As I said this is the chapter with out as much fluff,
but I have to say I am a fan of fluff so here it goes this chaper it longer so enjoy
and there is a little over lapping
The next day carter and Abby went for a check up. They were waiting patiently in the small office of one of the OB/GYNs, Dr. Daniels.
"Hello , John. How are things going? Any movement?"
"A little here and there."
"Well shall we have a look-see?"
Dr. Daniels brought the Ultra- sound machine over to the bed, squirted the gel on Abby's belly and put the mouse to her belly. Carter and Abby did not realize it had begun at first and looked up to the monitor.
"You don't want to know the sex do you?"
"No thank you."
Dr. Daniels' smile left her face quickly. Abby noticed.
"What? What's wrong?"
"Nothing I'm just gong to get another opinion on something." And she left the room after placing a towel on her stomach and turning the machine off.
"Carter what's wrong?"
"Nothing I 'm sure they just want to be thorough."
"What would they have to be thorough?" Abby continued before Carter could reassure her everything was going to be fine. "They only need to be thorough if something is wrong." Abby was now fully panicking.
"Don't worry Abby."
Dr. Daniels reentered with another male doctor. She turned the screen so Abby and Carter could not see what was happening. They were talking but Abby and Carter could not make it out.
"Abby, John, we think your baby might have a... it may have whole in its heart, we are gong to run some tests and figure things out from their. This is Dr. Sanders he is a pediatric cardiologist."
"Hello, we will take good care of all of you."
"Thank you." Carter said in shock, for Abby, she was crying so much she could not speak. Both doctors left the room. Abby was no longer on her back with gel on her stomach she was now sitting up strait on the bed. Carter did not know what to do.
"Let's go home. Not through the er though."
"Ok, Abby I'm here for you."
"Leave me alone for a while." Carter nodded his head and walked out behind Abby.
As soon as they arrived home Abby went to the bed room to lye down and Cry Carte Followed her until she closed the door on him. Carter went down to the den to watch television. The DVD player was on and a tape about babies came on. He could no longer hold off the tears. He was embarrassed but he could not stop. Carter fell asleep and woke two hours later. He turned the television off and went to check on Abby. She was sleeping still. He kissed her on the head and left. I t was almost six he began making some dinner. He made two plates of pasta, poured some coffee and brought it upstairs for Abby.
"Abby, you have to eat. Come on I brought it up stairs." She sat up slowly, and blinked the residue from crying away.
"I'm not really hungry."
"Just have a little, you need strength."
"The baby is already sick I can do what I want now."
"Don't... don't say that. Just have a little please." She began to eat with him in the bed.
They went back tot the hospital the next day to get the results of the test that had been done the day before.
"Good morning Abby and John. How have you been?" Abby didn't respond.
"We've been handling it, ok, I guess."
"Abby we would like you to stay at the hospital for the next few months, until you deliver." Abby shook her head.
"No, I want to be at home."
"It would be best for the baby and you if you stayed here."
"I'll take it easy at home then but I don't want to be a long term patient." Abby said with force. Carter turned his head to look at her, he saw she was scared but tried convincing her to stay.
"No, John I want to be at home, if I am here then everyone down stairs will find out and I don't want them to."
"Abby stay."
"I'll let you stay at home for another four to six weeks but you need to be here when the time comes, Ok?"
"She will be her in four to six weeks."
"John!"
"Abby you know you should, you were an ob nurse, and you won't be here long."
"Abby you will have to really take it easy not too many steps and no lifting."
"I will make sue everything is ok." Carter said. They left knowing in the next six weeks a lot could happen.
Cater put Abby to bed and left for the hospital again for his shift. He would have to tell Weaver something to get Abby out of working.
"John, why have you not been coming in? Where is Abby?"
"She is going on early maternity leave." And he walked into the lounge. Weaver was in there getting ready.
"Kerry? Abby will not be coming in until the baby is born."
"Is everything alright?"
"Not really but we are dealing with it."
"Ok, tell her I am thinker of her and if you two need anything just call."
"Thanks." Lily came and poked her head in to tell them that a multiple mva was coming in. Carter and Kerry left the lounge to receive the new patients.
