I get out of hospital today, yay!
Michael finally pulled up outside the entrance of Holby at 4:00am. Sacha had woken up when the engine cut out, as had Mo, Elliot and Jonny. But Jac was still fast asleep on Jonny facing down with her arms wrapped around his torso.
"Michael, call Serena and get her to send a trolley down." Jonny whispered.
"Why?"
"Because i don't know about you but I certainly don't want to be the one to wake the pregnant ice queen at 4 o clock in the morning." Jonny stated. Michael nodded and texted to Serena but a non emergency ambulance pulled up behind them waiting for them to move.
"Maconie what are you doing?" Michael asked as he got out of the car and Jonny opened the car door furthest away from him carefully with his feet.
"She's not a light sleeper, I'll carry her." He whispered. Jonny carefully slipped out of the car feet first. He slipped one arm under Jac's bum to support most of her weight. He wrapped the other arm around her back to support her upper half as she hung her legs lifelessly either side of Jonny's body. Her arms were flopped over his shoulders. Everyone else except Michael got out of the car, leaving him to park it.
Once Jonny had Jac safely in his arms, he began to make his way forward when Mr T came out of the entrance. Once he saw Jac's limp body on Jonny's he ran over to them.
"How long has she been unconscious?" Mr T asked as he checked Jac's neck for a pulse. Before he touched her, Mo slapped his hand away.
"Ssshh. She's sleeping." Mo whispered as she put her finger to her lip.
"Oh, um sorry. Right there's two bays up on Keller for the four of you to be checked over. Mr Leevy if you'd like to take the gents and I'll take the ladies." Mr T said as he, Jonny, Jac, Mo, Elliot and Sacha got into the lift and pushed the button for Keller.
Jonny would have argued with Mr T that he wanted to be with Jac but he didn't have the energy; it was 4am and to be honest, Mr T was used to dealing with female patients anyway.
"I'll check Jonny first, if you Mo first then Jonny can be there for the scan yeah?" Sacha suggested to make Jonny happier as he saw the look of disappointment on his face.
"Yep sure." Mr T replied nervously as he looked at Jac, still fast asleep.
"Jesus Christ she's heavy!" Jonny said as he gently lifted her up a bit higher as she had begun to slip.
Once the lift opened, Serena greeted them, then she saw Jac.
"Is she-"
"She's sleeping." Sacha interrupted before Serena assumed that she was unconscious.
"Right, um bay 3 and 4 are empty and there's an ultrasound in bay 3 for Jac okay? Would you like me to check anyone?"
"No, no we'll manage. But thanks." Sacha replied as they made their way to the bays. Jonny slipped into bay 3 with Mo and they both assisted in gently lowering Jac onto the bed.
Ten minutes later, Jonny returned after being checked over and sat next to Jac who was still fast asleep.
"Right, your blood sugar's a little low but I don't think it's anything to worry about. Just have a sweet coffee- actually not a coffee if you're anywhere near Jac." Mr T joked to Mo.
"How do you know about Jac's coffee intolerance?" Mo said jokily.
"I made the mistake of having a coffee in my room before Jac came for her scan. Lets just say it was lucky that I had the toilets opposite my room!" He joked. "But seriously, just take it easy and you'll be fine. Don't rush back to work okay?" Mr T said caringly.
"No need to tell me twice, though you might have a bit more difficulty telling ether highness that." Mo replied as she sat up on the bed and looked over at Jac.
"Right, I think it's best if you wake her." Mr T said nervously as he pulled over the clean equipment trolley and the ultrasound machine.
"Okay, by the way she was coming down with a bit of a cold in the car, she's been hypothermic twice and she's still a bit cold now so her blood pressure will probably be a bit high."Jonny explained quietly
"Here goes nothing." Jonny whispered as he gently rubbed Jac's arm. "Jac? Jac wakey wakey." He said softly however, she didn't even stir. Jonny was standing one side of her bed, and Mo and Mr T were standing the other. "Jac!" Jonny shouted.
Jac opened her eyes, took a deep breath and turned onto her side so that she was facing Jonny. She brought her knees up to her bump, wrapped her arms around it and shut her eyes again.
"Oh um, she ran out of her prescription painkillers a few days ago but we couldn't get them because of the flood so could you get her some more? Like now?" Jonny asked as he gently rubbed Jac's arm.
