You And I

Chapter 23:

Syd:

It's been hell since Ben got sick. All he does is cry. He doesn't want held but he doesn't want put down. He won't eat but he's hungry. I check his diaper but he's fine. I finally broke and decided to run him to the hospital while Niall was a work. I was sitting in the room with him while he screamed as they put in the IV. I was just about to step out of the room when Niall walked in. "What are you doing here?" I asked looking at him. "The hospital called me saying that you had brought him here.

"They call you for that?" I asked. "Yeah, I asked them after you gave birth if anytime he went to this hospital they would notify me." He said and I hugged him.

We both walking back in the room and he was crying as they took blood and then hooked him up to fluids. It broke my heart seeing my baby boy having to go through this at only 2 months old. I have no clue what he could have gotten sick with that would make this happen. As we sat and waited for the results, finally, Ben fell asleep for the first time in about 2 says. Niall and I were enjoying the silence when the nurse came in to check him. He didn't even start crying though he just yawned and went back to sleep.

The doctor came back with the blood work results. They were all normal which shocked me. I have been through this before because I'm the daughter of a doctor. "Normal? What do you mean normal? How are they normal?" I asked and the doctor turned to me. "Ma'ma, please calm down. We plan on running more test to find out what is going on." With that he then took our son to get x-rays, C-T scan, and a MRI. At this point I was in full on panic mode.

"What If He's Dying! He can't die! I've gotten so use to adulting and being a mom! I NEED HIM!" I said as I bust out crying as Niall pulled me into his arms. Soon they brought him back and they said the test would take a few hours. In that time he slept the whole time which really worried me, but he also hadn't slept in two days and I was going on three days of not sleeping to take care of him so Niall could get some sleep and go to work. "Shh, I'm sure he's going to be fine." Niall said as he stroked my hair.

Soon they wheeled our son back in and they had a smile on their face. "We have found the problem." They said. I looked at them hopefully. They made sure that the bed was locked in place before looking over at us. "He swallowed a dime." they said as they showed us the X-ray.

I smiled as they told us they were going to give him remove it and that he would be able to go home tomorrow. They kept him overnight and Niall and I stayed with him. I never went to sleep yet again. Hooray 5 nights of not sleeping. When the nurse came in and said he was free to leave I smiled as I shook Niall. "Hey we can leave."

He sat up and looked at me. "Did you sleep at all?" He asked?

"No." I said as I yawned.

They got him ready to leave and we took him to the car. We put him in his car seat and he was giggling and smiling like usual. We got to the house and Niall took him from me. "I'll take care of him go sleep." He said and I tried to fight him but I listened and walked to the bedroom. I laid down on the bed and instantly fell asleep.