Timeless

45

1997-October-Stevie

"I'm up way too early for this. Besides, it's Lindsey's Birthday. I should be home making him Breakfast." I pout crossing my arms.

"Hey, you told me to schedule your yearly exam this was the day your OB/GYN had available. However, you start tour promo at noon so this was our only option." Karen tells me.

"Stephanie Buckingham." The nurse calls out.

I groan and begrudgingly follow her. After I've been examined, I am waiting in the cold paper gown anticipating my release.

"Stephanie, I'd like to run some more tests." The doctor comes in.

"Why, is something wrong?" I ask worry filling my stomach.

"I'm not sure. Your uterus and Cervix look and feel abnormal. I know you have a history of Ovarian Cysts so I want to run some tests to make sure that a) you don't have a cyst that's cancerous because they can affect your cervix and uterus or b) it's something else." The doctor says.

"How long will these tests take? I have to be somewhere at noon." I say.

"Well, half an hour to forty-five minutes. Basically, we're just going to draw blood and take it to the lab. We'll look at your bloodwork and your smear samples and if they show a cancerous abnormality then we'll have to schedule a biopsy. It's a surgical procedure so you'll be put under local anesthetic and you would have to have someone else with you." He says.

"Okay, the sooner we know the better." I sigh peering up at the clock.

"Before we draw blood, I would like to ask you some questions. When was the last time you had intercourse?"

"Um, September like the first week. I don't remember the exact date." I sigh.

"When was your last Ovarian Cyst?"

"Maybe two years ago now."

"Any medications?"

"Just a vitamin every morning."

"Alright, A nurse will be in to draw blood." He smiles walking out.

***

Waiting is the scariest part and I let out a sigh of relief when the doctor comes in a smile on his face.

"Stephanie, congratulations you're pregnant." He announces.

"What?" I gasp.

"About five weeks, so you were right when you said the beginning of September. Where you're at right now is putting your due date around May thirtieth. I know you're running short on time so we'll talk about it at your next check-up. I know you're touring but I want to see you at least every three weeks. Because of your age, and your history, I just want to keep an eye on you. When is the next available time for you?" The doctor asks.

"Halloween," I answer smiling.

"Alright, we'll schedule our appointment for then. Do you want to lay back so we can do an internal ultrasound? You won't be able to hear the heartbeat but you can see it. Then I'll give you a b-12 shot give you your prescription and I'll send you on your way." The doctor smiles.

"Okay," I say doing as I'm told.

"So that little sack of cells is your baby." He points.