The Doctor's Courageous Bride by Drake Dianne

Author:Drake, Dianne [Drake, Dianne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

SOLANGE slung her backpack down on her bed, then toppled down next to it. “Any word?” she asked Ayida. Tsombé had been on her mind all week. She knew Paul would take care of him, but that didn’t stop her from worrying.

“The only thing was from Frère Léon, about Louise Babin, and he said to tell you the diagnosis was confirmed by the blood tests. Her X-rays show some orthopedic changes in her hands, but not much.” She handed a sheet of paper to Solange. “This is what the people at that hospital gave Frère Léon to bring back to you.”

Solange took a quick glance. Sed rate elevated, but not terribly. Same with the X-rays. Some damage, but not significant. A mild NSAID and exercise would do Louise just fine, and maybe keep the arthritis from advancing. Solange smiled, as she laid the paper aside. She always loved a good result, and this was a good result for Louise. “Nothing about Tsombé?”

Ayida shook her head. “Only that he’s doing fine.”

“In Miami,” Frère Léon said from the doorway. “Paul took him over there a couple of days ago. He said the facility there for juveniles with TB will be able to manage Tsombé’s case much better than he could because Tsombé’s gone drug resistant.”

“Mon Dieu,” Solange whispered. That was a prognosis she certainly hadn’t expected, and the little bit of joy she’d just taken from Louise Babin’s diagnosis was wiped away. Tsombé had a difficult road ahead of him now. Apparently, he had become resistant to the normal drugs that were used to treat tuberculosis, which made him more prone to invasive infections.

“Paul said to tell you that he’s cautiously optimistic about Tsombé’s outcome.” That meant he had hope, but he wasn’t investing everything he had in that hope. Not yet, anyway. “Tsombé’s responding favorably to initial treatment, and don’t ask me what medicines he’s being given because I couldn’t tell you if you twisted my arm. And whose idea was it, anyway, to make the medical language so difficult?”

“But Paul said he’s doing well?”

“Well enough that he’s come back home. I don’t think he would have left the boy there alone otherwise.”

That was such a relief. In medicine, so many things were not under control, even with the most diligent of people working on them. Perhaps, for Tsombé, this would be brought under control quickly. She prayed that would be the case. “Has somebody talked to Tsombé’s parents yet?”

Frère Léon shook his head. “Not yet. I just returned from Abbeville about an hour ago, and I thought I’d put my feet up and rest a little while before I hike over to tell them.”

Solange let out a weary sigh. “It doesn’t get any easier. I’ve got three more over on the east range with what I think is TB. I did the PPD test, and I’ll go back over when it’s time to read the results. I also gave everyone the BCG, and instructed the three people I think

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.