This is the end of this story now. I have so enjoyed writing it and I hope you have enjoyed reading it too. I have an idea for a new story so I will hopefully get started on that shortly. Thanks for all your lovely reviews especially: Eli2tkd, BrookeMarie2604, drsamnicholls1, XosnapitzdaniiX, SammiiJaay, missrachw989. So here is chapter 8.

It had been a long and hard 4 weeks for the new parents, but finally baby Isaac Jayden Keogh was ready to come home with his mummy and daddy. His journey through the NICU had been relatively smooth with only a few minor set backs along the way. On the morning that Sam and Dylan were due to collect their son, the young doctor could not contain her excitement. Not only had she waited the whole time her son had been in the NICU but for years beforehand where she had been seemingly unable to get pregnant. Sam had always wanted children and she never hid this fact from her husband. When Sam had been deployed to Afghanistan they always assumed that it would never happen as she was away for extended periods at a time and this would not be fair for a child. This was partially why Sam had been so protective over her young son. She considered him to be a miracle baby and she was determined to let him know how special and loved he was by his parents.

As Dylan carefully parked his battered old jeep in the hospital car par he turned to face his wife.

"You ready for this?"

Sam simply nodded in response, seemingly unable to form a sentence due to the clear relief she was felling at finally being able to be a 'proper' mum. Dylan climbed out of the jeep and walked round in order to open the door for Sam. She shut the door behind her and then held on tightly to Dylan's hand as the walked into the Hospital, and for the last time they stood in the lift which took them to the 4th floor: the NICU.

They walked into the ward which had seen may changed even in the short time Isaac had been staying there. Many new babies were admitted every week as the older ones were gradually allowed home to their families. This was always a happen occasion on the ward and a cause for celebration. Today was no different. The nurses had dressed Isaac in a beautiful blue baby gro and matching hat for his first trip out in the car. During Isaacs first few days at the NICU, Sam and Dylan had to go out and buy a whole bunch of new clothes for their son as the ones the already had would have been too big for his tiny frame. Sam didn't mind but Dylan's credit card had certainly taken a big hit. As the nurse spotted the couple walking into the ward she made sure to go and great them with a big smile on her face.

"Your little man is waiting for you"

Sam quickly went over to Isaacs's cot, dragging Dylan behind her as she went. Although the NICU had to be kept extremely clean due to the risk of infection, as the baby's approached their final day the nurses allowed a few small items to be left around the infant's area. In Isaacs's case this was a teddy that had been brought for him by Tess and a collection of smaller items from other members of the ED staff. When Sam saw the collection of presents for her and her son, tears began to roll down her cheeks. She had been overwhelmed by their support during the past 4 weeks, which had undoubtedly helped her get through one of the toughest thing she had ever had to face. The young doctor battled her way through the numerous gifts and picked up her little boy.

"Are you ready to come home?"

Still being very small Isaac did not have the capacity to respond or even smile, instead he just stared straight up at Sam.

"Thank you for everything you have done for him"

"That's what we are here for!" The nurse responded.

Mary had been Isaacs's primary day carer ever since he was born. She had gotten to know him very well over the past month and it was a bittersweet goodbye. She would always miss all the babies she said goodbye to, but she knew that them leaving meant that she had done her job and they were now well enough to be cared for at home.

"No really I don't know what we would have done without you"

Sam handed Isaac over to Dylan and pulled Mary into a big hug.

"It's my pleasure sweetheart"

Dylan was standing rocking his son in his arms while Sam said goodbye to all of the nurses even those who were not directly caring for Isaac. She had got to know them all really well as she had spent most of her days in the NICU. Once she had finished she grabbed the car seat off the floor and placed it on the chair. Gently, Dylan lowered Isaac into the seat and did up the buckles. Once they were ready to go Sam took hold of the car seat while Dylan collected all of the gifts that they had received.

"Let's go and visit everyone in the ED before we leave. I promised them we would say hi when we took this little guy home and his immune system should be able to cope with it now. We can't keep him isolated forever."

