With the help of emergency responder and Jack's narration, Lou tried to get the water out of Katie's lungs. But when she did as she was told, turned Katie on her side, and nothing came out, Lou decided it was better to try to open her airways and perform CPR.

"Place your fingers of both of your hands at her jaw, just below the ears, and jut the jaw forward", Jack instructed. "Make sure you don't move the neck", he pressed.

Lou followed his orders, occasionally being hesitant how to go at it, even when she had been trained for emergencies like this as she owned two businesses and it was good to know how to help out if something like this would ever happen to a customer or a staff member. Lou had passed the course with flying colors, but this moment was different, since it was her lifeless child lying on the ground.

"Is she breathing?" Jack repeated what the responder wanted him to ask. Lou checked it by pressing her ear close to Katie's mouth. Katie's chest was still and no air was coming out.

"No…" a hopeless answer came out of Lou's mouth.

"Okay, then you gotta breath for her. Can you do that, Lou?" Jack checked. He was willing to switch places if Lou was too unfocused to do this, but his granddaughter was nodding before he could even offer.

"No, I can do this", Lou told him and herself, trying to calm down. "Now I just blow, right?" she recalled.

"Yeah. Just pinch her nose and cover her mouth with yours. Make sure the jaw is still jutted", Jack said and Lou checked the position of Katie's jaw again. She tried to control her sobs as she kept telling herself she could do this, even though handling her child like this felt unnatural. "Now blow hard enough to see her chest rise. I can check that for you", the old man offered so that Lou could focus on the breaths completely. He bent down on his knees even though his knees were sore from arthritis. But no pain could compare to what could be if they would not get this right.

Lou went for it, giving her all, but being careful not to get too much air in as it could lead to further complications. Jack watched as Katie's chest rose up gently.

"It's rising…" he said so Lou knew she was doing good job. "Now, we wait."

They both glared at Katie's chest with mixed emotions for few seconds, but after her body didn't respond to the help, Lou got more worried.

"Her jaw… is it jutted right?" Lou worried with shaky voice. "I tried to do it like I've done with the dummy, but…"

"That looks good to me. There's no trash in her mouth, is there?" Jack asked.

"No. I checked", Lou said in a frustrated voice. It had been the first thing she had done.

"Just do it again, really seal that mouth with yours", Jack told her.

When Lou had repeated the 2 breaths, the responder asked them to check Katie's pulse. Jack did what he was told but he couldn't feel the heartbeat.

"Nothing…" Jack told the responder, worrying about Lou's reaction.

"Katie, come on…" Lou pleaded on the other side of Katie's body. "Wake up…" she caressed her cold cheeks.

"Lou. You gotta do CPR", Jack said, knowing it was better to have someone with more strength and stamina to do it since it was unclear how long they would have to do it. "Can you do that?"

"Ye-yeah", Lou said, nodding.

"I will be with you. You're not alone", Jack assured her and it gave Lou that final boost she needed before she placed her palms on Katie's chest.

"Elbows straight", Lou recalled again, whispering orders to herself as she started to count the chest compressions.

EMS was on their way as Lou was performing the CPR. Jack had instructed her with everything the person on the phone had said and Lou had immediately started the revival with five compressions, then continuing with two rescue breaths and 30 chest compressions.

"Come on, Katie…" Lou said as she waited for any signs of life, bringing her ear closer to observe Katie's breathing through her nose and mouth. There was still no chest movement and it made Lou's heart sink with the realization that she couldn't feel any breath on her cheek either. "Please… Katie… Don't go…" she continued with the CPR, growing more desperate.

When Lou was going for another set of compressions, Katie started coughing and her little body started to tremble as she tried to avoid choking up. Lou sighed out of a relief, almost laughing when she saw Katie move again.

"Turn her on her side!" Jack quickly advised Lou who was still in shock, even though she was somehow able to function. The woman watched as Katie spit the air and water out of her mouth and opened her tired eyes. She looked around scared as her teeth chattered from the cold.

"Oh god, Katie…"

Lou's first instinct was to wrap her in her arms, but somehow she was scared that Katie would break because she seemed so fragile in her wet summer dress.

It didn't take long for the flight medics to get to the ranch. While Lou was looking after her daughter, caressing her tangled hair and telling her everything was going to be okay, Jack waved his arms above his head, instructing the chopper to land close to them.

When the medics reached the ground, everything happened so fast that Lou had hard time keeping up. The staff took over; making sure Katie was looked after and kept warm, while Lou was asked questions about what had happened.

"We'll take her to the hospital now, to rule out any possible damage", Lou and Jack were told. Lou nodded, watching as they adjusted Katie on the stretcher. The girl seemed like she was fussing, resisting everything the medical staff was doing to her. Lou felt bad for her, as Katie had no idea what was happening, and she couldn't just watch from the side.

"Okay, I just… I need to–"

Lou found her way to Katie. After reaching her daughter, the woman tried to take an eye contact, since the girl's little body was covered with both blanket and an oxygen mask and any other kind of contact was therefore ruled out.

"Katie, honey. I need you to be good girl now. These people are here to help you, okay? Mommy will be with you. – I can go with her, right?" she then looked at the paramedic next to her.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, we can only take her. You have to come in your car."

