Alex knocked on the door leading to Jimmy's room.
"Hey, can I come in?" she asked.
"Come on in," answered the med student who had just finished stitching up his head.
"How you feeling Jimmy?" Alex said, as she looked over his injuries.
"No ones telling me anything, how's Joey?" Jimmy said, ignoring Alex's question.
"He's up in radiology, they're doing a complete run over. Just to make sure everything's
ok. Kim's the waiting room, waiting for the doctor to bring more news…"
"How is he?" Alex asked, but this time addressing the doctor who just walked into the
room.
"He's a little beat up, and he's took a few stitches. But, I'd say he's pretty lucky."
The doctor turned to Jimmy, "We got your x-rays back. Nothings broken, it looks like
you got with just some bruised ribs. It's going to hurt for th.."
"So can I get out of there?" asked Jimmy.
"We'd like to keep you over night, you took a good hit to the head." Answered the
doctor.
"I'm not staying here," Jimmy said, as he started to stand up. "Get me the papers, I'll
sign myself out."
"Mr. Doherty you really should…" the doctor started.
"You're not talking me out of it." he interrupted.
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Kim sat lost in her own thoughts, her mind flashed back; she had been married to
Jimmy for less a year when they had Joey.
Kim was fusing over the little things, whether or not the floor was clean enough for a
new baby, and making sure the nursery was perfect when she went into labor. Jimmy
was at work, and wasn't due home for another 6 hour. She called him at the
firehouse, but he was out on a call. She left a frantic message, and then called her
mother. Her mother rushed her the hospital, the whole time Kim kept thinking she was
going to have the baby alone. She was sure in her mind Jimmy wouldn't get there on
time.
But, he did. He rushed into her hospital room, freshly showered and in clean clothes.
"Jimmy!" she heard herself say.
"Kimmy, I'm here. I'm sorry, we were on a call. Then I was in the shower, and Joe
told me you left a message. What's going on?" Jimmy asked.
"I'm having our baby." Kim smiled, and simply stated.
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Jimmy spotted Kim sitting in the chair, staring down at her hands. "Kim?" he called
out.
Jimmy's voice pulled her back to reality.
"Kim? You OK?" he asked, trying to make eye contact with her. She looked out of it
he thought to himself.
"Yeah… I… yeah, I was just thinking." Kim answered.
"About what?"
"The day Joey was born," she told him. "Remember that?"
"Of course." He answered, and took a seat next to her.
"Joey's upstairs, the doctors going to come back." Kim said, not so much for Jimmy,
but to reassure herself.
"How are you?" Kim asked, looking at the large bandage taped onto his forehead.
"I'm fine." He answered. "Alex is calling your mother, she has to go back to the
station and sign out for the day. She said she'd be back later."
Kim noticed Dr. Ratner walk into the room, and she jumped to her feet.
"Ms. Zambrano?" the doctor asked.
"Yeah," Kim answered.
"I'm Jimmy Doherty, Joey's father," Jimmy said to the doctor as he extended his
hand to the doctor, "how is he?"
"They're taking him up the surgery, he has some internal bleeding in the abdomen we
need to fix."
Kim clutched her chest, and her legs weakened. Jimmy put his arm around Kim, giving
her support, ignoring the pain from his own injuries. Kim leaned onto him without even
noticing.
"Can we see him first?" Jimmy asked.
"I'll have a nurse come in and take you up to see him before we bring him in. Do you
have any other questions? I'll need you to sign a release form."
"How bad is it?" asked Jimmy.
"We were lucky, and caught it early on. The chances are in his favor. He has a few
other minor injuries; a sprained wrist and a laceration to forearm that required a few
stitches. We wouldn't know the total extent of his internal till we get him up in to
surgery."
"Ok, thanks." Jimmy answered.
Kim remained quiet, listening to two men talk. Her nerves enabled her from asking
anything.
After the doctor walked out of the room, Kim turned to Jimmy. "Thank You." She said
"Thank you for what?" he asked.
"For talking to the doctor for me."
"He's mine son too Kim."
"I know, that's not what I meant. You're always strong, and calm. Like just now, and
even when Joey was born." She said.
"You think I was calm that night?" he asked, "I've never been more scared in my life."
"What about now?" Kim asked.
"Am I scared now? Yeah, I'm scared, but I have to focus on Joey and him being ok."
Jimmy answered.
A nurse walked in to the room, she looked to be in her 40's. She looked over the
room, "Ms. Zambrano? Mr. Doherty?"
Jimmy, and Kim both stood up.
"I'm Nurse Moore, I'm going take you up to see Joey. Follow me please."
They listened to the nurse, and followed her in the elevator & upstairs where they
were about prepping Joey for surgery.
