Chapter 3
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"Your wife went into premature labor, and like I said we were unable to stop it so we had to do an emergency C-Section and delivered your daughter. Mr. Stokes, your wife lost a lot of blood and unfortunately we don't have enough of her blood type so I'm sorry but we don't expect her to make it through the night".
"WHAT, just like that"? Nick replied angrily.
"Well, if we had a donor with O negative blood she might have a fighting chance but the longer we wait the more difficult it will be for her to survive".
"Doctor, I'm the same blood type as Sara so please let me donate some-as much as you need". Grissom said speaking up.
"Who are you again"? The doctor asked almost rude like.
Catherine looked at the doctor like she was ready to smack him.
"I'm Sara's—"
"He's family, they're all family doctor. Actually, he's my daughter's godfather". Nick replied.
"Ok, I'm sorry sir we'll take your blood as soon as possible".
"I'd like to see my baby girl". Nick said trying not to cry.
"Mr. Stokes, just so you're aware you daughter was put on life support shortly after her birth so she has a lot of machine's hooked up to her".
Catherine was already in tears as were Brass and Greg.
The doctor brought Nick into see Evelyn who was hooked up to a heart machine, ventilator and other small tubes.
Nick just stood there and looked down at her.
"Why did you have to come early? You killed your mother"! Nick yelled.
Catherine watched the entire thing from outside. She talked the nurse into letting her go in to be by Nick's side.
"Nicky, I know this is hard for you but it's not Eveie's fault that Sara went into labor".
"My wife needs a blood transfusion and after that they don't know that she'll even survive".
"Sara's a fighter, you know that".
Nick nodded.
"Tell your daughter that you love her, she knows you're upset".
"She's 4 hours old Cath- -"
"She's your daughter, I know she's only hours old but you've been telling her for almost 8 months that you love her while her mother carried her and now you tell her that you hate her because she killed her mother? Sara's not dead Nick and I will not let you talk about your daughter who is also FIGHTING for her life". Catherine said crying.
Grissom walked in to see Catherine crying and Nick running out of the NICU.
"I thought Sara was the stubborn one, oh wait you're stubborn- where the hell does Nick get it from"?
"What happened"? Grissom questioned.
"Nick blames Evelyn for Sara being in the condition she's in and I told him not to talk about his daughter like that".
"Why don't you go sit with Sara, and I'm going to visit with Gracie".
"Gracie"?
"Sara knew part of Evelyn's name would be Grace and I referred to her as Gracie once and she liked it so that's what I've called her since they found out Evelyn was a girl".
Catherine smiled hugging Grissom before leaving.
"Hi there Gracie, I'm your Uncle Gil and your mommy is a very good friend of mine".
Grissom took the little girl's hand and wrapped it around his finger.
Tears spilled from his blue eyes landing on her hand.
"You know your Dad didn't mean what he said, he's angry and upset that your mom isn't feeling well but now she has what she needs to help her get better which means you have a reason to as well".
The monitor attached to Evelyn's heart started beeping at a more rapid pace. The nurse heard this and came in.
"Is she ok"? Grissom asked worried.
The nurse smiled. "She's great, she has come out of the coma that she fell into earlier".
Grissom just starred at the nurse like she was nuts.
"From the expression on your face I take it you weren't told"?
"We were told she was life support but not that she was in a coma".
"Well, you just saved her life".
Grissom walked out of the NICU to find everyone and tell them the news.
He walked down the hall to Sara's room where everyone was gathered.
"Gil, what's wrong"? Catherine asked as she looked at the expression on his face.
"Gracie came out of her coma".
Catherine looked at Grissom trying not to cry.
"What's wrong? Is Sara ok"?
"She's taken a turn for the worse". Warrick replied.
"Now I've killed her". Grissom replied before walking out of the room.