"Doctor Rhodes, stop it!", April Sexton shook her head no.
"Doctor Rhodes", she repeated, but he still tried CPR.
"Connor? Connor!", Will called his colleague, looking at him seriously, while he stared at the Teenager in front of him in disbelief.
"She's gone. You've did what you can", Halstead put him out of his trance, patted on his shoulder.
"Time of dead?", another ER doctor requested, when Rhodes threw the bloody towels into the bin, directly running outside.
They had lost her. It was the first teenage victim since a few month. With the Girl having the same age as his own daughter, it became one of the hardest cases during the last weeks.
Rhodes let himself fall against the wall.
At this moment he just wanted to hug his own daughter.
"You've got a second?", he recognized the voice of his colleague.
Rhodes nodded, surprisingly looking in Will Halsteads eyes.
"I'm sorry about your patient. You did everything you can."
"Probably"
"Yeah. Nevertheless I've got to talk to you. I know it's not the right time, but Maggie gave me the results of Amys tests."
"And?"
"There's something wrong."
"Show me."
They both sat down, looking at the survey.
"I know it already got better but now her CRP marker is over 100."
"What?"
"If she would have meningitis she wouldn't be able to move her head."
"So we're talking about an incipient sepsis?"
"Yes, I'm afraid to tell you."
"Oh no", Connor shouted, already wanted to move, when Halstead held him back.
"Keep calm, okay? You want to hear my opinion? Take he to the ICU, put her on fluids and a transfusion. The creatine marker seems good, so it didn't already affect the kidneys. We need a CT of her lungs, kidneys and liver."
"We have to sedate her and need another blood draw. Insuline if her blood sugar is low."
"Add heparin, to prevent thrombosis."
"Dr. Rhodes? Dr. Rhodes", a nervouse voice appeard from the neighborhood room, coming closer. It was Reese, who stared at them with wide eyes.
"I'm sorry, but I can't find Amy. I wanted to Change her IV but I only found this note."
Rhodes looked at the paper. His eyes widened in surprise.
"I have to go. You know where to find me", he whispered, staring at Reese
"She's on her way to school. She's joining the election. "
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"Mr. Rhodes?"
"Emma, where is Amy?"
Breathless Connor looked at Emma Shepler, one of his daughters best friends, who just took some books from her locker.
Rhodes and Halstead, still wearing their hospital clothes were running through the school corridor like maniacs.
"Emma, have you seen Amy?", he repeated. But the girl denied.
"Is she in trouble? I don't know where she is. I thought she's sick."
"We've got to keep searching", Connor informed Will and continued running, until both heard someone screaming from next door.
"Help! Somebody help! Call 911!"
For a short seconds, Connor didn't believe his ears, until he reached the room where the noises came from.
Amy remained restless on the ground. The school principal, who tried CPR, was sitting right in front of her, pushing her chest.
"Dr. Rhodes?"
Fearful Connor and Will got to the ground.
Trembling Rhodes took over, while he tried to find her pulse.
„ Her heart stopped. She went into V-Tech", he screamed at his colleague. Everything seemed like a bad movie to him. He reacted automatically, like he wasn't himself anymore.
"Call 911", Connor told the principal, desperately trying CPR to save his daughter. His ears burned from the blood running through his head. His skin turned red, because of the heat that filled his whole system.
"Come on. Come on, come on. It's not time yet", he continued, trying CPR and only stopped when he recognized Halsteads reliving words.
"I've got a pulse. It's weak. But it's there."
"We can't waite. We have to go. Let's get her in the car."
With the help of Halstead, he managed to carry her out oft he school, finally put her on the backseat of Halstead car.
"You're driving. I'm staying with her", Connor instructed breathless.
"You're sure?"
"Do it!", he yelled, putting her on his lap. Her face was white as a wall.
"Still breathing?"
"Weakly. I continue to supply her with oxygen. Can you drive faster?"
"Man, I'm having a speed of 90. If we're involved in an accident, we never get her to Gaffneys alive."
The rest of the drive became silent. Connor continued to keep his daughter steady, while Will gave his best to get the car through the traffic.
Finally the panic hit back as soon as they reached the hospital.
"Oh my god", Maggie whispered when they reached the entrance.
They put Amy on a stretcher, fastly brought her into Trauma number 1.
"Okay, I need every hand right here. She's got a septic shock. She already got in v-tech, but we got her back for first", Connor told his colleagues with a raspy voice, praying to god, for the first time in 10 years…