Jaime was standing quietly by the door. Jenna still looked too pale, but the morphine at least was allowing her to rest. Steve was there holding her hand. In the second chair sat Crystal. She had flown in immediately to be with her twin sister. Tears were streaming down Crystal's face, and that, too, tore at Jaime's heart. Jaime knew that Crystal had been blaming herself for Jenna's illness. When Crystal first arrives, she admitted that she felt that this was destiny kicking her giving Jenna her blessing to change majors and fly to Seattle. Jamie was dwelling on that thought when Dr. Yang interrupted her.
"We have just received Jenna's test results. As suspected, it is cardiac. The echocardiogram showed a large mass of bacteria in Jenna's heart. Her white blood cell count is elevated indicating infection. Jenna has endocarditis. We believe this might be from her brand new nasal piercing, probably from an infected needle. We will be moving her up to the ICU and give her antibiotics through her IV. Hopefully, she will transfer to a normal floor within the next day or two. Even though her symptoms appear severe, we caught it early enough that Jenna should make a full recovery."
The news elated Jaime. Yes, she was still upset that Jenna was sick and having to go through this, but she was happy her daughter would make a full recovery. It wasn't too long before the aides came to move Jenna upstairs. By then, everyone was feeling a little more light-hearted…everyone except Jenna, of course.