Just as Scarlett had expected, she laid awake in her bed for at least half the night. Truthfully, she hadn't even expected to get what she assumed was two or three hours of sleep before being woken up, so she felt thankful she'd at least managed to get that. As her eyes adjusted to the dimly lit room, she pondered what could've woke her and what time it could be.

Well, judging from the light coming in from the window, it couldn't have been later than early morning. As for what woke her, she couldn't say. There was no obvious reason, although she suspected it maybe was a nurse that had came in to check on her and left already, or maybe just her own inability to sleep for long while under stress. Who knows really, but the cause wasn't exactly important, she was awake now regardless.

Resigning herself to the fact she knew she wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, Scarlett's thoughts drifted back to Johnny and what he had said last night. If he was actually still willing to marry her when he wasn't high as a kite, she would definitely do it. For as much as she tried to tell herself she didn't want it, she knew she did, and she believed now that Johnny actually did want to marry her out of love and not just because she was pregnant. Thinking about it, that had actually been a silly thing to assume, but a valid concern nonetheless.

A bit later the sound of footsteps interrupted her thoughts and Scarlett was almost annoyed to see it was Dixie accompanied by Brackett. Truthfully, she didn't much care for the doctor. Although she knew he was definitely competent at his job, he just seemed too uptight for her liking.

"How are you feeling?" The person in question asked.

"I feel fine. How's Johnny though? He was pretty out of it last night when I saw him." Scarlett questioned him and immediately she felt the air in the room change and Brackett shot Dixie a look. That didn't seem good.

"Let's talk about you first, alright?" Brackett said flipping through her chart. "Everything looks good. I think it's time to get rid of the IV. You can take the rest of the course of antibiotics orally, as well as any pain medications you might need. How is the pain, by the way?"

Scarlett studied him for a second. There was something about his demeanor that was off and she suspected it had to do with Johnny.

"My chest is still really sore but I'm okay." She answered truthfully, although she wasn't too sure how long it would be true as she wasn't sure how she'd feel once her last dose of pain medicine wore off.

"CPR tends to do that." He replied dryly. "I'd recommend sticking with pain relief for the time being. It might not be too pleasant otherwise."

"Yeah, I guess." Scarlett simply replied.

Brackett raised his eyebrow slightly but didn't comment. Instead he turned to Dixie and nodded at her as she went to work at removing the IV.

"So, how's Johnny?" She asked again and she saw Brackett's mouth twitch.

"Johnny had a rough night last night. As you know, he's prone to getting pneumonia." He began, observing Scarlett's reaction before he continued. "Well, he spiked a fever and was having a significant amount of trouble breathing, so we've had to move him to the ICU and place him on a ventilator for the time being. It was also in his best interest that we sedate him so that not only will he tolerate the vent, but it will allow his body to rest."

Scarlett felt like a ton of bricks had been dropped on her. Although she was expecting bad, this was bad. She had been fully convinced he'd be fine, without any complications, but now this was happening and there was nothing good about him not being able to breathe effectively on his own or needing to be sedated.

"We're taking this day by day," Brackett continued. "and we'll reevaluate his condition later but ideally I don't want him vented for more than two days if I can help it."

She took a deep breath and rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand. This was all too much to take in at once especially considering she hadn't slept much during the night. Finally she asked the one question that was most important to her.

"Is he going to be alright?"