Chapter 46: Wrong Intersection
Author: zeusfluff.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Blue Blood's characters. They belong to CBS. I do own all originals. Date Started: 12/30/23. Date Finished: 12/30/23. Enjoy!
The phone in the delivery room was going off by the door, but Jamie and Mara had their hands full trying to get a baby boy out who was stuck. Trying to get him out without giving him a broken clavicle. Sabrina on the other hand had been organizing supplies on a tray on the right side of Jamie, ready to anticipate his next move. For a brief moment without taking his attention away from his task at hand, Jamie projected his voice towards Sabrina.
"Sabrina, could you get that please?"
Sabrina nodded and went over to answer the phone.
"Delivery room 6. This is Sabrina. Ok. I'll let him know. Thank-you."
Hanging up the phone, Sabrina looked over at Jamie worriedly.
"Doctor Reagan. Your wife is downstairs in the ER. Doctor Carollson is coming to relieve you in a minute."
Jamie's heart began to race, but he couldn't leave until Doctor Carollson got there. Doctor Carollson stepped into the room, quickly washing her hands and grabbing for a mask and gloves. Jamie hurriedly got up from the stool and rattled off what was going on.
"He's going to need a vacuum extraction to get him out. He's wedged in there pretty tight."
Doctor Carollson nodded and sat down on the stool Jamie had just vacated.
"I've got this covered Doctor Reagan. Go be with Eddie."
Nodding, Jamie went towards the door and all but ripped the soiled gloves from his hands and tore his mask off, discarding them in the trash by the door. Exiting the room, he took a few calming breaths as he walked towards the elevator. His mind was in overdrive the whole way down the elevator. When he got down to the ER waiting room, Eddie was visibly distraught, sitting in the hard plastic chairs still fully dressed in her uniform. Jamie rushed over to her and began checking her out.
"Ed look at me, are you hurt? What happened?"
Jamie watched as Eddie's bottom lip began to tremble, and then the waterworks began.
"Cora…"
Feeling his blood run ice cold, Jamie knelt down in front of Eddie and placed his hands on either side of her arms.
"What happened? Where is she?"
Eddie swallowed hard and then continued explaining herself.
"She had a seizure. Pop called and told me they were on the way to the hospital. The ER docs wouldn't let me stay with her. Jamie, is she going to be ok?"
Jamie shook his head.
"What? Oh my god. I'll go find out. Where's pop?"
Eddie looked up through red rimmed eyes.
"He went to make some calls. Let everyone know what's going on. Find Linda for me please. She's working today."
Jamie nodded and saw Linda coming towards the pair. He took a seat next to Eddie and threaded a left hand in hers, kissing her knuckles.
"Cora is going to be just fine. She had a febrile seizure. Common in children who have high fevers. Docs are working her up now and giving her something to bring her fever down. She should be ready to go up to a room soon. I'm off shift now so I can wait with you if you'd like."
Jamie and Eddie nodded, and Linda took a seat on the other side of Eddie. Eddie folded herself into Jamie's arms and cried some more. Ten minutes later, she looked up into Jamie's eyes and went over how she felt.
"Jamie, when I got the call from pop, my whole world just stopped. I should've recognized the signs. She's been really fussy the last few days. I really thought it was because of her tooth coming in."
Jamie pulled Eddie into a kiss and then leaned his forehead against hers.
"That's unknowable babe. Sometimes these things happen. She could have a cold or the flu. Or a virus. She's going to be ok."
Linda looked at the couple and put in her two cents.
"She's been calling for both of you. She's scared. The nurses are doing their best to calm her down as they cool her off."
Jamie felt a lump in his throat, but he swallowed to help it dissipate. He had to remain strong. Cora was going to be ok. He had to remain objective. His little girl needed him, but he also needed to keep it together for Eddie. Just as he was about to give Eddie some words of assurance, a doctor came up to them with a look of relief on his face.
"Doctor Reagan, Mrs. Reagan, your daughter Cora is stable. We gave her some baby Tylenol to bring her fever down. We also gave her something to sleep. She's resting comfortably. I can take you up to see her."
Eddie was the first to get to her feet. Jamie followed suit and the couple followed the doctor towards Cora's room. Jamie felt his stomach clenching and tried to will it to stop. It wasn't until he and Eddie were inside her room that he let his defenses down. There in the open and heated crib was Cora, sleeping without a care in the world. Except for the fact that she had tiny leads attached to her chest and wires to them that went to a machine off to the side.
It was monitoring her heart rate. Jamie approached Cora carefully and took his stethoscope from around his neck and correlated with the machine. He listened to Cora's heartbeat. From the corner of his eye, he could see Eddie was tense. A small smile came to his face and he put his stethoscope back behind his neck. He looked over at Eddie and grabbed for her hand and squeezed it.
"She's doing just fine sweetheart. Her heart rate and her breathing are normal. She's comfortable."
A nurse came over towards Cora to check on her. She smiled over at Eddie. Eddie took this moment to speak.
"Can I hold her?"
The nurse nodded and reached into the heated crib, placing Cora in Eddie's arms. Eddie shifted her up to her shoulder as she sat down in the rocking chair. Jamie sat in another rocking chair to the left her her and put a hand to her back. He took a moment to speak to Cora.
"Everything's going to be ok Cora. Mommy and daddy are here."
Jamie was sure everything was going to be alright. Maybe they would just keep her in the hospital overnight. He was going to keep close tabs on everything they were doing to make her better.
To Be Continued…
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