Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Hello there, Queen Riviana. I am Helen, the lead nurse assigned to you and your babies. Allow me to introduce you to the rest of the nurses here. These, here, are Hannah, Olivia and Emery. They will be assisting during the delivery. Over there we have William, Reba and Jan, they will be the ones that help to clean up the babies, weight and measure them, and get them ready to be brought to you in your recovery room. After you have spent a few minutes in that recovery room, you will be returned to the room that you were in before.”
“Thank you for that information, Helen, and for all of you being here with me today.” I tried to take them all in, but their names were blending at the moment. I was having a contraction so I was a little preoccupied. I remembered the names, but not who they went to. And their appearances of similarly colored brown and blonde hair and light colored eyes all around made things a little more difficult to separate them all.
“I can see that you are in pain, Queen Riviana. Let us get you over here on the table so that we can give you the spinal block. We don’t want you suffering anymore at all.” Dr. Razi was the one to speak next, he prompted the other nurses in the room to move and help me get to the table.
They got me onto the table in the room by pushing that bed that I was in next to it and then pulling me over. Once I was settled onto that spot, they pushed the bed away and started to work fast.
The first thing that they did when I was on the operating table was pull me up into a sitting position. They turned me to the side, let my leg dangle off, and told me to lean forward as much as I could.
“I need you to try and hang your knees, Queen Riviana. We need you to stretch out your spine as much as you can.” Dr. Razi was explaining things to me as they helped to position my body. I had two nurses in front of me that were helping to position me and another behind me, pushing my back and helping to get me into the best position possible for the needle to enter my back. “Alright, Queen Riviana, I am going to give you a numbing shot first and then I will begin. You will feel a little bit cold when the iodine is applied as well. Do not be alarmed.”
True to his word, there was a cold jolt from him applying the fluid and then there was a small prick from the need. I felt that there was a numbness spreading through my back almost immediately.
“Alright, Queen Riviana, I am going to be starting now. I need you to stay completely still and don’t move at all. OK? This will just take a few moments.”
Dr. Razi was doing his best to keep things moving quickly and efficiently. I was very pleased with him so far. Unfortunately though, the numbing that he had given me didn’t make the feeling go completely away when he stuck the next much larger needle into my spine. This one felt like it was going in way more than I expected it would and I was scared for a moment. However, it only lasted for a few moments like he said and then it was like there wasn’t even anything in my back at all.
“Alright, Queen Riviana, that is it. We are done. We’re going to lay you back on the table now and you will feel the numbness spreading through your body. It will be like a warmness moving from just below your arms to the tips of your toes. Let me know when you have felt it spread all the way through you.”
“Will do.” I nodded as the three nurses worked in tandem to lay me all the way back on the table.
This was the first time that I had laid all the way back since I woke up from my time in the underworld. I didn’t like laying all the way down with how big my belly was getting. It was a bit uncomfortable for me to lay like this.
However, it wasn’t that uncomfortable now. Instead, the pain and discomfort were going away as they laid me down. There was already that warmth spreading throughout my body and relaxing me a little bit. The only complaint I had at the moment was that as they were strapping me down onto the table, I felt like everything was moving upwards and that was making it a little uncomfortable to breathe.
“I can tell by that look in your eyes, Queen Riviana, that it’s uncomfortable. Don’t worry, it will all be over very soon. I promise you that.” May was doing her best to calm me down.
“There are a few things that we still need to do for you, Queen Riviana, and then you will be set to deliver. Dr. White will be here soon and then we may begin.” Helen, the lead nurse, explained to me as she started to get to work. This here is some added oxygen for you, to keep your breathing easy and regular throughout the procedure. You have heart monitors that are being added to your chest.” As she said that, the hospital gown that I was wearing was fully stripped off of me and two heated sheets were laid across my abdomen. “And lastly, Queen Riviana, we will be putting a foley in for you. This is to drain your bladder while you are unable to get up and use the restroom yourself.”
I was really glad that I was numb for that part of the procedure. I did not want to feel what that was like. Just the thought of it made me want to cringe. I mean, EWW. There was a tube going up into my bladder through my pee hole. That was disgusting and painful.
“Alright, Queen Riviana, everything is all set. We are ready to begin as soon as the doctor gets here.” Helen called out to me.
“How is the numbness?” Dr. Razi asked me with a calm voice.
“I can’t feel anything from my chest down.” I assured him. “It’s like a magic that I never knew existed.” I laughed at my joke and everyone around me laughed as well.
