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His Worst Nightmare.
Ch. 38.
Mount Sinai Hospital.
Bobby and Alex followed the ambulance from Nicole's apartment. Alex still couldn't get over the sight that awaited her there, the doctor who had travelled with the ambulance was fighting for both Nicole's and her baby's life. Whatever happened between Copa and Nicole it had caused a Placental abruption.
The Doctor was forced to perform an instant Caesarian section, in order to try and save both the patient's lives. Bobby had immediately rushed and begun to assist the Doctor. Luckily for Nicole she was unconscious. As soon as the Doctor had gotten the baby out of Nicole's womb, she handed it to Bobby who waited with towels and immediately started to try and stimulate the baby to breathe. The doctor was frantically trying to stop Nicole from bleeding out and her blood pressure was dangerously low.
Bobby cleaned the baby's airways as good as he could, he saw the Dr. was busy and in a panic did the only thing he could think of, he held her upside down and gave her a little slap on the backside, when he got no response he started to give her mouth to mouth. Everybody cheered when the little baby girl started to scream. Once the Doctor was satisfied that she had done her best to stop the bleeding she rushed both the mother and the baby into the ambulance and they rushed over to the hospital. It was touch and go.
Nicole had been rushed into surgery immediately; they couldn't give a prognosis on her condition. Bobby and Alex waited outside NICU where a team was working on the baby girl, who was having problems with her breathing. It was hard for Bobby to watch them insert all the tubes and the wiring that monitored her breathing and pulse rate.
Alex squeezed his arm and led him to a row of seats, from which they could still observe the NICU; the shock was beginning to set in.
"Are you ok?" Alex searched his face for a reaction. He looked at her but was unable to find any words.
"She is beautiful Bobby, she looks just like you and she is a fighter. She is in good hands you saved her life."
Alex smiled at him; she was pleased to see him smile back at her. A nurse came out of the NICU and interrupted them.
She asked them if they knew any personal details about the baby's mother and if they knew anything about the father and how they could contact him or any other member of her family. Bobby was still a bit shocked at first.
"I… umn… I'm the father; her mother has no other relatives. How… how is she? Is she going to be ok?"
The nurse smiled at him.
"Congratulations sir, I can't give you any details. You will have to wait for the doctor, and he will fill you in. All I can say at this stage is that she has started to breathe on her own, but they have her on oxygen so when you see her there is no need to panic."
Bobby thanked her and sat down again next to Alex. His one concern right now was in the room across from where he sat. He wanted to find out exactly what happened, but right now the Doctor at the scene, was operating on Nicole and trying to save her life. The only conclusion he came to was that Copa had tried to kill her.
After an hour the doctor who was working on his daughter came to see them. He introduced himself as to Bobby and Alex and gave them both some scrubs to pull on over their clothes, so that they could enter the NICU.
"We have finally stabilized her; she is, however, not out of the woods yet. She weighs 5lb and 1 ounce, her reflexes are all normal, despite the trauma of her birth. We have to keep an eye on her lungs as she inhaled some fluids, I was told that you held her upside down and spanked her bottom. Although we no longer practice this method, I can tell you that it freed her lungs enough for her to be able to breathe."
Bobby sent a silent prayer of gratitude.
"So she hasn't suffered brain damage?" He asked.
The Dr. shook his head.
"We tested her reflexes, which are normal and did an EEG there are no signs of any brain damage Sir. She is about due for another feed; it is our policy here to get the parents to do the feeding as much as possible to help the bonding process, would you like to feed your daughter Detective?"
For a moment Bobby panicked until he felt Alex's hand squeezing his arm.
The nurse gestured for him to take a seat next to the incubator and Alex sat down next to him as the nurse handed him the little baby girl. She smiled at the gentle way he held the little baby. This was the first time that she had a good look at the baby girl.
She was right earlier, with what she told Bobby she was his spitting image. She had his wild brown curls and his curiosity, as she was wrinkling her little face up and looking at her father. Alex had to stop her-self from laughing; she could have sworn that she had tilted her head, in order, to get a better look at him. She immediately stopped fussing the minute he held her in his arms; he made her look even smaller than she was in his big hands.
Bobby was so wrapped up in the little bundle in his arms that he never heard the nurse ask him a question. Alex gave him a gentle nudge, and he looked up at the nurse and smiled.
"Mr. Goren, have you decided on a name for your daughter yet? I'm asking as the nurses always use their names when they are treating the babies."
Bobby looked down at the little wonder he was holding he remembered what Nicole had told him that she wanted to name the baby Gwen. He looked up at Alex and smiled when she nodded at him and returned his smile.
"Yes, her name is Gwen, Gwendoline Frances Goren." He told her and continued to feed his baby girl her bottle.
T.B.C…..