Pack Wolf by Scarlett Grove

Author:Scarlett Grove [Grove, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-24T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“You have to come help. I don't know what to do.” Rose's heart slammed in her chest.

“Slow down. What is it? What's happening?”

“I was checking the kidding mothers in the barn, and one of them is in trouble. She's been in labor for hours. I think the baby's turned around. I don't know what to do. I need your help. Please say you'll come.”

“I'll be there in a few minutes. Just hang tight. Don't worry, Rose. I'll be right there.”

“Thank you, Heath. I'm so worried. I don't know how to handle this. It's all too much for me.”

“You’re doing fine. You did exactly what you needed to do by calling me. I'll be right there.”

Rose felt a sense of relief wash through her. She had told herself she wasn't going to get attached to these goats. They were just animals that lived on her grandfather's ranch. They weren't pets. They made a product, and that was all. As soon as Heath was satisfied that she couldn't handle the ranch, she could go on her merry way and live her life.

But seeing that mother struggle, she knew she couldn't keep telling herself the animals didn't matter. She didn't want the baby to die or the mother to suffer. She hurried back out to the barn and paced outside the mother's stall, waiting for Heath to come and tell her what to do.

When she heard his truck pull into the driveway, a relief so strong swept over her that she almost cried. Heath stepped into the barn, and she hurried to him.

“Oh, thank God you're here.”

“How bad is it?”

“I don't know. She's in trouble, but I don't know how to help her. You have to do something, Heath. She’s suffering, I can tell. None of the other births were this difficult.”

“You were right,” he said, looking into the mother’s stall. “The baby's coming out the wrong way. We’ll have to help her.”

“I'm so glad you know what to do.”

Heath laid the medical bag down on the concrete and pulled off his jacket. They both went into the stall, and he instructed her to hold the mother's head while he worked with the baby. The mother bleated with another contraction, and blood flowed. Rose was so worried they would lose her and the kid. It was too much to bear, and she didn't know what she would do if she had to watch this poor goat die.

“Just talk to her, Rose. Keep her calm.”

“It's okay, forty-two,” she said. “We’re here to help you. Your baby's gonna be all right.”

“That's good. Now, on the next contraction, I'm going to pull,” he said as he wrapped a rope around the baby's feet.

“Are you sure that’s safe?” she asked, observing his actions.

“It's the only way. We need to get this baby out of her. No doctor’s gonna come out here and perform a Cesarean for a goat.”

“You can do it, forty-two. You can do it. Just push, push.”

Heath pushed his leg against the stall wall and gritted his teeth as he pulled in time with the mother’s contraction.

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