December 10th, 2004
Work was getting tedious around the holidays. Jing-Mei was feeling very poor, but she continued to work. She didn't want to be sick for their wedding anniversary though. She poked a tomato that sat on her plate with her fork. She sighed deeply as her beeper went of.
"Great. I can't even fucking eat." Jing-Mei got up, slightly dizzy and left the cafeteria. She could hear three ambulance sirens in the bay already.
"Deb, We have three MVAs in the bay." Susan said, "SUV skidded on some black ice into a station wagon."
"Great." Jing-Mei muttered and went into the ambulance bay. Her stethoscope fell to the ground. She grabbed it and felt a giant head rush. The world spun around her and everything went black. She hit the ground.
"Oh my god." Susan ran over to her colleague. "Deb? Can you hear me? Chuny, grab a gurney. Deb??" Jing-Mei grunted slightly as Susan and Chuny got her up onto the gurney. "Deb?"
"What…" She mumbled as Susan pushed her into a room.
"You fainted, Deb." Susan said.
"I'm fine." Jing-Mei mumbled as she tried to sit up.
"You're not going anywhere until I clear you to go anywhere." Susan said, "Have you eaten or drank anything today?"
"Yeah. A lot." Jing-Mei sighed as she laid back down "I'm fine really."
"I'm going to run a few tests." Susan said, "I'm going to draw some blood okay?" Jing-Mei nodded slowly, "Is everything okay at home?" Jing-Mei chuckled softly.
"It's stressful. I have three two year olds under foot all the time." Jing-Mei said, "It's hectic."
"I understand." Susan said as she drew some of Jing-Mei's blood, "Everything okay between you and Carter?"
"Why are you asking?" Jing-Mei asked.
"Because I'm concerned." Susan said, "You haven't been acting like yourself the past couple of days."
"I'm just tired okay?" Jing-Mei asked.
"We'll wait to see if it's just tiredness or something more serious when we get the lab results back." Susan said.
"Fine." Jing-Mei lay there and closed her eyes. It felt good just to relax even though the ER sounded busy; "You don't need to stay here. You're busy. I'm busy for god's sakes."
"I'm not going anywhere until I know you're okay." Susan said, "I care about your well being right now."
"Thanks." Jing-Mei smiled softly, "How have you been?"
"Making small talk I see." Susan chuckled, "I've been fine. Working up a storm as usual. 'Tis the season though. You off for Christmas?" Jing-Mei nodded.
"Yeah. You need to have a couple of kids so you can take it off." Jing-Mei said. Susan shook her head.
"No. That's all right." Susan laughed, "It was hard enough raising…." She sighed softly.
"Have you heard from Susie?" Jing-Mei asked.
"I got a post card from Chloe last month. It read. 'I'm fine. Don't worry. Susie is fine. Love Chloe.' " Susan said, "So much for her giving me some sort of idea where she and Susie was."
"Sorry." Jing-Mei smiled softly, "I'm sure she'll come around."
"Yeah. I used to think that too." Susan said as Chuny walked in, "Did you get her lab results back yet?"
"Hot off the presses, Dr. Lewis." Chuny said as she handed them over. Susan looked through them and started to chuckle softly.
"Well, I now know why you fainted." Susan sat back down. Jing-Mei looked at her with anticipation. "You're pregnant, Jing-Mei."
"What?" Jing-Mei gasped. Her heart had stopped beating in her chest. Her blood stopped flowing in her veins. Her hands tingled as she looked at Susan.
"You're pregnant." Susan laughed, "You didn't know?"
"N-No." She whispered, "I didn't think…I didn't think I could…The triplets…. Fertility drugs…. Wow."
"Do you want me to do an ultrasound so you can have a look at him or her and see how far along you are?" Susan asked.
"And make sure I'm not having more than one." Jing-Mei nodded. She sat there in disbelief. She never thought she would get pregnant so easily. Sure her first pregnancy was easy, but it took her and John a long time to get pregnant with the triplets. John…What would he say? Would he freak out?
"All right. Let's see." Susan squirted gel onto Jing-Mei's stomach. She squirmed slightly, "Are you okay?"
"I guess so." She said softly. "I'm just…In shock."
"That's understandable." Susan said as she started the ultrasound. "Okay, let's see what we have here. I hope a baby." Jing-Mei smiled weakly.
"John is going to freak out." She said looking at the screen. Her heart stopped in her throat. She was looking at a small grey blob. That was her grey blob.
