Author's note: this chap will be in third person. I updated my other fanfic today and I wrote that in third person, so I'm kind of in a 3rd person mood ;) anyway, chapter 5
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"what's wrong with the baby?" everyone asked
"well," the doctor began, "does anyone know if the baby was crying when she was born?"
"now that you mention it, she wasn't. I was so caught up in everything else I hadn't even noticed. " Melinda admitted.
"me neither" everyone agreed, in their own variations of the phrase.
"well she had some fluid in her lungs, we had to drain then and we're running tests to check for other problems related to a baby not crying, including mental disabilities."
"excuse me?" Olivia asked "what do you mean?"
"well like I said she had fluids in her lungs, it's very possible that she had a lack of oxygen to her brain, which could have caused brain damage. Also, what was Casey on when she gave birth?"
"a bed in the 'cribs' of our unit. It's like an on call room" cragen replied
"ah. Well I think that on her way out the baby may have cut herself on the footboard. Shes got a staph infection from a cut on her arm. Mostly, staph infections are just minor infections that will cause some irritation of the surrounding skin, but sometimes, it can cause tss, or toxic shock syndrome. There are also many different skin impurities she could get from staphs, so we put her on antibiotics. We're going to be watching her closely in the NICU. But Casey should wake up soon enough. You can see her, but only two at a time."
With that the doctor left the group. Olivia was the first to speak,
"Melinda and Elliot should be the first two. They did the most during the baby's birth."
The group agreed, and Melinda and Elliot entered Casey's room. Like the doctor that Elliot still hated said, she was still asleep. Elliot and Melinda took seats.
"she'll probably be out for a while. He body's had quite the day. But still, I want her to wake up to a familiar face. Huang said it would help her emotionally." Melinda said. Just ask mel finished saying that, Casey began to stir. The two look over at her as her eyes began to flutter open.
"g-guys?" Casey said. She was confused for a minute, but she began to remember the day's events. She looked down at her empty stomach. "oh my gosh! Where's my baby? Is she ok?"
Just as Casey asked that the doctor walked in. he explained everything he had just told everyone else. Then he left. The fact that he said everything so nonchalantly makes Elliot hate him that much more. He was also pretty pissed at how little the doctor cared about her feelings. He basically just told her that her kid might be really sick and then he just leaves. Jerk.
"case?" Elliot asks.
"case?" she just has a blank stare on her face.
"let her absorb everything. This is a lot to handle" Melinda whispers.
"case is you want us tocall your family-"
"no!" Casey yelled.
"wh-um, ok. We wont"
"sorry I just… they don't know. About the baby."
There was an awkward sort of silence broken by Melinda.
"speaking of the baby, do you have a name?"
"Cara Bridget Novak. Cara means loved. I always want her to feel loved. Bridget means strength. She'll make it through this because she's so strong. Her name should reflect that. I'm also found of saint bridget. That was the church I went to when… that's a church I go to."
"that's a beautiful name. your right, she is strong and loved, just like you" Melinda said.
Ok I'm SO SORRY about the long wait! Keep reading and reviewing and I promise o be faster. You like the name? oh, and I kinda of had a hard time writing everything so far, but I have some good ideas and some answers for why Casey's acting so weird, and why she dosent want to see her family.
Now let me just say that writer Kiss the girl54 (writer of such INCREDIBLE fanfics as life, love, and stress and love or stress ) is soooooo incredibly nice for her shout out to me. You are amazing and supportive, and this chapter, as well as next, is dedicated to you