Jimmy called Kim's mother to let her know what had happened. When Bobby
came out he called his mother since she was looking after the kids to let
them know what was going on. He heard Jimmy ask, "Do you want me to stop
and pick up the kids when I bring her mother down?"
Bobby looked at Jimmy and replied, "Sure that would be fine.", and gave him instructions on how to get to his mothers home. He then called her back to let her know that Jimmy was coming over to pick up the kids and bring them over with Kim's mother. Twenty minutes later the group of four arrived back at the hospital. Jimmy was carrying Keira and Joey was walking alongside his grandmother, the expressions on their face one of shock and disbelief. Joey saw Bobby and ran in his direction. Bobby heard the boys footsteps and saw Joey on his way over and knelt down so he could be on eye level with him. Joey hugged Bobby tightly and in a small voice began to speak very quietly.
"Why can't whoever's doing this leave mom alone?" Joey asked in a weak voice.
"If I could answer that for you Joey, I would, but I honestly don't know why." Bobby replied softly; "Right now all we can do is be strong and help get her through this."
Joey nodded his head sadly and took a seat next to Alex and Bobby stood up. Jimmy headed over to where Bobby was carrying Keira with him. He took her from Jimmy and sat down near Alex and Joey. She couldn't understand what had happened to her mother but picked up on the emotions of everyone around her and began to whimper softly. Bobby softly began to speak to her in Spanish to let her know everything would be ok.
The doctor had just finished checking on Kim and was looking over the lab values on the recent labs that were just drawn. It looked like the antidotes were finally taking effect and the amount of cyanide in her system was decreasing. He headed out to let those who had brought her in know how she was doing. He spotted the group and headed over towards them, figuring the three new people must be the patient's mother and children. Bobby spotted the doctor coming and stood up, still holding Keira so he could find out how she was doing.
"Has there been any change?" Bobby asked solemnly, still holding on to hope that Kim would be ok.
"She's on 100% oxygen and didn't initially respond to the 600 mg of dicobalt edetate which we gave her through the I.V. Since the initial dose caused no reaction we gave her an additional 300-mg over one minute and she still didn't show signs of recovery. We then started her on 10 ml of a 3% sodium nitrite solution, which infused for four minutes. She's currently on a 25-ml bag of 50% sodium thiosulfate solution, which is to be run for ten minutes. You're lucky you got her here as quickly as you did because if it had been any longer and more would have had to have been done. After the last of the antidotes runs its course to neutralize the toxins, all we can do is wait for it to clear from her system. The labs we just drew showed a small decrease in the amount of cyanide in her which shows the antidotes are working, but she's not out of the woods yet though, its still too early to determine if there will be longstanding effects from this." The doctor said to the group sitting in the waiting room.
Kim's mother let out a heavy sigh, thankful that the antidotes was working but worried about any permanent damage that could have been caused. She was pulled from her thoughts when she heard Bobby's voice.
"Come on and I'll take you to see her." He said quietly, placing Keira in Alex's arms.
The two walked in together and he stood beside her as she quietly spoke words of encouragement to her daughter. After several minutes they left and he brought Joey and Keira in to see their mother. Joey was nervous, even though Bobby had explained things in a manner that he could understand. As they headed into the room Keira began to coo when she saw her mother, but quieted down when her mother didn't respond, Bobby noticed the change and whispered quietly to her, "Está bien a bebé, la mami será fina pronto. Sé que usted la pierde, todos hacemos. Ella probablemente lo pierde terriblemente también." {It's ok baby, mommy is going to be fine soon. I know you miss her, we all do. She probably misses you terribly too.}
Kim's mother left and took Joey and Keira with her since Bobby was staying till she came to. Jimmy had gone back to the firehouse and started to do some research into what Kim had ingested. Sure he'd heard of it used and knew it was nasty to deal with but wanted to know what they were dealing with. The labs drawn showed a constant decrease in the amounts of cyanide in her system. Five hours after she'd been in the hospital she began to regain consciousness. When she came to, things momentarily were a blur. A sudden wave of nausea swept through her as well as having some very uncomfortable muscle cramps. Bobby had fallen asleep from worry had didn't notice that Kim had woken up. She looked over and saw him asleep and went to say something but nothing would come out.
One of the nurses that came in to check on her periodically found her awake. The nurse quickly went to get the doctor to let him know that she'd woken up and then returned and woke up Bobby. The nurse gently shook him awake and he immediately feared something had happened.
"Is something wrong?" he asked groggily.
"No, everything's fine. Your wife is awake now. The doctor should be in momentarily," She replied, before leaving the room.
