Chapter 5 - The Emergency Toxicology Results From The Lab
Mark pulled his heavy truck directly into the emergency ambulance bay of Boston Children's Hospital, tires screeching against the wet pavement.
A team of pediatric nurses and ER doctors met him at the automatic glass doors, immediately transferring Lily onto a rolling medical gurney.
"Her pulse is elevated, and her core body temperature is hovering near one hundred and three degrees," the lead ER physician called out briskly.
Mark stood in the sterile hallway, his heart hammering against his ribs as he watched the medical team hook up heart monitoring pads.
An hour of agonizing silence passed while Mark paced back and forth across the linoleum floor, praying for his daughter's life.
Dr. Aris, a senior pediatric toxicologist, stepped out of the private examination room holding a glowing digital tablet under his arm.
"Mr. Sterling, we ran a comprehensive metabolic panel and a broad-spectrum toxicology screen on your daughter's blood," Dr. Aris reported soberly.
"What did you find, Doctor? Is she going to be okay?" Mark demanded, his voice cracking with intense, fatherly desperation.
"We found traces of a synthetic tasteless powder called Sedatol-4, commonly used to induce chronic lethargy and confusion," Dr. Aris revealed.
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Mark felt the air leave his lungs as the horrifying reality set in; Vanessa had been poisoning Lily to keep her too weak to speak up.
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