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“She’s still here. But it’s not good. They gathered the family for a meeting.”

“What? The results bad?”

“Yeah… and her liver shut down.”

“Aw shit…”

……….

“God, why? Wendy wake up!

“She made it through the night. Her blood count is coming up. Still no response from her though.”

“I heard they were going to do a EEG and put her on dialysis.”

“Yep.. Dad fed and changed Baby Boy’s diapers today. Kid just smiled, burped, and then went back to sleep. He’s so much larger than any of the other babies in NICU. It’s kinda funny to see.”

“If you … call.”

“Same.”

………….

“Oh God, help. Wendy wake up for this baby boy, he needs you and so does Dad.”

“The family is all here.”

“How’s it going?”

“Baby boy is fine. He’s the cutest. He’s a big 7lbs 14 oz. Good set of lungs too. They let me hold him for a while.”

“How’s Mom?”

“She lost kidney function. But she’s not bleeding as much. Oh, she raised her arms. We took a few pictures of her and the baby.”

“You know how much she hates that. If that doesn’t wake her up, nothing will. It’s weird. I keep praying and then I yell at her. Over and over…”

“Me too. She has to wake up for this beautiful boy. I keep telling her over and over.”

“Keep me in the loop.”

“Will do.”

“Pray.”

“Anything?”

“Um.. They didn’t think she would make it through the night. Her heart stopped twice. She went through 20 pints of blood. She’s bleeding from everywhere. They’re worried about neurological damage and they think they know what’s happening.”

“Do I want to know?”

“Let me find the paper. It’s something called Amniotic Fluid Embolism.”

“Aw shit. I googled it. This is bad, very bad. Beyond bad.”

“If you got any in with any deity, use it.”

“What?! Oh crap what?”

“They had to do an emergency hysterectomy. They can’t stop the bleeding. They say she may not make it through the night. They’ve called the family.”

“Oh shit.. How does this happen? She was just in my cube complaining cause her boss wanted her to go home, take it easy, and she never felt better. She was munching on my peanut m’n’m’s and complaining that Junior was doing flips using her bladder as a springboard.”

“It’s looking bad. But Junior is improving. They think he’ll be fine.”

“Hey… anything.. let me know..”