"It looks like you're around five or six weeks along."
"So…I would be due around…Let's see, Math ugh." Jing-Mei chuckled softly, "Early August, I think." Susan nodded.
"Yeah. Early August." Susan said, "Well, you're having one this time and it looks completely healthy. Jing-Mei smiled softly.
"Good." She said softly. What would life be like once this baby arrived? Would the triplets be jealous and cause trouble? There would only be one way to find out
December 25th, 2004
Week 8
So she was pregnant. She still was floor. She had so much trouble getting pregnant the last time she never thought she could do it naturally again. How would it be to be pregnant and have three babies in the terrible two stages? She still needed to tell John. They never really talked about having another baby. They wanted three babies in the beginning and now, they had their three. She hoped John would be okay with it.
"Daddy. Mommy." JT shook John, "Santa came." John mumbled something. Josephine took her turn shaking him.
"Work time." She said. Jing-Mei giggled slightly. John opened his eyes.
"Work time?" He asked.
"Yeah. Work time for presents." Josephine giggled wildly.
"Santa came." JT said again.
"Momma, go now?" Josslyn asked. Jing-Mei nodded as she slid out of bed.
"If daddy wake sup, we can." Jing-Mei grabbed her bathrobe.
"Daddy!!" The triplets screamed.
"I'm up. I'm up." John groaned, "I may need to go to the bathroom and have coffee before we open up any presents."
"No!!" Josslyn screamed. Jing-Mei laughed softly, scooping her up.
"Don't torture them, John." She said. John got out of bed.
"How did they ever become so spoiled?" He asked her.
"They're Carter's." She winked.
"Very funny." John said as he went down stairs. The triplets gasped when they saw the presents.
"Santa loves us." Josephine grinned brightly. Jing-Mei chuckled.
"Someone does." She smiled as she sat down. The triplets ran over to the gifts and as soon as John gave the word, they could open up all the gifts with their names on them.
"This one is for Josslyn from Santa." John smiled.
"Cool." Josslyn tore open the angel paper, "A Barbie!"
"Mommy, 'dis for you." JT handed Jing-Mei a package.
"How do you know it's for me?" She asked.
"'Cause there's a line." JT pointed to the hyphen in Jing-Mei's name; "I want lines."
"You have dots though." Jing-Mei showed him a package, "J dot T dot."
"That's cool." JT smiled and opened up his gift.
"Open yours," John smiled at his wife, "It's sort of an anniversary gift as well."
"Let's see. I don't trust you." Jing-Mei peered into the bag and saw a red teddy. She wouldn't be able to fit in it in a couple of weeks, "Very racy, Dr. Carter."
"Only the best for you." John winked. He sat back on the couch.
"Do you want your gift?" Jing-Mei sat on his lap. John nodded.
"Where is it?" He looked underneath the tree.
"It's not ready. It won't be for awhile." Jing-Mei smiled at him.
"I knew you'd be slow with my gift. You got the triplets done so quickly that you forgot me." John pouted.
"I didn't forget you." Jing-Mei laughed, "Your gift won't be ready for like seven and a half months." John frowned.
"I don understand." He said. Jing-Mei's heart thumped in her chest. This was it.
"I'm pregnant, John." Jing-Mei said softly. John's eyes widened.
"You're…pregnant?" He looked at his wife. She nodded.
"About eight weeks." She smiled, "I'm due in early August."
"You're pregnant!?" John cried. Jing-Mei bit her lip as she slid off of his lap.
"Yes, John." She whispered. He was mad. She knew he would be. "I'm sorry I ruined your Christmas." John watched her rush out of the room.
"April keep an eye on the kids." John got up and went into the dinning room. Jing-Mei was crying at the table, "Deb?"
"I'm sorry, John." She said.
"Sorry for giving me a child? Z don't understand." He said.
"I'm sorry you're not happy with it." She whispered.
"What makes you think I'm not happy?" John smiled and took her hands, "I am thrilled. I'm going to be a dad again and with out medical help. I'm…going to be a dad again." Jing-Mei looked into her husband's eyes. There were tears in them.
"Oh John!" She threw her arms around his neck; "I'm so relieved." John chuckled softly.
"I can see." He said, "Why don't we take your pregnant body and go finish Christmas with the triplets?" Jing-Mei nodded. She felt so much better. John knew she was pregnant and he was thrilled about it. Everything will be all right.
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