As soon as they pulled up outside the hospital a number of doctors and nurses were waiting for them with a stretcher. Quickly getting out of the car Steve opened the back door and gently picked up his wife before he gently laid her down on the stretcher before watching as she was instantly taken away, Steve following hot on their trails. He didn't want to be away from her.
Getting out of the car Danny and Kono then followed them down the hospital corridor. As Sam was taken into a surgery room and told they couldn't go in Danny moved his arm supportively around his best friend. "They'll be okay." He promised looking to him. "She's a fighter and so is your baby." He told him with a reassuring smile.
As Kono came over from the desk she looked to the two. "The nurse said we can go and wait in the relative's room." She explained softly looking to them before she sighed and looked to Steve who had his eyes locked on the door.
"This can't be happening." Steve mumbled. He didn't even blink just kept his eyes locked on the door. "She said she was okay. The baby was sleeping for a change."
"Steve please don't try and find an explanation for why this is happening…" Danny told him looking to him. "We don't know what's happening right now and jumping to conclusions will only tire you out. Come on. Let's go in the relative's room. Get you cleaned up. They'll come find us when they have answers." He told him as he pulled him gently with him and went into the room so they could have some privacy.
"I'll go and get some drinks…boss do you want me to go and get you some clean clothes?" Kono asked looking to him.
"Urm there's some in my truck…a bag in the back under the driver's seat. I keep it there for emergencies in case I'm stuck in the office longer than expected." He mumbled as he sat down and ran his fingers through his hair before holding his head in his hands. Despite what Danny had said he was still trying to find answers. Sam said she felt fine yet Danny said she looked exhausted at the meal. Was it a sign something was wrong? He wracked his brain trying to find answers.
As Kono left Danny moved next to Steve and sat down next to him. He knew nothing he could say would make him feel any better right now but he had to be there for his friend, his brother in law. As his parents and Grace appeared in the doorway he sighed and opened his arms for Grace and held her close to him as she moved over to him and climbed onto his lap.
"Where is she?" Clara asked looking to her son as she came into the room, clinging onto her husband tightly. "Have you heard anything?"
"They've taken her into surgery. We don't know what's wrong yet. No has come out to see us." Danny mumbled holding his daughter close to him. He couldn't imagine what was going through her head. Finding her aunt like that must have been awful for her. She was still so young. She didn't need to see that.
Sitting on the couch opposite them, his parents clung onto each other's hands. This was a situation that they never thought they'd be in. Their baby girl fighting for her life as well as their grandchild.
"Is Aunt Sammy and the baby going to be okay?" Grace asked looking to her father.
Looking to Grace he sighed and kissed her head. "Of course she will. You know your aunt Sammy. She's not going to give up without a fight. And well you know…with the baby having Uncle Steve and Aunt Sam as parents the baby won't give up without a fight either." He told her with a smile. He knew he shouldn't have really said that because they didn't know how bad Sam actually was, but he didn't want to see his little girl even more upset than she already was.
Nodding to her father Grace then moved and sat next to Steve as she moved her arms tightly around him. He really did look like he needed a hug. "She'll be okay Uncle Steve." She whispered. "They both will." She promised staying happily snuggled into her uncle.
As Grace moved her arms around him, Steve then smiled and moved his arms around her and held her close to him as he lent his head down on hers. "Thank you Gracie." He whispered down to her as he held her close to him. She had grown into such a beautiful and caring young lady. Grace was such a compassionate young lady. Danny must have been very proud of her.
Coming back in with drinks and Steve's bag, Kono popped the drinks down on the table before she passed Steve his bag from over her shoulder. "Here you go boss." She smiled a little to him before looking to Danny too. "Chin just called, the hotel have offered to put up as many guests as they could without any extra charge. Chin, Lou and Adam are on their way here."
Danny smiled a little and nodded. "That's very kind of them."
Kono looked to Steve. "Joe's on his way too."
Steve just nodded a little before he sighed and ran his fingers through his hair once more. "I should go and change…I don't want Sam to see me like this." He mumbled as he got up. Grabbing his bag from the floor where Kono left it he then headed to the restrooms to clean up. Heading inside he popped his bag on the side before he then looked in the mirror before looking to his blood stained shirt. The tears were welling up in his eyes and they just spilled down his cheeks. He was never normally one to show such emotion, but everything…today, it was very emotional for him as it was, but now? With his wife and baby in danger…all the emotions were bubbling over. He couldn't help but cry!
"Now what would your wife say if she saw you like this?" Came a familiar voice as the figure stood beside him and gave him a gentle nudge.
"She'd probably tell me off. Tell me not to worry and to get my act together." He mumbled before he looked up to Joe stood next to him, the tears rolling down his cheeks once more. "I can't lose her Joe…"
Embracing Steve, Joe hugged him tightly. "From what you've told me she's a strong girl. You won't lose her… now come on. Get changed and get back in there. She's going to need you and most importantly your new baby is going to need you." He told him with a soft smile.
Nodding a little, Steve then unbuttoned his shirt and stripped it off before he then got out a clean one. Tossing his dirty one in the bag he then put on his clean shirt. Splashing some cold water on his face he then looked to Joe once more before he nodded a little. "Let's go."
Joe smiled and moved his hand to Steve's shoulder and gave it a reassuring squeeze. "You need to be strong okay? That woman and that baby are going to need you."