He quickly looked over and saw Kim awake and was beyond relieved at that news. Kim closed her eyes briefly, fighting the feeling of nausea and felt the bed move as Bobby sat beside her.
"Welcome back. Are you feeling ok?" the doctor asked after entering the room.
She went to speak but again nothing came out. The doctor passed her a small cup of water and after drinking was able to speak.
"I feel sick to my stomach and having muscle cramps." She replied in a hoarse whisper.
"Those are probably side-effects from the medications we had to give you to counteract the toxins in your system. Do you remember what happened?" he asked.
"I remember feeling fine all shift till we got back from helping the kid who started going into seizures. When we all went back in I took a drink of my soda and began to feel funny. By the time we got a call I could hardly breathe, and felt myself becoming weaker by the second, then I blacked out." Kim replied.
During the brief pause, Bobby said, "I'll be right back. I'm going to go call and let everyone know you're awake."
Kim nodded her head in reply and watched him leave and asked, "What happened?"
"You were poisoned this afternoon. Someone slipped cyanide powder into your soda bottle. Can you think of anyone who might have done this?" The doctor asked.
"Poisoned! I know none of the guys would back at the station. We all were outside at the same time taking care of the kid with seizures."
Bobby stepped outside and quickly called Kim's mother first to let her know what was going on. Joey heard the phone ringing and went and answered it.
"Hello," he said softly into the phone.
"Hey Joey is grandma around?" Bobby asked.
"Yeah, hang on and I'll take her the phone." Joey replied, taking the cordless down the hall.
A short time later Bobby was talking to Kim's mother over the phone telling her the good news.
"I thought I'd let you know that Kim just woke up. The doctor's in with her now." He said, hearing her mother's sigh of relief.
"When did she wake up?" she asked.
"About five minutes ago. The doctor is talking to her right now." He replied.
"Thank goodness. Are they going to keep her overnight for observation or anything?" her mother asked.
"I don't know. I haven't talked to the doctor about that, although I imagine they will just as a precautionary measure. As soon as I know more I'll let you know." Bobby replied.
"Ok, thanks." She replied, feeling as if a huge amount of worry had been lifted off her.
After speaking with her mother, Bobby called down to the station to let them know as well. Jimmy heard the phone ringing and went to answer it, feeling nervousness build up when he heard Bobby's voice.
"What happened Bobby?" Jimmy asked, seeing everyone from the station gather around behind him.
"Kim just woke up about 5 minutes ago." Bobby replied.
"She did? Does she seem ok?" he asked anxiously.
"So far she seems fine. She's talking and everything. The doctor is in with her now," Bobby said back.
Jimmy said a silent thank you and said, "Thanks for letting us know. I'll stop by after the shift is over. I gotta run and tell everyone else."
"Ok, see you later." Bobby replied before hanging up the phone.
When Jimmy turned around he saw all the nervous faces of the firefighters standing in a half circle around him.
"What did Bobby say?" Alex asked softly.
"Kim just woke up." Jimmy said, as a huge smile crossed his face.
Cheers erupted from those around at the news and Alex hugged Jimmy tightly as everyone celebrated the wonderful news.
"Is she going to be ok?" D.K asked.
"The doctor was speaking to her when Bobby called so we should know more soon." Jimmy replied.
Kim's mother headed into Joey's room where he was playing with his game boy and said, "Hey Joey, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure nana." Joey replied, sitting up and pausing his game; "Did Bobby give you any updates on how mom is doing?"
"Yes, he did sweetheart. It looks like she's going to be just fine. She woke up about five minutes ago." She told her grandson, seeing the look of joy cross his face.
"Really! She's going to be ok?" Joey asked.
"It looks like she's going to be good as new in no time." She replied smiling.
"Can we go see her?" Joey asked softly.
"I'd take you but visiting hours are over. If they are keeping her overnight I can take you in the morning to see her, is that ok?" she replied.
"That's fine. I'm just happy mom's going to be ok." Joey said smiling giving his grandmother a hug.
"So am I baby, So am I." She replied softly.
Bobby returned to the room and the doctor was still there talking to Kim.
"Will you be keeping her here over night to make sure there aren't any traces of the cyanide in her system?" Bobby asked, taking a seat next to Kim.
"Yes, she can go home tomorrow afternoon. Just to be on the safe side it would best for her to stay for observation over night to make sure there aren't any longstanding effects from the cyanide." The doctor replied before leaving.
Spanish Translations:
Está bien a bebé, la mami será fina pronto. Sé que usted la pierde, todos hacemos. Ella probablemente lo pierde terriblemente también.
