*this was requested!!
Spencer's POV:
It's happening all over again. I'm sat in the baby's room panicking. I'm having severe abdominal pain, and it's a month before my due date. Toby rummages through the room and find the hospital bag.
He escorts me to his truck and we speed off to the emergency room. We park rather quickly, and Toby grabs the bag, helping me as we run in. I clutch to my stomach and begin to scream in pain.
"Someone get her a wheelchair!" The receptionist exclaims as soon as she sees me. A nurse immediately enters and they sit me down, and wheel me off into a room.
They leave for a moment so Toby can help me out of my pyjamas and into the hospital gown. I scream in pain the entire time he tries to help, and I now sit clutching my stomach.
I begin to cry when a few nurses rush in, asking me to lay down so they can insert IVs into my hands and arms. They poke a bunch of needles in to calm the pain and say someone will see me shortly.
"I can't do this again, Tobes." I say beginning to cry and he holds my hands tightly. "It'll be okay, he's fine. James is fine." He reassures me and I nod.
A doctor comes in with a chart and smiles politely. "We need to get an X-Ray done before we can do further examining. We'll take a look and see what to do from there. Do you have a gynaecologist?" He asks and I shake my head.
"No worries, we'll give you the best one we've got." He says with a wink and I give a smile through the pain. "You stay here and wait for me, okay?" I ask him holding onto my stomach more and he nods.
The nurses come in and ask me to lay down so they can take the machines with me to reduce pain, and they wheel me off.
I'm wheeled into an elevator, and after a few minutes into a huge machine that scans me. "Lay still." I hear the nurse say over the intercom and I nod.
After the scan is finished I'm rushed back into my room and left with Toby. Toby sits in the chair, leaning over with his hands in his hair.
A doctor returns after about 10 minutes. "We have some bad news." The doctor says and I sit up, beginning to cry and Toby takes my hand.
"We need you to have your baby, now." He tells me. "But he isn't ready to come out, it's too early. Will he survive?" I ask crying.
"We hope so." He says and motions for a few nurses to join us. "We'll take you to surgery now for an emergency C-section." He says and I nod laying back, breathing heavy.
"You'll be okay, I'll be by your side the entire time." Toby says pushing hair off my sweaty forehead. "Actually, sir, you aren't permitted in the OR." My nurse says and I shoot her a look.
"I'm not doing this without him." I say beginning to cry again. "I'm sorry but he isn't permitted in the operating room where you'll be open on the table." She says as they continue to prep me.
"But I'll be awake, only under minor anesthetics so I won't be fully asleep, and I'll be aware." I tell her. "I'm sorry, that's it." She shrugs beginning to walk out with my charts.
"Get back in here!" I shout and Toby lays a hand in my shoulder, rubbing it gently. "You better make sure he's in there with me or I'll get a new nurse to take care of me." I shout while she stands there speechless.
Numerous doctors then rush in to see what the commotion is, and the doctor in front of everyone is none other than my sister's husband, Wren.
"Spencer? Toby?" He asks flabbergasted. "Oh thank god, somebody who actually knows what they're doing is here!" I exclaim shooting the nurse a look.
"What's the problem?" He asks taking the charts from the nurse and walking over to the bed. "Early labour." He says sighing.
"I can't help you there." He says apologetically. "I know that, that isn't your specialty. But they won't allow Toby to come with me." I say, tears forming in my eyes.
"I'll work it out, I'll make sure he's in there no mater what." He smiles walking off. One of the other nurses that I didn't shout at hands Toby some scrubs and asks him to change into them and meet us in the OR.
The nurses wheel me off and put me under minor anesthetics, to take away most of the pain. Toby runs in and joins me, holding my hand. "It's okay, Spencer. He's coming." Toby smiles and I do too.
"I forgot to mention the, uh, risks." The nurse says and we both nod.
"Worst case scenario, the baby or you don't make it." He says and Toby cuts him off. "She may not make it?" He asks squeezing my hand.
