A Protector's Love [Benson and Carisi]

{Fifty-One}

Olivia ended up feeling extremely cold for the whole night. And she complained about it the whole night too. Early the next morning, Madalyn came in with plates for Dominick, Serena, and Olivia, which all were thankful for.

"The coldness is from the IV. You are being pumped full of fluids and such, and it throws you off a bit." Madalyn smiled as she passed Olivia her plate. Olivia uncovered it as she sighed.

"I just wish that I knew what caused me to seize." Olivia frowned. She went to tuck her hair behind her ear when Dominick noticed that she zoned out. He reached out to gently touch her arm but then it happened again. Olivia's body tensed up and she started to shake. Her eyes rolled back in her head but her lids remained open. Madalyn quickly called for help as Dominick did as he had done last night.

He and Serena rolled Olivia onto her side as tears streamed down his cheeks.

"You are going to be okay, Liv. I know you will be, baby!"

***

This time Olivia got multiple seizures. The doctors and nurses came in and ran the code while Dominick, Serena, and Madalyn were forced out of the ER rooms and into a waiting room. Dominick paced as Serena made calls and Madalyn tried to get her son to stop pacing. They were all anxious because not only was Olivia's life at risk but also the baby's.

It was nearly an hour later when a new doctor came out and approached them.

"Are you the family of Olivia Carisi?" He asked. Dominick nodded as he quickly stopped beside him.

"Yeah, that's us." Dominick breathed.

"Alright, your wife is currently stable. She had about six seizures before we could stop them. We took her to get a CAT scan and an MRI scan of her brain. She had another seizure during the MRI and we were able to figure out that she has epilepsy. We are going to be giving her medicine to block the seizures."

"What brought this on?" Serena sniffled from where she stood beside her daughter's husband.

"We don't know yet. We can figure out eventually but we need to run more tests. We are going to move her to the neuro ICU where we can watch her closely."

"Can I come along?" Dominick asked.

"Wait, Mr. Carisi. We need to get her situated and watch her brain patterns. So until we say so, you need to wait here. Or go home and get showered and changed and then come back."

"I will never leave her alone." Dominick huffed.

"Son, let's just go home real quick. You can see Sawyer and then we can get something to eat." Madalyn spoke. Dominick shook his head, but his mother wasn't taking any of that.

"Can we have her room information for when we get back?" Dominick asked, as his mother forced him to put his jacket on.

"Of course. I'll leave it with her main nurse and when you get here, we will tell you. Now, shoo."

***

Not everyone knew that Olivia had had a seizure, so when Madalyn got her son home, it was filled with the friends who had planned a small Friendsgiving.

"What are you all doing here?" Dominick asked as Robert came downstairs with Sawyer in his arms.

"I didn't want to tell them... I thought you would want too." Robert explained. Dominick nodded slowly as everyone looked at him in confusion. Casey and Alex knew what had happened, but no one else had.

"Where's Olivia?" Kathy asked, as Dominick took Sawyer into his arms and held him close.

"She's at the hospital. She has been having seizures. I would have called you, but I've been too worried about my wife and baby." He sighed softly. Elliot stood quickly and moved to gather his items.

"Elliot, you can't go be with her. She's in the neuro ICU and I can't even see her yet. So why don't you all just celebrate Friendsgiving and I'll keep you all updated." Dominick spoke.

"Do they know what is causing them yet?" Casey asked, as Dominick finally moved to sit down with his son in his arms. Sawyer was being surprisingly calm and Dominick knew that it was because how everything was off right now. That he could sense that everyone was stressed.

"They say she has epilepsy. I don't know how that just showed up now but it did. They have her on medicine and hopefully, nothing else will happen." Dominick sighed. He closed his eyes as tears welled in his eyes. Just talking about this all was so hard.

"Hey, don't cry, Dom. We are all here for you and Olivia. You are family, and we will always have your back. So just tell us what we can do, and we will help you." Kathy spoke, as she stood and moved to Dominick. She brushed a tear from her cheek before gently kissing the top of his head.

"Okay... so, uh, can you and Elliot take Sawyer? Then he can spend time with Maureen... and Casey can you run to the hospital and tell Olivia's boss about what is happening?" Dominick asked.

"Of course Elliot and I can do that," Kathy spoke, as she looked over at Casey.

"And I can go talk to her boss. What do you want me to tell them?" Casey asked nervously.

"Whatever you can to get her off of work for a while. Everyone else, just wait for updates... minus Robert, Serena, Lola, and Robbie. They all need to go to the hospital just in case." Dominick spoke. Robert went to start getting his stuff around so he could pick up his kids and take them to the hospital when Dominick stopped them.

"Everyone, before we part ways... I want to say a prayer. I'm scared to death of what might happen to my wife and our baby, and I just want to put a good word in with Him." Dominick breathed. Everyone gathered around as tears ran freely down their cheeks. One of their own was incredibly sick and they'd do absolutely anything to help her through this rough time.

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