"Everything looks great," Dr. Kapoor said to Adriana. "But you will need to stay here for one to two days. This is standard procedure for an appendectomy."
Adriana looked at the clock.
"Arsenio will be up soon and I will be at home," Bruce said to her. " And since you're feeling well, perhaps I could bring him by this afternoon."
"Okay," Adriana said and nodded.
Bruce looked at Jack who was standing beside Adriana's bed.
"You haven't seen Arsenio in a while," Bruce said to Jack.
"No," Jack said. "I have not."
Jack had not been by to see Arsenio since Bruce had come home. Things had changed. Bruce had told Arsenio, that at least biologically, Jack was his father. Arsenio had not asked any further questions about it and seemed content with knowing that Bruce would be his father forever.
"I'm sure he'd like to see you," Bruce said. "I'll bright him around noon."
"I appreciate that," Jack said to Bruce.
"There," Dr. Kapoor said, sounding relieved and satisfied. "You will stay at least 24 hours."
"Okay," Adriana said.
"Your parents and sister will likely call you soon," Bruce said to Adriana. "I called them last night while you were in surgery to let them know what was going on. Lucius too."
Adriana nodded. "Thanks, Bruce."
"I will see you all later on," Bruce said before leaving.
After he was gone, Adriana saw Dr. Kapoor remove a sheet from his clipboard before handing it to her.
"For you two," Dr. Kapoor said with a smile.
Adriana looked at the printout of the ultrasound. She tilted it for Jack to see.
"Congratulations to you both," he said to them.
"Thanks," they both said at the same time.
"I would like to complete a prenatal checkup as soon as you are up for it," Dr. Kapoor said to Adriana. "In a few days-"
"I'm up for it," Adriana said. "I want to make sure everything is okay."
"Well," Dr. Kapoor said. "I will need to do some lab work, and a urine test which we can do tomorrow. We have already completed the ultrasound which looks great. I will do a physical exam which will include a pelvic exam but we can wait a few little while for that since you have just had surgery. You Pap tests are up to date, and you do not use any tobacco or illicit drugs. I expect, given a normal physical exam, that you should have another healthy pregnancy."
"That's great," Adriana said and looked at the ultrasound image.
"We could estimate your due date," Dr. Kapoor said. "Do you remember the date of your last period?"
"Hmm," Adriana said, still gazing at the image and then back at Dr. Kapoor. "No...I usually write it down, but I don't think I did. Things have been hectic..."
"Well, that is alright," Dr. Kapoor said. "I have done an estimation based on the measurements I took of the fetus, and it seems you are somewhere around ten weeks gestational age."
"Ten weeks," Jack said. "Must have conceived straight away. That's about how long we have been...together."
"Yes," Adriana said.
"Well that can happen if conditions are optimal," Dr. Kapoor said with a smile. "Based on an estimation I did with the measurements, without the date of your last period, I determined your due date would be around September 16th."
