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Show Nocturne/ 13 the sky was still inky, while somewhere her husband and her little boy slept. Later, her husband claimed he was dreaming about her. Only the designated code responders were in the room when Summer Smith died. Other nurses were ensuring their patients were sleeping through the night. Another group of nurses remained at their computers, across from the patient rooms, still watching the monitor. Lauren Elliott remembered feeling grateful she did not have to thread tubes through another dying person's throat that night. But she saw Mark Grover's numbers on the screen and she felt uncomfortable. Yet, no alarms sounded. After inquiries, she realized the patient belonged to Carolyn. She wondered why the numbers kept dropping. When Dr. Snow walked out of Summer's room, he also noticed Mark Grover's low reading. He asked the nurses why they were not responding. They told him Carolyn had taken care of it. He snapped. He told one of them to go check on the situation. He was furious that no one else noticed. Lauren stood up quickly. It was night, and everything should have been quiet and still. Lauren walked in to check on Mark Grover. Carolyn was still standing there. Before Lauren asked about the patient, she asked Carolyn if she heard the code. Carolyn said she had. Lauren told Carolyn they lost Summer Smith. She did not want to tell Carolyn. Without thinking, Carolyn rushed to the head of Mark Grover's bed and pressed the code button. She was so tired-she wished she was anywhere but that room. |