Staying In The Hospital
As soon as they entered the hospital they were immediately greeted by a clearly upset and panicked Belle and Beast who had brought the baby in. Carlos just looked at them hoping to get some information from them while Evie didn't even bother as she ran straight over to the front desk. "Tell me where Mallory Rose Queen De Vil is!" Evie screamed out as she was panicking and she wanted her baby.
The receptionists just looked up the name and then looked at Evie. "I'm afraid I can only allow her parents or guardians in the room with her as she is still a minor," the receptionist told the teens as she didn't realize that Evie and Carlos were Mallory's parents.
Before anyone could stop her Evie just slammed her hands on the desk. "We are her parents! I am Queen Evie Queen and that's Carlos De Vil! I'm her mother and Carlos is her father! So you better tell me where my baby is!" Evie screamed out as her normally calm and collected self was replaced by an extremely panicked mother whose baby was in the hospital and she didn't have any information on her baby.
The receptionist immediately looked at the teens in embarrassment as she hadn't realized who she had been talking to. "Oh my I'm so sorry for not knowing who you were! Yes of course you may see her. She's in room..." Evie barely even let the lady finish answering as she grabbed Carlos away from Belle and Beast not caring about what they had to say at the moment as she just wanted to see her baby.
"Carlos, come on I got the room number!" Evie screamed out making him immediately nod as he didn't even hesitate and the two of them went running to find the room. As soon as they entered the room they found their baby girl laying down in a crib with a bunch of wires connected to her, and as soon as the tiny baby saw her parents she smiled a bit as she reached for her parents.
They both began to cry just seeing their sweet baby looking so miserable yet happy as she was smiling even though it was obvious the poor baby was suffering. "Aw baby girl mommy is here. It's okay. You're going to be okay," Evie immediately told her baby as she stood near the crib and just grabbed Mal's tiny baby hand. And the sick baby immediately grabbed Evie's hand back making Evie and Carlos smile a little.
Before Carlos could join Evie in keeping his sick baby feeling safe the door opened and the doctor entered. The doctor smiled a bit when she saw Evie and Carlos. "Ah so you're the parents I'm presuming," the doctor told the two in a sweet voice as she could see that they were clearly worried and stressed and she wanted to make them feel a bit better.
Especially since she had been a very young mother herself and so she knew how stressful and worrisome it could be to have a baby in the hospital especially when they are still young themselves. Carlos just nodded as he could see that Evie was busy and Mal looked so much more comfortable with Evie there with her. He didn't want to make Evie get up from Mal, so she could talk to the doctor.
"Yes we're her parents. I'm Carlos De Vil and that's Evie Queen. And I know we look young, but trust me we are really good parents, and we are really stressed and worried right now, so if we could please skip over the criticism and judgment and just please please please tell us what's wrong with our baby," Carlos told the doctor making her smile a tiny bit as she looked at the young boy.
"Oh don't worry I'm not here to judge I was a young mother myself. And I would never judge others for where they came from or for having a baby young. Now on a more serious note. Your baby has a pretty severe case of pneumonia. Now we have her on fluids and oxygen and we were about to get some antibiotics in her however we do want to keep monitoring her to make sure that it doesn't get worse. Now I do have some questions which should make this easier on us. Was she full term? And by any chance was she sick before this?" The doctor asked the young boy immediately making Carlos feel so stupid. He couldn't believe that he and Evie had just dismissed Mal's sickness like that.
He was feeling like such a horrible father and from the look on Evie's face she was feeling the same thing as him. Only she was feeling worse as it had been her that told Carlos not to worry. Carlos had wanted to call the doctor and she had dismissed him claiming Mal was fine. It was her fault that Mal was in the hospital right now.
Evie just gave Carlos a look and Carlos automatically knew what she was saying as they were so close they always knew what they were trying to say even without having to say it. Carlos just nodded sadly as he walked over to the crib and Evie moved over to talk to the doctor as Evie knew more about Mal's medical history than he did as Evie had been the one to spend most of her time with Mal when she was a newborn before she was stolen from them.
Evie just wiped away her tears as she looked at the doctor. "Mallory was born three months premature on the Isle. I tried everything I could to help her, but we didn't have much. And um yes she was sick about a week ago, but it didn't seem like anything serious, so we didn't think much about it. Is this my fault? If we had called the doctor when she was first sick could we have prevented this?" Evie asked the doctor as she began to cry again watching her baby hooked up to a bunch of wires and coughing and crying as she was reaching towards Carlos wanting to be held and Carlos was crying as well as he was trying to comfort his sick baby the best he could.
