Over two hours later, the doc finally came outside to see them.
Both girls stood up. "How are Randall and the baby?" Sondra asked.
"We got them into surgery just in time. Randall is doing just fine. He's resting now." Dr. Wellman said.
"And the baby?" Megan asked.
"Randall had a little boy. The cord was wrapped around his neck as he was descending some more and it caused his heart to start dropping because he wasn't getting the oxygen he needed, but he too is going to be fine."
"Can we see them?" Sondra asked.
"Yes. Right this way." Dr. Wellman said and led the two girls to a patient room where Randall was now holding his new son.
"Mr. Boggs, you have some visitors." Dr. Wellman said.
He looked over and saw Sondra and Megan. He smiled. "Hi."
"Hi." Sondra said as she came over first. "So how is he?"
"He seems to be doing fine right now." Randall said.
"Can I see my new brother?" Megan asked.
"Of course you can." Sondra said.
Megan went beside her mom and the blanket was pulled aside some.
The three of them admired the new little boy lizard in the bundle. He had purple skin and the three fronds like Randall. He had green eyes. He had some grayish color on his underside. He looked more like Randall than he did Graf.
"So, what's his name going to be?" Dr. Wellman asked.
"We had decided on Rex for a boy." Randall said. "Rex Jay Boggs."
"Then little Rex he shall be on his name card and certificate." The doc said as she walked out.
"How are you feeling, Randall?" Sondra asked.
"I think I feel much better now without all those heavy sharp pains. But now I know I have to recover from another stomach injury." He said.
"But it's worth it to have a healthy new baby." Sondra gave him a kiss. "Can I hold him?"
"Sure." Randall handed him to her. His eyes looked like the softest in a long time. He was finally glad to hold his child.
Sondra loved holding babies. She cooed at him, kissed and smiled at him. She even tried a grasping reflex on him that he had. She let Megan hold him next.
Megan beamed at being a big sister. She was going to be like his sister anyway even if not by blood. She had always wanted a little sibling.
Soon, little Rex was returned to Randall. He couldn't hold back tears of joy that he had carried that little guy for so long. "I just hope I can be a good dad to you, Rex." He said.
"You will learn to be. All new parents get nervous the first time and do things a little weird the first few weeks. But they all get the hang of things. We learn what our baby wants from their cries and laughs and such. We will learn about him and he'll learn about us and who we are." Sondra explained.
"I was not the most understanding mother at first either. I felt I messed up more times with Megan than I could count with what she wanted. But my own parents helped me and I learned to be the mother she needed me to be."
"For me, I've always been bullied just because of my blending ability, and who knows what else. And probably also because I'm a reptile. I really don't want Rex to go through that. But most of all, I hope child services lets him stay with us. I've only known him like this for only a little bit and already, I'm attached." Randall said.
"We have to show them that we know what we are doing." Sondra said.
Soon, a nurse came and took Rex to the nursery. Randall hated to let him go, but even he needed some rest from his surgery. Sondra and Megan too had places they were sitting down and soon drifted off to sleep.
Randall reluctantly went to sleep after Rex was taken away. He had a long road ahead of him in healing.
…..
A few hours later, Randall was awakened by a nurse to take his vitals and check his stitches. Then he would be allowed to feed his son for the first time.
Randall hated having his vitals taken. Then the blanket was pulled down to show the incision in his belly. Sondra and Megan were awake now as well. They took a look as well.
The incision was vertical across Randall's lower belly, just slightly above his first pair of legs. Randall saw that this cut was way bigger than that stab wound he had gotten months ago. He would have to take even greater care with this one.
The nurse had brought some bandages in to cover it up. Asking Randall to put weight on his feet to lift himself up so she and Sondra could wrap it, the wound was covered up.
After that was done, another nurse brought Rex into the room for his first feeding. She had a bottle filled with some kind of formula. It wasn't exactly formula for mammals, but it was a special kind of formula for baby reptile monsters.
Randall would be staying in the hospital for about three or four days to make sure the incision was healing alright and he could move around just right and that the baby was eating his food. And to make sure Randall himself was eating and such. He was going to be on painkillers.
The nurses told Sondra what Rex was being fed and when Randall assured her he would be fine without her for awhile, she went out to the store and got some of that formula for the baby. She had Megan help her and she took her daughter home.
At the hospital, after Rex was fed and burped, he was taken back to the nursery and it was Randall's turn to be taken care of too. They were urging him to get up and walk.
The new father was so reluctant to move. It hurt to move. But he was up and moving again.
This was the first time he was up and walking and not feeling the weight of his son inside him anymore. His stomach still held some fat on it, but it would go away in time. To him, it felt good not having all that weight on his front and back. He would miss the baby's movements, but it was better this way.
At the house, Sondra and Megan were busy putting the formula and bottles away. Sondra decided to give Sullivan a call.
"Hello?" Sulley said.
"Hello, Sulley. It's Sondra. I'm calling because Randall had his baby this morning. I just wanted to let you know."
"Ooh, what is it?" Sulley was interested.
"It's a little boy. We named him Rex."
"So, what does he look like?"
"He looks mostly like Randall. He's got a gray underside. I guess that must be from the other father source. Three fronds and four arms and four legs. Green eyes." Sondra described.
"So how is Randall?"
"He's doing good. He'll still be out of work for awhile, having had to have Rex by open surgery. He won't be here for three more days or so to make sure he's entirely alright." She said.
"I understand. We might come by and see him, but don't know when yet." Sulley said.
"You're welcome anytime, Sulley. I need to get back to him. Goodbye."
"Bye Sondra."
…..
Megan decided to stay at home. She didn't like the hospital, but she let her mom go. She could be trusted to stay home alone.
Randall was glad to have Sondra come back. He was again feeding Rex when she came back.
"You want to give it a try?" He asked her.
"Sure." She said and took the baby from his arms. The baby lizard didn't fret about who was feeding him. She looked into those big, adorable little green eyes. He was definitely Randall's son. She loved babies, especially lizard babies.
Randall saw that even though Rex was not hers, she would make a wonderful mother for his son. He smiled. She would help him out a lot when he might feel stuck on how or what to do for Rex, since she had been through this with Megan years ago.
But now that his son had been born, he was still greatly worried about what the child services was going to do when they found out about it. Would they deem the grandparents better than him to raise Rex? He hoped not.
