It had been a rough few days, but this moment was worth it all....
Skye and Henrik sat in rocking chairs next to the girl's separate incubators ready to hold them for the first time.
The three of them along with Lucas and Chelsea had been in Skye's room eating lunch when Dr. Hunter brought in the paternity tests, supporting what Skye already knew... that Bobby was the biological father of the older twin Senna and Henrik was the biological father of the younger twin Scarlet... most likely conceived the first night they were together.
Setting the conception date a week earlier than the original guess put them at just shy of 33 weeks making them fall in the category of "moderately premature" with less complications and health issues... but they were SO tiny.
Bobby looked into Senna's incubator in awe. It was the first time he'd been allowed into the NICU.
"Holy Crap! She's such a wee thing! How much does she weigh?!" he whispered stunned. She looked like a tiny doll.
The nurse smiled as she checked her chart and continued to get her ready for the Kangaroo Care. "hmmm, Senna weighed in at 1.8 kilos this morning."
His eyes bulged in surprise at the nurse, "yer KIDDIN me?! Skye? Did'ye know how tiny she is?? What bout her sister?"
Skye smiled, knowing this was all new to Bobby... he hadn't had the time to prepare for all of this, the NICU... what to expect.
Henrik laughed at the perplexed look on Bobby's face. "Scarlet weighed in at 1.6 kilos this morning so both girls are making gains."
"Shit! Wha'd they weigh before??"
"Senna was 1.6 at birth and Scarlet was 1.5" the nurse replied as she gathered up Senna, taking her out of her incubator to place on Skye's bare chest. "They are both doing remarkably well."
There was so much to see and take in, Bobby felt like his brain was on overdrive. He watched in awe as another NICU nurse placed Scarlet on Henrik's bare chest and he wrapped a blanket over the top of her tucking her in nice and snug.
"Wha's that do then? What'd yeh call eht? Kangaroo??"
Skye gently motioned with her fingers in a 'come closer and see' motion. He scooted a small rolling stool over next to her rocker and reached out tentatively to touch her hair.
"She's beautiful Skye..." he breathed out quietly in awe. "They both are..."
The past few days the girls had been doing really well. The Neonatologist, Respiratory Therapist, Cardiologist and their Neonatal Nurses had said their vitals looked really good... no Apnea, Bradycardia, or Desats... all of which were really good signs. They both had a bit of Jaundice, but that was being taken care of with the bilirubin light treatments.
"Why they both got those wee little tubes up their noses?" he asked, his voice tinged with concern.
"No worry Bobby," Skye assured him. "They are their feeding tubes. They aren't taking a bottle or nursing yet, so the gavage tube goes down into their stomach with my breast milk I'm pumping. See... look over to the machine over there."
Like a little kid excited to see something new, Bobby slid across the floor on the little wheeled stool to check out the feeding pump. "Whoa! Thas really cool! When d'they get tae take those out?"
The nurse came by to check on how the girls were doing, answering while she worked. "Soon as they are able to either nurse on the breast or with a bottle the required amount for adequate nutrition. Skye, We were thinking of trying a bit of the breast tomorrow if you're up to it?"
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The Player's Losing Hand - (Love Island the Game FanFiction)
FanfictionBased off of characters from the popular Love Island video game, this is a story set POST villa. Henrik had walked away from the game without the girl.... Screw the show, what he really wanted was Skye. But just like with climbing he could be patien...
