Chapter 10

"Daddy's Love and Mama's Miracle"

Deanna woke to the bright lights of Titan's Sickbay. Lily was at her side curled up on the bed next to her. Her head still hurt but she took one look at Lily and the pain disappeared even if it was only for a minute. Lily approached her mother's bed.

"Mommy your awake I was so scared when you fell I called for help."

"Thank you Lily. What happened to me?"

Nurse Campbell came over to the bio-bed and traced the tricorder over Deanna body.

"You had quite a fall when we found you it appeared you hit your head. The cut is healed but you will have some increasing pain over the next few hours."

"The last thing I remember was heading to the bathroom to get some aspirin. I had a terrible headache like something ruptured in my head. I couldn't see and that is all I remember."

"Your daughter found you in the bathroom you hit your head when you fell she saved your life."

"Can I please go Lily's needs to get to Daycare and I have patients to see?"

"No, you have a small concussion we want to keep you here for observation for a few hours. Dr. Jay'Cel cancelled your morning appointments and nurse Hathaway will take Lily to daycare. You should be well enough to pick her up from it."

"No I want to stay with mommy."

Campbell smiled and nodded her head.

"Alright you may stay but let mommy get some sleep okay. First can you go into the next room while I talk to mommy alone?"

"Okay but I will be back."

Lily gave her mother a kiss and skipped out of her mother's room.

"Counselor how have you been feeling the last few weeks?"

"Run down it must be stress from not knowing what's happening to Wil. I haven't had a migraine since I was seven why did I get another one after so many years?"

"Stress leads to headaches you need to relax and take it easy for a few weeks. I've already talked to Commander Davenport you are to be on quarters until further notice do you understand?"

"It's just a headache I can work just as good without one. Normally a little headache wouldn't cause bed rest tell me the truth what happened to me back there?"

"Your blood pressure dropped that is what caused you to faint you also lost a lot of blood from that cut on your head. You need to recuperate before I send you back to work."

Deanna sat up on the bed she could sense that the nurse was keeping something from her.

"You're keeping something from me I can tell what is it?"

"Counselor I don't think you should ask so many questions now lay back down and rest. Lily is in good hands she needs you now."

"Tell me what it is…that's an order."

Sighing Campbell folded the tricorder and put it in her pocket. She didn't want to tell her but it was an order.

"Umm…Counselor your six weeks pregnant."

"I'm what?"

Deanna asked in disbelief.

"Pregnant that is also why you had your headache didn't you know? I assume since going of your birth control you were trying to have a baby. You weren't expecting that kind of news were you?"

"No and I thought it was because of stress and missing Wil I never dreamed it was because I was going to have a baby. Oh no what am I going to do now?"

Deanna laid back down on the bio-bed and closed her eyes.

"Just what I need why did it have to be now?"

Campbell left Deanna to gather her thoughts it was good news why didn't Deanna show more excitement she wondered.

TBC…Chapter 11