Both of them were silent as they rushed into the hospital. Since she lived so close to the clinic, they beat the paramedics there. As they scrubbed up, Zach said, “Layla Drummen has an atrial septic defect. Usually women with this disorder are asymptomatic, like Layla’s been. She’s tolerated her entire pregnancy without cardiac complications. With the accident, though, I’m not taking any chances. She’s thirty-one weeks. It’s risky, but if we don’t take the child, we won’t save the mother.” The paramedics brought the gurney in on a run, shouting vital signs, briefing Zach on the injuries, telling him the patient had insisted on being brought to Maitland Maternity Clinic rather than the emergency room. Annabelle hooked up monitors, prepared Layla for emergency surgery, her heart racing, wishing Dr. Lee would hurry up and administer the anesthesia. Cut and bleeding, there was no way this woman would have the strength to deliver naturally. “Someone call ER and get the attending in here,”
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