The car bounced over the gravel road, but I couldn’t muster the energy to lift my head. It took a second to make my eyes open. “What happened?” I was lying across the backseat in Dad’s SUV.
“You fainted, sweetheart.” Mom brushed my hair out of my face. “We’re almost to the hospital.”
“That’s good, I guess.” A cold drop of sweat rolled down my forehead. My mom’s face spun in my vision, and I had to close my eyes to keep from throwing up.
When the car jerked to a stop, I nearly rolled off the seat. “Dad’s going to carry you inside.”
The world tilted as he lifted me into his arms. Mom walked ahead of us to the front desk. The nurse stood as Mom started rattling off information. “My daughter has a very high fever. And we think she has infected scratches on her shoulder.”
The nurse gave my
