Babi char

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"Up you get Ruben " nurse Aled helps the little boy with red hair into his hospital bed, tucking him in and handing him a stuffed lightning mcqueen.

" mummy coming in morning?" The boy stares at him with his glowing green eyes , hope peeking through them. 

Nurse Aled sighs and a sympathetic frown replaces their usually shy, soft smile. He shakes his head "I don't think so buddy, I'm sorry " the younger boy nods before turning onto his side and clutching his teddy.

"Good night ru"

"Ni " his voice is strained and small.

Nurse Aled turns away and walks over to me and Charlie. "Is he still not eating?" I shake my head and put down the bowl of untouched yogurt. 

"I really don't want to mess him around but if he doesn't eat in the morning, we will have to connect him to a nasogastric feeding tube, which I don't want to do but it would be for the best, especially because of his past experiences with eating disorders "

"Yeah, I know " I sigh .

"Alright then, If you need anything just press the red button on the side of the bed. My colleague RN frances janvier, will check on Charlie every hour and a half. She's the one with dinosaur print scrubs"

"Oh yeah I know who you mean "

"Good,I hope you both get some sleep "

"Thank you "

Aled leaves, I yawn closing my eyes for a brief second. I open my eyes when I hear somebody else yawn, I smirk .

" I think it's nigh nigh Time now, Charlie " Charlie shakes his head, keeping his eyes glued to my phone. " I think yes " I slither my phone out of his grip "would you like a baba?" I ask, Charlie whines "I'm guessing that's a no " .

"Can I brush your teeth now?" I ask, twiddling his travel toothbrush in between my fingers. "Mmm"  "thank you " I move Charlie so that he is sitting upright, I tap his bottom lip, asking him to open.

I start by brushing his bottom set off teeth then his top set, I take an almost empty cup of water holding it up to Charlie's mouth.

He takes a sip "spit " he spits it back into the cup "good boy, char " I place the cup back on the windowsill. I'll just clean it later.

" nanny ?" Charlie murmurs with sleepy, small voice "in the morning baby, you need some sleep " he doesn't reply, so I just cover him up with his Dino blanket .

I tuck growl and kitty into his arms, I kiss his forehead before settling down in my seat, going over todays events in my mind.

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One thirty. I put my phone down in my lap, yawning as I turn onto my side in the vinyl hospital chair.

I groan because I can't get in a comfortable position , I gaze over at my sleeping baby who Is laying on his stomach, his right arm stretched across the bed the IV in his hand .

I hear a sniffle from the other bed and then a quick hiccup, I sit up worriedly . I give myself a few seconds before getting up, my heart tightens when I see Ruben laying on his back, eyes shut but he's clearly been crying.

"Hey Ruben, are you okay?" He opens his eyes and makes grabby hands to me, his bottom lip trembling.

"A-are you sure ?"  I start moving closer to him, he nods, so I gently lift him up under his arms and onto my hip . He wipes his nose on my former, white cotton shirt and then rubs his eyes with his small fists .