Chap 9
Dave's eyes widened as it dawned on him what he had to do. He had to deliver this baby. He had to make sure this baby and Krystal made it. What do I do? What the hell do I do? Dave thought frantically. Dave pryed Krystal's hand from around his and got the phone. He quickly dialed the hospital and asked for Krystal's doctor. "Hello? Dr.Tai?" "Yes this is he." "Hi..Krystal's water broke and I'm pretty sure she's going to have this baby now..What the hell do I do?" Dave said,pacing. "Can I talk to Krystal please?" Dr.Tai asked. Krystal's wailing could be heard quite clearly by Dr.Tai and the nurses standing behind him. "So,what am I doing?" Dave asked,still pacing. "She made it quite clear a few minutes ago that she wanted the baby out of her." Dave continued,walking into the hall so he could hear. Dr.Tai told him what to do and after he did it to call him back. Dave went dowstairs and got blankets,a washcloth and some warm water. When Dave got back upstairs,Krystal was clutching the sheets and crying. Dave sat the stuff down and,as calmly as he could,got her up and walked her to the bathroom. Dave ran a warm bath for her. Krystal cried and held her stomach. Dave undressed her and helped her into the tub. Krystal's cries calmed as she sat in the tub,Dave by her side. Almost 45 minutes had passed before the contractions started again. "Dave...help me please.." Krystal gasped,desperately feeling around for Dave's hand. Dave drew in a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Krystal,right now I need you to breathe and when I tell you to,I want you to push okay?" Dave said,positioning himself in front of the tub instead of beside it. Krystal nodded and held on to the sides of the tub,drawing in long,deep breaths. "Keep breathing...Now on 3 I want you to push okay?" Dave said,not taking his eyes of her. She nodded and waited. "1...2...3" Dave counted slowly. Krystal pushed as hard as she could,still gripping the sides of the tub. Dave told her to stop pushing,and she did. Krystal laid back in the tub,her hair dreched with sweat,stuck to her forehead. Dave hated to see her in pain like this. Then there was a knock at the door. Who that be? Dave thought impaitently. He looked up at Krystal and said, "Baby, I'm going to go see who that is okay? I want you to keep breathing though." Krystal nodded as she watched Dave stand up and walk out of the bathroom. Dave ran down the steps 2 at a time. "Yeah?" he said breathlessly after opening the door. Randy and his mom stood at the door. Randy's mom looked at Dave and said, "Where is she?" "She's upstairs in the tub in our bathroom." Dave said,still trying to catch his breath. Randy's mom nodded and went upstairs and disappeared into the room. Randy just walked in and sat on the couch. "Randy?" "Yeah?" "Why's you're mom here?" Dave asked,sitting across from him in the chair. "Well, I figured that since my mom's a nurse and you wouldn't know what the hell to do...I figured I'd bring her over to help with Krys."Randy said,laying on the couch. Dave leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes. Almost 3 hours of Krystal's crying and screaming had passed when stopped. Dave had fallen asleep and Randy was asleep on the couch.His mother had been up and down the satirs without the two of them even knowing it. Dave opened his eyes when Krystal's crying and screaming stooped. He rubbed his eyes and stood up. He walked upstairs and into the room to find out what was wrong. When he got into the bathroom, he stuck his head in and saw Krystal holding the baby and crying softly. He smiled,pulled his head out the door and sat on his bed. Randy's mom heard this and walked out of the bathroom and into the room. "Congratulations David. You now have a healthy baby boy." she smiled. "And Krystal?" Dave asked,getting up. "She's okay..She's alittle tired but she's okay." Randy's mom said,smiling more. Dave nodded and walked into the bathroom. "Hey." he said softly. Krystal looked up and smiled. "Ryan Landin." she whispered.