-1At 6:30 the alarm clock went off Lu reached over and turned off the alarm. Lu sat up even though she didn't want to. She look over at marc he was still sleeping. Lu felt his head with her hand. He was still running a high fever and was sweating profusely. Marc woke up when Lu moved her hand away. "Unhh what time is it" Marc asked.

"6:35 how do you feel?" Lu asked him.

"Bad" Marc said as he sat up.

"Well you're still running a high fever I think I'm going to stay home with you today. I'm sure Dana can cover for me." Lu said.

"Okay good Oh God" marc said as he got out of bed and crawled into the bathroom where he threw up in the toilet again. Lu followed him in there and grabbed a wash cloth and wet it with cold water. Marc threw up again. When he was done he sat against the wall in the bathroom. "I wish the room would stop spinning" Marc said as he closed his eyes.

"Here baby" Lu said as she squatted down and put the wash cloth on his forehead. "Awe Honey I'm sorry you're sick."

"Thanks but it's not your fault" Marc said weakly.

"Do you feel like your going to throw up again?" Lu asked him.

"I don't know" Marc said

"well I'll put a trash can beside you just in case. Come on I'll help you to the couch." Lu helped him walk to the couch.

"Thank you" Marc said as he laid down on the couch.

"No problem sweetie." Lu said

"Open up I want to see what your temperature is." Lu put the thermometer in his mouth. A few seconds later the thermometer went off Lu took it out of his mouth. "Well its 104.2 so it hasn't went down much. I'll go get you something stronger to take what you want to drink you don't need to get dehydrated." Lu told him gently

"Umm Gatorade probably" Marc said.

"Ok baby just a second." Lu went and got him a couple of Tylenol and a bottle of Gatorade. "Here you go honey take this and drink as much as you can of this." Okay marc said as he sat up and took the medicine. Lu handed him the drink now take small sips of this so it want come back up marc shook his head yes. Marc laid back down. "Can I have a blanket" Marc asked

"Sure baby" Lu grabbed the blanket off the back of the chair and covered marc up with it "Is that better?" Lu asked him

"yes mama.' Marc said softly. "Good here's the remote either you can watch TV or sleep but if you need something just say so I'm going to go call the clinic and tell them I'm not coming in but ill be back in a minute so if you need any thing just holler."

"Ok thanks mom" Marc said as he closed his eyes.

Lu patted his shoulder and walked over to the phone. Lu dialed the number for the RWHC. "RWHC Lana speaking." Lana answered

"Hey Lana its Lu" Lu said

"Hey kid where are you your late?" Lana said

"Yeah I know I'm not coming in today Marc is really sick." Lu said

"Oh ok kid ill tell Dana to cover for you tell marc I said I hope he feels better. What's wrong with him" Lana asks.

"I think he has the Flu. He has a fever of 104 and it want go down no matter what I give him along with throwing up, body aces, coughing , sore throat, you know the works. I can't leave him by himself."

"Yeah I understand well kid well I'll let you get back to marc see you later."

"Okay thanks Lana."

"No Problem Kid bye."

"Bye" Lu said as she hung up the phone. Lu rubs here face with her hands and yawns. Lu hears marc Coughing. Lu gets up to go check on him. "Honey you need anything?" Lu asked him.

"Can you get my pillow for me?" Marc asked.

"Sure baby I'll get it for you." Lu went and got his pillow off her bed.

"Here you go" Lu said. She put the pillow under his head. "Do you need anything else?"

"No I'm ok for right now."

"Okay honey just say so if you do" Lu said as she ruffled his hair. Marc just nodded. "I need to go take a shower will you be ok for a couple minutes?" Lu asked him "Yeah I'll be fine don't worry go ahead." Marc said with his eyes closed.

