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So, how have you been feeling?
Okay, I guess.
Have you had any more
contractions since your last visit?
A few, I think.
Uh, there we go.
- That's it?
- That's it.
Heartbeat looks good.
Just need to get a few
measurements here.
Now, you did not want to know
the sex of the baby, correct?
- Mm, no. I'd rather not.
- Okay.
If I could do it over again,
I wouldn't want to know, either.
We were told I was having
a girl. Ended up a boy.
Had to redecorate the nursery,
return all the shower gifts.
Such a pain.
Guess it's kind of ironic,
though, considering what I do.
Wipe up for you.
- Here you go.
- Thanks.
There you go.
So, how have you been
feeling in general?
Okay, I guess. I just
want to get it over with.
Just about everyone says the same thing at
this point. It won't be long now, though.
Okay, well, if you don't have
any more questions for me,
then the doctor will be going over all the
results with you at your visit next week.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Can you tell me your name?
Can you open your eyes for me?
Get breath sounds, too,
when you get that done.
We got the one I.V. We're gonna
get another one... bilateral arm.
Got a mid-20-year-old female
involved in an assault.
Obvious trauma to the head,
vaginal bleeding, unresponsive.
- Got one 14-gauge I.V. On...
- One, two, three.
We need to get a second I.V.
Let's start some more I.V. fluids
and get two units of O-neg
blood. We need to call O.B. Stat.
Ma'am, I'm Dr. Bales.
Can you hear me?
Are you having any pain?
She's unresponsive.
Give me the O.B. B.P. Stat.
- Dr. Bales?
- Yes.
They can't be here for at least
30 minutes. They're in surgery.
The baby's heart rate is really
low. I need a blood pressure.
Blood pressure's 60.
We can't wait. We have
to get the baby out now.
I need a scalpel.
Dr. Romero. Dr. Romero, please.
Come in.
- Esther Woodhouse?
- Yes.
My name is detective Allen. Do
you have a few minutes to talk?
Okay.
May I?
- How are you feeling?
- Pretty sore.
Not great, I guess.
I'm very sorry about your baby.
I know this will sound strange,
but you are actually quite lucky.
And how's that?
You lost a lot of blood. Most
people don't come back from that.
You're right. That is
Nevertheless, that's what you
should be focusing on right now.
How much worse things could have
been. It'll help with the anger.
So...
Do you feel up to talk about
what happened, what you remember?
I... don't really
remember much of anything.
I left my O.B. Appointment.
And I was walking to the bus stop.
And then I woke up here.
Everything else is
just pieces, fragments.
I couldn't tell you
what was real or not.
We recovered your purse at the entrance
to the alley where you were found.
We'll have you check it just to be sure,
but... It looks like all that's missing is
- whatever money you would have had.
- When can I have it back?
Um... soon. It's safe.
I know. I just want it back.
- I'd just like to have it back.
- Okay, um, I'll see what I can do.
of, Esther, anyone at all,
that may have held
might want to kill my baby? No.
What about the father?
Sperm bank.
Sperm...
- Why a sperm bank?
- Doesn't matter now.
Co-workers, acquaintances?
No.
Why are you asking me all this?
This thing that happened to you,
Esther... this type of assault
is almost always carried out by
someone who knows the victim personally.
The time it took to
do this, the risk,
The emotion involved to follow
through with something so...
It's just not characteristic
of a random mugging.
Well, I don't know who
would want to do it.
What about someone on drugs or...
a misogynist...
or maybe just some crazy homeless
person who lived in that alley?
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, those...
those are all
definite possibilities.
Looks like you have
your next visitor.
I'll get out of here, and I'll
let you two get acquainted.
Just, uh... give some
thought to what I said.
Call me anytime. My cellphone's
on there and everything.
- Okay.
- I'll be in touch soon.
So sorry, again, for your loss.
Hi, Miss Woodhouse. I'm Mary Wilkens. I'm one
of the social workers here at the hospital.
- Hi.
- How are you feeling?
Going to get that question
a lot around here, I guess.
Yeah. Well, I'll try and make it quick
so we can let the next one come in.
- The next one?
- The doctors, the nurses,
rehab, police, social
workers, religious counsel...
all day and, I'm afraid, all
There's gonna be more people come through
that door than you know what to do with.
You're gonna get
sick of the attention.
So, who can I call to talk to about
helping you transition back into life?
Uh, there really isn't anyone.
- I'm kind of on my own.
- Family, co-workers?
I don't have any family.
Friends? Who are you close to?
My fish.
Sweetie, I need
names. Give them up.
anyone... no one who would care.
You're gonna need a support system,
people to help you through this.
Without it, it's going to
be incredibly difficult.
Well, the Chaplain's been
in and the police and you.
I'm talking about
long-term support.
We're here to help you with
the initial phase of recovery.
Have you ever had any
formal therapy before?
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