Team8s and Counting

106. Barf Bag to the Rescue

Another morning had fallen upon the members of Team8s. Breakfast had been made, which were eggs, prepared in various different styles.

"Hey?" Pin asked Needle, "Have you tried giving Dimey eggs yet?"

Needle shook her head, "No, not yet. Do you think that it would be a good idea to give him some now?"

Coiny nodded, "I think we gave Thread her first eggs at around a year old, I don't see the harm in having him try some today!"

"Oh!" Saw interjected, "I have some leftover eggs, I'm full anyways, why don't we give these to him?"

Needle took Dimey's baby spoon, and put a little bit of egg on Dimey's little baby spoon. The whole team glanced over at the now one year old, excited to see his reaction to the new food.

"Okay Dimey," Needle cheered, "Here comes the airplane!"

Dimey opened his mouth on cue, chewing on a little bit of the egg.

"Well?" Gaty wondered, "What does he think?"

Dimey kept the egg in his mouth for a few seconds, before he eventually swallowed it.

"Well, he ate it," Pin noted, "Can't tell if he enjoyed it though."

Suddenly, Dimey started to cough a little bit. At first, no one was alarmed, since gagging is normal for babies. But then, he started making sounds that no one had ever heard him make before.

"Dimey?" Needle said softly, "You doing okay there buddy?"

It didn't take long before everyone noticed that Dimey was wheezing for air.

Pin immediately got up from her seat, "OMPF HE'S CHOCKING!"

The whole team had looks of panic on their face for a split second, as they watched their youngest member struggle for air.

Without wasting anymore time, Barf Bag got up from her chair and ran over to Dimey. She scooped him up from his high chair and flipped Dimey onto his stomach as Barf Bag placed him onto her knee.

Then, she delivered the first back blow. "Come on baby," she said, as she took her hand, and smacked it on Dimey's back.

Coiny immediately was alarmed, "ARE YOU INSANE, BARFY? YOU'RE HURTING HIM!"

Just as Coiny was about to run over to Barf Bag, Donut grabbed both of his arms, "COINY!" Donut waited until Coiny faced him, "She knows what she's doing, trust me."

While still panicked, Coiny took a step back and let Barf Bag do what she needed to do. After all, she was the one who practiced medicine on a regular basis, not him.

Meanwhile, all anyone else could do was sit and watch as Barf Bag delivered the second back blow.

"Come ON Dimey," she continued.

Then she delivered the third back blow.

Then the fourth.

Then the fifth.

The piece of egg lodged in the back of Dimey's throat wouldn't budge, as he continued to gasp for air.

"Okay, time for plan B," Barf Bag said to herself, flipping Dimey onto his back. She then placed two of her fingers into the middle of Dimey's chest, and pressed down onto it.

The whole team contined to watch, the severity of the situation increasing with evrey second.

"I love you Dimey," Thread quivered, starting to understand what was going on, "Please be okay!"

Barf Bag delivered another chest thrust, to no avail. "A

She delivered the third thrust, and that's when the piece of egg flew out of Dimey's throat and onto the floor. Dimey started to cry, to the relief of the whole team.

"DIMEY!" Needle shouted, as she scooped him up from Barf Bag, giving him several kisses and trying to calm him down, "You're okay baby, you're okay."

Pin and Coiny ran over to Barf Bag and wrapped their arms around her, giving her dozens of "thank you's" as tears rolled down their faces.

"You saved him, Barfy," Pin said, "Thank you for saving our baby."

"I'm sorry I doubted you initially," Coiny added. "I should have trusted you from the start!"

Barf Bag embraced the two of them, tears welling up in her own eyes. "It's okay, Coiny. It's natural to worry. I'm just glad he's alright."

The rest of the team gathered around, offering words of comfort and relief. Dimey's cries slowly subsided as Needle gently rocked him in her arms.

"That was so scary," Gaty said, wiping away a tear. "I don't think I've ever been so afraid."

"We were lucky to have Barf Bag here," Saw added. "You really saved the day."

Barf Bag stayed humble, as she continued to be showered by complements, "All that matters is that he's alright."

As Barf Bag started to walk towards the baby to check on him, she noticed that the rest of the team was looking at her a little funny. "Why are you guys looking at me like that?" Barf Bag questioned.

Pin tried to put what everyone was thinking into words without sounding rude, "Nothing. We just noticed that you're..."

Before Pin could finish, Bladey spoke the unfiltered words that we're on everyone's mind, "You're tummy got bigger, Auntie Barf Bag!"

The entire room burst into laughter. Even Dimey, who was just fighting for his life moments ago, started to chuckle along with the family.

Barf Bag looked down at the little baby bump that was starting to form. "Well Bladey, when you're carrying two growing babies in your tummy...sometimes it has to grow in order to have room for them."

Coiny's chuckling started to die down, "We didn't mean to be rude Barf Bag...it's just with what had happened this morning, we all forgot that you already have enough weight to carry, literally!"

Barf Bag chuckled, "I get it. But please, I think I could have been puking over the toilet bowl and somehow would have gotten the energy to get him breathing again."

The room grew quiet for a moment, everyone absorbing the gravity of what had just happened. Then, Needle spoke up, her voice thick with emotion. "Thank you, Barf Bag. You really are amazing."

Barf Bag smiled warmly. "Just doing what I can for our family."

The atmosphere slowly shifted back to normal as everyone settled down to finish their breakfast. The tension from the morning faded away, replaced by a renewed sense of closeness and appreciation for one another.

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Yay Barf Bag! On the topic of Barf Bag, for a long time now, there's been a song that's always reminded me of her (and Donut) that I listen to all the time. It's the song "Like My Father" by Jax. IDK what it is about that song, but it just screams Barf Bag and Donut to me. Someone else give it a listen and let me know if you hear it too! 

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you in the next chapter!

- Sunny