"We're going to have to move her to the OR. I can't stop the bleeding from here." He moved up to face her, looking down.
"I may have to do a hysterectomy. If it comes to that, I need your permission."
"No. No hysterectomy. I'd rather die." Mercedes breathed out the words, starting to close her eyes as she got ghostly white. Bosco looked at his sister as her heart rate started to spike near dangerous levels. She fought to stay awake.
"Mercedes, you may die if I don't do this procedure." She cut him off.
"I. I." She passed out as the nurse put an oxygen mask over her face and called for some blood. Carlos pet his wife's hair as he cried.
"Love. Please, don't die on me. If need be, do the hysterectomy. I would rather have no children and a wife, then no wife and no child. Mikey needs a mother." Carlos looked up at the doctor. The doctor nodded.
"OR is cleared, surgeons are ready for her." The nurse said, hanging up the phone. The doctor and 2 orderly's moved her bed down the hall to the Maternity OR and closed the doors. Rose saw the commotion and came in, looking frantic. The nurse moved the bassinette passed her and Rose fell to her knees. Bosco moved to his mother and helped her up.
"What happened? Everything was going fine. Maurice, tell me what happened." Rose was sat down as she looked up at her eldest son.
"The baby was stillborn, Ma. Mercedes hemorrhaged and they have to stop the bleeding. She may need a hysterectomy." Just saying those words crushed Bosco. He knew all Mercedes ever wanted in life was a baby to call her own. She had waited years to meet the right person, and she found him in Carlos.
"What sex was the baby?" Rose looked up at them, needing to know. Bosco and Carlos looked at each other. In the rush, they never asked. Carlos ran down the hall after the nurse and stopped the bassinette.
"What was the sex?" Carlos looked at the nurse, who had an unhappy expression on her face.
"It was a boy. The nurse moved away as Carlos moved slowly back. He knew Mercedes wanted another boy. She wanted their family to be like hers. 2 boys, then a girl. He came back into the room, looking at them.
"It was a boy. Mercedes wanted a boy. I told her it didn't matter, as long it was healthy." He fell to his knees, covering his face, crying. Bosco moved to his side and helped him up. Moving him to a chair, Bosco felt a few tears streak down his cheeks.
"Did she have a name picked out?" Rose looked up at Bosco, then to Carlos.
"She was going to name it Angela Rose after you if it was a girl and Maurice Carlos for you, Boz." Carlos looked down. Bosco was crushed. His namesake never made it to see the world outside his own mother. He never knew Mercedes had planned on naming her first born after him since she was old enough to think about having children. Rose started to cry.
"Mercedes said she wanted to the baby after her hero in life. She said that you two were her hero's. I remember that when we started working together. She said that when she was old enough, she wanted to have half the courage you have, Ma. And she wanted half the strength you have Boz." He felt odd calling his brother-in-law Mo or Maurice, since everyone called him Boz or Bosco.
"When she gets through this, she will have surpassed my strength. She's a lot stronger than she thinks she is." Bosco sat next to his mother who cried on his shoulder.
"I may have to do a hysterectomy. If it comes to that, I need your permission."
"No. No hysterectomy. I'd rather die." Mercedes breathed out the words, starting to close her eyes as she got ghostly white. Bosco looked at his sister as her heart rate started to spike near dangerous levels. She fought to stay awake.
"Mercedes, you may die if I don't do this procedure." She cut him off.
"I. I." She passed out as the nurse put an oxygen mask over her face and called for some blood. Carlos pet his wife's hair as he cried.
"Love. Please, don't die on me. If need be, do the hysterectomy. I would rather have no children and a wife, then no wife and no child. Mikey needs a mother." Carlos looked up at the doctor. The doctor nodded.
"OR is cleared, surgeons are ready for her." The nurse said, hanging up the phone. The doctor and 2 orderly's moved her bed down the hall to the Maternity OR and closed the doors. Rose saw the commotion and came in, looking frantic. The nurse moved the bassinette passed her and Rose fell to her knees. Bosco moved to his mother and helped her up.
"What happened? Everything was going fine. Maurice, tell me what happened." Rose was sat down as she looked up at her eldest son.
"The baby was stillborn, Ma. Mercedes hemorrhaged and they have to stop the bleeding. She may need a hysterectomy." Just saying those words crushed Bosco. He knew all Mercedes ever wanted in life was a baby to call her own. She had waited years to meet the right person, and she found him in Carlos.
"What sex was the baby?" Rose looked up at them, needing to know. Bosco and Carlos looked at each other. In the rush, they never asked. Carlos ran down the hall after the nurse and stopped the bassinette.
"What was the sex?" Carlos looked at the nurse, who had an unhappy expression on her face.
"It was a boy. The nurse moved away as Carlos moved slowly back. He knew Mercedes wanted another boy. She wanted their family to be like hers. 2 boys, then a girl. He came back into the room, looking at them.
"It was a boy. Mercedes wanted a boy. I told her it didn't matter, as long it was healthy." He fell to his knees, covering his face, crying. Bosco moved to his side and helped him up. Moving him to a chair, Bosco felt a few tears streak down his cheeks.
"Did she have a name picked out?" Rose looked up at Bosco, then to Carlos.
"She was going to name it Angela Rose after you if it was a girl and Maurice Carlos for you, Boz." Carlos looked down. Bosco was crushed. His namesake never made it to see the world outside his own mother. He never knew Mercedes had planned on naming her first born after him since she was old enough to think about having children. Rose started to cry.
"Mercedes said she wanted to the baby after her hero in life. She said that you two were her hero's. I remember that when we started working together. She said that when she was old enough, she wanted to have half the courage you have, Ma. And she wanted half the strength you have Boz." He felt odd calling his brother-in-law Mo or Maurice, since everyone called him Boz or Bosco.
"When she gets through this, she will have surpassed my strength. She's a lot stronger than she thinks she is." Bosco sat next to his mother who cried on his shoulder.