The Spin off 2 - Part 9
"You ok Lex?" Duncan called as he heard Ellie crying.
"Yeh, she just wont settle, don't worry…um Dunc" Lexie replied
"Aye?" Duncan questioned
"Could you do me a favour and bath Kyla please?" Lexie asked
"Err…yeh sure…what do I do?" Duncan answered
"Hang on…" Lexie's voice echoed back
Lexie laid Ellie back down, still screaming at the top of her lungs. Lexie walked out of the room and pulled the door to, so that she could hear easier.
Duncan stood at the top of the stairs, attempting to open the stair-gate and hold Kyla. Eventually he got it open,
"Ok so how does this work?" Duncan asked
"Well…Just run the water, make sure its not to hot…or too cold. Ok it doesn't have to be very deep just enough to wash in. Her toys are on the side there, and the Johnson's shampoo is at the side if you can wash her hair please. Right, think that's all…sponge is there, towel behind the door and just come through when she's done please" Lexie explained giving Duncan a smile.
"Aye ok" Duncan replied nodding
"Well I better go see to madam through there" Lexie said walking back next door.
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"Ok…" Duncan informed himself as he turned on the taps.
"Ow ow ow ow…too hot…too hot" he wined as he turned down the hot tap and sucked his burnt thumb.
"Kyla? Kyla?" Duncan shouted fanatically looking around for the toddler. He looked out of the bathroom door and saw Archie and Lexie's bedroom door open.
"Arc no…" Duncan sighed as he went down the hall.
"Kyla…no!" Duncan shouted as he saw the little child holding the photo frame that came from Lexie's bedside table.
"Give it to Duncan now…ta" Duncan said gently holding his hand out to Kyla.
Kyla gave a giggle and ran through Duncan's legs.
"Ah…" Duncan yelled.
Duncan chased Kyla down the hallway, as she screamed with excitement.
"Got ya now!" he said as he scooped the toddler up in his arms.
"Your going in the bath" he told her as he took off her pyjamas and nappy.
He placed Kyla in the bath on her 'non-slip' mat as he took some toys from the side and put them in the bath. She giggled and swung her hand through the water, splashing water up the side and right at Duncan's face.
Duncan sighed, he knew this wasn't going to be an easy chore.
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A little while later, Duncan lifted Kyla out of the bath in her towel and gave her a dry off.
He opened the door carefully to the nursery, and saw Lexie sitting in a chair holding Ellie, who was still crying.
"Hey, hey Lex what's wrong?" Duncan asked as he saw tears rolling down her cheeks.
"She wont stop crying…I don't know what's wrong with her" Lexie sniffed
"Hey it will be alright" Duncan put an arm round her shoulders. Lexie nodded, but still didn't look reassured.
"If you want, we can take her to the doctors just to make sure?" He questioned
"Yeh…yeh ok thanks" Lexie replied "Her clothes are on the side there" she pointed to the pile of clothes neatly laid out on the changing table.
"Rightio" Duncan nodded taking Kyla across.
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At the doctors…
"Ellie Macdonald, Room 5, Dr Smith" the receptionist on the speakerphone called out in the waiting room.
"Do you want me to wait here?" Duncan asked Lexie as she got up.
"No, no come with me please," She asked
"Aye ok" Duncan replied
"Right Mrs Macdonald, what can we do for you today?" the doctor asked Lexie as she came into the room.
"It's Ellie, she's got a high fever, and she wouldn't stop crying and she's been really irritable and not herself" Lexie replied sitting down with Ellie on her lap.
Duncan sat down beside Lexie with Kyla.
"Right let's have a look then," The doctor said as she examined Ellie.
After a little while, the doctor sat back and sighed, she looked worried, and Lexie didn't like it.
"So what's wrong with her?" Lexie asked worried
"Now I don't want to alarm you Mrs. Macdonald, but I would like you to take Ellie to the hospital for some tests" The doctor informed
"Tests? What for?" Lexie questioned
"Well, we are going to treat Ellie's case as suspected meningitis" the doctor answered.
"What?" Lexie outburst, cuddling Ellie tight.
"Now it's not too much to worry about at the moment, its just procedure but if you could take her to the hospital now then it would help find out quicker"
"Ok then…" Lexie muffled quietly; Duncan took Lexie's hand and gripped it tightly to reassure her.
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Duncan searched down to Archie's phone number on his mobile phone; Lexie had gone on in to the hospital with Ellie.
Now Duncan was standing outside with Kyla, and he had to make the phone call to Arch at work to tell him what was happening.
"Hello"
"Arch…its Duncan"
"Oh hi Dunc, is everything ok?"
"Um…well not really…I don't want to worry you Arch but I think you should come down to the hospital"
"The hospital? Dunc what's going on? Is it Ellie? Is she ok?"
"Yes, Its Ellie…she's got to have some tests…they think its suspected meningitis"
"Oh my god, ok Dunc I'll just pop home and I'll be right there ok, stay with Lexie for me please"
"Sure, ok see you soon"
"Bye"
"Bye…"