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‘Hello, Jake,’ Callureeted as they stopped at the three-year-old’s bedside ‘I heard you wrestled a lion the other day’

Jake giggled and looked at his mother, who smiled at Callum ‘No, it was a crocodile, wasn’t it, Jakey?’

Jake giggled again

‘Is it OK if I have a look at where this croc got you?’ Callurinned

Jake nodded shyly and held out his bandaged arm The other arm rapped up too, to secure the IV Hailey reached out to re it She was so used to doing things like this for doctors that it was a nice change to come across one who could do his own dirty work

‘Ah, now, see here,’ Callum said to his students as he revealed the wound ‘This is a classic case of cellulitis A central wound and a reddened area of skin surrounding it where the subcutaneous tissues have been infla to the perfectly for area, ‘the definite demarcation line where the inflammation halts’

The students peered closer and nodded

‘How big was that croc, Jake?’ Callum asked ‘That’s an impressive wound’

‘He was this big,’ Jake said, his eyes al into the swing of the game

The tea when Calluazes met and Callum winked at her Her smile slipped The memory of how he had done exactly that on the balcony taunted her and the strange fluttery sensation it had caused in the pit of her stomach returned

‘He’s going to need longer on the antibiotics,’ Callu Jake’s mother ‘We’ll review the wound every day but I wouldn’t count on being out of here for at least two more days’

The team waited for Calluh-dependency bay, directly opposite the nurses’ station, which currently housed only three patients