Chapter 6 - Page 75 - Rhasha's Bed

   “The children will be taken care of,” Jim replied. “If you wish, you can leave them with us.”

   The man nodded. Jim shook his hand. “Thank you for bringing them to us,” Jim said. “Any time you know of anybody who needs help, please let us know.”

   The slender black man motioned for the others to get up, so they could leave. “It’s good to know that we have someone to turn to, if we need help,” he said.

   Jim invited them to eat breakfast at the dining hall. They all accepted his invitation and left the hospital.

   Jim returned to the sick woman’s bedside. Pepper rolled a heart monitor from the office and positioned it beside the woman’s bed. She plugged the electrical cord into the wall socket and taped the monitor wires to the woman’s chest, then she turned the monitor on. It was an old-style monitor with a black and white screen. A thin black line ran through the middle of it. Jim and Pepper waited for the monitor to receive information from the woman’s heart.

   The thin line continued to scroll horizontally across the screen. Suddenly the line shot upward slightly to a peak and then settled back into the straight line. Another peak followed, and another, following the woman’s heartbeat.

   Jim looked at the woman. The heart monitor was hooked up and the IV was in her arm. An oxygen mask covered the woman’s nose and mouth. Nothing more could be done until the doctor arrived.

   As he looked at the woman in the bed, he realized more construction needed to be done to the hospital.