Serena Adams
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Post by Serena Adams on Sept 4, 2012 16:36:48 GMT -5
"Drake..... Drake....." Serena whimpered as she held onto her abdomen once again, "Baby..... I think I'm going into labor." She looked up at him with wide eyes; how was she suppose to give her birth when her vaginal area was so swollen? It hurt like hell when she wasn't already in severe pain. She was breathing heavily and gripping onto the bed rails so tightly that her knuckles turned white. How was she suppose to breath through her contractions when they hurt this much?
She let out a scream and moved around on the bed desperately, this was miserable. She hadn't been in this much pain during her other deliveries. She just couldn't get comfortable!
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Post by Drake Wade Adams on Sept 4, 2012 17:06:00 GMT -5
Drake's eyes went wide and his breathing hitched. All the bad memories of James and Jack's births had him scared, but he needed to do this. The twins had to live this time! Running out of the room, he called for a nurse to come get help. When the midwife came in, she explained that Serena was going to have to have a C section, to keep from more tearing. He nodded, willing to do whatever it took to have their babies. But he looked down at his frail wife and held her hand, making eye contact. "Are you ready, baby? Can you do that?" He asked, concerned.
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Post by Serena Adams on Sept 4, 2012 17:13:54 GMT -5
Serena didn't want a c-section but she wasn't exactly in the best state of mind to be making these kind of choices. So, she allowed them to wheel her into the operating room to perform the surgery. It wasn't long before the babies were born and rushed into the NICU for much needed assistance. They didn't have fully developed lungs yet!
She was out of it and didn't wake up until she was in her recovery room, she tried to sit up on her own but her abdomen was tender from the stitches. She glanced to the ivs attached to her arm and wondered if she was going to be allowed to have pain killers now. She felt like such a failure - she wanted to have all of her kids completely naturally and now she'd gotten a c-section. A preterm, unneeded c-section.
"I want my husband..." She mumbled to the first nurse who came in the room who nodded and said that she'd bring him in. She wanted to know about the girls as well but the nurse left before she could even ask.
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Post by Drake Wade Adams on Sept 4, 2012 22:27:45 GMT -5
Drake wandered in after being called by the nurse. He was all smiles, happy to see his wife awake and still fighting. Sitting next to her bed, he clutched one of her hands in both of his and kissed it. "Serena, they're beautiful," he murmured, talking about the girls. He wasn't supposed to be let into the NICU yet, but the nurses felt sympathetic. They knew about Jack's death, and let him come in to see his daughters for a few minutes before they closed the ward for the night and let the babies sleep.
Holding up his phone, he handed it to her so that she could sort through the pictures he'd taken. "I wasn't allowed to hold them yet," he said softly, thinking of their small bodies. They were so small, and gentle, and he wanted to hold them to him and keep them safe, but they were so fragile. The nurses said they wouldn't be able to actually hold them for a while - maybe even a whole week. They needed time to grow more.
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Serena Adams
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Post by Serena Adams on Sept 4, 2012 22:52:27 GMT -5
Serena was happy to have her husband in the room with her since he missed the birth of the girls since they were born via csection. She smiled weakly before suddenly clenching his hand as tightly as she could in her's. She felt sick and her stomach was aching more than ever before like her uterus was tearing apart. She yelped before moving quickly. She needed to vomit.
She grabbed the small trash can by the bed and pulled it to her so she could vomit. All blood. She was suddenly shaking violently actually. She looked pale like a ghost. This wasn't healthy or okay and she just felt wrong. She was trying not to let Drake know what was going on but it was obvious especially as a blood stain appeared by her crotch area on the bed. Something was happening to her and it wasn't good at all. She was so weak so suddenly that her grip on his hand had gone from insanely tight to well almost nothing like she was slipping away right in front of him.
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Post by Drake Wade Adams on Sept 5, 2012 16:42:22 GMT -5
When Serena started to vomit blood, Drake jumped up. He wouldn't let go of her hand, afraid that this might be the last time he held it - even though it was a stupid notion. Calling for the nurse, he gripped her fingers tightly, noticing her loose grip. "Serena, it's going to be okay," he murmured.
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Post by Serena Adams on Sept 5, 2012 16:55:49 GMT -5
The nurses came in and examined Serena who appeared to be fading fast. She was once again wheeled into an operating room to repair a uterine hemorrhage. They expected for it to be just a tiny one that ruptured during her c-section but it turned out much larger. She was losing a lot of blood so they had hooked her up for a transfusion.
She was unresponsive during their attempts to repair it and they were forced to preform an emergency hysterectomy without time to get consent from her husband since he had medical authority when she was unable to give consent to things like this. The doctor explained the ordeal to Drake before directing him to the new room that she had where she was still groggy and hooked up to fluids and receiving donated blood. She looked weak and even more fragile than before in that bed.
It was a rough day. "Drake.... baby... what happened?" They might have explained it to him but they neglected to explain anything to her.
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