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Joe Early walked up to the nurse's station in the ER after checking in on Hank Stanley. Joe poured himself a cup of coffee.
"How's Hank?" Dixie asked as she sorted patients' files.
"He's asleep. When he wakes up Kel is going to release him. The rest will do him good," Joe replied, leaning against the base station counter.
"That's good. He needs it. You know, between Hank and Karen these last couple of hours has been crazy," Dixie replied putting the files on the desk away.
The elevator doors opened, revealing Mike, Marco and Chet. All three stepped off the elevator.
"I didn't know you guys were still here. I thought you left a long time ago," Dixie said, getting herself a cup of coffee.
"After we left Cap's room, we decided to get something to eat in the cafeteria. We heard the code a few minutes ago. Was it for Karen?" Marco asked. His brown eyes were clouded with fear.
"Yes it was. But she's stabilized for now. She has the starting of an infection. We already have her on antibiotics," Joe said, taking a sip of his coffee.
"That's good. We were worried," Mike said quietly, fiddling with the phone cord hanging off the desk.
"How's Captain Stanley?" Chet asked. He was standing next to Joe.
"He's asleep now. He'll be fine. As soon as he wakes up, Dr. Brackett is going to release him," Joe replied.
"I'm glad. He had us worried," Mike said.
"Is Roy and Johnny still with Karen?" Chet asked as Joe was paged to a treatment room stat. He ran past Chet and down the hall.
"Yes, they are. As long as you stay for a couple of minutes, you can go and check on her if you want to," Dixie replied standing.
"Thanks Ms. McCall," Marco said.
"It's Dixie, and you're welcome," she said as she headed for Dr. Brackett's office.
The three firefighters waited in silence for the elevator.