"It's surgery, there are always risks." The nurse says and I look up at Toby. "I'll be fine." I say with a tight smile, and then numerous surgeons join us in the OR.
"Okay, you'll feel some pain." The nurse says backing off to make some room for the others. "Scalpel." The surgeon says, and an intern passes her it.
"You're in safe hands, we have the best paediatricians in the state." She smiles motioning to a young man and woman in pink scrubs.
They make a small cut and I close my eye, squeezing Toby's hand to make the pain stop. I hear crying, and I begin to cry. I look up to Toby with a smile who is also crying.
"Here he is." One surgeon smiles passing us the baby for a moment to look at him. After a brief second he's out of our hands and one of the paediatricians has him in an incubator.
"Okay, she's closed." The intern says. "His pressure is dropping out." One of the doctors say. "Oh no, no, come on, stay with us!" The other exclaims rushing over to the baby's side because the machine hooked up to him is emitting a lot of beeping.
"There isn't a fetal heart beat." One says and at that moment I think I feel my heart stop. "Okay, you two will be moved to a room now, and we'll take care of him." They smile. Before I could protest, they put the sides up on the bed and wheel me off.
It's been 4 hours.
4 hours since my emergency C-section, 4 hours since we first heard him cry, since we seen him, since we held him.
I was speechless for 4 hours.
I let out a long sigh, when the two paediatricians from the OR walk in. "I'm Dr. Robbins, this is Dr. Karev. We'll be taking care of James for a while." She says and I nod.
"So... he's okay?" I ask, my voice shaky. "Yeah, barely though." Dr. Karev says. "If he makes it through the night, which is highly unlikely, we think he ca survive, even being premature." Dr. Robbins explains.
"So we just wait? That's all we can do Dr. Robbins?" I ask beginning to cry. "Please, Arizona. And I'm so sorry but yes. We'll update you whenever we can. You should go to sleep, it's late." Dr. Robbins says.
I nod, "thank you Arizona and?" I ask. "Alex." He smiles. "Alex. Thank you guys, I'm so lucky to have you two take care of James." I smile and they do too, walking off.
"Let's sleep." Toby says and I nod. He pulls the blankets up over me, and then curls up into the hospital chair.
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"Spencer and Toby?" A doctor says turning the lights on and I open my eyes stretching. "What time is it?" I ask the doctor. "9:00 am." Arizona says.
"It's morning already." I say and reach over, laying a hand on Toby's knee and he wakes up. "James is fine." She smiles.
"Really?" I ask smiling wide. "Yeah, he's underweight, he's 3 lb, but he'll be okay in no time!" She exclaims and Toby kisses me. "We're gonna be parents, for real." He says laughing and hugging me. "Yeah, for real." I repeat smiling.
"When can we see him?" I ask. "Anytime now, you're permitted to leave your bed but you'll be hospitalized until James leaves." She smiles walking out.
"Oh, he's just down the hall in the NICU." She smiles. Just as I begin to stand up, Alex rushes in. "Did you hear the good news?" He asks opening his arms widely and I nod laughing.
"Oh, thank you." I say hugging him. "It's my job. You know, someone here once said, 'it's a beautiful day to save lives', and since he passed, I've really kept that with me." He says and I smile.
"Sorry to keep you, go see him!" He exclaims and I take Toby's hand. "Let's go!" I smile walking down the hall with Toby's hand in mine.
We walk into the NICU, and find an incubator with the name James Cavanaugh on the side. "This is him." I smile sitting in the chair next to him, and putting my hand inside the little hole.
"Hey baby, welcome." I say laughing and beginning to cry. I lay my head on Toby's shoulder and he kisses my head.
"Hey, little man. We're gonna be your parents." Toby smiles.
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I made it happy, seeing the other was sad.
Yes, I obviously linked it to Grey's Anatomy (Derek said that line 'it's a beautiful day to save lives)
Also Arizona & Alex are my 2 fav paediatricians ;)
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