…Till Death Does Us Part Chapter II – Part 7/26

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Lois watched from her desk and ran into the office.  "What can I do, Sir?"

"Call a medic," AJ instructed as he laid Mac on the floor, unsnapping her tie, undoing the first few buttons of her top, and unbuttoning her jacket.

Lois ran to her phone and called the first aid medic who was stationed in the building. Once she was done talking to him she went back into the office.  "He'll be up in a minute, Sir."

"Good," AJ said.

"What happened, Sir?"  Lois asked as she glanced at her unconscious CO.

"I don't know.  She walked back in and started to say something when she collapsed." 

The medic came through the door with his first aid kit.  "What happened?"

"She fainted," AJ told the medic.

The medic looked at AJ then went into his bag and pulled out some smelling salts.  He waved them in front of Mac's nose.  After a few passes, Mac moaned and he stopped.  "Come on, Colonel, time to wake up."

Mac slowly opened her eyes and looked at AJ with confusion.  "What happened?"

"You passed out, Mac," AJ told her.

Mac tried to sit up, but the medic and AJ held her down.  "I'm fine."

"I'll be the judge of that, Ma'am," the medic replied as he pulled out a piece of equipment and started to check Mac's vitals. 

"Can I at least sit up?"  Mac asked as he finished looking in her eyes with the small pen light.

"Slowly," He instructed.

Mac slowly sat up and only mildly felt dizzy. 

The medic checked her blood pressure.  "It's a little high."

Mac resisted the urge to inform him about her job.  "I'm fine."

"Ma'am, has this happened to you before?"  The medic asked.

"No," Mac told him.

"What about yesterday, Ma'am?"  Lois asked.

"Yesterday?"  AJ said, looking at Lois then Mac.

"I didn't pass out," Mac told Lois.

"No, but you did get light headed, and you told me it's been happening on and off for the past few days," Lois told the small group.

The medic looked at Mac.  "Ma'am, I'm going to have to ask you to go to base hospital and have the doctors check you out."

"I'm fine and I," Mac started to say.

"I'm pulling rank, Colonel," AJ said in his authoritative voice.  "You're going to follow his orders."

Mac bit her tongue. "Yes, Sir."

2:34 PM

Base Hospital

Mac sat on the edge of the hospital bed waiting for the doctor to return with the results of a few routine tests. 

AJ walked into the room with a tray from the cafeteria.  "They didn't have much of a choice. Tuna salad or turkey sandwich?"

Mac looked at both.  "Turkey."

AJ handed her the sandwich and a bottle of juice.  "Has the doctor come back yet?"

"Not yet, Sir," Mac said in between bites of her sandwich.  "You don't need to stay, Sir.  He's just going to come back and tell me I need to eat better and not let the stress get to me."

"Then I'll wait and hear it from him."  AJ pointed at her sandwich.  "Eat, Colonel."

"Yes, Sir."  Mac chuckled.

They ate in relative silence till Mac asked, "So who's watching JAG while you're on vacation, Sir?"

"Turner, I thought he might do a good job watching the place." 

"He probably will," Mac said before she finished her sandwich and juice.  She placed them on the small table.  "I hate hospitals."

"I'm sure the doctor will return in a while," AJ said trying to calm Mac's nerves or was it to calm his.

As if on cue the doctor walked into the room.  "Colonel, Sir, I'm sorry it took so long.  Our lab has a tendency to work slow around lunch time," Captain Chapman said to them.

AJ looked at Mac.  "Do you want me to leave?"

"No, Sir.  I've already told you what he's going to say," Mac stated.

Chapman looked at Mac with mild surprise.  "So you know?"

"I should eat better and try not to let the stress get to me," Mac told him.

"And the rest?"

"The rest?"  Mac asked him.

"That you're pregnant."

End Part 7