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‘So will you do an ultrasound?’

‘As’ He looked up and s can be roup so she will have to have cystography’

‘And you’ll send her for a DMSA scan?’

‘Yes And, Libby…’ He sat back in his chair ‘We need to try and get her to take oral fluids’

‘I know’ Libby nodded, well aware of that fact ‘Noe’ve got the urine sample I’ll concentrate on that I’ve explained the importance of fluids to the mother’

‘Is she breast-feeding?’

Libby shook her head ‘Bottle’

Andreas finished what he was doing and stood up ‘Let’s get that drip up’

‘I’ll get a trolley ready’

Libby spent the rest of the shift looking after Rachel, reassured by the fact that Andreas ithin shouting distance if the baby’s condition worsened Apart from one trip down to the A and E department to assess a child, he spentto know the children andhis team

Libby tried hard to forget what had happened the night before but it was difficult to concentrate with those sexy dark eyes following her round the ward

He was aas far as she was concerned

Trouble

Libby was updating Rachel’s charts at the nurses’ station when she glanced up and saw a young girl hovering by the entrance of the ward

Her eyes widened

‘Adrienne?’ She recognised Andreas’s niece immediately, dropped her pen onto the desk and walked across to her ‘Hi, there Aren’t you supposed to be at school?’

The girl glared at her defiantly but her lip wobbled slightly ‘I’ve run away And I’ back Ever I hate it there’

Oops

Her dark hair looked s around her eyes where she’d been crying She looked very vulnerable and very young

Libby leaned against the wall, her expression sympathetic ‘Do you want to tell me why?’