"Are you sure?" Lou asked, but only received a nod back. "Okay then", Lou replied, even though it felt horrible to let someone take her baby girl away from her. She then looked back at Katie who was now calmer, but still confused about what had happened and what was this thing they had strapped over her nose and mouth. "I will be right behind you, honey, I swear. You will be in good hands. I love you", she leaned in to give Katie a quick kiss on her forehead. "Be a good girl for Mommy, okay? I'll see you soon."

Jack came to tear Lou away from the stretcher so she wouldn't get herself hurt from the chopper blades. They watched as the staff packed themselves and Katie into the helicopter and started ascending from the ground. The grass twirled and was mashed flat to the ground from the power of the air being forced down as the blades lifted the chopper off the ground, causing Lou to remove her hair from her face as she watched the helicopter climbing higher and higher before nosing over and heading off to the hospital.

"We better get going", Jack said. "And you should call Peter."

"Yeah. I just… I need to– I need to get Pogie", Lou was still clearly in shock, not really understanding what was happening, even though some part of her registered what had just went down. "She will need her toy horse to keep her company, to make her feel better. Right?"

Jack decided it was best for Lou to follow her motherly instinct, giving her a bit more time so that her shock would wear off more naturally.

"We'll get the toy and then be on our way, okay?"

"Yeah, okay", Lou said, nodding.

"Let's go."

The silence in the truck made everything seem twice as heavy. Katie had been awake when they had taken her, but what if there was some kind of permanent damage? How could life go on?

"I should have looked after her", Lou started blaming herself. Jack glanced at her quickly, almost startled by her voice, but tried to bring his eyes back to the road just as swiftly as they had went for her.

The old man was driving as fast as he could, daring the speed limits. He needed to get his granddaughter to the hospital safely, but he too was worried about the state of Katie and felt like they couldn't get there fast enough.

"Lou, stop that right now", Jack scolded. "Katie's been playing outside for years and nothing bad has happened before. Kids are curious; even when we've told them not to do something, they seem to forget those things quickly. How could you have known that she would go to the pond as you have told her how many times not to go near the water without you?"

"But something bad did happen now, Grandpa", Lou cried, even though there were no tears. "And if something happens to her… Oh god… I will never forgive myself."

She covered her face with her right hand, while the left hand was squeezing the life out of Pogie the toy horse.

"She's gonna be okay. Katie's a tough little girl", Jack said, trying to keep their minds optimistic. "You just let the doctors do everything they can; they know what's best for her. You brought her back, Lou. You did everything you could in a situation like that."

Lou could take no pride for the fact that her little girl could very well still be laying in her arms and not breathing, lost forever to her, because the guilty conscience about everything else was beating her down from the inside.

"What will Peter say… He will take the kids from me, I know it", Lou continued, knowing how fragile their state of separation was now.

They had been walking on egg shells these past few months as they had tried to remember to act civil around the kids, which, turns out, wasn't that easy when you were as hot tempered as they were.

Peter had wanted the girls to join him at Vancouver for the summer, but neither Lou nor Georgie had been too excited about the idea. Eventually Peter had had to admit that it was best for the girls to be at Heartland, since it was their home and Georgie had other commitments.

But now, everything could change.

Lou had not been the attentive mother she had always thought she would be and if Peter really wanted, he could play this event to his favor in order to get custody of the girls.

"Peter's not like that", Jack said as that was what he wanted to believe. "He wouldn't do that to the girls."

"I didn't think I was like that either, but this separation has made the worst come out in all of us", Lou replied. "How is he ever gonna be able to trust me again after something like this? I know I wouldn't."

No matter how she tried to spin the story, she could not justify her actions - or more like lack of - and if this would have been Peter, Lou wouldn't have been able to forgive him easily for this and would have most likely lost her trust for the man completely.

So whatever reaction Peter had, Lou felt like she deserved it.

"Lou, this doesn't help anyone. You have to focus on Katie right now", Jack said. "Blaming yourself ain't gonna do any good. – Have you called Peter yet?"

"No, not yet. I'm too scared", Lou admitted.

Even though she knew her thoughts about having the girls all to herself right now was deceiving, Lou still wasn't able to let go of this agonizing moment. As soon as she called Peter, she would be willingly handing him the upper hand and have accept the possibility of losing her family altogether.

"Well, he deserves to know. He's the father. You should call him now; get it out of the way. The longer you wait, the harder it gets", Jack said.

"I'm so scared, Grandpa. How can I tell him something like this…"Jack had sympathy for his granddaughter, but this wasn't something he could help her out of; Lou had to do it herself.

"You were scared out there by the pond too, but you did what you had to do anyway. Now you have to do this. Do it for Katie", Jack said as he gave his encouragement.

Lou nodded, unable to even watch anything but the toy horse in her hand. She then took out her cellphone and searched for Peter's name.

Her grandfather was right; the longer he waited, the bigger everything would get - Peter's reaction and her fear of it.

Lou let the phone ring and felt a lump forming in her throat. When Peter finally answered, Lou had hard time getting anything out. But she knew she had to.

"Peter… The-there's been an accident…" she stuttered.