Chapter 23: Why?
A/N: OK, I'M SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG, WORK HAS BEEN HECTIC, HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL START TO SLOW DOWN FOR ME AND I CAN UPDATE MORE OFTEN, WE'LL SEE :S FIRST, 9 REVIEWS SEE I KNEW MORE PEOPLE ARE READING IT, THERE'S LIKE ATLEAST 10 PEOPLE THAT HAVE IT ON THEIR ALERTS. MAD PROPS TO 101mizzpoet101, THAT WAS BY FAR, THE BEST REVIEW THAT I HAVE EVER GOTTEN FOR ANY OF MY STORIES IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS TO: NewYorkChica, ginny-potter-07, Rickster627, Cena130, 101mizzpoet101, Marcibelle, csimiamigirl73, angel4benoit, djkiller kelsey FOR THE REVIEWS, THEY ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED, IT LETS ME KNOW I'M DOING A GOOD JOB, ACTUALLY BY THE SOUNDS OF IT I'M DOING A GREAT JOB :D Rickster627; YOU ASKED HOW MANY CHAPTERS, DUDE I HAVE NO IDEA, I KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE ONE OF MY LONGEST STORIES YET, IT IS NOWHERE NEAR DONE :P
Sara's POV
Mikey had woken me up in the middle of the night, turns out he doesn't like to sleep in a poopy diaper, so I changed him and rocked him back to sleep. Then I decided that since I was up I would check on Shelly and Kimmy. I was just watching them sleep for a little while, I ran my finger across Shelly's forehead and she felt warm, I mean really warm. So I went to the closet and got one of those thermometers that you just lay across their head and it said 102 degree's. I panicked. "John, Steph wake up!"
"Mom, what is it?" Steph sat up in the bed.
"Shelly has a really high temperature its 102, you guys have to take her the emergency room" they jumped out of bed and came running over. Steph picked her up as John felt her head.
"She's burning up, what happened?" John asked
"I just came in to check on them and she felt warm so I took her temp. You guys go, I'll stay here, just call me when you know what it is"
"Alright thanks mom" Steph said and they ran out the door.
Steph's POV
John's driving as I'm holding Shelly, all of a sudden her breathing isn't steady anymore, it's really slow. "Shelly, it's OK baby, Momma's got you, it's gonna be OK"
"What is it?" John asked
"Her breathing has slowed. I have no idea what's wrong with her" I said as we pulled up to the entrance.
"Go take her in, I'll be right in after I park" John said and I ran in there, up to the front desk.
"Yes ma'am, can I help you?" the lady said
"It's my baby, her temperature is 102 and her breathing has slowed" I said all panicky
"Let me call a doctor" then she called someone down over the intercom.
A guy came down and talked to the lady at the front desk, then looked at me. "Follow me, if her breathing has slowed then we need to get her hooked up to oxygen" he said, so I followed him and we went into a nursery and he got her hooked up to oxygen.
"What's wrong with her Doc?" I asked
"I can't tell just by this, we'll have to run some tests and find out. I don't think it's anything too serious so we are gonna have you guys go out in the waiting room and we will tell you as soon as we know" he said, so we reluctantly went to the waiting room. After about half an hour the doctor came back out. I thought that was rather quick, but I aint complaining I want to know what's going on with my kid.
"You guys don't have too much to worry about" Doc said calmly
"Well what is it? What's wrong with her?" John asked
"It's pretty common. She has asthma"
"That showed up this early?" I asked, curiously
"Ya, it happens a lot. I don't know why I didn't think of it when you first brought her in"
"Well what do we have to do?" John asked
"We actually have some powder that you can put into her milk and feed her and once she gets older you can give her pills or an inhaler"
"But I still breast feed" I commented
"You are gonna have to use a pump and feed her through a bottle so she can get the medicine that she needs" he explained
"Thanks. When can we take her home?"
"We are gonna keep her for the rest of the night just for observation and you can take her home in the morning" Doc said and went back to doing what he needed to do.
"Momma, you wanna go home? I'll stay here" John asked as he gave me a hug.
"No, you can go. I'm alright"
"You sure? Do you want me to stay?"
"It's OK, go home to Kimmy. I'll call you when we can leave"
"OK, love ya Momma" he gave me a kiss
"Love ya too Daddy" I returned the kiss and gave him a hug. Then he left. I went up to the front desk.
"Excuse me"
"Yes ma'am. Can I help you?"
"Ummm, my baby is the one in the nursery hooked up to oxygen. Do you think I could… ya know, sit by her side until she can leave?" I asked, I wasn't too sure what the policy was.
"That is quite alright, there's a chair in there somewhere for you" she smiled at me
"Thank you" I said and went back.
John's POV
Sara was right there as soon as I got home. I answered her question before she could answer it. "She should be fine, she just has asthma. They want to keep watch over her for the rest of the night so Steph will call when we can go get her" I explained
Sara took a deep breath "Good, I'm glad it's nothing worse"
"Same here, Kimmy still asleep?"
"Of course she is"
"I'm gonna go try to follow her lead"
"See ya in the morning John" Sara said as I went upstairs, as soon as I got in the room Kimmy started crying, so I went over to pick her up. "Did you miss Daddy?" I gave her a kiss. "It's OK, I'm back. We'll go get Momma and Shelly in the morning. Shelly's a little sick" I laid her on my shoulder and sat in the rocking chair. "It'll all be better in the morning. Just go back to sleep" I said then rocked her for the next 10 minutes; she must be cranky cause she didn't need changed or fed. I started to sing the first song that came to mind, I know the song's a little more upbeat but I sang it softly to her;
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's
Always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things
You need to borrow
For no one can fill
Those of your needs
That you won't let show
You just call on me bro…sister I decided to change it a little
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem
That you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
You just call on me sister
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load
You have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me
Call me
Call me...
She had finally fallen asleep so I laid her in her crib and turned around to get into bed and I saw Sara in the doorway. I could feel my cheeks blush.
"Awwwe" she smiled
"I was getting my baby girl to go to sleep, problem?" I don't really like for people to hear me sing.
"No problem at all, you have a beautiful voice, ya know" Sara stated
"No I don't, I'm going to bed"
"Whatever John. Sleep good" she said and walked away.
"My voice sucks, that's why I don't like people to hear me" I told myself and went to sleep. I woke up to my phone ringing. So I went and got Shelly and Steph. Now that I think about it, once we found out it was asthma, we were relieved. It could have been a lot worse.
A/N: OK I THINK THAT CHAPTER SUCKED BUT I HAD TO HAVE SOMETHING. NEXT CHAPTER SHOULD BE BETTER. WE'LL GET UPDATES OF EVERYBODY AND HOW THEY'RE DOING. ALSO, WILL JEFF HAVE FOUND HIS DREAM GIRL YET? I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO SEE :P I WILL TRY TO UPDATE AS SOON AS I CAN BUT LIKE I SAID WORK HAS BEEN A LITTLE HECTIC, SO I'LL TRY. AND PLEASE REVIEW, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT, THEY REALLY DO MEAN A LOT TO ME. ANY OF YOU THAT WRITE STORIES YOURSELF KNOW HOW MUCH REVIEWS MEAN TO SOMEONE, SO HELP A SISTER OUT :P THANKS GUYS :D