Within a few minutes she was standing just outside room 314. She took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

Dr. Sutherland: "Mary..."
Mary: "Um, hi."

Mary looked around nervously, clutching Kat's charts tightly behind her back. She backed up to a table in the corner and dropped the papers onto it.

Dr. Sutherland: "Why are you here?"
Mary: "It's visiting hours. I'm allowed!"

Dr. Sutherland sighed and lead Mary out of the room.

Mary: "What happened?"
Dr. Sutherland: "Ms. Wilson died last night."

Mary blinked up at the doctor.

Mary: "How? Why? I mean... clearly she wasn't in the best of health, but she'd been holding on for so long..."

Dr. Sutherland: "We believe she had a seizure. Her readings went off the chart quite suddenly. A nurse reached her quickly, but it was too late. If someone had gotten there sooner... well. They didn't. The seizure was violent, her spinal cord snapped just above the 5th cervical vertebra. She died almost instantly from spinal shock."
Mary: "All that... from a seizure?"

Dr. Sutherland took of his glasses and rubbed his eyes before putting them back on. He took a deep breath and paused before answering.

Dr. Sutherland: "It's unusual, yes."

Mary could see there was something else he wanted to say, but he didn't. She didn't push. He gave her one last look before walking down the hallway. Mary watched until he turned the corner, then took one final look into Kat's room before letting the door swing shut.