"Where did that ass come from?" Otto asked, puzzlement on his face
as he peered around the witches into the room. Okay, witches, ghosts and
other strange things weren't too shocking considering some of the strange
things he had seen at Kingdom Hospital but something about that ass was
very confusing for some reason.
"It used to be Dr. Stegman." Mary said with a smile. "Mona changed him. I don't think he's going to be able to come in to work tommorrow. Someone better call him in sick."
"Better call him in sick until Monday at the least," Eleanor said as she walked over, prodding the ass with her wand slightly. "The transfiguration teachers are at a conferance in Tempe until then." She shook her head slightly as she thought of the transfiguration department.
Okay, they said they were in Tempe but that owl they had sent announcing their safe arrival had smelled suspiciously of tequila and the postcard the message was on said Welcome to Tijuana!
"Not much of a change is it? I can hardly tell a difference,"
Blondi muttered as he padded over to join his friend, stopping to stare curiously for a moment at the baby in Elmer's arms. "So, I see that those naughty things finally caught up with you. So, what's wrong with her?"
'Lost too much blood,' Antubis murmured as he motioned for his friend to lay down on Lona's other side, forming a nice furry blanket for her. The big anteater still wasn't entirely sure that even with the witches' arriving with fresh blankets that that ass shouldn't be skinned for his pelt anyway, They really did need to get some good use out of Stegman after all.
Elmer shook his head, trying to ignore whatever the anteater was chatting about with his friend now. Honestly, it did explain a lot of unusual things about Otto's dog to learn that he hung out with that anteater though. Hereached out, taking one of the blankets from the dark skinned witch to wrap the baby up a bit better before turning his focus onto Lona once more. Hook and his father had another IV inserted in her other arm now and two more units of blood were running in but Elmer still couldn't see that it was making much difference in her condition. He bit his lip, trying to force his fear down at the sight of her still deathly pale face. Why wasn't she reacting to anything they were doing? Shouldn't she be reacting by now, be waking up? She hadn't even got to hold the baby yet and as much as he was enjoying having their child snuggled into his arms, he wanted to be able to give the baby to Lona, to let her be able to hold their child for the first time too.
'Let her sleep for awhile.' Antubis said quietly so that only Elmer could hear him, snickering slightly as he spoke. 'Or were you wanting to do more naughty things with her in the morgue?'
Louis glanced over as he heard the anteater saying something to his son, not quite able to catch what it was though. He shook his head slightly before turning his focus back to Lona. She wasn't bleeding now.
At least that was something that was in her favor. She didn't seem to be responding at all to the transfusions they were giving her though and that more than concerned him. Okay, the transfusion hadn't been running for very long but still they should be seeing some response, even if it was only a slight one. He reached out, gently touching her cheek. Her skin was so cold. Not a good sign at all. "Do you have any idea how much blood she could have lost?" he quietly asked Hook. Okay, he was a doctor and he should probably know how much blood loss was dangerous for a pregnant woman but those med school classes had been a long time ago. Then with the births of both of his sons, he had gotten off shift just in time to see them getting cleaned up, not to catch the actual births. AS he thought on his sons' births, the fact there was someone missing here hit him. Okay,
he was definately accepting that Lona had been pregnant somehow and they had all missed it but where in the world was the father of the baby? Had he dumped her or....
Hook shook his head at Louis's question. Considering the fact that Lona had been bleeding in three different time periods, it would be a little hard to get an exact estimate on the amount of blood she had actually lost. He looked over at Chris for a moment. He could hear the witches talking in the background, fussing over Mary and Mona but at the moment all the group of doctors could focus on was doing what they needed to try ot help Lona. "I think we need a pressure cuff on at least one of those units of blood," Hook said softly to Chris. Usually pressure cuffs were just used for trauma cases but considering Lona's lack of response so far, it looked like they were going to have to bump their efforts to help her up a notch.
Chris nodded as she moved away, searching through the pile of supplies that the witches had brought to see if the needed equipment was there. As she checked, she looked over at Elmer out of the corner of her eye. Someone really needed to take a look at him if they could ever pry him away from Lona. With the damage that had been done to his neck before the anteater had fixed it, she wouldn't be surprised if he didn't need a transfusion as well.
Suddenly, Dr. James poked his head into the room. "Everything alright in here?" he called brightly, his eyes widening slightly at the sight of Mona Klingerman curled up on one of the beds along with Mary,
sitting with Michael and Lucretzia on either side of them. He shook his head, forcing any thoughts about the strangeness of Mona suddenly seeming normal away. No, there was nothing odd at all going on in Kingdom Hospital. Suddenly his eyes fell on Lona and then on the baby in Elmer's arms. "What's going on here?" He asked curiously. A baby? Where had a baby came from? The last time he had checked there had been no babies in the basement. "And Dr. Hook, Dr. Draper, I would like a word with you about skipping the fire safety drill."
"We were a bit busy at the time," Chris said with a shake of her head as she passed Hook the pressure cuff, motioning with her free hand towards Lona and then the baby.
"Oh, my." Okay, this was unusual enough to penitrate Jesse's usually hard as rock brain. "You mean that Dr. Massingale had a baby? But she didn't fill out any maternity leave forms?" Puzzlement was in his voice now as he spoke. "And who's the father?"
"That's what I would like to know," Louis said with a shake of his head as he looked down at Lona. He considered her a friend as well as a co-worker and the thought that she might have been abandoned by whoever had fathered her baby, especially considering her current condition, enraged him.
