Chapter 1374 She Could Not Tell Him

Luca stopped moving when she sensed Tommy’s reaction. She continued to pat Tommy's back.

The caretaker yawned and went to take her position on the other bed.

Luke turned off the lights. The only source of illumination in the room was a small table lamp next to the couch.

Luca slowly dozed off as she listened to the child's even breathing. She let her guard down, even though Luke was still observing her.

A while later, she sensed that the child's body temperature was beginning to rise. She placed Tommy on the bed and sat up straight.

The table lamp near the couch cast a long shadow from behind her, and she could not see Tommy clearly, so she turned on the bedside lamp.

Tommy's face was a much redder color. His fever had returned.

Luke noticed her movements and asked her, "What's wrong?"

"Tommy's fever is back." Luca rang the bell. Dr. Blake and the nurse quickly came into the room.

"Is Tommy having a fever again?" Dr. Blake asked and inserted a thermometer in the child’s armpit.

Luca nodded. Her hair was slightly frizzy because she was lying down earlier. "It only happened a short while ago. I rang the bell when I felt the heat on my hand."

The nurse glanced at the temperature records and nodded." Two minutes ago, the nurse came to check the child's temperature. His temperature was 99.9 degrees, and it was not high enough for the doctor to prescribe medicine."

Luca breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she discovered it in time.

A high fever might be potentially lethal to a young child...

"102.2 degrees. Get the dispensary to deliver some antipyretic medication and a saline drip bottle here.

nurse immediately went out of the room to

the bed to make space, but Tommy instinctively grabbed

no other choice but to sit down again and gently pat

said, "The child likes you

Luca was not Luke's wife, and he was curious why the child would

hospital, and Dr. Blake knew that the child was friendly toward Luca. However, the child was grabbing onto Luca's arm as though she was the only one

sorry for the young child as

a cooling strip, and rubbing alcohol. Luca said,

put an ice pack under each of

alcohol, and said to the caretaker, "Please come over and help

and the nurse rubbed the alcohol on Tommy's

tightly. It was hard for the nurse and the caretaker

I'll rub his arm,"

a cotton pad

three people did not stop working until the items from the dispensary were delivered

Tommy upto the saline drip. Her heart wrenched when she

so she

do everything within their

temperature gradually decreased.

the fever doesn't come back again. If it does, all we can do is lower his temperature with rubbing alcohol.

Blake," the nurse

finished speaking when Tommy began to mumble, "Ms.

heard Tommy's words. The little boy did not know how anxious she was earlier. She was

that Tommy's fever was caused by a bacterial infection, and the bacteria was attacking Tommy's immune system, which caused his temperature to rise and fall erratically. She would only be able to prescribe the correct cure after she knew what bacteria

Luca lay down

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