Chapter 7: Bobby's Wife
It was around two thirty in the morning. Bobby heard Stephanie throwing up again. He followed her into the bathroom; he took another face cloth from the shelf. He wet the face cloth, and cleaned his wife's face off. "Love, please let me take your temperature." Bobby took a thermometer out of the closet. Put an alcohol swab out and used it to sterilize the thermometer. Stephanie opened her mouth, Bobby then put the thermometer in her mouth.
About three minutes, later he took the thermometer out of her mouth and he read it. 102.4.
"All right love, I am going to get you to bed. Take some blood, and get some fluids in you." Bobby picked up his wife, and laid her on the bed. He then went to the supply closet, and found only one bag on fluids that he needed for his love.
He took a couple of vitals for blood. He got to his wife, he saw her sweating too. He lifted her arm found a tourniquet and put it on his wife's arm. "Love I am sorry but this might hurt." He put the needle into a vein; he took some blood put it in the container so it could go where it needed to go to. "I have to think of some way to get it to Rangeman." He thought to himself. He put an IV line in his wife's arm, started the only bag of fluids he had for her.
Once he was out of the room he made a call to Tank. "Bobby is there a problem?" He asked over the phone.
"Yes, my wife is very sick, I need some med supplies. I also need my wife's blood work run as soon as possible. I have to find out what she has so I can put her on the right antibiotics."
"I am on my way, what do you need?" Tank responded.
"A lot of IV Fluids, all the basics I gave her some Tylenol for now, but I need something stronger." Bobby hung up.
When he got back to his wife he went to sit on the bed to be with her.
"You will be all right, Love I will make you better" Bobby stared into her blue eyes.
About ten minutes later, Tank came in with Bobby's bag. Bobby took the cooler that had Steph's blood in it. "Her blood is in here, test for everything including pregnancy." Bobby looked right at Tank. "Got it I will let you know what comes up" Tank took the cooler got in his car and sped off to Rangeman.
Bobby took the last few face cloths with a cool bowl of water. He wet one of the face cloths and put it on her forehead hoping that would cool her down a little.
"Keep fighting love we will make it through this" Stephanie just looked at his brown eyes.
About twenty minutes later, he took her temperature and it was down to 100.4. "Good girl Love. You can win this battle your temperature is down. I will get you better." Bobby told her as he held his gloved hand over hers.
Bobby's cell went off, a few minutes later "It's Tank, she has stomach flu, she is also pregnant."
"Thanks, I got her temperature down to 100.4. I will start some antibiotics and prey that it works and does not cause a miscarriage." Bobby hung up again, took out the right antibiotics, "Love I am going to give you some antibiotics IV. Love we are also pregnant. I am going to do everything I can to save our baby."
Stephanie started to cry. Bobby went over to her took her hand and held it.
Bobby set the timer for four hours so he could change the IV bag, he laid down next to his wife praying that she, the baby would be okay.
Four hours later, he changed the IV bag, took her temperature it was lower to 99.4. "You are doing great love keep fighting." Bobby told her with passion in his eyes.
Bobby woke up the next morning with Stephanie putting her hand on Bobby's arm.
"Love," he turned his head saw that her color was back. Bobby took her Temperature again. After three minutes, he took the thermometer looked at it, "normal, temp is great love. We will make it through this"
"Darling, thank you I am feeling better now." Stephanie smiled at her husband.
"You still need to take it easy, I want you to stay in bed for a while, until the bug you have is completely gone. I will stay here with you. We will get through this together Love."
"I know we will, but how far along am I darling?" She asked with a worried look.
"I will have to take a look at the blood work love, but I would guess three or four weeks, but I can't be positive yet." Bobby handed her some pills which were the same antibiotics he gave her in the IV. She looked toward the wall.
"Darling I did not notice before but there is a fire place at the foot of the bed against the wall. Could you start a fire so we could watch it?" she asked her husband.
He started a fire in the fire place while she was finishing asking him. Once started he laid on the bed with his wife, he was holding her and could no longer feel her shaking.
"Love I am glad you are feeling better, but I would like you to see a real doctor to get checked out. I think Tank knows someone who does house calls I will ask him." Bobby kissed her on her cool forehead.
A few minutes later, Bobby heard a knock on the door. He looked through the peep hole. He opened the door to Tank.
"Hey I came to check on your wife is she doing any better?"
"Well come in, and see for yourself." Bobby replied smiling.
Tank walked in saw Stephanie sitting up in Bed. "Hey Momma, how are you feeling?" He smiled.
"I am feeling much better thanks to you and my husband." Bobby saw sparkles in her blue eyes again.
"Tank your doctor does house calls right." He asked Tank.
"Yes, Dr. Anderson" Tank looked Bobby in the eyes.
"Dr. Daniel Anderson, From Trenton Memorial" Bobby asked with his eyes wide.
"You know him" Tank replied to Bobby against the wardrobe in the bedroom.
"Yes, he was my mentor when I did my residency at Trenton Memorial." Bobby told Tank, "Can you get him over here to take a look at my wife?" Bobby asked Tank.
"Hey I am right here, do I get a say in this?" Stephanie spoke up to the both of them.
"No" They both replied together.
Tank got on the phone to Dr. Anderson, "Tank what can I do for you?" the Dr. asked him.
"I need you to come and look at a friend's wife, she is three to four weeks pregnant she has been treated for the stomach flu by our medic her husband Bobby Brown." Tank told him with a strained face.
"Tell Bobby, Danny will be right there, what is the address?" Dr. Anderson hung up the phone drove to Bobby's place.
He got to Bobby's Place knocked on the door, Tank went to get it. "Hey Doctor come in."
"Danny followed Tank to the bedroom. "Bobby, it is good to see you again, I wish it was on better circumstances." He offered his hand.
"So, do I." Bobby took his hand.
"Stephanie how are you feeling?" Danny asked with a kind face.
"A little tired, but I am not throwing up anymore." Stephanie acknowledged him.
"Good, I have my ultrasound machine, so I can take pictures and see what is going on inside of your abdomen." Danny told him.
"I will be in the kitchen." Tank at that moment sat down in the kitchen and waited.
He took the machine out plugged it in, turned it on and anticipated to warm up. At that point he pulled her night gown up a little ways. He put the cool gel on her, took the scanner and put it on her stomach. They all watched the screen. Bobby, and his wife saw the small fetus on the screen.
"Well done Bobby, Stephanie you are still pregnant."
Danny held out his hand to Bobby who took it. "Stephanie you are not out of the woods yet. I am going to put you on bed rest for the next two months. I will recheck you at that point. Here are some maternity pills take one a day. Keep up the antibiotics for seven to ten days. Keep up with the fluids. If you have problems give me a call." Danny told them.
Danny walked out. "I will be right back love." Bobby kissed her softly on the lips. Bobby leaned against the kitchen sink.
"Bobby you did great, you did not lose your head and you pulled her through. Trenton Memorial will be lucky to have you; I want you to work for us at Trenton Memorial once you pass the Med Boards full time with full benefits." Danny told him.
Tank shook his head yes at Bobby.
"I will take the position Danny once I pass the boards." Bobby smiled at Danny.
"Good I will see you in a couple of months for the follow up. Give me a call after you pass your boards, we will set up orientation at the hospital." Dr. Daniel Anderson walked out of the cabin.
"Tank once I pass my boards, start working at Trenton Memorial you do realize that I will no longer be at Rangeman." Bobby told Tank.
"Yeah I know that." Tank gave Bobby a hug, left and headed back to Rangeman.