Chapter 8: the first night!
It has only been 3 days since I gave birth to Lexie and Ellis and I'm looking forward to going home today with the girls to celebrate a late Christmas with my older children as, Derek and I decided to wait to celebrate Christmas until Lexie, Ellis, Amelia, Olivia and I can finally go home. I'm excited to go home to my own bed, my noise children instead of machines, and not having a whole bunch of people coming in to see me when I'm trying to sleep. I also missed hearing the nature sounds that I usually hear from my house.
It was about 12:30 by the time Derek came with the kids, I was excited to see Zola, and Bailey. "Momma can little sissies come home with me" asked a happy Bailey. "Yes sweetie Lexie and Ellis get to come home today with us" explained Meredith. "Meredith I'm ready to go home and I really appreciate that both Derek and you are allowing Owen, Olivia, and myself live at the house with you guys" explained Amelia. Before I knew it Derek came back from the nursery with Lexie who was dressed in a pink dress that Derek picked out and Ellis who was in a purple dress that I picked out. When I saw my girls I began to cry. I couldn't believe that I was a mother of 4 kids.
I was tired when I got home, Derek thought I should take a nap while he watched the children. At first I was afraid to leave Derek alone with Zola, Bailey, Lexie, and Ellis while I took a nap. I can remember the first time I let Derek watch Bailey and I woke up to Zola crying for Derek's help because she was in the bathroom and needed help cleaning up. Derek had fallen asleep with Bailey in his arms. After my nap I felt refreshed even though I'll be up most of the night with Lexie, and Ellis. Derek is prepared for it as Bailey would wake up every hour because he was either wet, hungry, or didn't like to sleep. "Meredith do you think the girls will be like Bailey" asked Derek. "Well Derek every child is different so I don't know what they will be like" explained Meredith.
It was about 3:00 when Zola, and Bailey came into my room jumping on the bed. Derek came into the room with who I thought was Lexie crying because she was hungry. "Zola and Bailey please don't jump on the bed remember mommy just had Lexie and Ellis" Derek explained. "Ok dada will you help me in the circle room after I take a doodle" asked Bailey.
After I fed who ended up being Ellis, Lexie started to cry because she was hungry. I found it hard to tell which baby was Lexie or Ellis. Derek decided he would put Lexie in pink and Ellis in purple. It's going to be difficult when the girls are older to tell them apart. When I was done feeding Lexie, we decided to celebrate Christmas.
Later that night when Zola, Bailey, Lexie, and Ellis were asleep Derek thought it would be nice to watch a movie together until Marley started to bark and woke up Lexie and Ellis. Derek took Marley for a walk while I was able to get Lexie to fall back asleep, but I wasn't able to get Ellis to go back to sleep. I was afraid she was going to wake up Zola and Bailey.
After Derek was able to get Ellis to fall back asleep I was too tired to watch a movie with Derek. The twins woke up at 3:00 am wanting to be fed and changed, after Derek and I finally got them back to sleep we slept for about 30 minutes until Bailey comes in our room saying he has a stomach ache and is itchy all over. I turned on the lamp to see a rash on Bailey I woke up Derek to look at it. Derek thought it was just chicken pox until Bailey vomited a dark color on my favorite pj's.
I knew that Bailey had something serious and needed to go to the ER. I quickly got dressed, woke up Zola and got her dressed, while Derek put Lexie and Ellis in their car seats. The ride to the hospital was nerve wreaking for me because my son was sick and I didn't know what he had. On the way to the hospital I called Alex and told us to meet him there. When we got their Alex took Bailey to get examined as a doctor I thought I could help but because I'm on maternity leave, and I'm the patients mother I was just another concerned parent. It was 15 minutes later when Alex told Derek and myself that Bailey has a 75% chance of Scarlet fever, and that Bailey was being admitted to the hospital. I was scared to death because it is rare to get scarlet fever in 2015.
I then to begin to worry about Zola, Lexie, and Ellis. Alex checked Zola who was perfectly fine, then he checked the twins and said that they were fine. I asked Alex if I could go and see my son while Derek watched the girls. I asked Derek if he could drop Zola and the twins over at Owen's trailer so both Derek and I could be with Bailey as he needs his parents. I stayed with Bailey while Derek brought the girls to Owen, and Amelia. While Derek was gone I think I might have dosed off in the chair next to Bailey when Dr. Bailey came by and asked why I was at the hospital when I should be with my babies, until she saw Bailey in the hospital bed. Bailey came in to look at Bailey and said that the last time she saw scarlet fever was when she was in med school and it was scary for the parents of the child.
A/N: Scarlet fever may not be as common as it was in the 1800s but you can still get it. back in 2012 I got it and I was scared. I have plans for little Bailey and how Meredith and Derek cope with it along with having Zola, and the twins to worry about.