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Chapter 15: The Morning After
Angel Grove Community Hospital, Angel Grove
March 24, 2009
10 am
Conner was holding the baby as Kira slept, still groggy from the surgery to remove her fibroid. She woke up to some profuse bleeding at 1 am in the morning and the doctor in charge made the call to remove the fibroid. 4 hours later Kira was released from recovery to the post-partum floor, at about 5 am. Other than waking up twice to feed the baby she slept most of the time.
Kim knocked on the door.
"Can I come in?" Kim asked.
"Sure," Conner said as Kim came into the room.
"How did the surgery go?" Kim asked.
"Good. They removed the fibroid. It's benign, like most fibroids are," Conner said.
"That's good. How about I take the baby while you go get something to eat?" Kim asked.
"That sounds good. I'm starving," Conner said as he handed the baby to Kim and walked out of the room.
Kim sat down next to Kira and rocked the baby gently.
Kira woke up then.
"Hey Kim, where's Conner?" Kira asked.
"He went to get something to eat," Kim said.
"How long was I out?" Kira asked.
"I don't know, I just got here," Kim said.
Forty-Five minutes later Conner came back to the room.
"Hey, baby, you're awake. How was your nap?" Conner asked.
"Good. How did the surgery go?" Kira asked.
"You came through with flying colors. You woke up twice to feed the baby otherwise you slept most of the time after you were released from recovery."
"Here, take your baby. She's going to want to be fed soon," Kim said handing the baby to Kira.
"Thanks, Kim, for staying with Kira and the baby," Conner said.
"No problem. Now I'm going down the hall to Paulette's room to check on her and the baby," Kim said as she left.
"Kira, we need to talk," Conner said.
"About what?" Kira asked.
"About a name for the baby. We can't call her "baby", "she", or "her" anymore. She needs a name. The nurse has been harassing me for a name since you got released from recovery."
"Yeah, you're right. She needs a name, but what?"
"What were your grandmothers' names?"
"You want to name our baby after my grandmothers?"
"Just answer the question."
"Isabelle and Beatrice."
"Mine were Irene and Marie."
"Okay, Isabelle and Marie sound okay. Irene and Beatrice do not."
"Yeah, Irene and Beatrice sound creepy, and everyone would give us a hard time if we named our daughter either of those."
"So, Isabelle Marie McKnight? I like it, how about you?"
"It sounds fitting. All right, we'll go with that then," Conner said as the nurse came in with a laptop.
"Decided on a name yet? I know the night nurse harassed you since your girlfriend was released from recovery," the day nurse said apologetically.
"You don't need to harass us anymore. We decided on a name," Kira said.
"Which is?" the day nurse asked.
"Isabelle Marie McKnight," Conner said, looking at his daughter, who started to fuss.
"I'll leave you two alone so you can feed her," the nurse said as she left after entering the name into the laptop.
12 pm
Kira dressed Isabelle in an outfit she brought from home in her overnight bag. It was pink with a teddy bear holding a balloon on it. She knew that Isabelle's surviving grandparents would be the first to visit and she wanted Isabelle to wear the outfit her grandmother bought her.
A knock sounded at the door.
"Come in!" Kira said as Sheila and Mark came in with a bouquet of flowers and a few balloons.
"Hello, sweetheart! Conner told us you had that fibroid removed. How did it go?" Sheila asked.
"It went well. I'm sore but not too much," Kira said.
"That's good. Where's my granddaughter?" Sheila asked.
"Right here, Mom," Conner said as he handed Isabelle to her grandmother.
Sheila looked down at her granddaughter and cried happy tears.
"Oh, Mark, look at her. Isn't she beautiful?" Sheila asked him.
"Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous," Mark said, also crying happy tears.
"What's her name?" Sheila asked.
"Isabelle Marie McKnight. Isabelle after Kira's paternal grandmother and Marie after Dad's mom," Conner said.
"Thanks, son. Your grandmother would be so proud," Mark said clasping Conner on the back.
"Those names are perfect, sweetie," Sheila said.
Soon Sheila and Mark left since Sheila had to work in a couple of hours. Then Ethan poked his head in the door.
"Hey, up for visitors?" Ethan asked.
"Sure, dude, come on in," Conner said as Ethan came in, followed by Lisette pushing Paulette in a wheelchair. Paulette was holding her and Ethan's son.
"Oh, Paulette, he is so handsome!" Kira said.
"Your little girl is so cute too!" Paulette said.
"May I hold him?" Kira asked.
"Sure! Lisette, hand her David," Paulette said as Lisette took the baby and handed him to Kira. Conner handed Isabelle to Paulette.
"Oh, she's so gorgeous up close. What's her name?" Paulette asked, cooing at the baby.
"Isabelle Marie McKnight, after mine and Conner's paternal grandmothers," Kira said.
"Oh, it fits her perfectly. Well, you're holding David Ethan James, David after my father, and Ethan after Ethan, of course," Paulette said proudly.
"Oh, that name fits him for sure. He is so adorable up close," Kira said.
"Nice job, dude," Conner said clasping Ethan on the shoulder.
"You too, dude," Ethan said doing the same.
Soon, the various aunts, uncles, and cousins from the ranger family came in to see both the babies and to bring gifts.
When the last visitors left around 4 pm, Conner and Kira took a nap while Isabelle slept in her bassinet. Ethan, Paulette, and David went back to their room and did the same.
Story continued in the next story in the "Once Upon a Time" series, "Once Upon a Time in Parenthood".