She was up and down with Daryl and Sophia during the night. He did too much and his shoulder was sore. He was wincing in pain and grumbling in the bed. Tossing about, kicking off the blankets and generally complaining enough to wake her up. she knew having sex was a bad idea even though it felt so good, she helped him to the bathroom to use the toilet, helped him shower again. He was sweating a bit in the bed. Eventually she had to wake up Andrea at 2am in the morning as he was in a lot of pain.
Andrea come into the bedroom after she had him dried from his shower, she managed to get fresh boxers on him. She looked at his shoulder and checked his dressing. She took the dressing off then looked at it. She put antibiotic cream on him then a dressing over it. Telling him tomorrow they will take the dressing off while he was not in bed to see how it was healing.
His temp was up, which was why he was sweating so she gave him some pain meds, and she also held a sleeping pill in her hand she knew he didn't like taking them but he needed to sleep. Carol needed to sleep, she couldn't understand why he was suddenly in so much pain. Then she saw a telling mark on his chest.
'Daryl did you have sex tonight?' she asked him.
Daryl blushed and Carol's hand went over her mouth. Andrea shook her head.
'You know you were not supposed to do that, you were told that this morning,' Andrea growled at him. She patted down the sides of the dressing then held out the pill to him. He shook his head. 'You don't take it, I'm going to put your arse back in hospital,'
'Why?' he mumbled at her.
'You and Carol both need to sleep,' she told him, 'You need to let your body rest and relax,'
'I did something to make me relax,' he told her.
'Daryl, I'm not really happy, its two in the morning,' Andrea yawned. She stared him down until he put the pill in his mouth, Carol had left the room to nurse Sophia, bringing her back to sit beside him in the bed to feed her.
Andrea was making Daryl show her what was in his mouth actually using a tongue compressor to look around his mouth to make sure he had swallowed it. She handed him some more to drink. Sitting on the bed with them until she was sure the pill was taking affect. She given him the highest dose for his size because she wanted to knock him out so he would sleep leaving Carol to sleep without having to be up and down to him and the baby all night.
She sat talking to Carol quietly about Sophia's mid night feeding while she was watching Daryl slowly lose the fight to stay awake. He was half lying on his side but sitting up and Andrea saw he was struggling, she moved off the bed and help him lie down on his good side. Putting his pillow under his head and a pillow behind his back to support him. Carol watched her sister in law basically tuck him into bed even to a point of tucking the blankets under the mattress to keep him safe.
Carol was burping Sophia when Merle come into the room to check everything was still ok. He knew Daryl was stubborn and might nit take the sleeping pills, he thought he might have to hold his nose while Andrea shoved it down there like they did one night last time he had been shot. Daryl didn't like not to be in control, but Daryl not having slept and in pain was not his idea of a good time.
'She need changing?' he asked Carol, reaching out to take Sophia, Carol shook her head. She kissed her handing her over to her Uncle to cuddle, she knew Merle would be spoiling her walking around the house in the dark till she fell asleep and then some to give Carol much needed sleep. She watched Sophia lay her head on his shoulder and she settled down to sleep on his big broad shoulders.
Daryl was watching the exchange through half dazed eyes and said, 'S'mine,'
'Yeah bro, I know, you can have her back, I'm just helping ya out,' he told him.
Daryl's eyes were shutting and Carol stroked the hair from his face soothing him some and before her eyes his face relaxed and the pain seemed to go as he went into a pill related sleep.