A nurse appeared at Kimble's side almost as soon as he entered the room. "I'm sorry, Sir, but you're going to have to...."
"Dr. Richard Kimble," he said, glancing over at the bed. reassured that he could still hear the bleeping of the heart monitor. Not as bad as he had feared, it wasn't as bad as he had feared. When he looked down at Catherine though.... The small body was trembling uncontrolably as the medical staff worked frantically around her. "The Marshals called me in. What happened?"
The doctor at Catherine's side glanced over at Kimble, surprise in his face at the sight of the doctor, recalling what he had heard about Kimble. His eyes widened even more as he suddenly placed the marshal as well. Why was Kimble here for his wife?
"We're friends." Kimble said simply, guessing what the doctor was thinking. "I'm...their doctor." He moved to Catherine's side as he talked, automatically reaching out and taking her hand. Memories of his wife came rushing back, unbidden. He thought about Gerard, of the desolation in his face in the hallway earlier, of the smile that always appeared on Sam's face whenever he saw Catherine -- the same smile he'd recognized from his own face whenever he saw his wife. No, he wasn't going to let that happen again, not if he could do something about it. "What happened?"
"Fever spiked about thirty minutes ago and she started seizing," the doctor said, talking as he worked. He slowly injected another drug into the IV port, carefully watching Catherine for any sign of change with one eye while keeping an eye on the monitors with the other. Heart rate was way too fast. If this went on for much longer, they were going to lose her.
"The fever or...." Kimble asked meaningfully as he gently stroked Catherine's fingers. He couldn't do anything medically for her but maybe, just maybe, having someone there focusing on comforting her would help.
"Likely the fever but...." The doctor relaxed slightly when he saw the tremors starting to slow, Catherine's heartbeat becoming a bit more steady. "Up the dosage a bit. I want her fully under for now." He motioned to a nurse to get a cooling blanket over Catherine as he turned to Kimble. "Ice bath, if that doesn't work," he added to the nurse before turning his attention back to Kimble. "She had a head injury, though. It's possible that there could be a brain bleed going on. We need to get her stabilized as soon as possible so we can figure out what in the world we're dealing with here." Although it wasn't spoken, Kimble could sense what else the doctor was saying. They were afraid that there was no hope for saving Catherine.