Chapter Seventeen
Patton
The doorbell rang. “That must be Doctor Barclay now.”
After the follow-up appointment with our regular doctor, Alexa had been told to stay home and off her feet as much as possible. That meant the doc had to make house calls, and had been doing so for the last few months. I opened the door, welcoming her in. “Afternoon, doc. The little lady is on the sofa.”
“Afternoon, Patton.” She came in and walked straight to the living room. “So, this is the sixth-month checkup, and I am going to need you to take her in for a sonogram later this week. As long as there’s been no more bleeding.” The hematoma hadn’t yet reabsorbed into the placenta as the doctors had hoped, so we were being very careful about monitoring Alexa.
“She’s done really well this month. I don’t think
