“You got it.”
“That’s a relief, huh?” Katie said to Shane when he perched on the edge of her bed.
“Yeah, for sure.”
“Take a deep breath, Shane. The baby is okay.”
“I won’t take a breath until I know you are, too.”
They did a blood test and took a urine sample, and half an hour later, Victoria returned to the room, smiling. “You, my dear, have a UTI.”
“Translation, please,” Shane said.
“Urinary tract infection,” the two women said in stereo.
“Easily treated by antibiotics,” Victoria added.
“How did I not realize that?” Katie asked.
“As you know, they don’t always present with the usual symptoms,” Vic said.
“It’s safe to breathe, Shane,” Katie said. “Easily fixable problem, and the baby is fine.”
“Okay, I’m breathing again.”
“I know it’s so hard not to leap to the worst-case scenario when you’ve been through a miscarriage,” Victoria said, “but everything with the baby looks great. We’ll get you a script and send you home to get some rest.”
“That’s okay. I can work.”
“You’re not working today—or tomorrow. We can cover for you.”
“Are you sure? I hate to leave you shorthanded.”
“I’m positive. Let me get that script for you.”
Shane held out his arms to Katie, needing a hug from her in the worst possible way. “Vic is right. You need to get some rest until you feel better.”
“I can’t believe I didn’t know it was a UTI.”
“Even a super nurse like you can’t know everything.”
“I can’t?”
He smiled for the first time in an hour. “Nope.”
Victoria returned to tell them the prescription had been called into Ryan’s pharmacy, and she handed Katie some discharge instructions. “Nothing you don’t know.”
Katie hugged her colleague and friend. “Thanks again, Vic.”
“Glad it was something easy.”
“Me, too.”
Shane kept his arm around Katie as they walked to his truck. Once they were inside, he wasn’t surprised to see texts from his father and sister, asking if everything was okay.
He sent a text to update them and another to Mac, letting him know Katie and the baby were okay, but he’d be out of work for the day.
Glad to hear all is well, Mac replied. Take whatever time you need.
