Sara was curled up on her side with pillows positioned to keep her on her side, her chin was being tilted up by Shelly and she was covered with two blankets because she was shivering quite badly "Come on honey wake up for me" the nurse holding her chin up said quite loudly.
"Mmmmmmmmm...Uh...No" Sara mumbled with her eyes still closed as Gil took the seat at her bedside and grabbed her hand in his own.
"Sara your finance is here, come on wake up for me then I will leave you alone okay" Shelly said again more demanding.
"Is she supposed to be shivering so badly" Gil asked concerned as he tried to tuck the blankets into her more securely.
"Yes it's only her body's reaction to the anesthetic, this is normal for her" Shelly reassured Gil "Talk to her and try and get her to open her eyes for you" she encouraged him.
"Sara honey it's me Gil, will you open your eyes for me honey?" he asked her.
She tried to roll onto her side but the pillows stopped her "Mmmmmmmmm...can't" she mumbled again.
"Yes you can Sara, just open your eyes for us and then we will let you sleep it off okay honey" Shelly said loudly.
Sara struggled and forced her chin down to her chest, and brought her free hand up to her ear that was not laying on the pillow to cover it tightly.
Shelly forcefully removed her hand away from her ear "Come on Sara I won't leave you alone until you open your eyes and show us you are fully awake" she also tried to bring Sara's chin up to tilt it again, without sucsess.
"Come on Sara wake up please it's me Gil" he said loudly rubbing his hand up and down her arm briskly.
"No!" Sara shouted loudly struggling to free her hand and chin whilst trying to turn on her back "Not going to" she shouted.
Gil was a little shocked at her behavior even though he knew she didn't react well to anesthetic, he had never before witnessed it first hand.
Sara was clearly getting agitated at being awakened and not being allowed to position herself more comfortable.
"Fuck, get off me now" Sara shouted as she struggled.
"Come on now sweetheart, calm down and open your eyes then I will leave you alone okay" Shelly said loudly not being able to fight Sara getting into the position she wanted to be in.
Gil gripped her hand and squeezed "Sara come on now you have to calm down and open your eyes" Gil said a little louder and more sternly and brushing his other hand on her cheek and through her hair.
Sara suddenly calmed as her eyelids fluttered open slowly, showing her glazed eyes as she blinked.
"Thats right honey, it's me Gil" he said firmly so she could understand him "I'm right here with you, it's okay now"
Her eyes started to clear as she blinked several times and turned her head to him "Gil" she breathed out.
Gil leaned down and softly kissed her on the lips "Hey sweetheart you are awake now, how do you feel" Gil smiled softly at her.
She closed her eyes briefly before opening them again.
Shelly pulled away the pillow that was behind Sara's back, then recovered her with the blankets that had come loose "I just need to look into your eyes quickly Sara then check your blood pressure and then you can go back to sleep okay"
Shelly shone the light in her eyes to check them, which were responding how they should do, then she checked her pulse and blood pressure "Okay Sara I am done messing with you, you can go back to sleep now if you want" Shelly said as she collected the clipboard on the bed and wrote down the readings.
"Gil" Sara whispered struggling to keep her eyes open.
"Shhhhhhhhh...sleep Sara I will be with you until you wake up, okay honey" he whispered in her ear then kissed her cheek, rubbing her back gently with his free hand to sooth her into sleep.
"Mmmmmmmm" she mumbled closing her eyes and letting sleep claim her.
Twenty minutes later she was back in bed in her room on the maternity floor still fast asleep as Gil sat beside her holding her hand resting his head on the side of the bed by her hip, soon he too nodded off.
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