Ain't All About the Juice

Six

"This stupid ass bitch." Raymond ends the call before leaving a voicemail on Toya's phone.

"Calm down Ray, that energy is not helping." Bre tries to calm Raymond as she bounces his son on her shoulder trying desperately to console him.

"I don't know if he has insurance. I don't have his social know who his doctor is or nothin. What am I gone do? Fuck" Raymond says pacing back and forth calling Toya again for what had to be the one hundredth time already.

"Look let's just take him in. They will see him, We can figure the rest out later." Bre reassures him.

"You think so?" Ray asks her unsure of what to do. Raymond jr. had been running a fever all day. He had a cough that seemed like it was getting worse. His mom had been helping him treat the fever and cough with over the counter meds, but after waking up from a nap Raymond jr. was crying uncontrollably and Ray couldn't get his fever to break. His mom had started a new job and wasn't home to help him luckily Bre had stopped by.

"I'm sure. Get me a cold towel and grab his things we need to go now." Bre was concerned from the sound of the baby she could tell he was very congested. She wasn't a nurse yet but she didn't even need a stethoscope to hear the wheezing and rattling in his little chest.

Raymond rushes to get a wet a towel and gather his sons things as quickly as he could.

"Ray call 911!" Bre screams from the living room.

"What's wrong?" Ray asks rushing to the living room.

"He's having a seizure. Call 911 now." Bre shouts while trying to remain as calm asshe can, holding his body as firmly as she could. His tiny body shaking his eyes rolling around in his head.

"Oh my God! Oh my God!" Ray screams hopping up and down in the air. "Yes I need an ambulance my son is having a seizure!" Ray screams into the phone.

As Ray freaks out and tries to give information to the operator Bre calmly counts the seconds while the baby continues to seize.

"I don't know how long like five minutes." Ray explains still freaking out.

"65 seconds 66, 67." Bre counts out loud to Ray.

"It's been 69 seconds." Ray repeats to the operator.

Raymond jr. starts to make noises as if he's trying to cry but it won't come out. Suddenly his eyes close and he starts snoring and wheezing loudly.

"Oh God please please please!" Raymond cries.

Within a few minutes the ambulance pulls up. The paramedics rush to jr. and start taking his clothes off and putting him on a gurney. They start working on jr. placing heart monitors on his chest and giving him oxygen.

After a few seconds he starts to cry again in a tone that scared his daddy so badly. He had never heard him cry like that before.

"He's ok Ray he's fine it's over." Bre assures Raymond.

Paula pulls up concerned. "What happened Ray? What's wrong with the baby?" She asks tears welling up in her eyes.

"He had a seizure." Raymond cries.

"Oh my God." Paula says clutching her chest. "Let me get the boys we gone meet you there."

Raymond joins the paramedics on the ambulance. Bre takes her own car follows behind them and meets them there.

On the way to the hospital Raymond holds his sons tiny hand trying to console him as the Emt's adjust his oxygen and start him an IV.

The hospital wouldn't allow anyone but Raymond to the back with his son but after convincing a few of the staff bee managed to make her way back to Raymond's side. She stayed by Rays side the entire time, holding his hand and comforting him and Raymond jr. Raymond was glad to have such a good friend.