Chapter 3
Long Hard Night
After dinner we decided to watch a movie as a family. I wish I could tell you that picking the movie was easy, but it wasn't. Sophia and Calvin couldn't agree on what movie they wanted to watch. After about a half hour of arguing they finally agreed on a movie. As they settled on the couch I made popcorn and put the movie in. half way through the movie my cell phone rang. I paused the movie and got up to answer it. "Bureau Chief Cabot "I answer. " Ms. Cabot this doctor Bledsoe from mercy general hospital ""ok what can I do for you doctor?' I ask in a worried tone. "I'm sorry to inform you your wife has been brought in with a GSW to the stomach."" Oh god how is she?" she is in surgery as we speak" ok we are on our way." "Ok when you get here just ask the front desk to page doctor Bledsoe." "Thank you doctor see you soon."
After getting a bag ready and one for me too and getting them in the car 20 minutes had already passed. Mercy general is only a five minute drive from our pent house. Was trying really hard to not go over the speed limit, but it was extremely hard not to. The kids were confused so they stayed quiet. My mind on the other hand was going 100 miles an hour. I wish I had liv"s car because she has I dash light and we would get there faster. With no traffic it would take us five minutes to mercy. With traffic this heavy it took half an hour.
When we walked in the emergency room exit it was 8 o'clock and I trying to shake in fear. We walked up to the reception desk and the lady gave me a mean look. She asks me rudely "what do you want?' "Can you page doctor Bledsoe please" I ask trying to stay calm. She gave me the nastiest look you ever seen as she paged doctor Bledsoe. I was holding Sophia and Calvin was hugging my leg tight as we stood there and waited for doctor Bledsoe to come find us. She came very quickly and shook my hand and suggested we sit down. It took a good two minutes to detach Calvin from my leg. I sat down with both the kids on my lap. Doctor Bledsoe explained the risks of the surgery that liv was undergoing as we were sitting there. After we talked with doctor Bledsoe for a bit we went up to the surgical waiting room to wait with the rest of Liv's squad.
As soon as Cal saw Elliot he ran to him and attached himself to Elliot. Sophia on the other hand wouldn't let me put her down. Until she saw her aunt Jo walk in to the waiting room. I handed her to Jo and went to sit down and collect my thoughts. When Sophia finally fell asleep Jo offered to take her home and I didn't argue with that. Calvin on the other hand refused to leave Elliot. At round 10:30 it was me, Elliot, Calvin john, Fin, and Cragen (SVU's captain) still there in the waiting room. Ten minutes later John and Fin offered to go on a coffee run for the adults and apple juice run for Calvin.
When midnight rolled around I knew in my heart I was going to be a long night. Elliot finally got Calvin to take a nap so the adults could talk. "Al I can't tell you how sorry I am tried to tell her to take cover, but she didn't listen" el cries as I pull him in to a hug. "El I know you will always protect her I'm not blaming you ok? " I ask as I rub his back. He cries for another 10 minutes all I do is hold him and let him cry. We el finally calms down we try to stay positive. I take the uno cards out of Calvin's bag and the adults play uno. It is now 3 AM and doctor Bledsoe comes out to the waiting room. With a look on her face that I didn't recognize