\u201cTrixie stop barking,\u201d Erin calls. She gets up from the couch slowly. \u201cI can\u2019t believe how tired I am.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taking a few steps towards the back door to let Trixie out, Erin stops at the corner of the kitchen island and puts a hand out to steady herself on the counter.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh my. Can\u2019t catch. My breath. Trixie. Stop barking.\u201d<\/p>\n
Remembering it was her late husband who took care of the dog, her eyes tear up slightly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI miss him so,\u201d she thinks.<\/p>\n
Moving toward the back door, Erin reaches down and lifts Trixie up onto the washing machine to place the leash on her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou stink, Trixie. Your bath will have to wait till I feel better. Not sure what is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trixie, finally leashed, is lifted down and out they go through the back door into the cold winter air.<\/p>\n
Erin gets down the steps and leans against the house to catch her breath. Meanwhile, Trixie relieves herself against a flower pot.<\/p>\n
After about a minute, Erin begins to walk very slowly, with Trixie pulling on the leash. After about five minutes walking, Erin slows to a stop.<\/p>\n
Looking back, Erin thinks to herself, \u201cI have only walked about 50 meters. I am not sure I can even walk back to the house.\u201d<\/p>\n
Erin takes out her cell phone and calls her son at work.<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas, I don\u2019t feel well. You need to come home.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, I\u2019m at work. What’s up?\u201d Thomas asks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t. Catch. My. Breath. I think. I need. To go. To the. Hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will be there in ten minutes Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["glynda-rees","rob-kruger",null,"glynda-kruger","rob-morrison","janet"],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-sa"},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[115],"license":[54],"class_list":["post-613","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-janet","license-cc-by-sa"],"part":605,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/613\/revisions"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/605"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/613\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=613"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=613"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}