It's ok baby, mommy is going to be fine soon. I know you miss her, we all do. She probably misses you terribly too.
Bobby looked at Jimmy and replied, "Sure that would be fine.", and gave him instructions on how to get to his mothers home. He then called her back to let her know that Jimmy was coming over to pick up the kids and bring them over with Kim's mother. Twenty minutes later the group of four arrived back at the hospital. Jimmy was carrying Keira and Joey was walking alongside his grandmother, the expressions on their face one of shock and disbelief. Joey saw Bobby and ran in his direction. Bobby heard the boys footsteps and saw Joey on his way over and knelt down so he could be on eye level with him. Joey hugged Bobby tightly and in a small voice began to speak very quietly.
"Why can't whoever's doing this leave mom alone?" Joey asked in a weak voice.
"If I could answer that for you Joey, I would, but I honestly don't know why." Bobby replied softly; "Right now all we can do is be strong and help get her through this."
Joey nodded his head sadly and took a seat next to Alex and Bobby stood up. Jimmy headed over to where Bobby was carrying Keira with him. He took her from Jimmy and sat down near Alex and Joey. She couldn't understand what had happened to her mother but picked up on the emotions of everyone around her and began to whimper softly. Bobby softly began to speak to her in Spanish to let her know everything would be ok.
The doctor had just finished checking on Kim and was looking over the lab values on the recent labs that were just drawn. It looked like the antidotes were finally taking effect and the amount of cyanide in her system was decreasing. He headed out to let those who had brought her in know how she was doing. He spotted the group and headed over towards them, figuring the three new people must be the patient's mother and children. Bobby spotted the doctor coming and stood up, still holding Keira so he could find out how she was doing.
"Has there been any change?" Bobby asked solemnly, still holding on to hope that Kim would be ok.
"She's on 100% oxygen and didn't initially respond to the 600 mg of dicobalt edetate which we gave her through the I.V. Since the initial dose caused no reaction we gave her an additional 300-mg over one minute and she still didn't show signs of recovery. We then started her on 10 ml of a 3% sodium nitrite solution, which infused for four minutes. She's currently on a 25-ml bag of 50% sodium thiosulfate solution, which is to be run for ten minutes. You're lucky you got her here as quickly as you did because if it had been any longer and more would have had to have been done. After the last of the antidotes runs its course to neutralize the toxins, all we can do is wait for it to clear from her system. The labs we just drew showed a small decrease in the amount of cyanide in her which shows the antidotes are working, but she's not out of the woods yet though, its still too early to determine if there will be longstanding effects from this." The doctor said to the group sitting in the waiting room.
Kim's mother let out a heavy sigh, thankful that the antidotes was working but worried about any permanent damage that could have been caused. She was pulled from her thoughts when she heard Bobby's voice.
"Come on and I'll take you to see her." He said quietly, placing Keira in Alex's arms.
The two walked in together and he stood beside her as she quietly spoke words of encouragement to her daughter. After several minutes they left and he brought Joey and Keira in to see their mother. Joey was nervous, even though Bobby had explained things in a manner that he could understand. As they headed into the room Keira began to coo when she saw her mother, but quieted down when her mother didn't respond, Bobby noticed the change and whispered quietly to her, "Está bien a bebé, la mami será fina pronto. Sé que usted la pierde, todos hacemos. Ella probablemente lo pierde terriblemente también." {It's ok baby, mommy is going to be fine soon. I know you miss her, we all do. She probably misses you terribly too.}
Kim's mother left and took Joey and Keira with her since Bobby was staying till she came to. Jimmy had gone back to the firehouse and started to do some research into what Kim had ingested. Sure he'd heard of it used and knew it was nasty to deal with but wanted to know what they were dealing with. The labs drawn showed a constant decrease in the amounts of cyanide in her system. Five hours after she'd been in the hospital she began to regain consciousness. When she came to, things momentarily were a blur. A sudden wave of nausea swept through her as well as having some very uncomfortable muscle cramps. Bobby had fallen asleep from worry had didn't notice that Kim had woken up. She looked over and saw him asleep and went to say something but nothing would come out.
One of the nurses that came in to check on her periodically found her awake. The nurse quickly went to get the doctor to let him know that she'd woken up and then returned and woke up Bobby. The nurse gently shook him awake and he immediately feared something had happened.
"Is something wrong?" he asked groggily.
"No, everything's fine. Your wife is awake now. The doctor should be in momentarily," She replied, before leaving the room.
He quickly looked over and saw Kim awake and was beyond relieved at that news. Kim closed her eyes briefly, fighting the feeling of nausea and felt the bed move as Bobby sat beside her.
