Chapter 7

"Tad, I didn't e-mail hospitals in Texas," Tootie said. "So why did we get an answer from Texas?"

"Let me take a look at that e-mail," Jo said. "Here's the original e-mail sent to a hospital in Raton, New Mexico."

"They forwarded the e-mail to a hospital in Amarillo, Texas," Natalie said. "And then they forwarded it to a hospital in Dallas, Texas."

"So that means if Blair is at that hospital in Dallas, she was probably transferred at least four times," Jo said. "Because according to the newspaper article Natalie got from the library yesterday, the plane crashed into Pike's Peak. What hospital were you in Tad?"

"Memorial Hospital of Colorado Springs," Tad answered.

"If Blair is still alive, she was probably at the same hospital at one point," Jo said. "But was transferred to a hospital in Trinidad, before she went to Raton."

"If it's her," Tootie said. "It says here this patient is a Jane Doe, if it's Blair then she probably has amnesia or is still in a coma."

Tad had been driving for hours; he had crossed the border into Texas two hours earlier. Tad found the hospital, Parkland Memorial Hospital, and pulled into the parking garage. Tad entered the hospital and pushed the button for the elevator. When Tad got off the elevator he went up to the nurse's desk.

"May I help you Sir?" the nurse asked.

"Yes, I got an e-mail about a Jane Doe and I came to see if I could identify her," Tad said looking at the nurse's name tag.

"Take a seat over there, I'll page the doctor," The nurse said. The nurse noticed Tad was looking at her name tag.

"I get that a lot," the nurse said but Tad wasn't paying attention.

"Huh?" Tad asked confused.

"People looking at my name tag," The nurse said. "It's not every day you meet someone named Jan Brady."

Tad went over and sat in a nearby chair, a few minutes later a doctor came out and spoke to Tad.

"Are you here about the Jane Doe?" the doctor asked.

"Yes, I came to see if she is my wife," Tad said.

"Follow me," said the doctor. "I have to warn you this patient is hooked up to a lot of machines and may be difficult to identify."

Tad nodded and followed the doctor to room 515. The doctor opened the door and Tad gasped.

The woman's face had been badly burned beyond recognition. She was hooked up to a lot of machines and she was in a coma. Tad looked at her more closely, but the woman's face was so disfigured he couldn't identify her.

"I don't know if it's her," Tad said. "I can get my wife's dental records."

A few hours later, the dental records had arrived and the dentist and doctor were busy examining the patient. A half an hour had passed when the doctor entered the waiting room.

"Well?" Tad asked as he stood up.

"The dentist identified the patient as Blair Warner," The doctor said. "She's your wife."

Tad called home and Kelsey answered the phone.

"Hi Sweetie, can I talk to Grandma?" Tad asked.

Kelsey handed the phone to Mrs. Garrett.

"Hi Tad, what did you find?" Mrs. Garrett asked.

"You might want to sit down for this," Tad said. "I found Blair, she is in a coma and her face is badly burned."

"I'm so glad you found her," Mrs. Garrett said. "What did the doctor's say?"

"The doctors said Blair has been showing signs of waking up for about six months now. As soon as she does they can fix her face," Tad said. "They told me when she wakes up they will put her through some tests with the therapists."

"I'll tell the girls the news and we'll pray for her," Mrs. Garrett said.

"Do me a favor," Tad said. "Don't tell Kelsey, I want to tell her myself."

"OK, I won't," Mrs. Garrett said. A few minutes later, Mrs. Garrett hung up the phone and walked into the living room. Jo and Natalie had been impatiently waiting and Tootie tried to eavesdrop, but couldn't make out anything.

"Spill," Tootie said.

"That was Tad on the phone, he said if it wasn't for Tootie he would have never found Blair," Mrs. Garrett said. "And you were right Jo, Blair was transferred four times."

"Blair's alive!" Jo exclaimed. "I can't believe it, my best friend is alive."

"The four musketeers are going to be back together again real soon," Natalie said.