Chapter 33

During the night, the nurse comes in to do a vitals check on Sara. Seeing Grissom with his head next to Sara sound asleep makes her smile. Leaning over him, the nurse nudges Grissom. "Mr. Grissom? Mr. Grissom I need to ask you to move Sir."

Grissom woke with a start. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, Sir. I just need to check a few things and take her temperature. You can stay; I just need you to move to the other side of the bed. You two looked so peaceful I hated to wake you but I need to check."

"Yes Ma'am, I understand." Grissom says as he moves his chair to the other side of the bed. He watched intently as the nurse checks the IV bags, monitors, etc. He notices the nurse scrunch her face as the thermometer beeps.

"Is it high?" Grissom asks.

"It's reading at 103.5. I need to let the doctor know. She'll be just fine, Sir, not to worry. I'll be back shortly, ok? Do you need anything?"

"I'm fine. Thank you nurse."

Grissom settles down again next to Sara. He notices the beads of perspiration on her forehead. He takes a washcloth from the bedside table and goes to the sink in the bathroom to get it wet. He returns and gently wipes her face, trying to help her cool down. He folds the cloth and places it on her forehead as the nurse comes back.

"I hope you don't mind but I wiped her face down."

"Not at all Mr. Grissom. It's good for her. I called the doctor. He prescribed a different antibiotic and an increase in the IV drip. The fever is her body's way of fighting off an infection that's trying to attack her lungs. She's probably got a light case of pneumonia. If that is the case, the antibiotics will take care of it quickly."

"Ok."

Looking at her watch, "Mr. Grissom, the cafeteria opens in about ten minutes. I need to give Sara a sponge bath to help break the fever. That should take about 30 minutes. Why don't you go get a cup of coffee? You would even have time to stop and see Ms. Willows if you like."

"Uh, Ok. I'll be back in thirty minutes then. If anything changes, please page me."

"Yes Sir."

Grissom leans over Sara and kisses her very hot forehead. "I'll be back shortly Sara. I'm going to check on Catherine. I love you." Grissom whispers.

Grissom heads for the door and turns back to look at Sara before exiting the room.

Meanwhile, in Catherine's room Grissom enters Catherine's room and finds Warrick asleep in the corner. Warrick wakes as he hears the door shut.

"Hey Gris. How's Sara?"

"She's got a high fever. The doctor thinks she may have a case of pneumonia from the water she inhaled. How's Cath?"

"Ok. They gave her some pretty heavy duty pain meds for her arm so she's been sleeping most of the night." Looking at his watch, "Nick left at about 3:30. He's going to stop by after shift."

"Good." Grissom says as he walks over to Catherine. He leans over and kisses her forehead lightly. "These two women are remarkable." He said.

"Yes they are. They are both very strong. They're gonna be ok Gris."

"I know. Look, I need to get back to Sara. Tell Catherine I'll be back later to see her."

"Sure thing man. Hey, give Sara my love."

"I will Warrick."

Grissom leaves Catherine's room and heads back to Sara's. He laments over how his team is more like a family than a group of co-workers. Each would fight to the death for any of the others. He is filled with a sense of pride at how Sara took care of Catherine and now how Warrick, Nick, and Greg are working to take care of the both of them.