Before I Sleep

Chapter 14 Emergency Room

After the huge group hug we all went outside and had a great party. But my dad knew something was wrong. So he kept just watching my every move. I didn't know why but I couldn't catch my breath. And then when I stood up to walk inside I felt a weird small gush like feeling in my diaper. Like if I just started my period. I walked as best as I could up to my dad and told him to call an ambulance. Because I couldn't catch my breath and I think somethings wrong with my baby. He hurried up and called the paramedics. They didn't take long literally about 2 minutes they had gotten here. As soon as they walked up to me I told them please make sure they had the right protection to be handling me because I had Aids. They said ok. And quickly they put on their gloves, and some had clear face shields. Others had on mask covering their nose and mouth. I wanted them to be safe especially because I could feel liquid in my diaper. I waited until they put me in the ambulance to inform them that I had on a diaper. And what I was feeling. They said ok, that they would check before taking it off to make sure it wasn't blood. It took us about 15 minutes to reach the hospital. I still felt like a fish out of water. They kept raising my oxygen levels and still I couldn't breathe right. Once inside the emergency room I was taken to a private room. And again the dr and nurses had on safety suits on. The Dr. Started asking me how I felt. Intold him I couldn't breathe right so he told me they had to put a breathing tube in. I shook my head ok. The worst pain hit through my belly. Which made me cry out in pain. The dr moved quickly putting the tube down my throat and taking off my diaper. I noticed he looked worried. He then informs me that he needs to do an emergency c-section. The baby was in distress. So he hurried up and had one nurse hook up an I.V line in my arm. While the other nurse helped the dr to turn me on my side and give me an epidural to make me numb. It felt like everything was going so fast. I felt like mynlegs had been submerged in ice cold water. The dr asked if I could feel him poking my belly. I told him I couldn't feel anything. As soon as I said that he hurried up and got my baby out. Feeling so weird all I can see was black spots. I heard the dr yelling to hurry and get the baby out of the room. Then everything went black. I felt as if I drifted off to a peaceful sleep.

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Dr.'s P.O.V

After we got the baby safely out my patient just blacked out. Then we lost her pulse. I start immediately doing cpr on her. And we shocked her heart twice and we finally got her back. Whew that was a close one. I hurried up and stitched her up and I asked one of my nurses to please bring me some rags to clean her off. I dont know but my heart broke for her. Shes so young and seeing the sores on her body and just how awful she must be feeling the pain like no one could imagine. I wanted her to be treated as a human being and not someone who has something wrong with her. We started the baby on her medications after her bath. We had to give her a full bath not just a sponge bath. My nurse helped me clean her really good and made sure to dress her in a hospital gown but we made sure no one can see her sores once she was done we took her to her private room and had her baby in there waiting for her to see her. I walked in and there was an older man and two young men sitting there with worried looks. I greeted them and told them to please take a seat. "Hi, I'm the doctor that delivered this beautiful baby. And right after we delivered the baby, her heart stopped. We were able to bring her back. We need to run some test. I think she might have an infection. I dont know if she told you but she has alot of open sores. And some look infected. I know this might be hard to hear. But I need to start her on some strong antibiotics." "Doctor, I don't know what to say. She won't let us in her room or her bathroom. She's always afraid to have any accidents. I just learned a while ago that she wears diapers. I dont know how I didn't know. I knew she was hurting and it wasn't going to get easier. But I didn't want her going through all this hell alone." Her father just started to sob. I patted his shoulder and excused myself.