Chapter Fifty-Six Tasha’s eyes fluttered open. She was cold, tired, and unable to focus, but she immediately knew where she was. It was a very familiar environment to her. She was in the back of an ambulance, but it wasn’t moving. She began trying to assess her situation. There was an oxygen mask on her face, a pulse oximeter on her finger, and a blood pressure cuff on her left arm. She could feel the IV catheter in her right forearm. By the feeling in her back, she'd been in this same position for some time. The pain in her side was still there, but less, and she could feel the effect of the narcotics in her system. Looking up, she saw a large bag of IV saline hanging above her. It was mixing with the whole blood that was being infused through the catheter in her arm. There was a small

