June at the hospital on his way to work, would spend sometime with Lucy then go to work, he would then return at lunchtime, then once he had finished work for the day he would go back to the hospital and spend hours there with June before they both, with great reluctance, go home for the evening, it was breaking there heart to leave there little girl.
June was now back in good health after her fall and operation she did get some occasional pain from her section site, but she was prepared for this, it was the pain in her heart that was causing her the most trouble, the feeling that it was her fault that Lucy was in here, that her actions had caused her daughters first few weeks of life to be so traumatic for all of them. These feelings had got worse after Lucy�s health took a turn for the worse; she developed a chest infection which had taken her a while to recover from. Jim had told her thousands of times that it was not her fault but until Lucy was at home with them she could not stop herself from feeling like this.
They turned the room where Lucy�s incubator was into a nursery; they froze in horror when they noticed that the incubator was missing
�June, Jim I�ve been trying to call you� They turned round recognising the voice from behind them �I wanted you to know before you came in� continued the nurse
�What�s happened Jen?� asked June
�Where�s Lucy� Jim asked
�She�s fine, she is where she always is� Jen said smiling
�No she�s not her incubator is missing�
�Yes the incubator has gone, but Lucy hasn�t�
�You mean....�June smiled back realising what they had failed to notice�
�Yep, for a pair of coppers it took you long enough, Lucy was taken out of her incubator overnight, she was maintaining her own temperature, they turned the incubator of and transferred her into a cot, I�ve been trying to ring for the past 3 hours�
�Yeah we had things to organise for this afternoon, we would have been here straight away usually� Jim said wiping tears from his eyes
�I did ring Gary to see if he had seen you, but you had already been and gone�
�Yeah we were there early, I think everything is ready just about� June said as she picked Lucy from her cot�
�That�s good, Gary is so excited about the abseiling, he would not stop talking about it in the pub�
�You still coming aren�t you�
�Would not miss it for the world, I will leave you to some quality time� Jen said walking away
June was sat holding Lucy, watching her pulling faces, June smiled as she noticed that the expressions Lucy was making were similar to ones that
Jim often pulled�
�That�s the biggest smile I�ve seen on your face ever since Lucy was born�
Jen sat down next to her
�I�m just so happy, my little girl is getting better and it�s a step closer to going home, I�ve been feeling so bad about all this, but Jim was right, once things got better I would feel better about things�
�It�s a common thing, you don�t expect that when you have a baby things end like this, it�s hard being separated from your baby�
�I suppose you don�t, we were so shocked to discover I was pregnant, we realised how lucky we were, but then we came so close to losing her...Jim has been so good, so supportive, he doesn�t have to say anything to help he knows that a hug can say more than words ever can�
�You are one lucky woman, some Dad�s are completely useless, don�t know what to do or say�
�He is one in a million, I don�t know what I would do without him, I was watching Lucy and she was pulling faces that Jim often pulls, I think they are going to be a bit of a pair where she gets older� June laughed
�Could be trouble for you then, he was a bit reluctant to leave when he went�
�Yeah, no doubt everyone at Sun Hill knows that Lucy is now in a cot�
�Yep, apparently, according to Gary, Jim announced it over the radios to everyone�
�That sounds about right, talking about Gary, how are things going between you�
Jen smiled �Yeah it�s good, he�s very sweet, very doting�
�That�s Gary, not the sharpest tool in the box, but his heart is in the right place, well he proved this by organising this fundraiser today, but I think he might have been trying to impress someone� June raised her eyebrows
�Maybe, Is Jim coming back for you?�
�I said I would ring him�
�I can take you if you want, once my shift finishes, surprise Jim�
�That would be good, I can�t wait to get the all clear to drive again�
�The downside of having a section...look I have spoken to the registrar, we usually allow parents to take their child out for a walk when they are out of incubators, She has spoken with the consultant and they are happy for you to take Lucy to the do this afternoon, as I am going to be there if there are any problems, that is if you want to take her?�
�That would be fantastic...but I have not car seat or pram or anything�
�Don�t worry we have all that, we can borrow them and you have nappies and stuff here and as long as we take some blankets and stuff it will be ok... Jim will be shocked�
�Indeed, how about that Lucy lets go and visit Daddy�
Jim was looking out of the window in CSU when he noticed June getting out of
Jen�s car, he looked again as Jen took a pram from her car boot as June opened the back door of the car. Tears pricked his eyes as he realised that
June was holding their daughter in her arms.
He ran out of the office and down the stairs, into reception, just as
June came into the building
�What�s going on?�
�Well we thought Lucy might want to see where Mummy and Daddy work�
�Why didn�t you say anything when you rang earlier�
June laughed and she ran her hand down his cheek
�What and miss this look on your face...It�s all thanks to Jen, it was her idea�
Jim smiled at Jen �Thank you so much�
�No problem, we could not have the guest of honour missing this�
Jen and Gary were stood talking with Kerry, Tony, Nick and Des as they watched Sheelagh and Gina abseil down the building
�It�s a good job we had all visited Lucy or we would have thought Gary was making you up� said Tony
�Thanks Tony, I�m not quite sure what you are saying but thanks mate� replied Gary as the others laughed
�We know what Gary sees in you, but what do you see in him� asked Des
�You wouldn�t understand Des, we ask you the same about Sheelagh, at least
Gary is abseiling, what is your excuse�
�Nice one� said Kerry as the others laughed as Des had gone rather quiet
�It looks easy enough� said Jim as he and June stood watching Gary and
Jen begin their descent
�It would do from down here, no doubt it looks completely different from up there�
�That sounds like some sort of challenge June?�
�Don�t be daft Jim�
�I�m not... that�s it I�m going to do it, wish me luck� he kissed June and
Lucy
�Your Daddy is one crazy man, but we love him for that�
June watched as Jim climbed the stairs of the fire escape and onto the roof
Jim tapped against the bin in the yard to get everyone�s attention
�Look, I would like to thank everyone for the things they have done to raise money for SCBU at St Hughs. June and I are so grateful for everything that the staff have done for Lucy, everything they did that has made her better so that she is with us today. We would like to thank you guys for all the support and love you have given us over the past few months, that and all the kind words of friendship have helped us through some difficult times. I know I speak for June as well as myself when I say that we would have not got through those times without you lot behind us, Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You will be pleased to know that at the last count we have raised �9,035and 25p�
Cheers rang around the yard
�That money I know will go to great use, thanks to your efforts other people will be able to experience the same feelings of joy that June and I have watching our daughter getting better�
A few weeks later Lucy was allowed to go home, making June and Jim�s life perfect
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