I promised you a new chapter and here it is. Enjoy... and uh... pull out your Doctor dictionaries... but I believe everything is explained or kind of common sense stuff. Oh you may need Tissues.

Chapter 36- Complications

Sara was stirring her coffee as she nearly ran into Nick, more like he nearly ran head on into her. "Hey Ni-"

"Where is she?" He panted

Sara looked at him, her face, falling a little. "She's in the room with Grissom."

"Did she…?" He asked cautiously.

Sara nodded slowly. "As soon as we got here, she came too and gave birth to the baby…" Sara said softly as she walked him over to Alyssa's room.

Nick let his head drop in regret. He wanted to be there with her and for her to watch his child being born. He sighed, "The baby, how is…"

"Girl, Nicky, Alyssa had a baby girl." She said quietly holding the hospital door open a bit. "They're in there with the doctor." Sara said and let him in, stepping in her self.

Nick would never be ready for what was in front of him. Alyssa was sitting up with her usually gentle face drenched in tears and hair pulled back off her face with her hand in Grissom's clinging tightly. Quickly he rushed over to the woman he loved but was stopped by the doctor. "Who are you?"

"I'm the baby's father." He said sternly and pushed his way over to Alyssa. Once he crossed Grissom, Nick knelt on the bed and held her close. "Baby its ok." He whispered even though he didn't know if it was alright.

Looking up at the doctor he asked the question, "How is the baby."

"I was just about to get to that. Your daughter had under developed lungs, which is quite common in any premature child. The baby will be kept on a ventilator until the full 9 months are over. Then she should be fine. As for other problems, time will tell. At this point you're your baby is at risk of Retinopathy of Prematurity, which is the blood vessels in the eyes not being fully developed, which in the future could cause eye problems. There is a high risk for blindness." He said as softly as possible.

Alyssa sniffed, nodded small sobs escaping every once and a while.

"There are other problems I'd like to prepare you for, that seem to be very common in premature babies. Keep in mind that your baby is a little under 2 months early. She is under developed and the survival rate is very low. You're baby is at a very high risk of infection and at risk of Intracranial Hemorrhage, which is bleeding of the brain, and is very common at this time, and your baby is Jaundiced, but that will fade within the next few weeks. There are other things we will be looking for, like Apnea and such. We are doing everything we can for your little girl, I can assure you." He stressed to the couple.

Alyssa hung her head and sobbed, "Why?" She asked, "Why was she so early?" She pulled her hand from Grissom's and began to fidget a little.

The doctor looked at Alyssa, "It was something that wasn't caught on the ultrasound. It's called Hydramnios which is an excessive amount of amniotic fluid during pregnancy, and hard to detect. As to why you had it... It could be anything."

Alyssa nodded and looked at Nick for the first time as he looked back at her then to the doctor, "Where is she now?"

"In NICU, she will be kept in an incubator until she is ready to be taken home and all her problems, if there are any, have been pin pointed. The incubator we have her in, is helping to heat the body and keeping the body temperature regular. It's is acting as a womb for now, we're hoping everything develops properly, you're baby is very, very small and only weighs about 1.5 pounds."

It was Sara's turn to speak up. "What are the best and worse case scenarios…?" She asked cautiously, her eyes on Alyssa who nodded in thanks. "I couldn't bring me self to ask." Alyssa whispered and turned to the doctor, who sucked in a breath.

"Worst, you're baby, develops bleeding in the brain, in which she will never wake up." He said quietly as Alyssa's lip quivered. "Best, your baby is perfectly healthy and will live a normal life." He answered honestly. "Anything else in between… we'll take it as it comes." He reassured her.

Alyssa nodded in thanks and brought her knees up to her chin. "Thank you doctor…"

"I will do everything I can for your child, I promise." He said and stood to leave the room. "No family should be denied a child." And with that, he was gone, leaving the room silent and everyone to their own thoughts.

After what felt like forever to Alyssa, she looked up at everyone around her. All three bodies were watching her. "I'm sorry," She whispered to Nick as she turned to him slightly. "I'm sorry I can't give you a healthy child." She sobbed.

Nick's eyes watered and he pulled her to him and held her close, not even noticing Grissom and Sara leave. "It's ok, Lys. As long as you're safe, that's all that matters. You had me so worried. I couldn't lose you I can't. God, I love you, Baby. I do, so much." He held her as she sobbed in his chest. He held her until she was so exhausted she couldn't cry anymore.

Once the sobbing stopped he gently laid her back onto the pillow and climbed in next to her as he stroked her hair and he cheek. He watched her as she stared up at the ceiling, he could almost hear the wheels turning in her head.

"Lys…?" He asked softly and watched as she turned her head to face him. Her deep green eyes full of hope, tears… and love. Pure utter love.

"Will you marry me? Will you be my wife and spend the rest of your life with me?"

TBC...

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