Once Upon A Straight Tequila Night
Ch 33 - Doctor's Appointment
Penelope's POV
It has been 3 weeks since we got back from our mini honeymoon and we have our 24 week doctors appointment this afternoon and I am laying on the couch in my office with a really bad headache and feeling quite ill.
I hear my office door open but I don't open my eyes but I know that it is Derek by the scent of his aftershave, I feel his hand on my arm as he says "baby are you ok" I shake my head slowly and say "no handsome I am not ok I feel quite ill and I have a really bad headache" he kisses my forehead and then says "baby you are really warm, I think I might ring Dr. Smith and see what she says I will be back in a minute ok baby."
Derek leaves my office and I close my eyes again and put my arm over my face with my other hand on my belly, the babies have been going crazy all day and I don't know if it is because I am not feeling well or whether they are just being very active today, 10 minutes pass and my office door opens again I move my arm and open my eyes to see Derek standing beside me and I say "so what did Dr. Smith say" he has a worried look on his face as he says "Dr. Smith asked me to bring you straight in event though we have an appointment this afternoon she would just like to check you out to rule out anything major being that your pregnancy is classified as high risk, I have also spoken to Hotch and told him that we are having the rest of the afternoon off so let's go and see Dr. Smith and find out what is going on."
Derek helps me up off the couch and I quickly shut down my computers while Derek gets all my bags ready, once my computers are turned off he takes my hand and leads me out of my office and towards the elevators we get into the elevator and he leans against the back wall and holds me against him until we reach the parking garage and then he leads me to the car, he quickly unlocks the car and puts my bags on the back seat and then opens the door for me and helps me in I rest my head against the seat and close my eyes again as my head starts pounding he hands me the seat belt buckle to hold and closes the door and quickly jumps in the drivers side and takes the buckle from me and clips it in for me and places the belt under my belly he doesn't worry about his seat belt he pulls out of the car space and heads for the exit.
Derek's POV
I open the door to my Baby Girl's office and find her laying on the couch with her eyes closed, I place my hand on her arm as I say "baby are you ok" she shakes her head slowly and say "no handsome I am not ok I feel quite ill and I have a really bad headache" I kiss her forehead and then says "baby you are really warm, I think I might ring Dr. Smith and see what she says I will be back in a minute ok baby."
I leave her office and I head for mine and pick up my cell phone and dial the number that Dr. Smith gave us she answers on the third ring and says "Dr. Smith speaking how can I help you" I reply "hello Dr. Smith this Derek Morgan, I was just ringing talk about my wife Penelope Morgan, at the moment she is laying on the couch in her office complaining of feeling ill and of a bad headache I bent down to give her a kiss on the forehead and she felt quite warm, I know we have an appointment this afternoon but should I bring her in now" Dr. Smith says "can you hold on for a second while I just locate her file" she comes back to the phone and says "can you bring her straight to my office I want to put her on the fetal monitor and check her blood pressure and run a few other tests and just make sure everything is ok due to her pregnancy being classified as high risk" I reply "no worries Dr. Smith we will be there shortly."
I hang up the phone and make my way to Hotch's office I knock and enter immediately and say "hey Hotch I just went to check on Penelope and she is laying on the couch in her office with a headache and feeling quite ill so I ran her doctor and she asked me to bring her straight to her office so that she can run some tests so we won't be back today Hotch looks at me and says " go and take her and take a few days off, just let me know what is going on ok" I nod and leave his office I want to get back to my Baby Girl quickly.
I open her office door again and she move her arm from her face and opens her eyes and says "so what did Dr. Smith say" I try not to look of worried as I say "Dr. Smith asked me to bring you straight in even though we have an appointment this afternoon she would just like to check you out to rule out anything major being that your pregnancy is classified as high risk, I have also spoken to Hotch and told him that we are having the rest of the afternoon off, so let's go and see Dr. Smith and find out what is going on."
I help her up off the couch and she quickly shuts down her computers while I get all her bags ready, once the computers are turned off I take her hand and lead her out of her office and towards the elevators we get into the elevator and I lean against the back wall and hold her against me until we reach the parking garage and then I lead her to the car, I quickly unlock the car and puts her bags on the back seat and then open the door for her and help her in she rests her head against the seat and closes her eyes again I hand her the seat belt buckle to hold and close the door and quickly jump in the drivers side and take the buckle from her and clip it in for me and place the belt under her belly I don't worry about my seat belt I pull out of the car space and heads for the exit.
Penelope's POV
We arrive at Dr. Smith's office and when we get to the reception desk the receptionist pages Dr. Smith who immediately shows us to an examination room and hooks me up to all these different monitors I have three fetal monitors on her belly and a blood pressure cuff to my arm and the only things keeping me calm at the moment are the sounds of the babies heartbeats filling the silent room and Derek holding my hand.
Dr. Smith takes my blood pressure again and says "Penelope I have worked out the reason for the headaches and feeling ill and it is all to do with your blood pressure, at the moment your blood pressure is quite high so I would like you to take a few days off and get some rest and then if possible I would like you to reduce your days at work just to try and keep your blood pressure down, and if by your next appointment your blood pressure has not stabilized I will be putting you on bed rest until the triplets are born."
I am now officially scared of what could happen if I don't follow Dr. Smith's orders, finally I am unhooked from all the monitors and Dr. Smith says "now please take it easy and I will see you in 4 weeks time but please don't hesitate to call me if there are any problems" Derek helps me off the bed and we walk out of the doctors office and towards the car when we get home I sat on the couch and Clooney came and sat at my feet and rested his head on my knee, Derek went to call Hotch and let him know what was going on.
Derek's POV
We arrive at Dr. Smith's office and when we get to the reception desk the receptionist pages Dr. Smith who immediately shows us to an examination room and hooks Penelope up to all these different monitors she has three fetal monitors on her belly and a blood pressure cuff to her arm and the only things keeping me calm at the moment are the sounds of the babies heartbeats filling the silent room and Penelope holding my hand.
Dr. Smith takes my Baby Girls blood pressure again and says "Penelope I have worked out the reason for the headaches and feeling ill and it is all to do with your blood pressure, at the moment your blood pressure is quite high so I would like you to take a few days off and get some rest and then if possible I would like you to reduce your days at work just to try and keep your blood pressure down, and if by your next appointment your blood pressure has not stabilized I will be putting you on bed rest until the triplets are born."
Penelope is finally unhooked from all the monitors and Dr. Smith says "now please take it easy and I will see you in 4 weeks time but please don't hesitate to call me if there are any problems" I help her off the bed and we walk out of the doctors office and towards the car, when we get home she sat on the couch and Clooney went and sat at her feet and rested his head on her knee, I went to call Hotch and let him know what was going on he answered on the second ring "Hotchner" I reply "hey Hotch we just got back from the doctors and the reason for Penelope's headaches and feeling ill is all to do with her blood pressure being quite high at the moment, so the doctor suggested that Penelope take a few days off but also cut back on her work hours and if her blood pressure doesn't stabilize by her next appointment the doctor will be putting her on bed rest until the triplets are born" he replies "no worries Morgan you just look after her and we will see you next week."