Life Unknown

chapter 13

A few weeks had past and I still felt the same. I was still angry at my mom for not being happy for us. Even if she was not really happy she could have at least faked it. My mom was being so mean about everything. We had just woke up and I was already angry. Why was I so angry at her.

" Good morning baby."

" Hey baby." I said solemnly.

" Alright baby it's high time you get over this. Just because your mom has not came around does not mean that you can mope around because of it. You have to start being happy for us."

" Ya, know you are right babe. I do need to get over this and start being happy for us. It is our engagement right?" I said after realizing that he was right and that I didn't need to be wasting unhappiness on my mom.

" Right!"

" Hey, the twins sleep through the night!"

"Yeah, that's right I can't believe it!"

We got up to go and wake them to start getting ready for today. We were going to the zoo for the first time, and it was going to be big. I walked in first and went to Emily as Damian took Hope. As soon as I picked her up I knew something was wrong. She was burning up. I looked over at Damian and I knew he thought the same.

" Emily is burning up babe is Hope okay?"

" I don't think so, she is burning up too. I think we should go to the hospital right away. The fever seems pretty high let me get the thermometer."

He handed hope to me as he went to get both girls medicine and a thermometer. I sat in the rocking chair with my two girls hoping everything was okay. Was this the reason that they did not wake up last night. Was I letting my girls lie in here sick while I was sleeping. How horrible of a mom was I? I could not believe myself. I was lost in Thought when Damian came back in. He put a thermometer under each girls arm. When the sound went off I was astonished to see the reading . Hope was at 101.4 and Emily's was 102.5.

"Yeah, Harper I think we need to go now they shouldn't have fever this high at all." I could see a little bit of panic in his face, and I knew this was not good.

"Okay babe. You go get the car seats ready and get a bag packed. In the bag put me and you a couple changes of clothes, soap shampoo stuff for the girls, and whatever else you can think of. I believe with temperatures this high they will be there overnight." Wow I sounded so calm when inside I was completely panicking.

Damian came back with the car seats, and told me that he already got the bags in the car. I had finished getting the girls dressed, and I handed Hope to him and we left. So much for the zoo today. Looks like we will be spending the day at the hospital instead. I really disliked the hospital.

We arrived at the hospital in record time and decided to leave everything in the car except the diaper bag and my wallet. As soon as the nurse saw how lethargic the girls were they were immediately brought back. Their temperature had not got any better, and they did tons of test on them including a spinal tap it was the worst day ever and did not seem to be getting any better. Damian was my rock the whole day and I do not think I would have made it if it were not for him.

We stayed in the hospital overnight trying to figure out what was wrong with the girls.  In the morning they still havn't found out anything.  We are still sitting in our room at ten the next morning when the doctors finally came in.

" Well, we still have not found out why your girls are running a fever, but we have gotten it under control."

"How do you have it under control when you clearly are not competent enough to figure out what is wrong with my children?"

"Damian, calm down.  I am sure they are doing everything they can." His temper got way out there when it came to his girls.

"Yes, we are.  We have sent some cultures away that will not be in till tomorrow at least.  But, your girls are okay as long as their fever is down, and they are eating and interacting with us, which they are."

"Okay, so when do you think that you will know what my daughters have exactly?"

"We are hoping when the cultures come back in tomorrow they will show something if they don't then we will be doing more test and hopefully they show something."

And with that they left the room as fast as they came in.  It took a while for me to calm Damian down, and after that we focused on the girls.  They looked pitiful in their crib.  I wished whatever was wrong with them away, but it did not work.  Finally I broke down and not even Damian could handle me.  I did the only thing that I could think of doing.  I called my mom.  Even if she was still mad at me, I knew that she was going to be there for me, she was my mom after all.