daughter as best she could through all of the wires. Emily stood at the doorway and watched, ever her protector.
“Mrs. Carson?” another doctor entered the room. Kayley turned her eyes to him.
“Yes,” she whispered. “Is my daughter going to be okay?”
The young doctor walked further into the room and smiled at her. “We’re going to admit her into the Pediatric ICU and run some further tests. I don’t think that there’s anything seriously wrong with her, but I’m concerned with the lack of response from her for so long.” He walked to the edge of Alexis’ bed and looked down at the baby resting there. He smiled, reaching his hand out. She grasped it automatically, smiling at him.
“Admit her?” Kayley squeaked, noticing that Alexis was responding well to the doctor. More tears rolled down her face at the news, and he turned to face her.
“It’s just a precaution, Mrs. Carson. We would never want to send her home without checking everything out.” Kayley nodded.
“Kayley,” she said out loud. He looked at her questioningly. “You can call me Kayley.”
He smiled again, and she noticed what a great smile it was. “Ben. Ben Nichols. I’m a pediatric ER doctor. I’m sorry this happened to your baby today, especially on her birthday, but I’m going to make sure she’s taken care of and gets to go home very soon. We’ll be moving her up shortly. You can stay here with her so she feels more comfortable. Seems that she’s really coming around now.”
He left the room and Emily rushed to the bedside, cooing over Alexis. “Kayley, wow. I cannot believe this happened today. I’m so glad she’s okay.”
“Cate saved her,” Kayley said, looking at her best friend’s watery green eyes. “She’s her savior.”
Emily smiled but shook her head. “We were right there, Kay. We would’ve gotten to her right away. So he didn’t say what he thought happened?”
“No,” Kayley answered. “They are running tests and want to admit her for observation. Didn’t you hear what he said? You were standing at the door.”
Emily looked at her best friend with mischief in her eyes. “Um, no I didn’t hear a word he said because the second he walked past me I had no brain cells left. Did you see that man? Woooeeee! He’s the hottest thing I’ve ever seen! Then once he turned to you and smiled, I thought I might need a doctor next. Does pediatric mean he will also work on 20-somethings?”
Kayley outright laughed, causing Alexis to smile at both of them. Kayley scooped her up, careful not to disturb her wires, and turned back to Emily. “Are you kidding me? He’s my kid’s doctor and I just got the scare of my life! I barely registered him at all.”
Emily put her hand up to Kayley’s face and waved it in front of her. “Yep, you can see, so I know that you can’t be blind enough to say you didn’t notice how delicious he was? What was his name? Ben Nichols? He makes a pair of scrubs and a white jacket look damn good.”
Kayley shook her head at Emily. “You’re terrible, Emily! Down girl! You’re a happily married woman.”
“Don’t I know it,” Emily sighed, fanning herself. “But I know a fine specimen when I see one! And a doctor too!” She waggled her eyebrows. “He could play doctor very well…” All of a sudden, Kayley understood where Emily was going with this.
“No, Emily,” Kayley warned, kissing Alexis’ soft head. She squirmed in her mom’s arms, acting much like herself again. “Don’t go there. I have a baby. And it’s only been a little over a year. I’m definitely not ready now, nor do I think I ever will be.”
Emily hugged her friend, enclosing Kayley and Alexis in a tight hug. “You scared us, little girl,” she murmured, kissing Lexi. “Don’t ever do that again.” Alexis grinned her big four tooth grin and kissed Emily on the nose.
“Mimi,” she babbled, her name for Emily. Emily gave her an Eskimo kiss and stood up.
“I’m going to get
“Mrs. Carson?” another doctor entered the room. Kayley turned her eyes to him.
“Yes,” she whispered. “Is my daughter going to be okay?”
The young doctor walked further into the room and smiled at her. “We’re going to admit her into the Pediatric ICU and run some further tests. I don’t think that there’s anything seriously wrong with her, but I’m concerned with the lack of response from her for so long.” He walked to the edge of Alexis’ bed and looked down at the baby resting there. He smiled, reaching his hand out. She grasped it automatically, smiling at him.
“Admit her?” Kayley squeaked, noticing that Alexis was responding well to the doctor. More tears rolled down her face at the news, and he turned to face her.
“It’s just a precaution, Mrs. Carson. We would never want to send her home without checking everything out.” Kayley nodded.
“Kayley,” she said out loud. He looked at her questioningly. “You can call me Kayley.”
He smiled again, and she noticed what a great smile it was. “Ben. Ben Nichols. I’m a pediatric ER doctor. I’m sorry this happened to your baby today, especially on her birthday, but I’m going to make sure she’s taken care of and gets to go home very soon. We’ll be moving her up shortly. You can stay here with her so she feels more comfortable. Seems that she’s really coming around now.”
He left the room and Emily rushed to the bedside, cooing over Alexis. “Kayley, wow. I cannot believe this happened today. I’m so glad she’s okay.”
“Cate saved her,” Kayley said, looking at her best friend’s watery green eyes. “She’s her savior.”
Emily smiled but shook her head. “We were right there, Kay. We would’ve gotten to her right away. So he didn’t say what he thought happened?”
“No,” Kayley answered. “They are running tests and want to admit her for observation. Didn’t you hear what he said? You were standing at the door.”
Emily looked at her best friend with mischief in her eyes. “Um, no I didn’t hear a word he said because the second he walked past me I had no brain cells left. Did you see that man? Woooeeee! He’s the hottest thing I’ve ever seen! Then once he turned to you and smiled, I thought I might need a doctor next. Does pediatric mean he will also work on 20-somethings?”
Kayley outright laughed, causing Alexis to smile at both of them. Kayley scooped her up, careful not to disturb her wires, and turned back to Emily. “Are you kidding me? He’s my kid’s doctor and I just got the scare of my life! I barely registered him at all.”
Emily put her hand up to Kayley’s face and waved it in front of her. “Yep, you can see, so I know that you can’t be blind enough to say you didn’t notice how delicious he was? What was his name? Ben Nichols? He makes a pair of scrubs and a white jacket look damn good.”
Kayley shook her head at Emily. “You’re terrible, Emily! Down girl! You’re a happily married woman.”
“Don’t I know it,” Emily sighed, fanning herself. “But I know a fine specimen when I see one! And a doctor too!” She waggled her eyebrows. “He could play doctor very well…” All of a sudden, Kayley understood where Emily was going with this.
“No, Emily,” Kayley warned, kissing Alexis’ soft head. She squirmed in her mom’s arms, acting much like herself again. “Don’t go there. I have a baby. And it’s only been a little over a year. I’m definitely not ready now, nor do I think I ever will be.”
Emily hugged her friend, enclosing Kayley and Alexis in a tight hug. “You scared us, little girl,” she murmured, kissing Lexi. “Don’t ever do that again.” Alexis grinned her big four tooth grin and kissed Emily on the nose.
“Mimi,” she babbled, her name for Emily. Emily gave her an Eskimo kiss and stood up.
“I’m going to get
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