Colleen POV
I wake up and see my parents and Josh in chairs talking beside me. They haven't talked to us much because they were so upset about us having a fourth. My mom is not happy as Josh tries to explain to her that he tried to convince me to not have the baby. She doesn't seem convinced as my dad tries to talk to her. "Its true Mom" I whisper. "Don't blame this on Josh" I say as everyone stands up to see me. "We weren't trying. We thought we were safe" I say quietly getting emotional thinking of how sick Josh was. "Tell them Josh please" I say to him as my mom grabs my hand. Josh tells them about his diagnosis and radiation therapy and how he was supposed to be sterile. I look at mom and she is in disbelief crying. I can tell she understands now as she hugs Josh tight and he cries as well. "Joshua David! You should have let us help" she says to him. "My parents still don't know. Regardless I am fine now" he says wiping his face. He walks over to me and squeezes my hand staring at me. "How is Brayson?" I ask him. He pulls out his phone and shows me the pics Rachel is sending him. I cry looking at him. "He is beautiful. Looks like a Ballinger" I say laughing. "Yes your family won the gene pool on this one" he says. He passes his phone over to my parents as they both cry. "I am sorry baby" my mom says. I smile as she hugs me. "Josh I want a shower. I feel gross" I say sitting up. "Babe. Let me ask a nurse" he says jetting out into the hallway. He comes back with a nurse and she listens to my heart and smiles. "Sounding better" she says. "Colleen you can have a shower but Josh needs to stay with you" she says. I nod and swing over the side of the bed as my mom gathers some clean Pj's someone brought me from home. We waddle over to the shower and I am in serious pain from the birth. Josh senses it and closes the bathroom door and slowly takes my gown off. "Sore?" he asks I nod. "Katie gave you alot of stitches babe plus your uterus was removed so you will be sore for awhile" he says rubbing my back. "My uterus?" I say shocked. "You were bleeding to death. They removed it" he says. I nod. I stand in the shower and Josh helps me and I step back out as I slowly step into underwear as he bends down to me. "Rachel packed you everything" he says. I slowly put everything on with his help and we walk back out to the bed. I sit down as my mom brushes and braids my hair for me. "I haven't braided your hair for over 20 years" she says getting emotional. "Thanks Mom" I say as I sit back into the bed closing my eyes and sigh. Love my family.
