Lori was downstairs feeding Judith, she sighed as she groaned in pain. "Just hurts." She said softly to Rick. She moved Judith off her right breast and switched to the left and tried again. She as getting frustrated, and in pain.
Meredith was in the infirmary giving Merle stitches. "What did you do?" She frowned stitching him up. "Looks like you lost."
Merle frowned. "Got into an argument."
"With whom?" She said looking him in the eyes. She sighed and continued stitching his temple. "Swear you men are worse than the boys."
"Daryl. The big baby will be in soon." He winced slightly as she continued.
"Stop. Fighting. With. Your. Brother." She said sternly.
"I'll try." He sighed and crossed his arms.
She finished up and rubbed some salve on it and threw her gloves away, washed her hands. Hershel was outside tending to the cow that was in labor. She walked Merle out and saw Daryl. "No more fighting." She said raising her voice. Joel, Daniel, Carl, all stopped what they were doing and froze recognizing the seriousness in her voice. "As screwed up as we are - We are a family." She said looking at them both. "Be an example." She said stopping, seeing Rick bringing Lori over.
"She's got a fever, and in pain. She passed out earlier." Rick said catching Lori again as she passed out. Meredith reached out and helped catch her also.
"She's really burning up." Meredith said looking at her. Judith was asleep with Carol. She looked at Merle and Daryl. "Go help Hershel, no fighting please.."
The brothers sighed and looked at each other. Merle walked outside, and Daryl slowly followed.
They got Lori into the infirmary. "How long she been feeling this way?" Meredith asked getting Lori into a bed, and closing the curtains.
"Few days. Fever got worse this morning though." Rick was worried.
"Alright." Meredith said looking her over. "How's breastfeeding going?" She asked putting a cool rag on her head.
"Shes in pain." He sighed. "Mainly her right breast."
"Okay." Meredith looked at Rick. "Can you get me the manual breast pump?"
Rick nodded, he left and went back to his cell, and got it, and handed it to her.
Lori groaned softly. "Go check on Carl." She asked rick softly. "I'll be okay."
Rick frowned. Meredith smiled. "I'll come get you in a bit." He looked at Lori for a minute and nodded, leaving.
Meredith cleaned her hands and dried them. "Can you undo your top?" She asked, sitting down. "Your fever is 103… Are you cold - feel like you have the flu?"
Lori nodded and undid her shirt. She undid her bra and sighed..
Meredith sighed. "Are you in a lot of pain nursing on that side?" She said looking, and examining.
"Constantly- Never really breastfed with Carl…" Lori groaned feeling her press a bit.
"Sorry." She said, finishing, and grabbed the breast pump. "Try pumping." She said giving her a blanket to cover with.
Lori did so, it was painful and really hurt. Meredith took and it looked over the breastmilk and saw the lumps in the milk.
"It's Mastitis." She said softly. "When you nurse, you're going to have to keep nursing the side that hurts also - stoppin doesn't make it go away. Just working through it, helps get rid of it." She moved her chair and moved closer. She talked her through massages she can do and how to hand express if she can't get the pump to help. "Warm showers, and compresses help. Before, and after nursing. Dangle feeding helps too if you sit up all the way and slightly lean forward. Cold compresses for pain will help also.." She helped and showed her after Carol brought Judith in to eat again.
"I'll check on your temp. If it's gotten higher, or not better in 24 hours. I have antibiotics." She smiled slightly. "I had to end up taking them when I was nursing Joel. I had mastitis so bad."
"Is it okay to feed her that milk though?"
Meredith nodded. "If you are going to feed her with a bottle from pumping, just make sure to strain it to get the lumps out. You're milk is going to be slightly salty instead of sweet that she's used to."
Lori sighed. "Never realized it'd be this hard." She said holding Judith close and tried nursing her on the hurt side.
Rick and Hershel where in the cafe talking later the afternoon. They stopped hearing the alarm go took off running to the door. They saw the north fence breached and a flood of walkers started coming onto the property and into the building.
Maggie came running in with Carl. "Daddy!" She said screaming, she had been shot in the leg. "We gotta go."
Hershel looked at her leg quickly. "It's fine - went through." He tied his handkerchief around it quickly and they ran outside
Meredith stood up and walked to the door and saw the horde of walkers. "My goodness." She looked at Lori. "Button up we gotta go." She said helping her up and running with her to hide.
Beth had grabbed the kids, and ran up to a deep cell that was on the upper level. She locked herself in with a gun, and turned the bed over and put the kids behind it and hid behind it also with them keeping them covered with a blanket.
Everyone else was running and fighting as everything broke out. Merle climbed up the cell were Beth and the kids where and tied himself to the top to keep them covered with Beth. He watched and waited.
The Governor's men came into the building and started fighting. Merle shot a few of them himself as he hung up their. He reloaded and watched. He continued taking them down.
Lori grabbed Judith and ran away from Meredith. "I need to get Carl!" She cried running outside. Meredith took off after her. "Lori!" She hollered as she ran after her grabbing a gun from a fallen man and took off after her. She saw the group shooting and fighting, Carl was with them shooting also. Meredith let out a scream as Lori as shot, Meredith shot the person who took down Lori. She grabbed Judith from Lori and held her close. She kneeled down to Lori. "Lori." She said pressing on her wound. She was shot three times in the stomach.
Carl stopped lookin back. "Mom!" He screamed taking off to them. Hershel stopped for a minute, and saw Meredith pressing on Lori's stomach.
Meredith let out a groan as she was shot also. She held Judith, and looked at Carl. "Take your sister." She said. "Get inside." Meredith looked down at herself. She had been shot under her left breast. She pressed on it. The governor grabbed Hershel and held a knife to his throat. Meredith looked up raised her rifle. She fired at the Governor, and Hershel fell to the ground. Hershel slowly got up and ran back over as Rick and the others took down the rest of them. They stopped the walkers and tried shutting off the hole in the fence.
Meredith's chest felt heavy. She took her hand off her injury and pressed hard on Lori's. "Lori." She said tearing up.
Lori groaned, as Rick came over and pressed hard on her stomach also. "Lori.. Stay with me." He begged pressing more. Lori cupped Ricks face with one hand, "Love...you.." She said softly, and closed her eyes. Hershel had pulled Meredith back a bit, and pressed on her chest wound.
Meredith was having a hard time breathing. Maggie and the others ran over. She was coughing a lot, mostly blood.
"Mama." Maggie said trying to move her. She looked at Hershel and helped him. She ripped off a piece of plastic from the door, pressed it on the wound and put mud over it packing it to stop the hole from filling. Hershel nodded watching her. "Good."
Rick cried over Lori's body, holding it close.
Meredith was getting asked questions by Hershel. She looked at him and passed out.
Hershel carried her inside and started working on her gunshot wound - he had Maggie and Carol help him. Michonne was outside helping Rick.
Meredith got the bullet removed, along with doing a chest tube and taping it down. Hershel cleaned up the mess and sat beside her, he had a monitor attached, an IV going and oxygen. He bowed his head and started praying.