The doctor just sighed as she didn't know how to answer Evie's question. She honestly didn't know. The baby was a preemie and so it was easier for her to develop illnesses like Pneumonia with her weaker immune system however the fact that the baby was sick before being brought in could very much be a connection. But the doctor could also see the hurt and guilt on both of the young parents' faces and didn't want to make them feel worse. However she also knew that they deserved to hear the full story and not be lied to just because they were young.
"Okay well I know that you two are both teens, but I am going to treat you like adults here because I think you can handle it. I would love to sugar code it and lie, but I think you deserve to hear the truth. I do believe that she most likely contracted Pneumonia due to her other sickness however to be honest she is a premature baby and premature babies tend to have a weaker immune system and develop illnesses more easily than a full term baby. I believe your baby will pull through this, but it's not going to be easy. She will most likely need to stay in the hospital for a few days and possibly even a week as we want to make sure we monitor her and give her plenty of treatment as we want to get her back home healthy and strong," the doctor told the teens making them just nod as they were taking in all the information.
When the doctor finished her explanation Evie just looked at the doctor again as tears continued to flow. "Will we be able to stay with her the whole time? And can she have visitors because we sorta have two other kids. We adopted a preteen and we're fostering another one," Evie asked the doctor and the doctor just smiled a little.
"Of course you can stay the whole time however only one parent is allowed to stay overnight and we would really rather there not be any other visitors to avoid either her getting worse or her accidentally spreading it to others. Now I will be back soon to run some more tests, but for now I'm going to leave you alone with her and alert our staff if anything happens," the doctor told the teens as she left to go check up on another patient.
Once the doctor left Evie just walked over to the crib with Carlos and wrapped herself around him as she just broke down sobbing and Carlos just held her while he began to sob as well. They were both blaming themselves as they had chosen to just ignore their own baby's health warning signs and now she was in the hospital suffering.
"This is all my fault Carlos! I'm a horrible mother! I ignored my baby's warning signs and now she is suffering in a hospital and basically fighting for her life! I did this to her! I'm the worst mother ever! I should have taken her to a doctor!" Evie cried out and Carlos just held her as he ran his fingers through her hair trying to calm her.
"Shh my queen. It's not your fault Evie. You are not a horrible mother. We all thought she was fine. How were we to know that a small cold could turn into this. She seemed better. It's not your fault at all. And we are going to get through this as a family. She's going to be fine," Carlos told his girlfriend as he wanted her to feel better despite the fact that he was breaking inside as well.
His sweet baby girl was in the hospital completely miserable and suffering as she was hooked up to so many wires. Evie just managed to compose herself a bit as she wiped away her tears again. "Thank you Carlos I really needed that. And you're right our baby is strong. She's been through so much. She can handle this. I just hate seeing her like this," Evie told Carlos sadly as she watched her sick baby.
Carlos just nodded as he hugged her again. "I know me too. Now how about I go get you and Mal some stuff and bring it here. You can stay with her tonight and we can switch off," Carlos told Evie who just shook her head no as she ran her fingers through their baby's hair.
"Carlos I'm not leaving her side. I can't. I won't be able to. I need to stay with her at all times. I need to know that she's going to be okay," Evie told Carlos making him sigh as he knew Evie wanted to be with Mal the whole time he did too, but he also knows that only one of them can stay with her all night and he also knew that Evie needed to take care of herself too and her refusing to leave their baby's side ever would not be good for health.
"Evie you can't stay with her the entire time. I want to be here for my baby too. And what about Dizzy and Celia or about school and royalty issues," Carlos told Evie, making her just shake her head no again as she refused to listen to what Carlos was saying. She wouldn't leave her baby's side. She couldn't.
Carlos just sighed again as he realized Evie was being stubborn again. He just walked over to her and hugged her tightly. "Evie I'm going to let this go for now, but I want to talk more about this tomorrow. Now I'll be right back with your stuff and Mal's. I love you my strong queen. And Mal my little puppy. Daddy loves you okay and he'll be back soon. You have to be strong my little princess okay," Carlos told both Evie and Mal as he hugged and kissed Evie and got up to leave but when Evie saw him leaving she just reached out for him.
"Carlos please don't leave right now. I need you and Mal needs you. Please Carlos I love you please stay here with me," Evie told Carlos as she was an emotional wreck and needed her boyfriend to stay with her and support her and she wanted to support him too.
Carlos just gave Evie a tiny smile as he nodded and walked over to Evie as he wrapped his arm around her and they just sat by their baby's hospital crib just watching their sick baby sleep while they just held each other just being there and supporting each other during their extremely hard time. They were both worried about their baby, but just being with each other was making the situation a little better.
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