Chapter 61 "Huge Proposition"

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Twenty four hours have passed.
Taylor is doing great and has been moved to the nursery.
Every test Dr. Rhodes can think of has been performed on Shaylynn and still no answers to why she went into cardiac arrest. Only conclusion he can come to is a blood clot entered her heart. With Tony performing CPR on her so quickly that it was dislodged, but he wants to know for sure.
Since it seems Shaylynn is doing fine, Dr. Rhodes has her moved to the maternity wing.
Severide has been in protective mode and hasn't left her side. He asked the nurses if Taylor could stay in Shaylynn's room. That way when she wakes up he'll be there.

Taylor starts getting fussy. Severide figures he's hungry, so he gets a bottle, picks up Taylor and sits back down in the chair to feed him. After Severide sits down, Herrmann and Cindy walk into the room.
"Aaaawww, I can never get enough of seeing Kelly holding a baby" Cindy says with a smile.
"How's Shaylynn doing?" Herrmann asks Severide.
"She's doing good. Dr. Rhodes said the medicine that she was given is some pretty powerful stuff, but she should be waking soon. What happened at the pile up? What was the final count?" Severide asks Herrmann.
"With all that carnage many were hurt, but only one person died. It was the person who caused the pile up, but it's being said he had a heart attack while driving" Herrmann says.
"Since you're feeding Taylor and Shaylynn is still asleep, we'll head out. Donna and Chief have the kids, so we should go and rescue them from the monkeys" Herrmann tells Severide.
Severide starts laughing, "I would love to see Chief taking care of 7 kids. Of course, he might be having a blast."
He says goodbye to the Herrmann's and continues to feed Taylor. By the time Taylor is done with his bottle, he's asleep. Severide lays him down in his bassinet and decides to take a nap himself. He kisses Shaylynn on the forehead before sitting back down in the chair.

An hour goes by and Shaylynn starts waking up. She feels like she's been hit by a MAC truck.
She looks over at the chair and sees Severide sleeping. Her mouth is so dry, she needs some water, but there's none close by.
"Kelly" Shaylynn calls out.
Severide's eyes open instantly and he jumps up from the chair, "I'm here! What do you need?"
"Water, please" Shaylynn tells him.
He walks over to a table where a pitcher of water is sitting. Pours some into a glass, puts a straw into the glass and takes it over to her. She takes the glass from him and starts drinking. Within seconds, she's done and hands the glass back to him.
"How you feeling?" Severide asks her.
"I feel like I've been hit by a MAC truck, other then that I feel fine" she tells him.
"Babe, are you trying to leave me?" he asks her.
"No!" she replies.
"Then stop scaring me!" he says then kisses her, "Do you want me to get Taylor for you?"
"Yes" Shaylynn tells him with a smile.
Severide walks over to the bassinet, picks Taylor up, walks over to Shaylynn and hands him to her.
Shaylynn kisses Taylor on the forehead, "Hello, little one!"
She looks back over to his bassinet and notices a sign hanging on the side, but can't read what's on it.
"Kelly, would you turn the bassinet a little, please" she asks him.
Severide turns the bassinet, Shaylynn can now read the sign.
It reads.....
Taylor Marshall Severide
Tears start filling Shaylynn's eyes, "KELLY.....why?"
"Please don't start crying, I wanted to do this. I know Marshall loved you as much as I do, that's why I did it" Severide tells her.
Shaylynn can't help but cry. Never in her wildest dreams did she ever think she would lose Marshall the way she did. Then come back to Chicago, fall in love with another man, get pregnant and have his baby, get married again and have another child. Then that man makes his son's middle name her late husband's name.
Later in the day Hank comes by the hospital to see how Shaylynn is doing and to see Taylor. The Intelligence team is in New York working on a case. Hank was so upset with himself being in New York when all this was happening to Shaylynn. When Olivia heard about Shaylynn, she insisted he fly back to Chicago.
Dr. Rhodes stops in Shaylynn's room and tells her if she feels up to it she can go home. Of course she jumps at the chance to get out of the hospital.
Severide takes Shaylynn and Taylor home, then heads to the Herrmann's to get Leslie.
He returns home with her. Leslie is so excited to be home to see her Mommy and her new baby brother.

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