Upon thanking Dr. Ortiz, I left the OR to go let Lyndsay's family know that she and Quinn were okay.
I found them in her birthing suite, with her mom in the process of coming out of what appeared to be hysterical crying.
Apparently, they saw the Code Pink team rush into the OR. Considering that we were the only C-Section going on at the time, they knew that the Code Pink was for Quinn and Lyndsay. Of course, no one told them anything at all, so all they could do was cry, pray, and wait.
Once the code was cleared, the only information they had was "Everyone is okay now, but we can't give you anymore information".
When I came into the birthing suite, I hugged Kim (Lyndsay's mom) tightly, and then relayed everything that had happened in the OR to them. I let them know that Quinn would be under observation until about 4:40 am (by this time, about an hour and ten minutes later) and that Lyndsay had requested 10 minutes alone with him once he came out of the nursery since she hadn't gotten to hold him yet.
Once Lyndsay was back in the room, we all mulled around, waiting to see Quinn again. Lyndsay's family went out to wander the halls and clear their heads a bit, and I chatted with Lyndsay until a nurse came in and informed me that I, being the father, was allowed to go see Quinn in the nursery. I, of course, jumped at the chance, kissed Lyndsay, and took off for the nursery.
I found Chuck (Lyndsay's dad) pacing outside the nursery door, waiting for Quinn to be brought out.
"That had to be some fucked up shit, man!" he said.
"I was terrified. I've never been so scared in my life," I replied.
I pressed the button to be let into the nursery.
"May I help you?" came the voice over the intercom.
"I'm Quinn Sullivan's father," I responded. "I'm here to see him."
"Oh, he's going to be going to the birthing suite in just a minute."
Chuck went and got the rest of the family, and by the time Quinn came out, he had an entourage of Lyndsay's family trying to get a peek at him before he went into the birthing suite for Mommy time.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's installment
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