Ike
				       Chapter Eight
				        The Miracle
	When we finally found a hospitl we went inside. I went over to the
front desk and explained to a friendly nurse that Callie need help, and fast.
she put Callie on a stretcher and wheeled her into the ER. she told us to sit
and wait in the waiting room. I sat down and picked up todays paper. Zac
went over and got pop from the vending machine and Tay just paced like a
caged lion.
	I sat there reading the newspaper and found out that we made front
page news. On the front page was a picure from the cover of Midlle of
Nowhere along with a description of what had happened, and who we were. I
read that then moved to the sports section. By that time I had read the whole
sports and comics the nurse had returned.
	"Is she going to be alright?" Taylor asked, with his lips trembling.
	"Yes, she's in intensive care, but she should live."
   	Then for the first time in his life Jordan Taylor Hanson fainted. Zac,
not knowing what to do, reached over and pinched him hard on the arm.
Taylor's eyes flicked open and he stood up, abit red faced about the whole
fainting incident.
	"Can we see her now?"
	"Yes, follow me."
	Taylor followed at her heals with Zac behind him and I brought up the
rear. She led us to the ICU and to Callie's room. Taylor went in quietly, trying
not to disturb Callie. He peered over at her sleeping face and sat down on one
of those horrid hospital chairs, clutching Callie's hand as if letting go would
make her slip into death. the tears in the corner of his eyes glistened when
light shone in from the windows, the faded yellow curtians had been drawn so
that the fadinf light of dusk gently shone into the room.
	Taylor looked crushed. How could I tell him that everything would be
alright when the love of his life was hooked up to a respirator, an IV needle
stuck into her plae white skin. I looked over at him and saw the tears gently
sliding down his cheeks. I grabbed Zac's arm nad led him out of the room
explaining to him in the hallway that Taylor needed to be alone with Callie.
Zac understood, and we both morosly walked down the hall to the waitng
room.
	I sat down, trying to think of what to do next. First the three of us haf
to have a place to stay. Next we had to call out parents and tell them to call
Callie's folks. I remebered I had a great aunt that lived in Oklahoma city. I
think her name's Ada Taurner. I decided that she would be getting a call from
her favorite grand nephew in the very near future.
			

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