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Sam was deep in thought, and jumped when he heard a high pitched wail, then crying. He was confused for a moment as the shock struck him, and although Sadie had never cried before, he'd recognize that cry anywhere, Jules's hand twitched in his. He looked over to Sadie.

"Mike." Jo said, and Mike nodded,

"W-what're you doing?" Sam asked, as Mike pulled out a needle.

"She can't breathe, eat or regulate her body temperature on her own, we need to keep her under and relaxed to keep the stress levels down. It will be safer for her." He said, Sam nodded reluctantly, and watched as his daughter slipped into the –hopefully- peaceful darkness again.
-That was a long review, but I felt like it would help clarify things as I start this chapter ;)

They took Jules and Sadie into treatment as soon as they got to the hospital. Jules's vitals had taken a plunge on the way here, scaring the hell out of Sam and putting the EMTs to work.
The doctors wouldn't allow Sam back into the room while they were working over the two of them, so he settled for pacing anxiously in the Private ICU waiting room they'd shown him to. After he'd taken a few minutes to calm down and he'd figured the team had had time to debrief, he decided to call them and let them know what was going on. So, he pulled out his phone and dialed Sarge.

The phone rang only twice before, Sarge picked up.
"Sam, is it alright if I put you on speaker phone?" He asked, his voice tense with worry,
"Yes." Sam replied quietly.
"How's it going, buddy, how are they doing?" Ed's voice came next.
"Uhm," Sam said, his voice shaky, he cleared his throat and took a deep breath, "When we were in the ambulance, everything was going alright, then Sadie woke up." He paused and he could practically feel the relief spread throughout the team however many miles away they were.
"But, they had to put her back under…because since she's premature she can't radiate her body temperature, or eat on her own. She can breathe on her own, but she needed assistance for a while and they're keeping an eye on her. But Jules-"

Sam fought the tears threatening to spring to his eyes.

"Sam. What's going on with Jules?" Wordy asked, cautiously. Sam took a deep breath,
Keep it together Braddock. He thought to himself,
"Her vitals dropped really low while we were in the ambulance. They couldn't find her pulse."
There was a pause between all of them.
"They found it after a few tries but they had to do CPR to bring her back. She's with the doctors now, and they're saying she's stabilized."
He breathed outwards, reminding himself that for now, Jules was alright.
"We're on our way Sam." Sarge said, then they ended the call.

When the team got there, no further news had been released by the doctors and they all waited as patiently as they could in the waiting room. After about an hour, a doctor turned in,

"Mr. Samuel Braddock?" The doctor asked, then looked up and seemed shocked for a moment to see the rest of the team there.
He hastily introduced himself, then looked to Sam,
"I'll need to speak with you privately first, but then you're welcome to share any of the information you'd like…but due to the patient/doctor confidentiality code…"

Sam nodded, "Got it."

He walked out into the hallway with the doctor, and the doctor began,
"Well, your daughter Sadie, is doing well for a preemie, she's breathing on her own which is a good sign, but we will need to keep her here at least for a little while until she can eat on her own and keep a close to normal body temperature."
Sam sighed, and his body sagged slightly in relief, but not completely,
"My Wife….Jules?" He asked.
The doctor nodded, "She's…doing alright. Due to the levels of Pitocin in her system, she did experience the early stages of Cardiac Arrest on the way here. We were able to treat her and wipe her body of the drug, but she'll feel sick for a while. She has a fever now of 103, which is higher than we'd like, but we're keeping a close eye on her. As for the…untrained child birth," The doctor said, not seeming to be too pleased with how the EMTs had delivered Sadie, "She didn't experience any severe trauma that won't heal within her cervix, uterus or vagina and she should make a full recovery there. So, for now, our only worries are the fever, and how she feels when she wakes up."

Sam closed his eyes and relished in the calming sensation flowing through his body at the new information.
"Thank you." He said quietly, "When will we get to see them?"
"Well, we're planning on halting the sedatives we've been giving Mrs. Braddock, and she should be able to wake up soon, you're welcome to be in the room during that." He looked towards the door to the private waiting room, "I'm sorry, but we can only have one person in there at a time until she's fully aware and checked out. As for Sadie, once she is considered stabilized and in a no-danger zone with her health, you'll be able to see her as well, considering how she's doing will make the decision in whether or not she'll be hold-able."
Sam wanted to protest the fact that Jules and him might not be able to hold Sadie, but just the thought of seeing their baby girl was good enough, and he was thoroughly happy with what the doctor had just filled him in on, so he nodded and the doctor took pity on him and put a hand on his shoulder stopping Sam's retreating figure,
"I'll see if I can pull some strings and get you in their sooner. You've been through hell today."
Sam nodded gratefully, and the doctor released him to let him go back into the waiting room to rehash the information to the rest of the team…

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Laaa! So, I'll be updating soon, I promise, and I hope you liked this chapter. I'm tossing around some ideas about them first seeing Sadie and taking her home…so, stay updated, and I hope so far you guys have like 'Protecting Sadie.'

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-RMNicki-