Antonio had fallen asleep on the little uncomfortable couch in Sylvie's room. It was two in the morning when he heard stirring coming from the bed. "Sylvie babe, you awake?" he moved to the bed to check. She blinked several times before she spoke,

"Where am I, what's going on?" She was still groggy and confused by her surroundings. "You collapsed at the fake call, you've been out for about eleven hours, don't try to move you're hooked up to a bunch of IV's" he bent down and kissed her on the forehead, thanking the lord she finally woke up.

"What? Why did I collapse?" she was a little frantic. "Let me page the nurse and let them know your awake, so the doctor can check on you okay." He pushed the button for the nurse, he really didn't want to explain all this to her and hoped the doctor could make an appearance soon.

The doctor and a nurse arrived a little while later and completed vitals and a quick exam. "Do you know what you're in for yet?" the doctor asked, not wanting to explain twice if she didn't have too.

"I haven't explained yet, I'm not good with the medical stuff, didn't want to mess up" he was being honest, put a gun in his hand and he was golden, start with medical stuff and he was lost.

"You're being treated for pneumonia, iron deficiency anemia, low hemoglobin, and dehydration which is all likely caused by your pregnancy" Sylvie looked at Antonio like the world had gone crazy.

"I'm not pregnant, I took a test two months ago and its been what three months since we've had sex and I have my period every month!" she looked at Antonio and he was just staring at her "I swear Antonio, I've only been with you, no one else, no one in between, this isn't possible." She was starting to panic.

"Hey, hey listen, I believe you, just please finish listening to the doctor" he stood up and sat on the bed next to Sylvie and put his arm around her shoulder, she burrowed into his side.

"Ms. Brett, you're 22 weeks pregnant, the test you took was a false negative. As for the period, about thirty percent of women have bleeding that mimics their period during pregnancy, that is most likely what you are experiencing. I am wanting to diagnose you with Hyperemesis Gravidarum which is severe morning sickness based on your recent medical history and symptoms when you came in." Sylvie just stared at the doctor in disbelief.

"How the hell can I be five and a half months pregnant and not know it?" she was starting to cry, this was all way too much at one time "And your sure?" the doctor nodded and walked to the far side of the bed and turned up a dial on a machine Sylvie hadn't noticed she was connected too.

The sounds of a heartbeat filled the room; it was the fetal heart rate machine and she was hearing her baby's heartbeat for the first time. "Absolutely certain Ms. Brett, the baby has a strong heartbeat but it is small for its gestational age so we are going to work on getting the both of you very healthy very fast."

Sylvie was sobbing leaning against Antonio, he was rubbing her back and kissed her on the forehead. "How do we do that?" Antonio asked knowing that Sylvie wasn't going to be able to pull herself together.

"First, mom needs to start eating healthy, we're going to set you up with a nutritionist and I'll prescribe you a medication that will help with the nausea and prenatal vitamins." Antonio knew between the both of them they had great insurance so they wouldn't need to worry about that.

"Next, Sylvie I'm putting you on partial bed rest, that means normal light activities, no work in the near future, we can reassess if you like later but it's looking like the remainder of your pregnancy."

Sylvie quickly looked at Antonio with a panicked look; she couldn't afford to be off that long, she just moved in with Kelly, she had bills to pay. "Antonio leaned down and whispered in her ear knowing what she was thinking, "Don't worry about it, you have short-term disability, sick and personal time, and me" She looked up at him and shook her head "I can't accept..." he cut her off "Just finish listening to the doctor, we can talk about that later."

The doctor continued "and we are going to label you high risk, the OB is going to want to monitor you more closely, probably bi-weekly until you deliver. Do you have any questions?"

Sylvie had so many questions but she was a planner, she needed time to think about them and write them down, she was overwhelmed. She had a quick realization and panicked "Oh god I've been drinking! Not a lot but enough to get fuzzy once a week, did I hurt our baby?" she thought she was going to have a panic attack.

"The baby should be fine as long as you weren't drinking excessively, just let your OB know and they will monitor the baby okay?" Sylvie relaxed a little. "Do you have anymore questions?"

"When can I go home?" it was the only question she could think of.

"We've completed one transfusion and need to do another one, then we will check your hemoglobin again and repeat if necessary, afterward we will complete your iron infusion, we will need to set you up with a hematologist for follow up, but were looking at probably around 5pm or so if everything else is cleared." Sylvie and Antonio thanked the doctor and she left the room.

"I'm so, so sorry Antonio I didn't mean for this happen, I swear, I didn't know I was pregnant, we were always so careful, I'm on the pill and we use condoms, I don't know how it happened" she was sobbing, he lifted her head grabbing it with both hands and made her look him in the eyes, "I know you didn't and you have nothing to be sorry for, we were both there when this baby was conceived. Do you really think, that I think you would work yourself to this point of exhaustion and sickness if you knew your were pregnant?" He let go of her face and his shoulders slumped, he was exhausted.

"You're very sick, I thought…ugh, you don't want to know what I thought as we were pulling you out of the back of the Ambo. But look it's three in the morning, lets just lay down and try to rest before they come in and start poking and prodding you again okay?" Sylvie nodded in agreement and scooted to the far side of her bed "Will you lay here and hold me?" She needed the comfort and to feel safe in his arms. He kicked his boots off and scooted into bed next to her putting his arm behind her head and she snuggled into his side.

He pulled out his phone and texted Gabby, "She's awake, is doing good, will probably be released this evening, pass along, love you" Next he texted Kelly "She's awake and good, can you bring her up some clothes after shift? Thanks" he received an immediate reply from Kelly "I got her go bag in the car, I'll drop it on the way home". He turned off the phone and tried to sleep.