They days blurred together for both Abby and Carter. Carter would leave around six thirty and go to work and stay usually one shift until three, some days he took two and would arrive home at eleven when Abby was already sleeping. But when he was home at three they would usually go about doing their own thing, Abby in the bed room sleeping reading or watching something, Carter was basically doing the same thing in another room. Both of them forgot or did not mention the nursery not being ready or the baby at all. Every Wednesday Carter would work a half shift and get Abby for their appointments with Dr. Daniels.
"Kerry I have to leave can you take this." Carter was handing a drug overdose to Kerry.
"Sure Carter. I hope everything goes well." Carter had briefly described the situation with the baby. Kerry and Susan were the only ones that knew about it though. Susan occasionally dropped by with new or just to keep Abby occupied or to clear her mind. Carter left thankful for his routine for home.
"Abby? Are you ready? It's raining so we are a little behind schedule."
"I don't mind being late so just hold on and I will put something on."
"Fine" Carter aid under his breath seeing what food they had in the kitchen.
Abby came down stairs a few minutes' later wearing loose fitting clothes.
"Ok, let us go."
"Ok" Carter stood up from the table and quickly went to open the door in front of Abby.
"Abby? We need to talk." Carter said as they were leaving the drive way.
"Ok,"
"I know these past few weeks have been had on you but you need to talk to me, talk to me about what is going on with you. I rarely ever see you and I miss you, you are always shutting me out. We can get through this together." Carter turned his head to look at the woman he worried about greatly, she was looking strait ahead.
"Abby? Are you listening?" She was silent he repeated and she spoke:
"Yes Carter I'm listening! Did it ever occur to you that maybe I might be scared and out of mind that the, my child might die before I get to know it or that it is a sign that I should not have children because I won't be able to take care of them? The reason I don't want you around is because I don't want to disappoint you, I cry myself to sleep every night because I am scared for the baby and myself and to let you down. Did you?!" Abby was no longer able to hold her tears back and was crying, Carter could see the fear in her face. He pulled the car over and tried pulling her in to comfort her; she resisted at first then melted in his arms.
"I'm so sorry I ever made you feel this way. You are the most important thing I have, and I never meant to drive you away. Please forgive me. I am really sorry." Carte said with a tear going down his cheek.
Abby nodded her head to signal she had forgiven him. They soon returned to being on their way. They arrived almost a half hour late to a worried Dr. Daniels.
"I thought something might have happed to you two in the storm."
"No just took a different rout."
Dr. Daniels and Dr. Saunders checked out the testes and what not and came to a conclusion.
"Abby we would like you to stay here until the baby is born." Dr. Saunders said in a monotone. Abby looked at him in surprise she did not know why she was surprised though.
"Really? How long has it been since you proposed that last time?"
"Almost four weeks"
"Are you sure we can't wait another two weeks?"
"Yes, we are sure." Carter grabbed her fallen hand and squeezed it. She leaned against him slightly.
"Ok"
"Abby if there is anything you need tell John and John could you bring the things? You can come any time you want between one and six, any day." Abby squeezed his hand now and he nodded while staring at the top of her head. Here is a gown and I will be back to show you to where you will be staying."
"How long do you think I will be here?"
"It could be anywhere between one week to six weeks." Abby put the gown on and the nurse hooked her to an I. V. and monitor. Dr. Daniels came and they took her to a smallish room with a bathroom, closet, TV and bed. The only good thing Abby could find good with the room was the fantastic view of the lake. Abby crawled on the bed and carter tucked her in under the covers he pulled up the chair and sat watching the birds and lake.
Carter went home alone stopping nowhere no even to talk to Susan on the way out of the hospital. He arrived home and it hit him, he was alone no one had been there since they got married. When they got married they agreed that the team of cleaners would come in every now and then but there would no longer be someone there at all times. He woke mid morning just in time for work.
"Carter?" Susan yelled down the hall he turned around and they met "we need to talk" she pulled him into the sucher room, "now I'm sure this is not an easy time for you, with and Abby no staying at the hospital and just knowing the baby is not as healthy as it could possibly be but you need to cheer up go outside take a walk let some steam off do something fun for Abby."
"I can't think of anything happy right now, I sorry."
"Well you have to because everything is going to work out. so is the nursery finished?"
