Dr. Whale walks in and sees Regina standing next to Emma and holding her hand, he looks at their joint hands and raises an eyebrow.
Regina sees the move and clears her throat to get Whale's attention back on Emma.
Dr. Whale awkwardly clears his throat and stands in front of Emma. Just as Whale is about to touch her left arm, to check her blood pressure, Emma tightens her hold on Regina's hand.
Regina feels the tiny hand squeeze hers, so she begins to rub comforting circles Emma's hand reassuring her that everything is going to be ok.
Dr. Whale asks Emma a few questions, "Hi Emma, I am Dr. Whale. While this machine here takes your blood pressure I want to ask you a few questions ok?."
Emma nods and Whale continues, "ok. First when is your birthday"
Emma shrugs, "I'm not really sure, In the foster home we just celebrated on September 9th. That was the day I was left"
Emma focuses her eyes on the ground, Regina notices and squeezes her hand again in comfort.
Dr. Whale hmms, and asks another question, "So Emma do you know how old you are?"
Emma nods, "I am 4 and a half"
Regina is surprised, She is tall for a four year old and speaks so well, I could have sworn she was older.
Whale nods his head and continues on with the rest of the check up. He takes a blood sample, checks her pulse, temperature, eyes and ears, her reflexes, her weight, and lastly her cuts and bruises.
When he is finished Emma is sporting two purple bandaids for a scraped knee and 4 little stitches on the side of her thumb.
Dr. Whale told Emma to get dressed while he and Regina talk outside.
Regina lifts Emma off the table and puts her on the ground.
Emma watches as Regina walks out the door. Regina catches the door just before it closes and reassures Emma, "Hey, I am going to be just outside this door ok? I'll be here talking with Dr. Whale when you are finished changing."
Emma nods and breathes a sigh of relief.
Regina closes the door and turns to Dr. Whale, "Well, how is she?"
Dr. Whale looks up from his chart and says, "Well for the most part she is perfectly healthy. The only thing that I would be concerned about is her weight. I would like to see her gain at least 15 pounds so she is at least in the low weight class for kids her age. I can't know for sure until the blood work comes back but I am guessing she is lacking a few vitamins and minerals, nothing that can't be fixed with a better diet and multivitamins. Lastly, just make sure the cuts stay clean those will heal on their own; as for the stitches I have a water proof bandaid over them now just make sure to purchase more. The stitches need to stay as dry as possible; they will dissolve on their own."
When Whale is finished telling Regina all she needs to know to take care if Emma. Regina is smiling, happy that this little girl is at least physically alright.
Regina is thanking Dr. Whale when Emma opens the door and steps out, she is fully dressed and holding her bear.
Regina smiles even wider as soon as she sees Emma, "Hey sweetheart, Dr. Whale has given the all clear. We can go."
Regina bends down and picks Emma up, this time placing her more on her hip; Emma places her head down on Regina's shoulder.
Regina kisses Emma on the forehead and ask Emma, "Do you want me to hold your bear?"
Emma thinks for a second and nods. Regina grabs ahold of the medium sized brown bear, and shifts Emma so she has a better hold on her.
Dr. Whale is standing to the side watching the whole scene play out and realized Regina is acting the same way she acts towards Henry, like a mother.
Regina nods to in thanks and begins walking away. Emma waves a little hand 'bye' and then snuggles back into Regina's grasp.
smiles as his beeper goes off, at least one happy thing happened today; Emma found a family.