"Welcome back. Are you feeling ok?" the doctor asked after entering the room.
She went to speak but again nothing came out. The doctor passed her a small cup of water and after drinking was able to speak.
"I feel sick to my stomach and having muscle cramps." She replied in a hoarse whisper.
"Those are probably side-effects from the medications we had to give you to counteract the toxins in your system. Do you remember what happened?" he asked.
"I remember feeling fine all shift till we got back from helping the kid who started going into seizures. When we all went back in I took a drink of my soda and began to feel funny. By the time we got a call I could hardly breathe, and felt myself becoming weaker by the second, then I blacked out." Kim replied.
During the brief pause, Bobby said, "I'll be right back. I'm going to go call and let everyone know you're awake."
Kim nodded her head in reply and watched him leave and asked, "What happened?"
"You were poisoned this afternoon. Someone slipped cyanide powder into your soda bottle. Can you think of anyone who might have done this?" The doctor asked.
"Poisoned! I know none of the guys would back at the station. We all were outside at the same time taking care of the kid with seizures."
Bobby stepped outside and quickly called Kim's mother first to let her know what was going on. Joey heard the phone ringing and went and answered it.
"Hello," he said softly into the phone.
"Hey Joey is grandma around?" Bobby asked.
"Yeah, hang on and I'll take her the phone." Joey replied, taking the cordless down the hall.
A short time later Bobby was talking to Kim's mother over the phone telling her the good news.
"I thought I'd let you know that Kim just woke up. The doctor's in with her now." He said, hearing her mother's sigh of relief.
"When did she wake up?" she asked.
"About five minutes ago. The doctor is talking to her right now." He replied.
"Thank goodness. Are they going to keep her overnight for observation or anything?" her mother asked.
"I don't know. I haven't talked to the doctor about that, although I imagine they will just as a precautionary measure. As soon as I know more I'll let you know." Bobby replied.
"Ok, thanks." She replied, feeling as if a huge amount of worry had been lifted off her.
After speaking with her mother, Bobby called down to the station to let them know as well. Jimmy heard the phone ringing and went to answer it, feeling nervousness build up when he heard Bobby's voice.
"What happened Bobby?" Jimmy asked, seeing everyone from the station gather around behind him.
"Kim just woke up about 5 minutes ago." Bobby replied.
"She did? Does she seem ok?" he asked anxiously.
"So far she seems fine. She's talking and everything. The doctor is in with her now," Bobby said back.
Jimmy said a silent thank you and said, "Thanks for letting us know. I'll stop by after the shift is over. I gotta run and tell everyone else."
"Ok, see you later." Bobby replied before hanging up the phone.
When Jimmy turned around he saw all the nervous faces of the firefighters standing in a half circle around him.
"What did Bobby say?" Alex asked softly.
"Kim just woke up." Jimmy said, as a huge smile crossed his face.
Cheers erupted from those around at the news and Alex hugged Jimmy tightly as everyone celebrated the wonderful news.
"Is she going to be ok?" D.K asked.
"The doctor was speaking to her when Bobby called so we should know more soon." Jimmy replied.
Kim's mother headed into Joey's room where he was playing with his game boy and said, "Hey Joey, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure nana." Joey replied, sitting up and pausing his game; "Did Bobby give you any updates on how mom is doing?"
"Yes, he did sweetheart. It looks like she's going to be just fine. She woke up about five minutes ago." She told her grandson, seeing the look of joy cross his face.
"Really! She's going to be ok?" Joey asked.
"It looks like she's going to be good as new in no time." She replied smiling.
"Can we go see her?" Joey asked softly.
"I'd take you but visiting hours are over. If they are keeping her overnight I can take you in the morning to see her, is that ok?" she replied.
"That's fine. I'm just happy mom's going to be ok." Joey said smiling giving his grandmother a hug.
"So am I baby, So am I." She replied softly.
Bobby returned to the room and the doctor was still there talking to Kim.
"Will you be keeping her here over night to make sure there aren't any traces of the cyanide in her system?" Bobby asked, taking a seat next to Kim.
"Yes, she can go home tomorrow afternoon. Just to be on the safe side it would best for her to stay for observation over night to make sure there aren't any longstanding effects from the cyanide." The doctor replied before leaving.
Spanish Translations:
Está bien a bebé, la mami será fina pronto. Sé que usted la pierde, todos hacemos. Ella probablemente lo pierde terriblemente también.
It's ok baby, mommy is going to be fine soon. I know you miss her, we all do. She probably misses you terribly too.