Chapter 369: Your bloodwork
Sheldon POV
"River he didn't sleep for six days and he was getting scary. We finally had to fight him and sedate him and if anybody ever says that fighting and sedating a man in a wheelchair is easy has never met Ryder fucking Smith! He's like a fucking alligator!" She laughs so hard she grabs her side and groans.
"Shit!" I sit her up a little and hand her some water helping her take a drink.
"I'm okay." She says still laughing.
"Thank you Sheldon." She kisses my cheek and snuggles into my chest as I turn a little pulling her tightly against me.
"Get some sleep, I'll keep you safe." She nods and lightly cries.
"I want my boys with me." She sobs softly.
"I know. I'll tell them tomorrow." I kiss her head.
"I decided to tell them I don't remember. I'll go to my shirk and I'll talk to her I promise Sheldon but I don't want to see that hurt in their eyes."
"But River.."
"Please Sheldon. I need to figure it out on my own first. I will tell them. I just want to be home and loving them without them being afraid to touch me." She says.
"Please just think about telling them okay." She nods her head and yawns.
"Sheldon!" She says sitting up quickly.
"What!" I say jumping.
"Will you lock the door and check the windows?" She asks looking around.
"God girl, I just about shit my pants! I don't think the windows actually open but yes I'll lock the door." I say laughing a little.
"Can you push the couch in front of it too?" She says looking around.
"Do you want me to sleep down here." She shakes her head, then nods her head.
"Yes, but can I come sleep down there with you?"
"Throw me the pillows and get down here silly girl." I quickly move the couch and make the bed.
"Goodnight River." I kiss her forehead. I can feel her already relaxing and her breathing getting deeper. I close my eyes just listening to her breathing till I fall asleep too.
I slowly tighten my arm around her when she starts crying and groaning in her sleep.
I finally get her calmed enough for me to start falling back asleep when the sound of someone trying to open the door makes her jump sky high which makes me jump too.
"Shh it's okay baby girl." I say softly in her ear. Her body is trembling I lightly run my hand up and down her back. Another knock makes us both jump, she starts crying.
"Yes?" I say lifting her and moving her to the bed.
"I need to do my rounds. Just quick blood and check up. I also have some medication for the patient." A nurse says from the other side.
"One minute."
She's shaking her head.
"Do you want her to come back?" She looks scared to death. I run my fingers up her arm, she closes her eyes and take a deep breath.
"I need my medicine so I don't lose my thoughts. I want to be okay for them." I lean in and kiss her head.
"Are you okay if I open it now?" She takes a deep breath then nods. She feels clamey and she looks even paler this morning.
I move the couch over and unlock the door.
There's two female nurses and a male who doesn't enter just stands with his back to us like he's keeping guard.
They get her blood and take her vitals. Her blood pressure is high.
"It shouldn't be that high. What's wrong?" I sit and take her head.
"It might be because she just got up or the scare of us knocking. We'll check it again in a minute." One nurse says.
I start thinking about what was in her system.
"She might be having withdrawals for some of the drugs." I say looking at them. They nod.
"The doctor will be here in a minute. The fertility drugs that she was on might be having some effect as well." The other one says. River gasps and I might have missed what was said if she didn't.
"I wasn't taking.. Ohh god!" She says as she leans over and throws up.
"They have been showing in your blood work for months. That is the shot that your brother was giving you." I pull the nurse aside.
"It wasn't really her brother it was one of the people who kidnapped her!" I'm pissed! I clench my jaw.
"I'm so sorry. That hasn't updated in here." She quickly makes a note.
"In that case we should give her some medicine to rid her body of any unwanted fetuses. It will take an hour or so for me to get a prescription for the meds but we'll have everything taken care for her." She says quietly. I nod.
"River I need to move you to the stirrups and just check on your stitches." The female doctor says coming in.
She shakes her head and tries to pull her legs up to her chest but she cries out in pain.
"Do you want Mr Mumford to step out?" She asks.
She shakes her head so fast "No please I don't want to be alone." She cries. I take her hand and kiss it. I turn to face her so my back is facing her legs.
"I guess it's not the same but It can still do half the job." I laugh offering her my nub. She laughs and whimpers a little. "SORRY." I say quickly kissing her head.
"Okay River its looking a lot better. I'm going to put some more antibiotic cream around it. It might be a little slimy feeling but leave it on as long as you can." She nods at the doctor her face turning red.
"Today we want to do your wrist surgery before more healing can occur. I also want while your sedated to do a complete vaginal exam. We can do a light sedation and do it that way tomorrow but I'd really like to avoid putting you under even a light sedation more than necessary."
She looks at me like I would know what that means. I shrug.
"What does a complete vaginal exam include and why does she need to be sedated?" I ask for her.
"Right now we don't want to hurt her more then necessary. There is still blood so I need to get in far enough to look at everything. She could have cervical bruising, a tear or damage to her uterus and there was also signs of object rape possiblely multiple times which can cause fistulas." The doctor explains.
"The exam can be very painful to a victim. I want to cause her the least amount of pain I can. This will be the best way to catch any problems before the damage is too great."
"Who will protect me why I'm sedated?" She asks looking at me. I look at the doctor as I help her sit back up.
"We will have security outside the doors the whole time." The doctor says.