Elizabeth finally regained enough energy to get up, but not without the help of her coworkers. She still had no idea what had happened to her but she was finally willing to go to the hospital and get checked out. Conrad and Isabelle managed to get her to the car and Isabelle drove her to the hospital.
In the meantime, Juliette made the dreaded phone call to Henry to inform him of what has happened. She knew this wasn't going to go well, Henry was quite protective of Elizabeth and she knew he would be incredibly worried, but Juliette was still unaware of Elizabeth's pregnancy and didn't realize how serious the situation could be.
"Hi Henry? Its Juliette."
"Hi, yes, what can I help you with", he inquired. He had a moment of confusion before realizing, if Juliette was calling him and not Elizabeth, something was likely wrong.
"I don't know how to tell you this but Elizabeth fainted at work, Conrad demanded she be taken to hospital so Isabelle is on her way now with her", she told him.
"Oh.." he thought, his mind not quite processing what was being said to him. "Is.. is she ok? What happened?", he had about a million questions but he figured these were good to start.
"She was leaving the director 's office and she collapsed. She woke up quickly but she was drained. Conrad demanded she be taken to hospital. When she woke up she was coherent so I don't think it's serious but she's going to get checked out."
"I, um, yeah, I'm on my way. Thank you", he told her before hanging up the phone. He rushed to pack his belongings from his office and was off the meet his wife at the hospital. On his way there, his mind was going a mile a minute and he was envisioning all the worst-case scenarios that could be happening to Elizabeth, and their baby.
Elizabeth and Isabelle made it to the hospital and after telling the nurse in the ER she was pregnant, they rushed her to the maternity ward to hook her up to all kinds of monitors to check the baby's heartbeat. After strapping everything on, they did an ultrasound, the doctor determined that everything was fine and that the baby's heartbeat was strong and healthy. But this did not answer any questions about what happened to Elizabeth so they drew some blood and ran a few more tests before the doctors and nurses left. When it was finally just Isabelle in the room, Elizabeth asked her how she knew she was pregnant.
Isabelle laughed, "no one spends that much time in the bathroom puking their guts out when they're not pregnant."
Elizabeth just gave her a look, as if to say "ya, ya, whatever".
"I've suspected since the day I caught you throwing up the first time, I was kidding when I asked you if you were pregnant but the next few days confirmed my theory. I didn't tell anyone though, but a few people suspected too", she added.
"I tried to hide it but when you feel like shit its hard" she joked. "Did someone call henry to let him know I'm here? He'd want to know, and I want him here just in case...". She didn't finish her sentence but Isabelle knew what she meant.
"He's on his way Bess, he'll be here soon".
"It's not that you're not good company really but I know he's going to be worried", trying to be polite but saying that she wanted her husband over her friend.
"I'll go when he gets here, but I wasn't leaving you here alone, Henry would have killed me" she joked.
At that moment, Henry arrived and barged in the room in a huff, he had no idea what was happening or what was going on. " Elizabeth, what happened?!" He asked, clearly out of breath and freaking out a little. He gave her a quick peck on the lips, his way of making sure she knew he was here and supporting her.
"I'm ok henry, I just fainted. It's no big deal", she tried convincing him.
Isabelle chimed in, saying it was a big deal and that's why she's here.
"Babe, it's a big deal if you're not feeling well, how's baby girl doing? Is everything ok?", he was getting a little scared that she hadn't said anything but she wasn't hysterical so it couldn't be that bad.
"Heartbeat is strong. I'm hooked up to all these contraptions to monitor her heart but everything is fine" she told him.
He gave her another kiss before turning his attention to Isabelle. "Thank you" he said, "thank you for bringing her in and staying with her".
"Anytime, but I'm going to go. Keep me updated ok?" She asked Elizabeth.
"Of course, I'll talk to you tomorrow" she smiled, "thank you again".
"If I see you at work, I'm dragging you home myself, at least take a few days off to rest, you deserve it" she told her friend before leaving the room and returning to work.
"She's right, you should take a few days off after this", henry told his wife.
"We'll see what the doctor says", she told him.
"Elizabeth, this must be your husband, hi, so I've gotten your blood work back, everything seems fine. Heartbeat is staying strong and I didn't see anything abnormal on the ultrasound. The only concern I have is your blood pressure, it's a little elevated and that can have some pretty serious effects in regard to pregnancy. I would recommend a few days off work to rest but you should be as good as new in a few days, but you need to take it easy for the rest of your pregnancy, eliminate as much stress as you can. This episode was likely due to stress and anxiety which leads to high blood pressure. You seem to have a pretty supportive husband, so hopefully he can help you with relaxing and taking it easy for the rest of your pregnancy, if not this could be a lot worse next time " , he warned.
"Thank you so much doctor. We appreciate it" henry told him. "So, when can she go home?", he asked.
"I'd like to monitor both of you for a few more hours to make sure your blood pressure goes down before I let you leave, alright? So, try to take it easy".
After leaving the hospital and spending 4 days on bedrest, Elizabeth was losing her mind. She needed to do something but Henry spent every waking hour serving her hand and foot and getting her anything and everything she wanted and needed. She appreciated it but she needed to do something for herself, and she needed to get out of bed and go further than the bathroom or the kitchen, but Henry wouldn't let her lift a finger.
"Henry, we're fine, I promise, I can get up and walk around" she protested. "I'm tired of lying in bed all day, it's nice when you're in there with me but we can't even do anything" she joked.
"I know, I'm just worried about you, and my little girl in there." As he put his hand on Elizabeth's belly. "She's getting bigger".
"I know. She's growing inside of me." She said dryly. "My pants don't even button anymore".
"It's ok babe, I still think you're beautiful, belly or no belly", he said, wrapping his arms around her and giving her a loving kiss.