"That's a lovely idea Samantha"

As soon as they walked through the doors Sam, Dylan and Isaac were swarmed with loving colleges. Zoe and Linda had managed to see Isaac while he was in the NICU but for the rest of the team this was the first time they were getting to meet baby Keogh.

"Sam he is gorgeous" Said Tess in her typical motherly voice. Since Sam had started at Holby Tess had been like a mother to her.

After a few moments Nick came down in the life wondering what on earth all the fuss was about.

"What is going on? This hospital won't run itself you know"

"Sorry" Sam spoke over the top of everyone, she didn't need to worry about waking her son as the rest of the staff already had that covered.

The crowd dispersed revealing Sam holding Isaac in his carry cot. When Nick realised that Sam and Dylan had arrived with their baby son his whole attitude seemed to change.

"Hello there" He said peering over the top of Zoe's head.

"Now who isn't doing their job?" smirked Lenny from the other side of the department.

"Your right. Sam, Dylan go wait in the staff room and we will all come and see you on a break"

"Ok. It's probably about time I feed him anyway"

Once settled in the staff room Sam placed the carry cot on the floor and walked over to warm Isaacs's milk. Isaac had been having issues with his digestion during his first week and following a series of tests it was discovered he was lactose intolerant. This meant that Sam had to prepare a special dairy free formula for her son.

"Would you like to feed him?"

Dylan was bemused a little by this. Up until this point he had not had the opportunity to feed his son as this was mostly done by either the nurses or Sam on their visits.

"Are you sure? He might not take the bottle from me"

"Dylan he will have to get used to it. I'm not doing all the night feeds by myself!"

With Isaac lying with his head across Dylan's left arm, Sam handed her husband the now warm bottle of milk.

To both of their amazement Isaac did not even fuss at being fed by someone different. This made Dylan happy as he had been convinced that his son had already decided he didn't like him. No sooner had Isaac drank the last mouthful, and then the three of them were joined by Charlie, Tom and Jeff and Dixie. The paramedics had just brought in a patient but had not yet received another shout. After hearing of Isaacs's presence in the department they took the decision to break in the ED.

"Congratulations princess"

"Thanks Jeff"

Dylan coughed loudly as if insulted that the paramedic had not acknowledged his presence in the room.

"Congratulations to you aswell Dylan"

"Well erm yes thank you I suppose"

Although in previous months Dylan had become more open with his feelings he still struggled to form a close bond with any of his colleagues and still couldn't remember the name of half the nurses that he worked with. Sam had been the only person Dylan had ever really opened up to and when she went off to Afghanistan he refused to trust anybody else again. Dixie sat on the sofa next to Sam and Isaac was handed to her. Dixie sat rocking him in her arms as he fell peacefully asleep after his latest bottle. Just then a call came through on the radio from Ambulance control.

"Male, 46, fell down a flight of stairs. Injuries unknown"

"3006 to control. Received we are on our way over"

Sorry we have to go we have a shout. See you soon. Dixie handed the still dozing Isaac back to his mummy and headed toward the exit.

"I still want one of those you know"

Jeff didn't respond to this he simply carried on walking before climbing into the driver's seat and speeding off out the car park.

After another 30 minutes everyone in the department had had their chance to see baby Isaac.

"Come on we better be getting home" Stated Dylan.

Once again Isaac was placed in his car seat and Sam carried him carefully to the jeep where she placed his seat in the back and sat down next to him. Dylan drove slowly all the way home which was unusual for him. This was probably due to the precious cargo he was carrying in the back. When they family of three arrived home Sam took Isaac straight to their bedroom where his new crib was situated. After locking the car Dylan placed all the gifts in the front room and went up to join his wife and son. As he reached the bedroom door he spotted that Sam had already placed Isaac in his crib and once again his little boy had drifted off to sleep.

"We can be a proper family at last" Sam whispered so that she didn't wake her preciously sleeping baby.

Dylan pulled Sam into a hug and gently kissed the top of her head, while still peering over the top of the crib.

"It's been a long road but I will always be right beside you and I wouldn't have it any other way."

Thank you all for reading Becky xx