my crazy life

Antonio

2 days later

The beeping sound that bounced off the four walls of his daughter's hospital room was beginning to drive him crazy. For two days he had to watch his baby be attached to tubes and he had to be strong for the mother of his kids. Initially, she had been pretty strong with the whole ordeal but the moment she saw her baby, she lost it, and that strong front had come crumbling down.

Jacob was a mess without his twin sister. Although he was being strong for his mom and sister, he hated seeing her in pain. Not being able to play and cuddle with her made him feel empty. He thought he lost her when she stopped breathing two days ago and it scared him worse than getting in trouble with his mom.

"How is the beautiful girl feeling this morning?" the morning shift nurse Lucile said. She was an older lady in her early 40s who had worked at the hospital for 20 years. She was sweet as could be and the family liked her. She always came into the room with a big smile and an even bigger ear as she listened to the family's concern for their loved one.

" I'm doing ok, my appetite hasn't came back yet though" Heaven replied as she sat up in the bed a little bit. She knew the nurse would come to check her vitals and breathing soon after she asked that question, and she did.

Taking the blood pressure sleeve she wrapped it around her arm before letting it start and waiting for her results. " How's your breathing ? " she asked before grabbing her stethoscope

" It's been better honestly"

" she still sounds a little wheezy though" Antonio said as he watched the nurse take note of her blood pressure " let me take a listen honey bee" she said as she used her instrument to listen to her breathing

" take a deep breath" she instructed gently. her breathing was much better but you could still hear her wheezing slighlty.

she instructed her to do the same thing a couple times to confirm what she was hearing. " she is still a little wheezy but her breathing has gotten so much better from when she first came in

" when will it be back fully?" her father asked as he went to facetime her mom. she was on the way home from showering and getting some more clothes for her daughter. " i cant fully say but the doctor will be coming in about two minutes to give you updates" she said as she jotted down her notes on the white board and began to wheel her cart out.

"thank you Lucile" he said as she walked out the room at the same time Anastasia answered the phone " we're turning into the parking lot" she said as soon as she answered the phone " okay the doc is supposed to come in with updates in a few minutes" he said.

it didnt take long for the door to open. noticing it was her he hung up the phone and helped her with the bags she had in her hands. she had a bag for heaven, herself, and food for everybody while Jacob had the drinks

" hey sissy" he said before putting the drinks down on the couch in the room. he made his way to her so he could try to kiss her forehead. noticing he was too short he opted to give her a kiss on the hand. " hey bubba" she said as she smiled as hard as she could without moving her breathing tube

" knock knock " the doctor announced before he fully entered the room. he was a black man in his mid- thirties. he was kind to the parents and made sure to answer the parents questions. he also came bearing gifts for the kids when he came to visit. Todays gifts were lollypops, dumbdumbs to be exact

" how are we doing today family" he said as he looked around the room

" good" they all answered in the same tone making them all laugh at the same time

" that's good, so heres a little news about Ms. Heaven" he started " as you guys know we ran a series of tests once we got her breathing under control and we finally came to a conclusion" he continued " she has bacterial pneumonia , which is why she had the fever , shortness of breath , sore throat, and trouble breathing"

" but isnt she too young for that " her mother asked

" not necessarily, its actually transmits more often than you would think"

" because kids are always around each other and always catching colds" her father said

" that is correct, honestly anybody with it can spread it. its spread just as easy as a common cold or the coronavirus." he started " im not sure of the culprit but if somebody in her class or shes been around had a cold but that is most likely the cause"

now that heaven thought about it, a lot of the kids at her school were getting sick these days. she heard some teachers say something about it being the yearly sick wave because the kids were being used to being around each other. she didnt think much of it because its been a while since the outbreak and she didnt get sick yet and she wore her mask whenever she could.

" is it contagious" Anastatsia asked now worried about having to quarintine the rest of the family from her daughter. she didnt know if she would be able to handle that

" no ma'am she past the contagious period but, if you'd like to quarantine for a few days , i don't blame you there.  we're gonna get her started on a round of antibiotics and she should be fine within one to two weeks" he said watching the relief wash over everybodys faces. you could tell they were a family who loves each other very much " as for her breathing , id like to keep her here for a few more days just to make sure she stays on the right track" he continued " shes doing much better than two days ago but we can still here a bit of wheezing. we're going to keep her on a breathing tube for the next two days and see how she does then"

" thank you so much doctor wallace" Antonio thanked the doctor watching as he nodded in appreciation

" its not a problem" he said before leaving the room shortly after. it felt like the energy in the room had shifted after the family learned the baby girl would be alright. antonio didnt know what he would do if he had just gotten in her life just for something to be terribly wrong or if she had passed away the day she stopped breathing

the whole ordeal had him extremely grateful and all he wanted to do was bring his family together. he felt this was his wake up call from God to stop playing games and let his intentions be clear with Anastasia

he could only hope that she felt the same way