“Ooh, it sounds like a party here.” Griffin said as he came into the room. I turned to see him and saw that Joaquin was there with him.
“Joaquin.” I reached out with just my fingers since my arms were locked into place on those little boards. The moment that I did that, the nurses put a screen up just below my neck. It blocked out my view of my belly. I wouldn’t be able to see what was going on.
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Joaquin
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I was led out of the room that my Little Bunny and I had been in for the past week. A nurse was taking me to another part of the labor and delivery floor that I had never been to. This was a place with sinks to wash up and scrubs to change into.
“Here, Mr. Gray, I need you to wash your hands and arms up to the elbows thoroughly. Then put these on.” She set a pair of white scrubs down that I hoped would fit me properly. “They go over top of your clothes. These booties go over your shoes. And please, place this over your hair. When you are done, you will wash your hands once more and place this mask over your mouth and nose. At that point you will be fully prepared for the operating room and you can join your wife in the delivery room.”
The nurse was slightly older and seemed to be a little on the bossy side. Not to mention that I remembered her having been here for the delivery of Reagan and Rika as well as Talia. I guess that she was going to be here for all of my children and their deliveries. That was a little odd, but in a way, it was also sort of comforting. It meant that there was consistency. And all of the deliveries have been smooth and successful so far, so let’s not mess with consistency here.
I had to interrupt her a little bit here. There was a lot of stuff that she wanted me to do before I could see my Little Bunny again. And to be honest, it wasn’t that necessary. I mean, we were werewolves. We were used to being out in the height of nature and all that stuff. So, I just didn’t see why I needed to wash so many times and look like a marshmallow.
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“Look, Ma’am, I don’t think..-” I started to tell her what was on my mind but she interrupted me.
“Pamela.” She cut me off and snapped at me. “My name is Nurse Pamela June Adders. Do not call me Ma’am or Miss or anything like that. I would prefer to be called by name, if you wouldn’t mind. And do not tell me that you don’t know my name, I have been helping to take care of your wife four out of the last seven days. The least you can do is remember my name, Mr. Gray. And on top of that, I was there when all three of your other children were born. I would appreciate it if you stopped thinking about me as nothing more than just a background image and remember my name at the very least.”
I will admit that I had been treating her exactly as she had said. I hadn’t really paid attention to her name at all. I hadn’t really paid attention to any of the nurses. I had been way more focused on my wife and her condition and all the things that had to do with her and my family. I hadn’t been focused on the staff here at the hospital at all.
I bet that Riviana knew them though. I bet that she was familiar with them all. She was like that. She paid attention to the people around her. She focused on everyone and made them feel important. She was good at those types of things. I hadn’t even thought about it at all. I guess that I had actually been a bit of an ass about it.
“Alright, I am sorry Nurse Pamela. You are right. I hadn’t paid attention to your name. I hadn’t even thought about it. If it makes you feel any better though, I do recognize you and know that you were there through this week as well as when my other three children were born as well. I am not going to make excuses for myself because that would just be pointless. However, I am going to continue on with what I was going to say before.” I paused for a moment and the nurse started talking again.
“Well, at least you admit that part.” She laughed at me. “And now, let me guess, you think you are above the rules that I have laid out before you? You think that you can just skip them and head on into the operating room and see your wife. You think that you and your massive amount of wealth is enough to get you through this the way that you want to.”
“Well, it has absolutely nothing to do with my wealth. However, you are right in guessing that I want to skip a few of these steps. I think that they are unnecessary.” I gave her my best smile to let her know that I was serious and to help her understand that it was indeed not necessary for me. I knew that she would understand it all completely. This was all a big unnecessary step that I didn’t need to busy myself with.
I started to step away from the sink and toward the door to the operating room that I saw on the opposite side of the room from me. I was going to be with my wife. I was going to watch my babies be born. I was going to see them all very soon.
“Well, if you don’t want to follow the rules like everyone else, Mr. Gray, that is fine. It is entirely up to you, but I do think that your wife will have a problem with you not being there for the birth of your children. I mean, she seems to be looking forward to you being there so much. I will be sure to pass along the message that you were simply too lazy to follow the hospital’s rules. Because trust me, Mr. Gray, I don’t care how much money you have or how powerful you are, you are not entering that operating room without fully sterilizing yourself and following all of the rules that I have given you. If you are incapable of doing that, then I do not think that you are worthy of the right to see these beautiful babies be born. Only a real man knows that he needs to follow the rules and do what has to be done in order to get what he wants. I always hate being the bearer of bad news to women like this, but I will do what I need to do. It is what is required of me after all.”