"Hey, can I come in?" she asked.
"Come on in," answered the med student who had just finished stitching up his head.
"How you feeling Jimmy?" Alex said, as she looked over his injuries.
"No ones telling me anything, how's Joey?" Jimmy said, ignoring Alex's question.
"He's up in radiology, they're doing a complete run over. Just to make sure everything's
ok. Kim's the waiting room, waiting for the doctor to bring more news…"
"How is he?" Alex asked, but this time addressing the doctor who just walked into the
room.
"He's a little beat up, and he's took a few stitches. But, I'd say he's pretty lucky."
The doctor turned to Jimmy, "We got your x-rays back. Nothings broken, it looks like
you got with just some bruised ribs. It's going to hurt for th.."
"So can I get out of there?" asked Jimmy.
"We'd like to keep you over night, you took a good hit to the head." Answered the
doctor.
"I'm not staying here," Jimmy said, as he started to stand up. "Get me the papers, I'll
sign myself out."
"Mr. Doherty you really should…" the doctor started.
"You're not talking me out of it." he interrupted.
-----------
Kim sat lost in her own thoughts, her mind flashed back; she had been married to
Jimmy for less a year when they had Joey.
Kim was fusing over the little things, whether or not the floor was clean enough for a
new baby, and making sure the nursery was perfect when she went into labor. Jimmy
was at work, and wasn't due home for another 6 hour. She called him at the
firehouse, but he was out on a call. She left a frantic message, and then called her
mother. Her mother rushed her the hospital, the whole time Kim kept thinking she was
going to have the baby alone. She was sure in her mind Jimmy wouldn't get there on
time.
But, he did. He rushed into her hospital room, freshly showered and in clean clothes.
"Jimmy!" she heard herself say.
"Kimmy, I'm here. I'm sorry, we were on a call. Then I was in the shower, and Joe
told me you left a message. What's going on?" Jimmy asked.
"I'm having our baby." Kim smiled, and simply stated.
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Jimmy spotted Kim sitting in the chair, staring down at her hands. "Kim?" he called
out.
Jimmy's voice pulled her back to reality.
"Kim? You OK?" he asked, trying to make eye contact with her. She looked out of it
he thought to himself.
"Yeah… I… yeah, I was just thinking." Kim answered.
"About what?"
"The day Joey was born," she told him. "Remember that?"
"Of course." He answered, and took a seat next to her.
"Joey's upstairs, the doctors going to come back." Kim said, not so much for Jimmy,
but to reassure herself.
"How are you?" Kim asked, looking at the large bandage taped onto his forehead.
"I'm fine." He answered. "Alex is calling your mother, she has to go back to the
station and sign out for the day. She said she'd be back later."
Kim noticed Dr. Ratner walk into the room, and she jumped to her feet.
"Ms. Zambrano?" the doctor asked.
"Yeah," Kim answered.
"I'm Jimmy Doherty, Joey's father," Jimmy said to the doctor as he extended his
hand to the doctor, "how is he?"
"They're taking him up the surgery, he has some internal bleeding in the abdomen we
need to fix."
Kim clutched her chest, and her legs weakened. Jimmy put his arm around Kim, giving
her support, ignoring the pain from his own injuries. Kim leaned onto him without even
noticing.
"Can we see him first?" Jimmy asked.
"I'll have a nurse come in and take you up to see him before we bring him in. Do you
have any other questions? I'll need you to sign a release form."
"How bad is it?" asked Jimmy.
"We were lucky, and caught it early on. The chances are in his favor. He has a few
other minor injuries; a sprained wrist and a laceration to forearm that required a few
stitches. We wouldn't know the total extent of his internal till we get him up in to
surgery."
"Ok, thanks." Jimmy answered.
Kim remained quiet, listening to two men talk. Her nerves enabled her from asking
anything.
After the doctor walked out of the room, Kim turned to Jimmy. "Thank You." She said
"Thank you for what?" he asked.
"For talking to the doctor for me."
"He's mine son too Kim."
"I know, that's not what I meant. You're always strong, and calm. Like just now, and
even when Joey was born." She said.
"You think I was calm that night?" he asked, "I've never been more scared in my life."
"What about now?" Kim asked.
"Am I scared now? Yeah, I'm scared, but I have to focus on Joey and him being ok."
Jimmy answered.
A nurse walked in to the room, she looked to be in her 40's. She looked over the
room, "Ms. Zambrano? Mr. Doherty?"
Jimmy, and Kim both stood up.
"I'm Nurse Moore, I'm going take you up to see Joey. Follow me please."
They listened to the nurse, and followed her in the elevator & upstairs where they
were about prepping Joey for surgery.