OK LAST CHAPTER I THINK
Two weeks later and Carter had only left Abby's side to wash he had been allowed out of HDU after three days and had been sleeping in Abby's room since then. Bandages obscured the top of her pale face. A cast on the opposite arm to his with pins was rested on a pillow and a foetal heart monitor was attached to her stomach.
"No change" asked Susan from behind causing Carter to jump.
"No" he replied. Susan pulled up a chair and sat next to him. Carter was sat holing Abby's hand with his good one, a pillow placed on a stall with his leg rested on it.
"Abby" cater suddenly moved as he felt pressure on his hand. "Abby" Susan looked down and saw Abby's fingers tighten round Carters hand.
"I get a doctor" Susan leapt up and out the room.
Abby began to make choking noises on the ventilator she had been placed on.
"Abby it's ok your on a ventilator I'm here it's ok" tears were streaming down his face and held on to her hand.
"Hello Abby" the doctor had come into the room accompanied by Susan.
"Abby I'm going to take you off the ventilator I need you to cough" Abby nodded
He pulled the tube out.
"I can't see" Abby whispered hoarsely.
"Abby do you remember the accident?" asked Carter.
"Yes" she nodded "the baby"
"The baby's fine" Carter squeezed her hand.
"Do you have any pain" questioned the doctor
"No why can't I see?" Abby sounded panicked.
"Abby the accident. …Your blind" the words trembled as they came out. "But you may regain some vision in your right eye"
"Oh" was all Abby could say not able to proses. "How long have I been out"
"Two weeks" said Carter "Susan's here" he added.
"Susan" Susan took Abby's hand from Carter.
"I'm here" Susan squeezed her hand.
"God it's noisy"
"That's you other senses you'll find they improve, I specialist will becoming to talk to you soon" the doctor left the room after telling a nurse to take 10 minutes ob's
"I'm thirsty" Susan poured Abby a drink and passed it to Carter who pressed it against her lips. Abby began to drink but dribbled some. "I guess this is going to take some getting used to. "'I'm not going to be able to work I'm I?" Carter knew if she could she would be crying now.
"No love but it's ok well find something for you to do, pamper me" he smiled meekly
"Was that sarcasm?" Abby squeezed his hand back. "I'm tired"
"Ok you sleep" Susan kissed Abby on the forehead before leaving.
"Right I think your just about ready to leave" three weeks later Abby had, had reconstructive surgery. Now in her right eye you could hardly tell anything was wrong, her left eye was scared and almost forced shut, she had a eye patch covering it. She could see blurred outlines through her right eye and was beginning to be able to recognise familiar shapes.
"We will have to get you a skull and cross bones for that" laughed Carter.
"I want a jewelled one like Gabriel" joked Abby. She had gotten used to not being able to see now and could move around effectively, well effective enough for a 7 month pregnant woman, her other senses had improved lots, she could smell pizza from fifty paces.
"Can we go through he ER I want to say hello to everyone" said Abby as Carter helped her up. Carter still had cast on his arm but had his leg freed despite a slight limp he was recovering well. Abby still had her arm in a cast, which she liked the feel of.
"Abby" Luka almost knocked her over as he hugged her.
"You pulled a double shift" asked Abby.
"Yes how you know?" Luka pulled back.
"You smell" Luka looked offended.
"Don't mind her she seems to be able to smell everything now" Luka was still sniffing at his armpits.
"You do smell" Sam informed him walking by.
"Nice patch" Sam told Abby hugging her.
"Carter thinks I should get a pirate one" smiled Abby. It was wonderful to see her smile again. After spending nearly an hour greeting the staff Carter and Abby finally arrived home.
"Well I guess it's just you and me then" he picked Abby up, which was difficult considering how big she was.
"Think we can still find the bed" he laughed
7 WEEKS LATER
"Carter will you hurry up this baby isn't waiting" Abby gripped her stomach as another contraction hit. She was sat in the jeep cater had been in such a hurry that he forget her bag.
"Carter" he ran out the house slamming the door shut.
"Ok I'm here"
"Good if you had remembered it in the first place we wouldn't have come back" Abby said sternly. Abby had gone into labour while teaching her class at the college. Yes Abby was a teacher, she taught nursing at the local college where despite been legally blind she had enough sight to teach. Her sight in her right eye had been improving shapes were easier to make out and with the help of a contact lens she could walk round in new places and not need her stick.. In the two months she had been at the college she had learned to read brail from textbooks to her class, her class had leaned how to communicate to her. It was all going well some of her students had been working at county as part of there training and Kerry had told Abby that having a blind teacher helped them emphasise and communicate with the patients.
She had however scared her class after her water broke in the middle of a lecture. Carter had returned to work at the ER fully healed; he had been off this morning when he received a call form the college saying Abby was in labour. Abby had worried about not been able to see her child growing up but Carter had told her she didn't need to see them because she could hear them, feel them and make out a blurry out line of them. (The last part was his attempt at a joke!)
"God Carter I need to push"
"No wait"
"No I was a ob nurse and I say I need to push" Abby saw the blurred out line of his hand and grabbed it, unfortunately it was his leg casing him to brake suddenly.
"Ow that hurt" he exclaimed.
"And this doesn't" Abby screamed as a contraction hit.
"Ok that's 3 minutes apart, ok we're nearly there don't have the baby in the car" Carter pulled into the ambulance bay and jumped out.
"SAM" Sam was stood outside taking a break.
"Baby's coming" he called excitedly.
"Want help getting her to ob?" questioned Sam.
"We can't wait that long," Sam ran inside and grabbed a chair.
"Susan, were having a baby here" Sam caused Susan to jump.
"What?" she ran over.
"Contractions three minutes apart" Carter called excitedly.
"Oh god your crowning ok we are having a baby" Susan tapped Abby excitedly.
"Ok I'm pushing now I don't care" called Abby grabbing Carters hand.
"Ow bloody hell this hurts" Abby squeezed Carter hand.
"Ok" ten minutes later cries filled the air.
"It's a girl" Susan passed her up to Abby.
Tears fell from her right eye.
"Is she ok?"
"She's beautiful" Carter guided Abby's hand to their daughters head and moved it around her body.
"She's beautiful" smiled Abby.
"I don't need to see to know that"
THE END WELL THAT WAS LONGER THAN I PLANNED IT JUST SORT OF KEPT COMING DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WANTED IT TO KEEP COMING BUT IT DID ANY WAYS THAKNS TO EVERYONE WHICH REVIEWED I MIGHT CONTINUE THIS IF I GET ENOUGH FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THEIR BABY'S NAME. Oh and Calli1 for I compromised Abby's legally blind but she can still see a bit it was a sort of miracle .
