Chapter 45
On the way to the hospital, Gary held the baby and Kaitlyn's hand. As Kaitlyn's contractions started to get stronger, she squeezed his hand.
"Ouch." Gary said.
"Contractions are increasing?" The paramedic asked.
"Yeah, but it feels different. Oh God it hurts." Kaitlyn cried as she tried to breathe her way through the contraction.
"We're pulling up to the hospital now." He said. As he examined her the ambulance doors opened. "Second baby hasn't presented yet, she has started to hemorrhage." He said to the doctor as they wheeled her into the emergency room.
As Gary came through the door, a nurse took the baby from him and guided him to a separate room. He could hear Kaitlyn scream as they wheeled her down the hall.
"What is going on? I want to be with my wife." Gary said to the nurse.
"We're going to have a pediatrician look at the baby and get him cleaned up. I'll send someone to check on your wife." She said as she turned to another nurse who walked into the examine room. "Jerry, go down and see what is going on."
A few minutes later, a doctor came into the room. "Mr. Hobson? I'm Dr. McNulty. I'm the chief emergency room resident here."
"How's my wife?" Gary asked quickly.
"Your wife is having some problems. We've sent her upstairs for an emergency c-section. When women have had a previous c-section and they try to deliver the next pregnancy naturally, well sometimes the uterus incision ruptures and they begin to hemorrhage. That is what has happened to your wife. What Dr. Jeffries is going to do is deliver the baby and try to get the hemorrhaging to stop. I'm going to send you upstairs and she'll fill you in when she is finished with the surgery." He said as he put his hand on Gary's shoulder.
"She could die?" Gary asked somberly.
"We're going to do everything we can to make sure that doesn't happen. If we can't stop the hemorrhaging, yes, she could bleed to death." He said. Gary swallowed hard.
"Can I see her?" Gary asked his voice barely above a whisper.
"No I'm afraid you won't be able to be in the delivery room." He said. "I'll have one of the nurses take you and your baby upstairs."