She sat on the couch in the dark, with one lone light on in
the distance, as she held the pictures in her hands. Tears rolled down her face
as she thought about the day her world turned upside down…
The day started like any other day. She woke up, excited for
the new day. She had a doctor’s appointment in a couple hours and her husband
was going to be there! She got up carefully as her growing belly slowed her
down a great deal. As she walked to the bathroom, she saw their wedding photo.
Her husband standing for proudly and handsomely in his Marine Corps dress
uniform and herself smiling as brightly as her white wedding gown. It was the
most perfect day and it continued to be perfect. She got pregnant shortly after
her husband came home from deployment and he wasn’t leaving until after the
baby was born. She closed her eyes in quick prayer, hopefully he’s not leaving
until after.
After a quick shower, she dressed and was out the door. She
checked her phone and had a text message from her husband. “Going be a little
late. See you at the drs.” She nodded as she pulled the car out of the driveway
and headed to the medical building. As she waited for her husband to join her
in the waiting room, impatiently checking her phone and the time. Where was he?
If he misses this, I’ll never forgive him! She thought angrily as she snapped
her phone shut one last time.
“Taylor Harrison” the nurse calls her in. She stands up,
looking over her shoulder. She sighs. He’s not coming. With slow steps, she
follows the nurse to the exam room.
“How are we today?” the nurse asks as she takes vital signs.
“I’ve been better” she replies.
“Oh, something wrong?”
“Yeah, my husband was supposed to meet me here but he’s
late.”
The nurse smiled sympathetically. “The doctor will be with
you shortly” she said as she left the room.
She sat on the exam table, looking around the room.
Suddenly, the room got colder than usual and she had a sense of something was very
wrong. The door opened and her doctor walked in the room. He began his exam
with small talk about how she was feeling, etc etc. Then he stopped. The
expression on his face changed and terror gripped her heart in icing vice. She
could hardly breathe.
“I’m going to send you over to labor and delivery for
further examination” he finally speaks.
“Why? What’s going on?” she asks terrified.
“I can’t really tell here. I need better equipment that the
office doesn’t have. I’ll have a nurse take you over there and I’ll be there as
soon as I call the doctor on call.”
Before she knew it, she was being whisked to labor and
deliver, being hooked up to machines and have an IV put in. She stared at the
nurses with wide questioning eyes.
“Just a precaution, my dear” the nurse said as she patted
her arm and left the arm.
There she was lying in a hospital bed. Her husband was
nowhere to be found. He wasn’t answering his phone. No one was answering their
phones. What was going on?
Suddenly, the room as a bustle of activity as doctors and
nurses walked into the room, talking over each other as they worked. The doctor
on call walked over to her and with a grave expression, she explained what was
going on. All she heard as baby, distress, delivery. She began to cry. Her baby
was being born tonight. Three months early and there was nothing else that
could be done. She was alone. The only person she was able to get a hold of was
her mother who lived 3,000 miles away. Her mom said she was on the first plane
out but she wouldn’t get there in time…
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