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Topic Started: Feb 22 2012, 06:56 PM (157 Views)
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Dappledleaf crouched down outside the medicine den, a look of concentration on her face and her ear pressed firmly against Speckleheart's side as she listened to her chest. The spotted she-cat had come in complaining of chest pain that had steadily been getting worse whenever she hunted, patrolled or really exercised at all. The medicine cat frowned at what she heard.
"Well?" Speckleheart asked.
"Shh!" Dappledleaf hissed. "How can I be expected to hear with you meowing like that?" The warrior mumbled an apology. After a few more moments, Dappledleaf spoke. "Well your lungs are clear, so you don't have what they've got," she meowed, flicking her tail back towards the medicine den. "But your heartbeat.. It sounds irregular," she meowed.
"What?" Speckleheart asked.
"Something is wrong with your heart," Dappledleaf explained. "Nothing too serious as long as you don't push yourself too hard, but you can't handle a lot of activity like hunting or running around."
To Dappledleaf's surprise, Speckleheart purred. "Exercise, hmm?" she asked. "Well I guess I'll just have to move to the nursery early then! Take it easy, you know?"
Dappledleaf's jaw dropped. "You're expecting?" she asked. Speckleheart beamed and nodded. "Speckleheart, pregnancy puts an enourmous strain on a queen's heart. And in leafbare, no less," she meowed. "I will have to keep a very close eye on you until your kits are born."
"Oh," Speckleheart peeped. She had been so happy and excited to tell Nettlepool, but what the medicine cat had said was making her nervous. Without another word, she turned away, towards the warriors den.
Dappledleaf watched her go, her tail tip twitching nervously. She realized there was a very real chance that complications between the queen's heart and her pregnancy could very well cost her her life. Please StarClan, don't let it come to that, she prayed.
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Ivypaw took a seat next to next to Dappledleaf. "Things aren't going well are they?" she asked softly as she watched Nettlepool dart over to Speckleheart.
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Speckleheart purred and nuzzled Nettlepool's cheek in greeting. "Hello," she mewed. "I was actually hoping to find you, you know."

Dappledleaf glanced at Ivypaw, eyeing her as if trying to decide how much to tell her. "Speckleheart has just told me she's expecting kits," she meowed. "We'll have to keep an eye on her."
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"I had a feeling that you were," Nettlepool teased with a light purr.

Ivypaw's ears twitched slightly as she glanced at her mentor. "Is she sick?" she asked softly.
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"There... could be some complications," Dappledleaf meowed carefully. "Something is wrong with her heart. I don't know that it will be able to handle pregnancy and labor."

Speckleheart purred in return. "I'm expecting kits!" she announced. "Dappledleaf wants me to move to the nursery as soon as possible."
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Ivypaw nodded slowly. "I see," she meowed softly. "I hope nothing bad happens. Nettlepool will be crushed if it does."

Nettlepool purred louder. "That's great," he meowed as he covered Speckledheart's ears with licks.
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Speckleheart purred, basking in the attention for a moment before decided she should tell him what she'd just learned. "Dappledleaf is worried about it, though," she meowed.

Dappledleaf nodded. "We will do all we can to help her," she meowed. "I'm sure she will be fine," she meowed, hoping she was correct.
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Nettlepool blinked. "She seems worried about a lot of things these days," he meowed. "Did she day why she was worrried? If not I'll have to go and drill Ivypaw on it."

Ivypaw nodded. "I sure hope you're right," she meowed.
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Speckleheart paused as if she was debating whether or not she should tell him. Her chest still felt tight and fluttery from her last outing and she knew she wouldn't be able to keep this a secret from her mate for very long. "Well she was listening to my chest today," she began. "And she says there's something wrong with my heart that being pregnant could possibly make sure," she mewed. "She seemed really concerned."

Dappledleaf sighed. "So do I, Ivypaw." It was not something she had had to deal with before and she wasn't aware of any herbs that could really offer a permanent enough fix to get her through until her kits were born.
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Nettlepool's tail thumped against the ground as he tried to think of something that could comfert his mate. "Well Dappledleaf is the oldest of the medicine cats so she should be able to come up with something. If not then I'll make sure that she and Ivypaw both know that if it comes to it they better save you over the kits."

"Maybe the other medicine cats know something that might help," Ivypaw meowed. "What do you think?"
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"We can ask them at the next half moon meeting," Dappledleaf meowed with a nod.

Speckleheart managed a little bit of a smile. "I don't think it will come to it," she meowed. "I think Dappledleaf is just worrying over nothing." She was sure she would be fine. "But isn't it exciting?" she asked, changing the subject. "We're going to be parents!"
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Ivypaw nodded. "I hope they can help us," she meowed softly.

"Maybe," Nettlepool meowed before smiling with a small nod. "It is exciting," he agreed. "Have you told anyone else yet?"
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Speckleheart shook her head. "No, just you and Dappledleaf," she meowed. "But... when I do tell others, and if you tell others, could you not mention... not mention the thing that Dappledleaf found out?" she asked. "I don't want to worry my Clanmates more than I have to, you know?" she meowed.
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Nettlepool nodded. "No problem," he meowed. "If you want them to know then you can tell them. They won't hear it from me and I'll ask Ivypaw to keep quiet about it as well."
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Speckleheart purred and moved to press her side against his. "Thank you, Nettlepool," she meowed with a lick on his cheek. "I guess I better go let Frostfire know why I won't be sleeping in the warriors den tonight, huh?"
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