Life fell into a routine as they took care of Narcissa. Verina woke up went for a jog around the grounds played with the peacocks, picked some flowers, and met up with Briony to talk about life in general. Verina went in got dressed, drank coffee, maybe at breakfast, checked on Narcissa, they arranged flowers, and Verina played piano for her while she knitted and Verina would allow Narcissa to play in the garden. "Its not the same, my love if your fingernails don't get dirty. You and the soil become one." Verina would run some test and then they would try a new medicine, but Verina saw it she was fading fast. She had been bedridden for days now and Verina didn't give her two more. She had stopped the antibiotics and tried everything else. She had stayed up for days trying to figure it out.

Finally something clicked inside Verina as she was jogging that morning. The wind was blowing and a bag had hit Verina's leg as she ran through the gardens. She picked it up and immediately dropped it. It was a fertilizer that had caused multiple deaths due to it's poisonous components that killed weeds. If ingested by a human being it could very well mean death. Narcissa was the only one who messed with the roses and Verina knew the grounds person used a different fertilizer as she had watched them the other day. It was no infection they were dealing with. Narcissa had been poisoned and Verina was exposing it to her every day. Verina was never one to participate in the growing of the roses, ever. Verina had the bag sent off to be tested and ordered a new round of medication for Narcissa. No wonder her white count was high, but why was she still alive was the question. Must be the mutation, but poison was poison. It did take weeks though she had read to really hurt it's victims. She immediately got on the phone and started calling around.

Narcissa was going to live.

She did scans and xrays and blood test to see if any of her vital organs were damaged and they were. She would need a Kidney transplant soon and possibly dialysis, but Verina knew that would happen in time.

She went and delivered the news to Lucius and Draco. " She has been ordering muggle fertilizer and it has managed to poison her due to the pesticides- anyways. She is going to live, but her organs were damaged. She needs a Kidney transplant sooner than later, but if we can flush her system and get her well she will live. These next three days are positively critical."

Draco sat in a chair and buried his head in his hands. Verina walked over to him and took him into her arms. "shhh" she said gently in his hair. No one else could have or ever would see him cry. His own father was in shock.

Draco took a deep breath and reached for Verina's hand. " I'm here. I am right here. I'm not going anywhere."