As it rains outside

From Holly: There are raindrops on the hospital room window. They bounce back light from the street many stories below. Teresa is in a deep sleep late this evening. Her breathing is steady, but faster than usual because her body has been so warm. Tonight her fever topped 104.9 degrees. The night nurse, a very kind man named John, gave her Tylenol which lowered her fever to 102.8. He repeated blood cultures and increased the mycamine dose. He checks her often. We waited, worried, for it to spike again, but now several hours later, it has finally fallen below 100 and she can rest more quietly. I'm resting more quietly too, paging through our photos here in the dark as the night rain ends. Waiting for the next day.