Chapter 4
About two hours later, Mary woke up from her nap. She was feeling even worse then before. Her head was pounding and she felt sick to her stomach again.
"Hey Mary, are you feeling any better?" Lucy asked Mary once she had woken up.
"No, I feel worse, I have a pounding headache and I feel sick to my stomach again," Mary told her sister.
"Mom made you a doctor's appointment for tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. She is going to pick you up from school," Lucy told Mary.
"Oh, I almost forgot, here's your homework and you have to take your Biology test on Thursday," Lucy said as she gave Mary her homework for that night. Good, that gives me two more days to study Mary thought to herself.
Mary tried to do her homework, but she just couldn't concentrate and she was getting really frustrated trying. She rested her head in her hands, and started to cry. Lucy, who had already finished her homework, looked up from the book that she was reading.
"I hate this, I can't concentrate and my head is killing me," Mary sobbed.
"It's okay," Lucy said trying to comfort her sister. Just then, Mrs. Camden walked into the girls' room and noticed that Mary was crying again.
"Mare, what's wrong?" Mrs. Camden asked in concern.
"I feel worse, my head is pounding and I am sick to my stomach again," Mary said. Just then, Mary dashed from the room and ran to the bathroom. Once Mary returned, Mrs. Camden placed her hand on Mary's head and noticed that she was hotter then before.
"Your fever has gone up, I am going to go and get the thermometer and take your temperature again," Mrs. Camden said. Once she returned with the thermometer, she handed it to Mary to take her temperature with.
"Let me see," said Mrs. Camden once the thermometer had beeped. Mary handed Mrs. Camden the thermometer.
"102.5, that's pretty high, let me go get you some more medicine," said Mrs. Camden. Mary took the medicine and Mrs. Camden told her to go to bed and that she would see how she felt in the morning.
"But it's only 8:30," Mary complained.
"I know, but you need to rest in order to feel better," Mrs. Camden told Mary.
"What about my homework, I haven't finished it yet?"
"I will write a note to your teachers telling them that you did not get all of your homework done because you didn't feel well," Mrs. Camden told Mary. With that, Mrs. Camden and Lucy both left to let Mary go to bed.
"Mary, Mary, wake up" Lucy said shaking her sister, "it's 6:30," Lucy said.
"I don't want to," Mary told Lucy.
"You have to," Lucy told her sister.
"Okay, Okay," Mary, said, rolling over and getting out of bed. Lucy then went downstairs to have breakfast.
"Where's Mary?" Mrs. Camden asked when Lucy entered the kitchen.
"She is upstairs getting ready for school," Lucy told her mother. Mrs. Camden then went back to making the kids lunches. Meanwhile, Lucy poured herself some cereal and sat down at the table and started to eat.
A little while later, Mary entered the kitchen dressed and ready for school.
"Hey Mary, how are you feeling?" Mrs. Camden asked her, even though she knew the answer already. Mary had been up half the night vomiting, she looked as white as a ghost, and she had been coughing most of the night.
"Terrible," Mary managed to say just before coughing. Mrs. Camden placed her hand on Mary's forehead to check her temperature. She noticed that she was hot again, but that her fever had gone down.
"Let me take your temperature again," said Mrs. Camden. She then went and got the thermometer. She handed it to Mary and she took her temperature.
"101.2, I think that you should stay home from school and rest, I will call the school and tell them that you are sick and won't be coming in," Mrs. Camden told Mary.
After Mary had finished eating breakfast, she headed upstairs to finish her homework from the night before. Meanwhile, all the other kids and Reverend Camden headed to work and school while Mrs. Camden called Mary's school to let them know that she would not be there.
One hour later, once Mary was done with her homework, she entered the living room and turned on the TV.
"Mom, do you think that I will be able to play in my basketball game tonight?" Mary asked her mother, still flipping through the channels for something to watch.
"We will see how you feel and then your father and I will decide." Mrs. Camden replied. With that, Mary turned her attention back to the TV.
After watching TV for a while, Mary started to get sleepy. She laid down and shut her eyes and drifted off to sleep. Meanwhile, Mrs. Camden, who was talking on the phone didn't notice Mary asleep on the couch.
At about 1:00, Mary woke up from her nap and walked into the kitchen, where she found her mother making lunch.
"Hey Mare, how are you feeling?" Mrs. Camden asked her daughter.
"Better, but I am still really tired," Mary told her mother.
"Well, have some lunch and then you can go take a nap," Mrs. Camden told Mary.
"I am not hungry," Mary responded.
"You have to eat something," Mrs. Camden said, placing the soup that she had made on the kitchen counter for Mary.
"Fine," Mary responded, as she sat down at the kitchen counter.
After Mary finished eating, she returned to the living room and turned on the TV and searched the channels for something to watch. Once she found something, she sat back and relaxed.
"Mary, I am going to the grocery store to pick up something for dinner, you'll be fine by yourself right?" Mrs. Camden asked Mary.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Mary told her mother.
"Okay, I'll be home in about an hour, bye," Mrs. Camden yelled as she headed out the door.
"Bye," Mary yelled back.
About an hour later, Mrs. Camden walked in the door, carrying an armload of groceries.
"Mary!" Mrs. Camden yelled.
"Yeah," Mary responded.
"Can you help me with the groceries please?" Mrs. Camden asked.
"Sure," Mary told her mother as she headed to the kitchen, leaving the TV on.
"What were you watching?" Mrs. Camden asked Mary, as they unloaded the groceries.
"I was watching a movie," Mary told her mother.
"Oh," Mrs. Camden replied. After Mary was done helping her mother unload the groceries, she returned to the living room to finish watching the movie, but instead of watching the entire movie she drifted back to sleep again. Mrs. Camden, who was in the kitchen making dinner, didn't notice Mary asleep on the couch again.
It had been an hour since Mary had fallen asleep. Matt and the rest of the kids were now home from school.
"How's Mary?" asked Matt, who was helping his mother with the laundry.
"I don't know, she was in the living room watching TV, can you go check on her?" Mrs. Camden asked her son.
"Sure," Matt told his mother. With that, he headed towards the living room. When he got there, he noticed Mary asleep on the couch, with the TV still on. He picked up the blanket that was on the back of the couch and placed it over Mary and switched off the TV.
"She's in the living room asleep on the couch," Matt told his mother once he had returned from the living room.
"Okay," Mrs. Camden replied.
"Matt, can you take Mary to her doctor's appointment at 3:30? Your father won't be home until 4:30 and I need to stay home with the rest of the kids," Mrs. Camden asked Matt after a few moments.
"Sure," Matt told his mother, before heading up to his room to start his homework.