She's Your Giver

A New Life

"Thank Charlie Chaplin & all his works!" Queenie put her hands up to the sky.

"How are you feeling?" Newt knelt down beside his wife.

"Just peachy. I assume I'll just get used to the headache," Tina rolled her eyes & winced.

"Do you think you need a doctor?" Jacob poked his head around Queenie.

"I don't think s-"

A sudden wave of nausea hit Tina.

"Are you okay?" Newt watched as all the colour drained from Tina's face.

"I-"

Jumping up, Tina ran to the bathroom.

Horrible retching sounds filled the house.

"Oh no..." Newt ran after her.

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"Better?" Newt asked with his arm around Tina, protecting her.

"A bit," Tina took a sip of water.

"How can a person throw up for 30 minutes?" Jacob looked confused. "And you just woke up too. You haven't eaten anything."

Queenie hushed him.

"I think we should go to the doctor."

"I don't want to..." Tina whined.

"Love, you're not well," Newt chided.

"Still..."

"We'll see how you feel in an hour or so. Then, we'll see."

"We won't have to go, I promise you that."

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"Hello, I'm Dr Harvey. What seems to be the problem?"

"Well, this morning I started feeling really dizzy & I-I passed out," Tina explained. "After coming to, I threw up for a rather long time."

"How long?"

"Half an hour," Newt responded.

"Hmmm," Dr Harvey wrote something down in an overflowing notebook.

"Am I sick?" Tina looked worried.

"One second. May I take your blood pressure?"

"Uh...sure."

Dr Harvey took out a sphygmomanometer & strapped it around Tina's arm.

She then squeezed the pump & Tina could feel the strap tightening around her arm.

"Hmmm," Dr Harvey looked the meter. "Your blood pressure seems to be a bit higher than normal."

"Is she okay?" Newt asked, worriedly.

"It seems to be a virus. There's been a bug floating around so she must've caught it."

"How can we treat it?" Tina inquired. 

"We don't have medicine for this particular bug, but most in cases you'll feel better in about 2 days."

"Is there anything we can do?"

"Well, just eat nice & healthy. Lots of fruit & vegetables. And cut back on caffeine."

Tina turned to Newt, horrified.

"Shh, it's okay," Newt reassured.

"Is everything okay?" Dr Harvey tilted her head.

"I-"