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The monitoring equipment went off like an alarm system. Sol was crashing. The attending nurse yelled out for John Holliday who was just leaving for the day.
"Doctor, Sol is crashing! It just started," reported the nurse. He wasted no time in getting to Sol.
Sol hadn't entered defib but his heart rate was rising. He took a scan and his worst fears came true, the serum was attacking his organs as much as it was the cardamine. That's when he took a deep breath and made a request he didn't want to make.
"Nurse, leave the room. I'll handle this," he said to her. She didn't argue although she was stunned. When she left, he locked the door and drew the curtains. He then took an injection needle and filled it with a dose of liquid cardamine and injected into Sol. It was a small dose, just enough to counter the serum, to give the serum a fresh source. He then sat beside him, watching as his vitals returned to a state of normalcy. Then, he turned off the drug that kept him asleep. He sat quietly, his head hanging and the empty syringe of cardamine in his hand.
When Sol would wake up, that is what he would see. A dejected doctor with the syringe. Doc couldn't even look at him when he muttered the words, "I'm sorry, Sol."
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