[She holds his hands as well as she can, swallowing down the instinctive fear that he's a cough and a rattle from sinking his teeth into her in a mindless hunger. This is different. She knows that's different. Posturing's all wrong for meningitis. Every diagnosis has something that doesn't fit and the hardest thing not to panic against is the slow, smothering certainty that she has no idea what's happening. Just like last time.]
I can give you something for the pain, but you need to stay calm. Okay? We're going to figure this out.
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[She holds his hands as well as she can, swallowing down the instinctive fear that he's a cough and a rattle from sinking his teeth into her in a mindless hunger. This is different. She knows that's different. Posturing's all wrong for meningitis. Every diagnosis has something that doesn't fit and the hardest thing not to panic against is the slow, smothering certainty that she has no idea what's happening. Just like last time.]
I can give you something for the pain, but you need to stay calm. Okay? We're going to figure this out.