"No, not yet"
"Well there is something to do don't drown yourself here do something that makes you look alive" Carter froze for a second.
"You know Susan you are absolutely right. I should be doing something productive, because everything is going to work out I am a doctor so many baby comes through here I should know that in a lot of cases it al works out." He left the room, dropped his charts off at the desk and left but not before he said:
"Thank you for telling me, can you cover me for the rest of my shift." Susan nodded and he left the hospital. He went to the house picked up all the paints and boxes of toys and mobiles for the nursery, went toe the room and worked he worked for the next like four hours putting cribs and drors and changing tables together and painting. He left the house on lime for the hospital, every night he would go see Abby, but tonight he had to be their on time for a scheduled appointment.
"Hey Abby." He walked in with a large smile on his face.
"What with you to night?"
"Nothing I am just happy to see you."
"Oh, my you took vicadin didn't you Carter I know things are depressing but resorting to drugs a gain, Cart-"
"No , no , no I did not take drugs really I am really happy to see you and I set the nursery up the walls are panted the crib is assembled and everything is ready for both of you to come home."
"I 'm kind of glad you are like this now, I guess someone should be, and I know I can't."
"Hello Dr. Carter and Abby." Dr. Daniels walked in with Dr. Sander close behind.
"Hello"
"You both seem happier today, and you should be."
The check up went well.
"Well congratulations Abby we might be able to hold off for another week or so."
"Sounds great." Carter said standing up to shake her hand. "Thank you." Carter did not stay a whole lot longer.
"Wait Carter,"
Yeah
"Be careful the snow is coming down now."
"Yea I will thanks."
The night passed and he went to work and then went to see Abby and then home again but this night was not like the one before. Carter wore to the telephone ringing.
"Hello?" He said groggy and out of his element.
"Hello, John?"
"Yes, who is this?"
"It is Dr. Sanders, could you come to the hospital."
"Yea, is everything alright?"
"We will talk when you get here."
"Carter was dressed and in the carter not even five minutes after he hung up. He stormed through the er.
"Carter what are you doing here?"
"Talk later."
"Oh Ok." Susan figured it out quickly. Carter rushed up the four flights of steps top Labor and Delivery floor. He barged into Abby's room but no one was in there. He came out and bumped into Dr. Sander
"Where is Abby?" He said rushed, scared, and barely awake with a slur.
"She is being moved to another room. I will take you."
"Why is she being moved?"
"The room is closer to the ors." Carter froze again.
"Is it safe to deliver now?"
"It is safer for both. Abby system is decreasing to the amount of work it is doing for bother her and the baby."
"So Abby is the reason for you know?"
"It is for both." They stopped in from of a room and Dr. Sanders left.
"John." He rushed over to the bed and they held each other.
"It's going to be alright." He pulled her head from his chest and repeated he last words to her face.
"I sure hope so. After you left two days a go I really thought every thing was going to go as planned." A nurse came in with the two doctors thins time.
"You two ready to meet your baby?" Dr. Daniels said walking in.
"Yes we are." The nurse unhooked everything and the bed began to move. They went through a large door and then they were separated. Carter was taken by another nurse to scrubs and masked and Abby was taken to the or, while the two doctors went to get scrubbed. Carter was brought to Abby's side within ten minutes.
"Carter?"
"Hey Sweetie"
"I'm scared." She said in a whisper that was barely audible as she bean to cry.
"I will be here with you."
"Ok Abby we are starting it be only a few more minutes." Carter whipped the tears from her cheeks. The few Minutes were up.
"It is a girl, congratulations."
Abby began crying again so did Carter, he leaned over and kissed her on the forehead.
"Why isn't she crying?"
"WE are working on it. Don't worry."
Abby looked over at carter, "How can I not worry?" Carter kind of giggled "Go see her." Carter got up and went over to see his new daughter. He stood in shock admiring her. Abby wanted to scream to Carter for information when from be hind the curtain in front of her she heard a large scream that made up for the lack of crying. A nurse grabbed Carter's arm and brought him toward the fragile baby in front to of him. He put his finger in her little hand. A nurse wrapped her up and put her in his arms and sent him over to Abby. He leaned over to Show his little girl off.
"Thank you." They said it at the same time. They were so happy.