"Oh right. Yeah sure i'll get you your prescription but for now I'll give it to you intravenously so that it'll help with the pain quicker." Mr T explained to Jac's back. After waiting a few moments for Jac to reply, he silently slipped out of the room.
Mr T soon returned with a pain relief filled syringe in a kidney dish. Despite Mr T standing in front of her holding the syringe, Jac kept her arms, securely wrapped around her bump underneath the blanket.
Jonny took the syringe from Mr T, gently pulled down the blanket down and pulled Jac's hand off of her bump. He slowly inserted the needle into her hand and injected her with pain relief.
"Could you?" Mr T said as he held a blood sugar monitor in his hand. Mr T took the empty syringe off of Jonny as he in return to the small machine. He pricked the end of Jac's finger, squeezed it to make a drop of blood come out and put her sample into the machine. Once the machine showed a reading, Jonny showed it to Mr T. And Jac started coughing a few times.
"Right, your blood sugar's a bit- well actually it's very low-"
"I feel sick." Jac interrupted, immediately after, she yawned.
"Jac do you feel dizzy?" Mr T asked as he looked into Jac's eyes. She didn't respond as she weakly clenched her fist under the sheets.
"I think she's got vasovagal syncope. Jac stay calm and take deep breaths for me."
"What does that mean?" Jonny asked panickily.
"She's going to faint." Mr T said quickly as he raised the bars at the side of the bed to be on the safe side.
Within seconds Jac's eyes were closed and she was unconscious. "She fainted earlier." Jonny blurted out as he took her pulse.
"Jonny calm down, she's only fainted." Mo said as she pulled a stray bit of a hair from Jac's face and tucked it behind her ear.
A few minutes later, Jac's eyes fluttered. She saw Jonny holding her hand next to her, and Mr T next to him. Mo was smiling kindly on the other side of Jac and at he end of her bed was Mr Hanssen.
"Jac, I think you have what's called vasovagal syncope. Do you know what it is?" Mr T asked nervously as the main man of the hospital stood next to him. Jac looked at him blankly and confused.
"Right well it's where your vagus nerve is affected he blood flow to your heart and hence your brain. It's common in pregnancy at it's affected when you strain for a bowel movement, empty your bladder or cough or sneeze which of course isn't great when you are pregnant with a cold. As for your low blood sugar, I'd say it's caused by a mix between the vasovagal syncope and not eating or drinking enough so we'll keep you in for today and overnight to monitor your blood sugar because it may be gestational diabetes. Okay, I'll be back every 10 minutes to check on you." Mr T explained as he left them to it.
As he left Elliot walked in. "Ah Professor Hope, excellent timing. I would just like to apologise to you, Miss Effanga, Nurse Maconie and of course Miss Naylor, for sending you to London. I can't but help that this is my fault. Therefore, I would like to postpone the re-opening of Darwin until not next Monday, but the Monday after. Which is 11 days from now which I hope, gives you enough time to recover from your ordeal. You will of course be on full pay. And Miss Naylor you of course dont have to return until you feel you feel ready." Mr Hanssen explained to the four of them.
"Mr Hanssen?"
"Yes Miss Naylor."
"Could you do me a favour?"
"It would of course depend on what it is Miss Naylor."
"Could you get me discharged now?"
"Miss Naylor, you need constant supervision." Mr Hanssen said sternly.
"Jonny will be with me."
"Yes and although I am not doubting nurse Maconie's abilities, you need supervision by an obstetrician or a doctor at the very least." Mr Hanssen explained which left Jac rather upset and annoyed.
"I'll be with them then. I can run through a few things with Mr T before we leave and I'll monitor her bp and blood sugar. Come on, she's pregnant with a cold! the last thing she needs is having to stay in an uncomfortable hospital bed with Mr T checking on her every 10 minutes in a place where she's surrounded by her colleagues! Please Mr Hanssen." Mo pleaded. Jac was slightly taken aback by Mo's suggestion as was Jonny.
They could all see that Mr Hanssen was considering it. And after a few moments he spoke. "I shall go and have a word with Mr Thompson." He said softly and exited the room.
I've just thought of something: Jac had explorative surgery which confirmed her endometriosis. But surely Jonny must've noticed when they slept together on the night Tara died that she had 2 or 3 (laparoscopy) recent scars on her lower abdomen?
Anyway, thanks for reading and please review :)