Trying To Hide the Obvious

Chapter 10 The Doctors

I wake up the next day at six thirty.  I wake up felling exhausted.  I felt like I didn't get any sleep at all last night.  I hop in the shower.  It doesn't help much.

I was exhausted all day long.  Wasn't very fun running the mile when youare allready exhausted.  But, I made it through it.  The week passed the same as the past couple weeks.  I can't believe I've lived here that long.

I woke up Saturday morning at eight.  I still felt exhausted.  I got into the shower.  When I got out, I put on a pair of gray shorts and a white tank top.  I staightened my hair and then got into the car.  I drove down to the walk in clinic.  There wasn't many people there.

I walked up to the desk and signed in.  Even though there were only a couple of people there, it was still a while before anyone saw me.  There was only two doctors there.  I got the girl doctor.

It was nice in her office. The nurse who had came and gotmeasked me what was wrong.  I told her that I was pregnant.  She asked me if Iknew how far alongI am.  I said about eight weeks.  She checked myvitals and took my blood presure, and then she went and got the doctor.

"Hello, I'm Dr. Kaleb.  You say your pregnant?"  "Yes."  "Where is your mother?"  "My mother's dead."  "Your dad?"  "He'sin Pearl Harbor."  "I see.  Do you know how far along you are?"  "Almost eight weeks."  "You're a little big for eight weeks."  "That's what I thought."

"What I'm going to dois give you a sonagram.  Do you know what that is?"  "Yes."  "Okay then.  I'll bee right back."

She then left the room.  She came back a couple minutes later with a machine on a cart.  The nurse was with her.  She asked me lay down on myback and lift up my shirt.  I was a little self-conciece laying on my back with my stomache exposed.  So, I think about how it could be worse.  I could've got the boy doctor.

Dr. Kaleb puts this odd gel on my stomache.  It is really cold.  She then takes a part of the machine and rubs it against my stomache.  She looks at the machine. There is a frown on her face.  She looks at megently, and then she looks back at the machine.

I have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomache.  Is there something wrong with my baby?

The had never really accured to me that Iwas having a baby.  I realized I was pregnant, but I never thought about having a baby.  Now the thought of losing him/her was killing me.

As though the doctor read mymind she said, "There's nothing wrong exceptfor they are fairly small.  Smaller than they should be."  "You said they."  "That's why I was slightly shocked.  Youare having quadroplets.  It is fairly uncomin for a teenager to have more than one kid."

I didn't say anything after that.  I just laid there looking at my stomache.  The doctor says, "They are all fairly small.  I don't think you've been eating enough.  How often have you been eating?"  "Three times a day."  "How much do youeat each time?"  "I eat a normal amount twice and a large amount once."  "You need to start eating more."

It is quiet for a couple of minutes.  The nurse leaves theroom.  Finally, the doctor says something.  "Would you like to see them?"  I nodd my head.  She points each one out to me.  I can't help it.  I smile.