"Ummm, dad?" Elmer said, a bit hesitently now when he saw the expression of momentary anger on his father's face. "You know the baby's father? That would kind of be me."
"It used to be Dr. Stegman." Mary said with a smile. "Mona changed him. I don't think he's going to be able to come in to work tommorrow. Someone better call him in sick."
"Better call him in sick until Monday at the least," Eleanor said as she walked over, prodding the ass with her wand slightly. "The transfiguration teachers are at a conferance in Tempe until then." She shook her head slightly as she thought of the transfiguration department.
Okay, they said they were in Tempe but that owl they had sent announcing their safe arrival had smelled suspiciously of tequila and the postcard the message was on said Welcome to Tijuana!
"Not much of a change is it? I can hardly tell a difference,"
Blondi muttered as he padded over to join his friend, stopping to stare curiously for a moment at the baby in Elmer's arms. "So, I see that those naughty things finally caught up with you. So, what's wrong with her?"
'Lost too much blood,' Antubis murmured as he motioned for his friend to lay down on Lona's other side, forming a nice furry blanket for her. The big anteater still wasn't entirely sure that even with the witches' arriving with fresh blankets that that ass shouldn't be skinned for his pelt anyway, They really did need to get some good use out of Stegman after all.
Elmer shook his head, trying to ignore whatever the anteater was chatting about with his friend now. Honestly, it did explain a lot of unusual things about Otto's dog to learn that he hung out with that anteater though. Hereached out, taking one of the blankets from the dark skinned witch to wrap the baby up a bit better before turning his focus onto Lona once more. Hook and his father had another IV inserted in her other arm now and two more units of blood were running in but Elmer still couldn't see that it was making much difference in her condition. He bit his lip, trying to force his fear down at the sight of her still deathly pale face. Why wasn't she reacting to anything they were doing? Shouldn't she be reacting by now, be waking up? She hadn't even got to hold the baby yet and as much as he was enjoying having their child snuggled into his arms, he wanted to be able to give the baby to Lona, to let her be able to hold their child for the first time too.
'Let her sleep for awhile.' Antubis said quietly so that only Elmer could hear him, snickering slightly as he spoke. 'Or were you wanting to do more naughty things with her in the morgue?'
Louis glanced over as he heard the anteater saying something to his son, not quite able to catch what it was though. He shook his head slightly before turning his focus back to Lona. She wasn't bleeding now.
At least that was something that was in her favor. She didn't seem to be responding at all to the transfusions they were giving her though and that more than concerned him. Okay, the transfusion hadn't been running for very long but still they should be seeing some response, even if it was only a slight one. He reached out, gently touching her cheek. Her skin was so cold. Not a good sign at all. "Do you have any idea how much blood she could have lost?" he quietly asked Hook. Okay, he was a doctor and he should probably know how much blood loss was dangerous for a pregnant woman but those med school classes had been a long time ago. Then with the births of both of his sons, he had gotten off shift just in time to see them getting cleaned up, not to catch the actual births. AS he thought on his sons' births, the fact there was someone missing here hit him. Okay,
he was definately accepting that Lona had been pregnant somehow and they had all missed it but where in the world was the father of the baby? Had he dumped her or....
Hook shook his head at Louis's question. Considering the fact that Lona had been bleeding in three different time periods, it would be a little hard to get an exact estimate on the amount of blood she had actually lost. He looked over at Chris for a moment. He could hear the witches talking in the background, fussing over Mary and Mona but at the moment all the group of doctors could focus on was doing what they needed to try ot help Lona. "I think we need a pressure cuff on at least one of those units of blood," Hook said softly to Chris. Usually pressure cuffs were just used for trauma cases but considering Lona's lack of response so far, it looked like they were going to have to bump their efforts to help her up a notch.
Chris nodded as she moved away, searching through the pile of supplies that the witches had brought to see if the needed equipment was there. As she checked, she looked over at Elmer out of the corner of her eye. Someone really needed to take a look at him if they could ever pry him away from Lona. With the damage that had been done to his neck before the anteater had fixed it, she wouldn't be surprised if he didn't need a transfusion as well.
Suddenly, Dr. James poked his head into the room. "Everything alright in here?" he called brightly, his eyes widening slightly at the sight of Mona Klingerman curled up on one of the beds along with Mary,
sitting with Michael and Lucretzia on either side of them. He shook his head, forcing any thoughts about the strangeness of Mona suddenly seeming normal away. No, there was nothing odd at all going on in Kingdom Hospital. Suddenly his eyes fell on Lona and then on the baby in Elmer's arms. "What's going on here?" He asked curiously. A baby? Where had a baby came from? The last time he had checked there had been no babies in the basement. "And Dr. Hook, Dr. Draper, I would like a word with you about skipping the fire safety drill."
"We were a bit busy at the time," Chris said with a shake of her head as she passed Hook the pressure cuff, motioning with her free hand towards Lona and then the baby.
"Oh, my." Okay, this was unusual enough to penitrate Jesse's usually hard as rock brain. "You mean that Dr. Massingale had a baby? But she didn't fill out any maternity leave forms?" Puzzlement was in his voice now as he spoke. "And who's the father?"
"That's what I would like to know," Louis said with a shake of his head as he looked down at Lona. He considered her a friend as well as a co-worker and the thought that she might have been abandoned by whoever had fathered her baby, especially considering her current condition, enraged him.
"Ummm, dad?" Elmer said, a bit hesitently now when he saw the expression of momentary anger on his father's face. "You know the baby's father? That would kind of be me."