The second you sleep
The sound of my screams cut through Danny's heart as I was taken from the ambulance and into the emergency room. The sedatives were slowly fading. The only thing I noticed as I was wheeled into a brightly lit room was Danny's eyes. His eyes and the tears streaming down his cheeks. I knew this was bad. His hand held mine tightly as I was lifted onto the examination table.
"Ms. Cregg, I'm doctor Lisa Morrison" I saw a woman about Abbey's age but with curly blond hair in a ponytail leaning in. She took my other hand and squeezed it lightly.
"My baby" my voice came out as a low whisper and even though the room was filled with nurses and another doctor who had just arrived she seemed to hear me.
She leaned down and whispered back:
"I'll do anything to save you baby Ms. Cregg don't you worry." With that she gave me a smile and brushed a small stray of hair away from my forehead as she stood right up again and said:
"I'm sorry sir, I will have to ask you to leave as I examine Ms. Cregg"
Danny started protesting but it was useless. He then leaned down and kissed me lightly. I'm sure he saw the sheer panic in my eyes.
"I'll be right out side. I love you so much" he let go of my hand and was escorted out.
"Lets have a look" Lisa told me.
She began her examination. I screamed out in pain as she lightly pressed on my stomach, as one of the nurses took my temperature. After a while I felt like I was going to pass out from the pain. Before everything went black and I was surrounded by a soft black velvety bliss I looked towards the door and remembered Danny's eyes and tears again.
On the other side of the door Danny was experiencing the worst minutes of this entire life. Up until now he thought the minutes after Rosslyn before he knew I was all right had been the worst but this was even more devastating.
A couple of minutes after he had left the examination room he saw Josh, Donna and Abbey approaching. Running in fact.
"How is she" Josh began asking as he gave Danny a firm hug.
"What did they say? Oh man I'm sorry. Where are the doctors? Hey we need a doct…" Donna pulled Josh gently away.
"Josh let's get some coffee ok?" she said sensing that Abbey was the one Danny really needed to talk to.
They went to buy coffee and left a teary eyed Danny with Abbey.
"Danny, what is happening" Abbey said just as I was heard screaming.
Danny turned and started opening the door but Abbey along with Sam who had joined the party back at the house late only to hear the bad news and race to the hospital.
"Let go of me" Danny struggled to untangle himself as the door opened and dr. Morrison came out.
"How is she? Can I see her please?" Danny managed to get rid of his two friends.
"Mr.? " she looked down at her chart and up again slightly confused.
"Concannon" Danny said. "I'm her fiancé"
"Mr. Concannon your fiancé has appendicitis and has been taken straight to surgery" she told him.
"So she will be ok?"
Danny felt a little relieved. Appendicitis was not that bad or dangerous was it? When he didn't seem to process the importance of the information Abbey stepped in.
"What are the risks?" she said switching to doctors mode.
"Well, Mrs. Bartlet the appendicitis was very advanced and I am very aware that Ms. Cregg is only ending her first trimester. However, waiting would be highly risky and…"
"Possibly fatal" Abbey added. That word caught Danny's attention.
"What are you saying? Fatal. But I thought…. So what does this mean?" Danny felt panic in every fiber of his body.
"Mr. Concannon An appendectomy is not likely to harm the fetus or cause a miscarriage and woman in the first trimester are not the most risky cases. However there is a risk of miscarriage but we'll do our best."
Danny sat down in the hospital waiting room. He was scared. Very scared.
Seconds became minutes and minutes became hours. He never noticed but he was drifting off as he dreamt of our life and love.
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You close your eyes
And leave me naked by your side
You close the door so I can't see
The love you keep inside
The love you keep for me
It fills me up
It feels like living in a dream
It fills me up so I can't see
The love you keep inside
The love you keep for me
I stay
To watch you fade away
I dream of you tonight
Tomorrow you'll be gone
It gives me time to stay
To watch you fade away
I dream of you tonight
Tomorrow you'll be gone
I wish by God you'd stay
I stay awake
I stay awake and watch you breathe
I stay awake and watch you fly
Away into the night
Escaping through a dream
I stay
To watch you fade away
I dream of you tonight
Tomorrow you'll be gone
It gives me time to stay
To watch you fade away
I dream of you tonight
Tomorrow you'll be gone
I wish by God you'd stay
Stay
Stay
I stay
To watch you fade away
I dream of you tonight
Tomorrow you'll be gone
It gives me time to stay
To watch you fade away
I dream of you tonight
Tomorrow you'll be gone
It gives me time to stay
To watch you fade away
I dream of you tonight
Tomorrow you'll be gone
I wish by God you'd stay
Stay awake
Stay
Stay
I wish by God you'd stay
By Saybia