A Family Life

Chapter 8

(In Virgil's point a view)

When I arrived home, Mum had both Joshua and Rebecca ready for going. It had been a very long day and I am really looking forward to Robyn meeting her brother and sister for the first time I will need to explain to her how different Scotty is to her and the other two, that will be a job.

"Hey Virgil, would you like me to come along with you to the island?"

"No thanks Mum, we have to do a detour before we get to the island. Dad has managed to get Scotty into a hospital in Chicago and they can take him right away. I would rather you stay here and help Penny with looking after Jo."

"Okay then Virgil, Joshua and Rebecca are ready to go with you and thank you for being honest with me, any news on Jo yet? Because I can tell you are worried."

"No news yet but it will be a few more hours before we hear anything, I just need you here for Jo if Penny has to do things for Dad during that time that Jo is in hospital. You know this is the first time that we have been apart since we got married. What if Jo forgets that she sent me anyway to spend time with Robyn?"

"Virgil we will deal with that when the time comes, why don't I drop you off at the plane with these two?" Asked Mum.

"Why not, I am sorry if you were hoping to come with us. I really need you here." I said as we made our way out to the car to strap the babies in. We made our way to the airport and met Lisa who had TinTin with her to give her a hand with the other two while Lisa is taking care of Scotty.

We had taken off and TinTin was doing a great job with Joshua and Rebecca. We got lucky because all three slept the whole way. Once we had arrived at Chicago Med a doctor had met us on landing.

"Hello, my Name is Doctor Natalie Manning, I will be helping with taking care of Scotty, can you tell me how old he is?"

"He was born at 32-weeks and he is just under three weeks old, has Downs Syndrome but he has a hole in his heart. He seems to be breathing on his own for now. We did keep an eye on the way over. He is part of a triplet birth and the other two are doing well. This is his Dad Virgil"

"Hey Virgil, it's nice to meet you," said Dr Manning as she shook my hand.

"Why don't you say goodbye to Scotty, while Lisa goes and gets me his notes."

"Just letting you know that one off Scotty's Grandparents will be popping in on him. His Mum has just gone through a big operation, so I plan on flying her over as soon as she is able to fly."

"Thanks for letting me know Virgil."

Lisa and Dr Manning gave me a few minutes to be with Scotty before he got taken in, I didn't really want to let him go but I know that he will be in the best of hands. After 15 minutes Lisa came back with Dr Manning to take Scotty into the ward. While Lisa is still helping looking after Scotty, I decided to give Penelope a call to see if she could call over here and keep a good eye on Scotty for me. "Virgil Tracy calling Lady Penelope,"

"Ah Virgil, what can I do for you?"

"I know that you want to keep an eye on Jo for me, but I was wondering if you could call Mum and between you work out who wants to come over here for Scotty for a few days. I have let the hospital know to expect one of you there. Is there any chance that you could help out?"

"Not a problem, are you heading to the island?"

"Yeah, I am plus I am bringing Joshua and Rebecca over with me, so that Robyn can meet them. I just don't know how I am going to explain to Robyn about Scotty."

"All I can say is to speak from your heart, if I know your little girl, she will want to ask some questions and I know that you will do your best to answer them."

"Thanks, it was Jo who asked me to go over to the island to spend some time with Robyn."

"That would do Robyn a world of good to see you, anyway I will call your Mother and we will work it out between us and keep you up to date on what is happening,"

"Thanks Penny, Virgil Tracy out."

After we left Scotty off, we headed to the island. Lisa could tell that I was still worried about all this but on the flight over I told her about a few off our missions. We arrived on the island just in time to put Robyn to bed and the good thing is she has no idea that I am coming home. "Tracy One to Tracy Island come in."

"Good evening son, are you looking for permission to land?"

"Yes, please Dad. Does Scott know that Lisa is here with me? I asked because I wanted to see my older brothers face when Lisa walks in with me."

"Okay you are clear to land; I will send someone down to give you both a hand with the babies and things. Robyn has just gone to get a snack before bed, so you still have time to put her to bed tonight."

"Thanks Dad Tracy One out. Once I had landed and done the preflight checks I made my way up to Robyn's room to see that she was happily sitting on her bed colouring in. "Hey Princess guess who has come back to put you to bed?"

"Daddy your home." Said Robyn who jumped from the bed into my waiting arms for a hug. While I was putting Robyn to bed, I said that I would take her down to the beach so we could spend some time together plus I could talk to her about Scotty.

I made my way down to the lounge to see Dad. If I am honest, I really don't want to tell Robyn on my own about Scotty.

"Hey son, how was the flight over?"

"It was good plus were able to drop Scotty off at Chicago Med, but I still feel bad for leaving Jo on her own."

"Virgil you are doing the right thing coming over here for a couple of days. Your Mother called to say that her and Penny have talked, and she offered to go over to Chicago for Scotty while Penny stays with Jo. Jo won't be on her own and you made sure of that, I know that you are worried sick, but she is in the best of hands. Now where are my new Grandchildren?"

"They are just in our bedroom sleeping but I need to wake them for their feeds soon."

"Okay then why don't I come with you and give you a hand with them?" It took nearly an hour and a half to get the feeds done, Dad had gone back to the lounge and Grandma had popped her head through the door to see the babies.

"Hey Virgil, how is everything?"

"Okay but"

"But what?"

"I am just worried about Jo and Scotty, I never expected them to be in two different hospitals at the same time. As soon as Jo is able to fly then I will be flying her over to see Scotty, If I am really honest with myself I should never have left them both." I said while putting my hands in my head, I think Grandma knew that I was very close to breaking down here.

"Virgil if Jo didn't have this operation you could have lost her, I know that you feel bad about it, but you did the right thing like your Father said. You have Robyn and these gorgeous babies to take care off. You will be fine, and so will Jo have there been any word on her yet?"

"No not yet just waiting on a phone call to say that she is out, Mum has gone over to Chicago to be with Scotty and Penny is staying with Jo."

"To me it sounds like everything is in hand, I don't think Scotty will be having his operation right away as they will need both you and Jo there to sign forms,"

"I know Grandma I just feel helpless seeing all this happening and I can't do anything for them."

"Virgil you are doing a good job and I think that Robyn will sleep better tonight because she knows that you are here."

While I was talking to Grandma my phone goes off and it's from the hospital. "Hey Virgil Tracy, speaking"

"Hey Virgil, it's Dr Owen here just calling to let you know that Jo is out of surgery and is in recovery, doing well. We will keep her here for a couple of hours, then transfer her back to the ward. Is there anyone going to be there for her?"

"Yeah her Mother is going to call by and thanks for the phone call it lifted a lot of worry off me.