Steve nodded as they headed back to the relatives room. Seeing everyone else had arrived he soon sat back down between Grace and Danny and moved his arm around his niece and held her close. Steve looked awful. He was tired, stressed, worried. Every emotion going he was feeling right now. He just wanted to know everything was going to be okay. It was getting later and later and the longer they were in the surgery room the more worried Steve was getting. "How long's it been?" Steve asked with a frustrated sigh looking to Danny.
"Just over an hour…" Danny replied looking to him. "No news is good news." He told him looking to him as he ran his fingers through a now sleeping Grace's hair. "Why don't you try and get some sleep?"
"No. I need to be awake for when the doctor comes in." He told him rubbing his eyes.
"We don't know how long that is going to be Steve. I promise you if a doctor comes I will wake you up straight away…"
Steve shook his head stubbornly moving his arms across his chest. "No I'm fine honestly." He told him before looking to the others and sighed a little. "You guys don't have to stay here…" He told them. "Especially you guys." He mumbled gesturing to Kono and Adam.
Chin looked to him. "We're not going anywhere Steve." He told him. "We're ohana remember? None of us are going anywhere until we know Sam and the baby are okay." He told him firmly.
Lou nodded. "Chin's right. You're stuck with us sorry."
Kono smiled. "They're right. The only place we want to be is right here making sure that Sam and the baby are okay." She smiled to him as she played lazily with Adam's fingers, staying close to him as she did.
Steve offered them a smile before he then sighed and looked to his watch. What was taking so long? He didn't like not knowing what going on right now. As a doctor emerged in the doorway Steve jumped to his feet. "Is she okay?" He quickly asked looking to him. "And the baby? What happened? Are they going to be okay?" He fired all these questions as the doctor.
The doctor smiled. "You must be Mr McGarrett. Please take a seat." He told him gesturing for him to sit back down.
As he was told to sit down, Steve felt sick. You don't tell someone to sit down unless you had bad news. Sitting back down he looked to him the face draining from his face. He had prepared himself for the worst.
Sitting down on the spare chair the doctor looked to him. "Your wife has experienced a placenta abruptio…"
"What does that mean?" Steve asked looking to him with a slight frown.
"It's where the placenta separates too early from the wall of the uterus. In a normal pregnancy, the placenta stays firmly attached to the inside wall of the uterus until after the baby is born. In placenta abruptio, the placenta breaks away or erupts from the wall of the uterus too early, before the baby is born. Hence why she was bleeding a lot. Now she has lost a lot of blood and we did have to give her a lot of blood transfusions to try and raise her blood level so we could deliver the baby safely so we are going to keep her in for a few days just so we can keep an eye on her as well as the baby to make sure there's no infection."
"But they're going to be okay?" Steve asked looking to him, relief washing over him, his whole body language changing from intense to much more relaxed.
The doctor smiled and nodded. "Yes. Your wife will make a full recovery and baby is perfectly healthy. Now there are a lot of you here so for now I'd only say one to two visitors at a time. She's going to need her rest." He told them before he looked to Steve. "I do have a question for you though Mr McGarrett…"
"What's that?" Steve asked looking to him as he relaxed back in the chair.
"Would you like to meet your son?"
Steve looked to him a wide smile spreading across his lips. "I have a son?"
The doctor smiled and nodded. "Yes, come on. I'll take you to see them. They'll be in a private room so we can keep a closer an eye on them." He explained with a smile to him.
Getting up from his seat he then looked to the others. Danny smiled. "Go. Tell her we love her. Then bring my nephew to come see me and his cousin." He told him with a smile.
"And grandparents!" Chirped Clara looking to him with a smile. She and Eddie were both relieved that Sam and the baby were both safe and going to make a full recovery.
Steve smiled and nodded, shaking Joe's hand as he made his way to the door before he happily followed the doctor down the corridor. As he was led to a private room he then followed the doctor in and smiled seeing Sam asleep in the bed and their son in a cot beside her bed happily gazing around, taking in his new surroundings. Steve would have been happy with the baby being a boy or a girl as long as the baby was healthy that's all he cared about. But he had a son. He felt so…proud.
"I'll be across the hall if you need anything." The doctor told him with a smile as he quietly left the little family to it.
"Thank you." Smiled Steve before he then made his way over to the crib and smiled as he looked down to him and gently stroked his cheek with his finger. "Hello little guy." He whispered with a smile before he looked to Sam. She looked peaceful. She looked a lot better than she had done in the last few days. Moving over to Sam he gently pressed a kiss to her forehead. "Don't you dare scare me like that again." He whispered down to her before he then let her get her rest and smiled down to his son again. He was so beautiful. So perfect. Gently picking his new born son up he couldn't help but smile as he instantly snuggled into him. He knew who his daddy was alright. Holding him close to him he then carefully sat down on the chair next to Sam's bed and just gazed down at his son. He couldn't believe he was finally here. Pressing a soft kiss to his head he smiled to himself as he just looked at him. He felt nothing but complete and unconditional love for his son right now. He knew he loved Sam more than anything, but this love he felt for his son? It was something else. Something special. A bond between father and son. He still couldn't believe he was finally a dad. He wished his own dad was here now to see this. To see him on his special day…and becoming a father. It was a special moment for him and Sam but he knew his dad would be proud of him.