"Well it shouldn't take me long." Lu said as she walked into the bathroom and turned on the water. Marc shifted around to find a conferrable spot and drifted off to sleep. Lu took her shower and wrapped up in a towel and walked out of the bathroom and into her room. Lu got dressed and put her hair up and sat down on her bed. Lu looked at the clock it's "only 9:00 gosh it feels like it should be later." Lu said to herself as she got up made up the bed. Lu got done making up her bed and walked back into the living room where marc was. She look at him and noticed he was a sleep. "Good he needs the rest" Lu said to herself as she went over and pulled the blanket back over him the rest of the way. Lu walked over and made herself a pot of coffee and got a cup of it. She sat down at the table and watched marc sleep…..

At the RWHC……

"Hey Lana have you seen Lu this morning." Dana asked as she walked over to the front desk.

"No but she called earlier and said she couldn't come in because marc was sick and if you would cover for her."

"Oh ok" Dana said. As she picked up the next patient file and walked back to her office. Peter walked up to Lana.

"Hey Lana where's Lu? I haven't seen her this morning." Peter asked. "She's at home. She called earlier and said she couldn't come in because marc was really sick and for Dana to cover for her. I'm going to go check on them during my lunch break. So can you watch the phones for me then?" Lana asked peter. "Yeah sure tell marc I hope he feels better when you go"

"okay I will."

"Thanks" Peter said as he got up and walked off.

Back at Home……..

It had been about an hour since marc went to sleep. Lu had done a few things around the house but there wasn't much to be done. She kept on looking at him thinking his eyes looked a little sunk in like they do when you get dehydrated. "I'll look at him closer when he wakes up." Lu said worried. About 11:30 marc was still asleep and Lu was reading when there was a knock at the door. Lu looked over at marc he didn't even move. Lu got up and saw it was Lana. She unlocked the door and opened it. "Hey Lana what are you doing here?" Lu asked quietly

"what you're not happy to see me." Lana said

"No it's not that I just wasn't expecting anyone." Lu said

"Oh ok well I just came by to see how you and marc were doing."

"Oh come in just keep it down he's asleep on the couch" Lu said as Lana walked in. They both sat down at the table in the kitchen. "How is he doing?" Lana asked.

"Well he's been asleep for two and a half hours so I guess I'll see when he wakes up but I think he's dehydrated."

"Gosh Lu I hope not."

"Yeah me to but I'm pretty sure he is."

"You look warn out kid" Lana said.

"I'm not to bad considering I stayed up with him for a while last night and I didn't sleep the night before because of the all night clinic."

"Well maybe you can get some sleep tonight."

"Yeah hopefully so how's the clinic today." Lu asked her. They talked about what patients have come today and the normal stuff.

Marc woke up. Marc mooned "Oh no" Marc said as he stood up and put his hand over his mouth and ran to the bathroom were he again threw up in the toilet.

"Oh gosh not again just a minute Lana" Lu said as she stood up and ran to the bathroom.

"Sweetheart are you ok" Lu asked him while he continued to throw up.

"No" marc said quickly while he was trying to catch his breath.

Lu went and grabbed a wash cloth out of the cabinet. She wet it with cool water and placed it on marc's forehead. Marc sat down and leaned against his mom. Now that Lu could look at him better she knew he was dehydrated. "Marc honey you're dehydrated. I need to take you to Rittenhouse before you get any worse." Lu said helping him up

"No I don't want to go" Marc said as he pulled away from Lu. Lu had to grab him before he fell when he pulled away.

"Your Dizzy to honey you need to go your dehydrated and if I don't get some fluids in you could die. I wouldn't be making you go if I didn't think you needed to" Lu told marc worriedly .

"Okay I guess your right." Marc said as he held on to Lu as they walked back to the couch. He was to weak to argue with her to much.

"Lana come here" Lu called

"Yeah Kid what's wrong?" Lana asked

"Call the ER and tell Nick and Peter to meet me their when we get their." Lu told Lana

"Okay." Lana said as she went and called Rittenhouse Hospital.