Ok guys, I will UPDATE!!! YAY!!!
Guess what!! My school (and I'm on the team!) won its first volley ball game of the season!!
GO BULLDOGS!!! YAY!!!
Ok, well I just had to get that out of my system.
Now onto the next chapter!!!
P.S. It is late EARLY November now, and Courtney is about 4 months pregnant. Or should I say, she WAS 4 months pregnant...
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Chapter 20
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"We have a code blue! Code blue! CMM and baby have gone flat!" the doctor repeated before rushing off to a cubicle.
Jason thought to himself. CMM and baby? Who was that?
Then it hit him.
It was Courtney
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Jason leapt out of his chair and rushed after the doctor. He got to the cubicle and went in. The sight he saw was terrifying.
More tubes were hooked up to Courtney then when she was shot in the back of the head. Monitors were all around her.
Doctors and nurses were all around her, pumping unmarked liquid into her body.
A nurse whizzed past him and with her came the cart with the defibrillator. (A/N: the equipment they use to shock your heart and go 1,2,3, CLEAR!)
"Ok, we have Courtney Morgan, pregnant, cardiac arrest," the doctor said to all the other people in the room, who didn't even notice Jason watching in terror.
"We need minimal strength voltage for the first shock," he said as he placed the paddles on her chest.
The nurse standing at the computer on the defibrillator's stand was typing in numbers when she shouted out, "Ok! 1, 2, 3.. CLEAR!"
The paddles sent a shock through Courtney's chest and into her heart. Her body flared up and stiffened, then became lose again.
There was still no heart beat on the monitor.
"Ok, we'll need to triple the strength for this next voltage. If she doesn't come back with this one, she's not going to make it," the doctor said. Jason's body became stiff with anger and despair. His wife and child were dying, and there was nothing he could do about it.
The nurse, again, suddenly shouted, "1, 2, 3... CLEAR!"
The shock from this round sent Courtney's back into a perfect arch, and she immediately stiffened. After what seemed to be forever, her body went limp. Everybody in the room went silent, watching the heart monitor.
Seconds turned into minutes. Minutes turned into hours. They all waited for what seemed to be a decade.
Then finally after seeing a flat white line on the screen forever, there was a jump, and the fainted 'beep.'
Soon after that another came, and another after that.
The doctors and nurses in the room cheered, and some started filing out. Some kept looking at charts and test results.
None of them noticed Jason until he moved and walked to stand by the side of her bed.
The doctor turned and let out a little gasp
"Were you in here the whole time?" The doctor sputtered out.
Jason nodded silently, still looking at Courtney's peaceful form.
"You shouldn't have been. This is a restricted area! Only select personnel are allowed in this ICU cubicle," the doctor said, looking flustered.
Jason ignored him and instead said, "Is our baby still alive?"
The doctor's eyes grew wide and looked from Jason to Courtney and back at Jason's hand, which had his wedding band on it.
"You're her husband?" the doctor said, somewhat astonished.
Jason just nodded, waiting for his answer.
"Oh, well I will need to run some tests. You may stay with her, if you wish," the doctor said. He found a clipboard and checked some monitors, scribbling things down once in a while. After he was done he took a sample of fluid from Courtney's I.V. and then raced out of the room.
Only then did Jason go and sit down. He took Courtney's hand in his, and brought it up to his mouth to kiss softly.
He stared at her figure lying there, and drifted off into oblivion. , while he was lost in her beauty and peacefulness, all of the fear and pain subsided.
Slowly, as if they had been closed for centuries and had forgotten how to open, Courtney's eyes opened. She squinted at the bright lights of the cubicle.
She looked at Jason and he smiled softly, not saying anything, for fear he would be dreaming.
She opened her mouth to say something, but instead only let out a cracking whisper. She closed her mouth and smiled.
Jason got up and went to the sink in the room to get a glass of water. He came back to Courtney and helped her sit up, although she still winced a few times from her bruised ribs. She put a hand to her head, and drank the water slowly.
"What happened?" she said slowly.
"You were in a car accident. You went off the road and hit a tree," Jason replied.
"It's all my fault," Courtney said wearily, "If I hadn't been stupid enough to drive with a migraine, none of this would have happened!"
"It's not your fault," Jason said. He knew she would ask about the baby soon, and he didn't know what to tell her.
As if on queue, she quietly said, "Jason, is our baby ok? I felt horrible, as I was going to lose it, right before I went unconscious."
Jason looked up and saw her eyes brimming with tears. There was a look of anger and fear hidden deep in the blue of those eyes.
"The doctors don't know yet," Jason said, "But. . . they told me while you were still out that the baby's heartbeat was fainting. And. . . . that. . . it was dieing."
Courtney didn't say anything. She didn't need to. She just looked into Jason's eyes and let the tears fall.
They stayed like this for a while, but where interrupted when a doctor came in with the results.
Jason stood up and crossed his arms, embracing himself for what he was about to hear.
