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...

the thermometer and said anxiously, "102.2 degrees. Get the dispensary to deliver some antipyretic medication and a saline drip bottle here. Prepare to

out of the

bed to make space, but Tommy instinctively grabbed onto her

sit down

saw that and said, "The child likes

Luke's wife, and he was curious why the child would want

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

the young child as she tried

returned to the room with ice packs, a cooling strip, and rubbing alcohol. Luca said, "Give me the ice

put an ice pack under each of Tommy's armpits. That would help

forehead, opened the bottle of rubbing alcohol, and said to the caretaker, "Please come over and help me apply the alcohol to the child's

went over. She and the nurse rubbed the alcohol

was hugging Luca tightly. It was hard for the nurse and the caretaker to do

I'll rub his

nurse handed Luca a cotton pad dipped in rubbing

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

upto the saline drip. Her heart wrenched when she

swollen a little, so she continued to rub Tommy's

everything within their capability to lower Tommy's

hour, and Tommy's temperature gradually decreased. Eventually,

we can do is lower his temperature with rubbing alcohol. Take his temperature every half an hour. If it goes above 100 degrees, take

Dr. Blake," the

when Tommy began to

head and smiled when she heard Tommy's words. The little boy did not know

Tommy's fever was caused by a bacterial infection, and the bacteria was attacking Tommy's immune system, which caused his temperature to rise

left, Luca lay down by Tommy's side

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