"Mark, are you sure you've got enough cash for this?" Elizabeth asked as they were heading towards the doors.

"I think so; did you want to stop by the ATM before we head home?" Mark asked, grabbing his jacket.

"Hey guys, let me give you some money for all this." Carol said, catching up to them with a $20 in her hand.

"Carol, please, it's our treat. You've got enough to deal with." Elizabeth said, turning around.

"Really guys, I feel bad letting you pay for everything." Carol insisted. She couldn't help feeling guilty over letting Elizabeth and Mark buy them things and drive them places without reimbursing them for at least some of the costs.

"I'll tell you what, when Kate's feeling better you and Doug can take us out to a nice restaurant, but until then don't worry about it." Mark said, pushing her hand down. "Why don't you go back to Kate, I'm sure she'll be awake soon."

"Thanks guys." Carol smiled.

"Do you want us to save you something?" Elizabeth asked as she pulled the keys out of her pocket.

"You know, I'm really not that hungry…" Carol started.

"Carol if you don't take care of yourself you're going to wind up in a bed next to Kate." Mark said insistently.

"Maybe some lemon chicken, rice, oh some spicy tofu would be great." Carol said, running down a list of things as her stomach growled. "I might just grab a couple choice items from that snack machine if it still works."

"You and Doug were the only two who could ever get that thing to work. I don't think they've replaced that stuff since you started working here though." Mark laughed.

"Mark! You are terrible! Now come on or there will be a terrible wait to pick up our order." Elizabeth laughed as she pushed him out the door. "Carol, if you need a ride back you give us a ring, all right?"

"Thanks guys." Carol said, heading over to the old snack machine. With 3 quarters she was able to secure 2 candy bars and a bag of pretzels. As she headed back to Kate she laughed to herself, "Nothing to it…"

Kate lay still in the bed listening to the story Chuny was telling her. She was pretty sure it was made up, but the part about twin princesses sounded pretty good to her so she listened quietly and didn't interrupt to ask if it was a true story. "… and then the princesses…"

"Hey baby, how are you feeling?" Carol interrupted. Kate appeared a little happier and that spoke volumes about how she was feeling.

"She's doing really well, Carol." Chuny smiled, checking the IV one last time before grabbing the chart and walking out the door with Carol. "She's a cute kid; I can't believe it's been so long since you visited."

"I know, it's hard to find the time with Doug's work, his practice seems to be growing pretty rapidly." Carol admitted, leaning against the wall and peeking back into the window on the door to ensure that her daughter was still settled.

"It's strange having her in there and not being able to treat her, isn't it?" Chuny asked, flipping through some papers to point a couple things out.

"It's just hard." She sighed. "I mean I know in my head that she probably would have been fine if I'd just kept her at home and tried to ease her into drinking some water, but my heart was just being ripped apart and knowing that she was hurting was… it never gets easier."

"You know, you can probably take her home in a couple hours. She's still got a pretty high fever going and we could treat her until it goes down, but chances are it's going to stay up for awhile." Chuny said, handing Carol the chart.

"I'd like to get her home, but not having a car makes it pretty hard to get her right back here if need be." Carol said, looking at the notations. Kate's fever had fluctuated from 103-104.5 in the time they'd been at the ER and she wasn't sure if taking her home before it was below 102 was something she felt comfortable with.

"You want me to get Dr. Weaver?" Chuny asked.

"She's still on?" Carol handed the chart back to Chuny and massaged her temples and head, pushing a few stray curls back.

"All night" Chuny laughed. "I could see if Susan's free if you'd like."

"No; no it's fine." Carol said, weighing her options. Kerry, whether she wanted to admit it or not, was being very kind and helpful and she didn't want to insult her by going to another doctor after Kerry had already taken the case.