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but if she still couldn’t keep it down

by then, we should bring her in.

But after a few hours of cuddling

her, listening to her breathe harder

and harder, and watching her fever

continue to climb, I decided I wasn’t

going to wait. At the hospital they

immediately put her on an i.v. with

the antibiotic flowing in, and an

intense battle began for her life. The

doctor told me I was lucky that I

didn’t wait longer, but he was still

concerned whether we had come in

time.

I stayed up the whole night,

checking on her, helping to cool her

with ice-packs, and comforting her. I

was exhausted the next morning when

the rest of the family came for a visit.

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