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Running his fingertips over the lands “That sore?”

Wincing, the man nodded

The soldier’s submandibular, pre- and post-cervical and auricular nodes were all enlarged and tender

The man’s heart rate was increased, but that wasn’t uncos sounded raspy with a soft inspiratory wheeze in both lower lobes There was no abdoestive trouble over the past twenty-four hours

“I’ to start you on medication” Cole told him the names of the medicines and what each was for

The

“Unfortunately, you are infectious I can’t let you return to your berthing quarters”

Nodding, thein quarantine?”

“Yes” Cole let his nurse know thewith several others ere also suffering fro the virus fro to the rest of the creas of paramount importance

“There’s an abdominal pain in bay one Lieutenant Sanchez,” Richard informed him “Dr Stockton is in with her She asked for a consult when you finished”

Amelia With the viral outbreak, they’d been so busy they’d not had anycordial, being polite, only occasional unguarded glances hinting at what lay beneath

“Knock, knock,” Cole said, rounding the curtain to enter bay one and take in the scene before him

Amelia looked fabulous in her khaki pants and navy knit shirt, the collar turned down at the base of her throat Her hair was up in a ponytail and her eyes held compassion as she examined her patient

A softly crying pretty Hispanic woman lay on the exam table, her arms crossed protectively over her ample chest

Having been bent over the wo to the wo surprised to see hihtened “I’m sorry, Dr Stanley, but I don’t need your help after all”