October 19th, 2004

Week 28

Sam had a couple of scares in the past couple of weeks. She had some spotting in her underwear, but it wasn't anything bad. She had to restrict her daily activities. Kerry had put her on desk duty, which Sam didn't really mind. She only had twelve weeks until her due date and she wanted Charlotte baking as long as possible.

She had been banished to the living room all day. Luka and Alex were putting the finishing touches on the nursery. She had no idea what she was going to see. She hadn't been in that room for weeks.

Sam stared at her stomach. She couldn't believe how large it was getting. Her hand caressed the stretched out flesh. A small smile came across her face. God, she was so happy and it scared her. Would her and Luka ever get married? Would they have another child?

"No to all of the above." Sam said as she sat on the couch. She groaned slightly.

"Mom! Come up stairs!" Alex yelled from the top of the stairs. Sam smiled hauling herself back up.

"Is the room done?" She asked.

"You'll just have to come look." Luka said. Sam chuckled.

"It better be." She said making her way to the top.

"Go have a look." Luka and Alex were both grinning from ear to ear. Sam walked to the door. On it was a blue and yellow plaque that read Charlotte's Room.

"How cute." Sam opened the door and looked in. She gasped. The room was utterly gorgeous. The top half of the walked were painted in a very light blue. The bottom half of the walls had been wallpapered in yellow and cream coloured strips. Connecting the two styles was a glow in the dark star border. On the far back wall, Charlotte's name was spelled out in stars. "Oh my god! It'...It's gorgeous."

"Go in. look around." Luka urged. Sam's legs wobbled as she went to the wall in front of her to inspect the bookcase.

"See Ma?" Alex flipped on the star lamp on the bookcase. "You can sit in the rocking chair and read to Charlie."

"It's perfect." Sam's finger touched the blue backing on the chair.

"Check out the crib." Luka beamed. Sam turned and saw the round crib was circled in a sparkly sheer curtain.

"Oh!" She walked over to it and opened the curtain. Golden stars hung from the ceiling acting as a mobile. Sam's heart was pounding.

"Look at her closet." Luka opened it and everything looked so neat. "The top bar is for dresses and rompers. The second is for her shirts." Luka pointed everything out. He pointed to a set of drawers; "This one is for her under garments. This drawer is for skirts and pants, and the bottom is for her shoes. I put a basket on top for her hair things."

"Having no dresser gives her more room to play." Alex grinned.

"This is utterly perfect." Sam whispered. She couldn't have pictured a wonderful nursery like this in a million years. Now she couldn't wait for Charlie to come.

November 2nd, 2004

Week 30

Luka felt so tired. He wanted to go home to his family. In five days, he'd be thirty-six. He couldn't believe his life was going so quickly. It made him sad.

"Neela, come here." Luka waved her over.

"Yes, Dr. Kovac." She looked at him.

"Let me give you a riddle and see if you can figure it out." Luka said. Neela stared at him.

"Um...All right." She said.

"Okay. There's a patient with raspy breath sounds. The medstudent orders thousands of dollars of unnecessary tests." Luka said. Neela sighed softly. "What could the medstudent do that coasts the patient only fifty dollars and involves a stethoscope?"

"Listen to the lungs again and prescribe antibiotics?" She asked. Luka smiled.

"Congrats, Neela. Cancel the tests." Luka said, "You're a wonderful doctor in the making, but you think too much. In a lot of cases the answers are right in front of you. Don't think too hard." Neela smiled softly.

"Thank you dr. Kovac." She said walking away. Luka chuckled softly. He liked Neela.

"Luka, you need to come into the ambulance bat." Abby said.
"Call?" Luka asked. Abby stared at him. "What is it?" She sighed.

"It's Alex." Abby said. Luka's heart stopped. Either something happened at school or his sugar levels did something.

"Shit." Luka bolted out of the ER to the ambulance bay, "Alex!"

"His Sugar levels were dangerously low." Pam said pulling the gurney out.

"Christ." Luka wobbled with fear. "Did anyone call Sam?"

"No." Pam said. Luka pulled the gurney into the ER.

"His insulin." Luka grabbed his book bag, "Get a blood work up. Call Sam now just tell her I need to see her."

"Okay." Abby whispered walking to the phone. Luka opened up Alex's bag and grabbed a needle.

"Alex, can you hear me?" Luka asked cleaning off a spot on his arm.

"She's on her way." Abby said, "Can I do anything?" Luka shook his head as he injected Alex.

"No, Just...Make Sam wait out there." He said. Abby nodded. There was no need to have her go into labour.

"All right." She said walking out. Luka rubbed Alex's chest.

"Alex, wake up.' he said. Chuny checked his levels.

"It's going up." She said. Luka took in a deep breath.

"Come on, Buddy. Wake up before mom gets here." Luka continued to rub his chest, "Did the school say what happened?" Chuny shook her head.

"just that he passed out during lunch." She said. Luka stared at him.

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Sam waddled into the ER. She had a sinking feeling in her stomach.

"Abby, Where is he?" Sam asked.
"You should wait out here." Abby said. Sam's mouth fell open.

"Where is he, Abby?" Sam snapped.

"Trauma one." Abby said. Sam was too big to run fast but she made it. She chocked back a sob when she saw her pale baby boy. "Oh god."

"Sam?" Luka stood up. She went to Alex's bedside.

"What are his levels?" She asked.

"Forty-Five." Luka said.

"Why isn't her waking up??" Sam asked rubbing his chest, "Buddy, wake up."

"He's tired." Luka muttered.

"They were supposed to monitor them. I'm going to sure them!" Sam snapped. "I'm going to sue them for not checking."

"All right." Luka said as he took her hands.

"I'm...I'm going to sue them and get him...a watch." Sam said trying not to cry.

"A watch?" Luka asked.

"O-One of th-those watches for diabetics." Tears started to fall down her cheeks. "He...He needs...one."

"I know, Baby." Luka wrapped his arms around her. Sam started to cry softly. "Shhh."

"Mom?" A tiny croak escaped from Alex. Sam turned around.

"I'm here, Baby." She took his hand. Luka stood there. he still wasn't used to having a sick child. Jasna and Marko were so healthy. He hoped Charlotte would be healthy.

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