Cedar Woman (144 page)

s
o
l
u
tion
i
n
t
h
e
att
e
m
p
t
to
pre
v
e
n
t re
p
eated
ear
i
n
fectio
n
s
,
w
h
ich
c
ou
l
d result
in
p
o
ss
i
ble
hear
i
ng
l
o
ss.
They
wou
ld
dra
i
n
any
c
o
llecting
f
l
uid,
a
n
d
h
e
l
p
t
o
p
r
e
v
e
n
t
e
n
s
u
in
g
p
r
o
b
le
m
s.

T
h
is
was
t
h
eir
first
d
ay
h
o
me
after
a
tw
o
-
d
ay
stay
at
t
h
e
ho
s
p
ital. As with
his
o
ther
t
w
o
s
u
rg
eries,
L
og
a
n
s
p
i
k
e
d
a hi
g
h fev
e
r
aft
e
r
his
op
e
ratio
n
.
T
h
e
h
y
p
erther
m
ia
k
e
p
t
h
im
in
C
h
il
d
ren’s u
n
til it
c
ou
ld
b
e
k
e
p
t
u
n
d
e
r
c
on
t
r
o
l.

Le
n
a s
p
e
n
t
m
o
st
o
f
t
h
eir stay
in
t
h
e
ho
s
p
ital lyi
n
g
in
t
h
e crib
Lo
g
an
o
ccu
p
ied.
Cra
d
led wit
h
in his
m
o
t
h
er’s ar
m
s,
h
e
m
a
d
e
it t
h
r
o
ugh
t
h
e o
r
deal.
No
w,
a
t ho
m
e,
e
x
h
a
u
s
ted,
he rested
q
u
ietl
y
.

She
l
o
ok
e
d
do
w
n u
po
n
his
sleepi
n
g
f
o
r
m
.
Sof
t
,
r
ou
nd b
a
by
chee
k
s, sh
a
d
ow
e
d by a
cresc
e
nt of e
y
elash,
pulled
at
h
e
r
heart.

I love
you
s
o much!
she
w
h
i
s
per
e
d
t
o herse
l
f.

Lena
lay back on
the pillows placed
t
o
support her
ba
c
k
.
This was one of
her favorite
places
t
o be
–
especially
in
the
e
a
r
l
y
morning hours. She
c
ou
l
d
wa
t
ch
t
h
e
da
w
n
w
h
ile
ho
l
di
n
g
h
e
r
sweet
b
o
y
.
S
o
o
n
t
h
e
d
u
cks

w
o
uld
b
e
g
i
n
t
h
eir
q
u
ack
i
n
g
,
t
h
e
geese
t
h
eir
ho
nk
i
n
g
,
t
h
e
bi
r
d
s
t
h
eir

si
ng
i
n
g
,
a
n
d
s
un
wo
u
l
d
s
p
il
l
o
u
t
up
o
n
t
h
e
la
k
e
li
k
e a
li
qu
i
d
rain
b
ow,
p
ou
red
f
rom
a
giant
pitcher
b
y t
h
e
h
an
d of
C
reato
r
.

Lena
shift
e
d
h
er
b
o
dy a
little
and
r
e
posit
i
on
e
d
L
o
g
a
n.
Glanci
n
g d
ow
n u
po
n him
once
aga
i
n,
her
b
reath
c
a
u
ght
i
n her t
h
r
o
a
t:

W
h
at
you
ha
v
e
tau
g
ht
me!
s
h
e
m
arveled.
Y
o
ur
b
ea
u
ty
tran
s
ce
n
ds
yo
u
r
a
n
o
m
a
ly
.

H
o
w
c
o
uld
any
one
n
o
t
see
his
beaut
y
?
It
was
there
in
t
h
e
way
his br
i
ght
hair
c
ur
led,
his
l
o
vel
y
,
la
r
g
e,
l
u
m
inous,
b
r
ow
n
e
ye
s,
his
c
hu
bby

c
h
eeks,
d
i
m
p
l
ed
,
star-li
k
e
h
a
nd
s
and
v
ibrant
s
m
ile.
A
fai
n
t,
w
h
ite
scar

g
a
v
e
test
i
m
on
y
t
o
t
h
e
li
p
cl
o
s
u
re
a
t
a
g
e
tw
o
m
on
t
h
s,
a
n
d
n
o
w
t
h
e
stitc
h
es
b
elow
h
is left
no
s
t
r
il fr
o
m
t
h
e tip
r
h
ino
p
lasty.