"I have your results," the doctor said.
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Guess what!! My school (and I'm on the team!) won its first volley ball game of the season!!
GO BULLDOGS!!! YAY!!!
Ok, well I just had to get that out of my system.
Now onto the next chapter!!!
P.S. It is late EARLY November now, and Courtney is about 4 months pregnant. Or should I say, she WAS 4 months pregnant...
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Chapter 20
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"We have a code blue! Code blue! CMM and baby have gone flat!" the doctor repeated before rushing off to a cubicle.
Jason thought to himself. CMM and baby? Who was that?
Then it hit him.
It was Courtney
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Jason leapt out of his chair and rushed after the doctor. He got to the cubicle and went in. The sight he saw was terrifying.
More tubes were hooked up to Courtney then when she was shot in the back of the head. Monitors were all around her.
Doctors and nurses were all around her, pumping unmarked liquid into her body.
A nurse whizzed past him and with her came the cart with the defibrillator. (A/N: the equipment they use to shock your heart and go 1,2,3, CLEAR!)
"Ok, we have Courtney Morgan, pregnant, cardiac arrest," the doctor said to all the other people in the room, who didn't even notice Jason watching in terror.
"We need minimal strength voltage for the first shock," he said as he placed the paddles on her chest.
The nurse standing at the computer on the defibrillator's stand was typing in numbers when she shouted out, "Ok! 1, 2, 3.. CLEAR!"
The paddles sent a shock through Courtney's chest and into her heart. Her body flared up and stiffened, then became lose again.
There was still no heart beat on the monitor.
"Ok, we'll need to triple the strength for this next voltage. If she doesn't come back with this one, she's not going to make it," the doctor said. Jason's body became stiff with anger and despair. His wife and child were dying, and there was nothing he could do about it.
The nurse, again, suddenly shouted, "1, 2, 3... CLEAR!"
The shock from this round sent Courtney's back into a perfect arch, and she immediately stiffened. After what seemed to be forever, her body went limp. Everybody in the room went silent, watching the heart monitor.
Seconds turned into minutes. Minutes turned into hours. They all waited for what seemed to be a decade.
Then finally after seeing a flat white line on the screen forever, there was a jump, and the fainted 'beep.'
Soon after that another came, and another after that.
The doctors and nurses in the room cheered, and some started filing out. Some kept looking at charts and test results.
None of them noticed Jason until he moved and walked to stand by the side of her bed.
The doctor turned and let out a little gasp
"Were you in here the whole time?" The doctor sputtered out.
Jason nodded silently, still looking at Courtney's peaceful form.
"You shouldn't have been. This is a restricted area! Only select personnel are allowed in this ICU cubicle," the doctor said, looking flustered.
Jason ignored him and instead said, "Is our baby still alive?"
The doctor's eyes grew wide and looked from Jason to Courtney and back at Jason's hand, which had his wedding band on it.
"You're her husband?" the doctor said, somewhat astonished.
Jason just nodded, waiting for his answer.
"Oh, well I will need to run some tests. You may stay with her, if you wish," the doctor said. He found a clipboard and checked some monitors, scribbling things down once in a while. After he was done he took a sample of fluid from Courtney's I.V. and then raced out of the room.
Only then did Jason go and sit down. He took Courtney's hand in his, and brought it up to his mouth to kiss softly.
He stared at her figure lying there, and drifted off into oblivion. , while he was lost in her beauty and peacefulness, all of the fear and pain subsided.
Slowly, as if they had been closed for centuries and had forgotten how to open, Courtney's eyes opened. She squinted at the bright lights of the cubicle.
She looked at Jason and he smiled softly, not saying anything, for fear he would be dreaming.
She opened her mouth to say something, but instead only let out a cracking whisper. She closed her mouth and smiled.
Jason got up and went to the sink in the room to get a glass of water. He came back to Courtney and helped her sit up, although she still winced a few times from her bruised ribs. She put a hand to her head, and drank the water slowly.
"What happened?" she said slowly.
"You were in a car accident. You went off the road and hit a tree," Jason replied.
"It's all my fault," Courtney said wearily, "If I hadn't been stupid enough to drive with a migraine, none of this would have happened!"
"It's not your fault," Jason said. He knew she would ask about the baby soon, and he didn't know what to tell her.
As if on queue, she quietly said, "Jason, is our baby ok? I felt horrible, as I was going to lose it, right before I went unconscious."
Jason looked up and saw her eyes brimming with tears. There was a look of anger and fear hidden deep in the blue of those eyes.
"The doctors don't know yet," Jason said, "But. . . they told me while you were still out that the baby's heartbeat was fainting. And. . . . that. . . it was dieing."
Courtney didn't say anything. She didn't need to. She just looked into Jason's eyes and let the tears fall.
They stayed like this for a while, but where interrupted when a doctor came in with the results.
Jason stood up and crossed his arms, embracing himself for what he was about to hear.
"I have your results," the doctor said.
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