Chapter 19 – Going Home

Kit’s phone rang loudly in her ear. She felt as though she had just gone to bed, but when she turned on the bedside lamp to answer the phone she noticed that it was nearly midnight and that she had been asleep for nearly four hours.

“I pity the fool who decided to wake me from my beauty sleep” she mumbled before she looked at the caller id.

“*****,” she said before answering, “Tina?”

“I’m going to the hospitalshe wont wake up, Kit.” Tina sounded so detached that it frightened Kit.

“Shall I come to the house” Kit began as she felt the panic starting to take over her conscious thought.

“No, I’m leaving now.” Tina ended abruptly leaving a stunned Kit holding a dead line.

Kit arrived twenty minutes later at Cedars and rushed to the ER desk in search of her sister in law. The nurse explained that Ms Kennard was up on the children’s ward and that she should head in that direction.

When Kit saw Tina her heart dropped like a stone to her stomach. Tina was visibly shaken and very pale and although the tears had not come yet, Kit could see that she was not far from a complete breakdown.

“How is she?”” Kit hugged Tina tightly.

“She’s dehydrated and still has a fever, they have put her on fluidsbut Kitshe still wont wake up” Tina whispered the last part, as if afraid to verbalise her fears.

“Do they know what’s wrong?”

“They’re running teststhey wont let me see her” Tina had started to shake and Kit was fearful that she might pass out.

“Okayokay baby, try to stay calm, okayshe’s in the best place” Kit tried to reassure her, but was interrupted.

“I should have brought her earlier,” Tina commenced the self-chastisement.

“Nonodon’t do thatI was there with you and she was okayalright, stop. I’m gonna find the doctor to get some news.”

Kit walked over to reception and asked the nurse to get the doctor so that they could talk to him and she advised the nurse that Tina might go into shock.
Within minutes a middle aged woman in a white coat walked over asking to speak to Ms Kennard.