Wes moved on ahead, reaching Sally’s door and nodding to Chloe. He started to knock at the cabin door.
It hadn’t been fully closed.
His knock caused it to open, and he looked back quickly at Chloe, frowning, before pushing the door open the rest of the way and hurrying in.
She followed him.
Sally was there; she was dressed and ready for dinner, but lying on her bed, hands folded over her chest, as if...
As if she had been prepared for a viewing at a funeral parlor.
Chloe rushed over to stand behind him; he was checking her breathing, checking her pulse.
“Wes!”
“She’s alive—we’re going to need help!” Wes said. “It looks like anaphylactic shock. She’s allergic to something—she must have an EpiPen somewhere!”
Chloe instantly looked around for the woman’s purse. It was on a little table by the door; Sally had been heading out when whatever had hit her had occurred. Chloe didn’t suffer from allergies herself and certainly not severe allergies, but...”
“EpiPen!” she exclaimed. Because, thankfully, it was there in the woman’s purse.
Wes apparently knew what he was doing; he gave Sally the shot while telling Chloe that she still needed to get the doctor to the room as quickly as possible.
She picked up the cabin phone, said it was an emergency, and she was quickly connected.
Dr. Brendan Kilbride was there mere minutes after she dialed.
He was quickly by Sally’s side. He asked what she’d eaten recently, if they knew what her allergies were...
They didn’t. But Sally was already breathing more easily.
Her color was returning.
Kilbride had been kneeling by Sally’s side. He rose and looked at Wes. “She should have known to grab that pen herself. She must have gotten hold of something that contained nuts—at least, I’m thinking it was probably nuts because they’re one of the biggest known allergens for a large, large number of people. She’s smart, she knows... She had an EpiPen but she hadn’t used it?” he asked.
“There’s a group of us who tend to have dinner together,” Wes began to explain.
“Ah, yes, Edward’s group. I keep an eye on all my patients, even when they have someone as incredible as George, a most unusual circumstance!” Kilbride said.
“Anyway, when she didn’t show up, Chloe thought we should check on her.”
Kilbride stared at Chloe. “You saved her from drowning yesterday, so I heard.”
Chloe shrugged. “I happened to see that she was stuck before the lifeguard did,” she explained.
Kilbride smiled and nodded. “Wow. You people are pretty humble about being lifesavers. I mean, it’s a nice thing, and I know that Edward is very grateful to you both. Now, I’m sure Sally is, too. You’ve saved her. Twice.”
“I can’t figure out why she didn’t save herself!” Chloe murmured.
“She probably had no clue until it was too late for her to still be thinking in any way that was coherent. Anaphylaxis doesn’t always result in blotchiness or a blocked airway. Sometimes it can result in a dizzy spell or even fainting! Maybe she thought that she just needed to rest for a minute.One way or another, you’ve saved her life. Again. But I’d like to keep her down in my little hospital for the night and keep an eye on her. I’m going to get a few of my nurses up here and we’ll take her down. Come and see her whenever you like. She should be conscious soon and she may fight the idea of being watched, so...”
“You don’t need to worry. I know who to talk to who will come down and convince her that she must stay,” Wes said.
Kilbride laughed. “Edward?”
We nodded.
“Great. That means she’ll have a nurse with her, as well,” Kilbride said.
