the keeper's cottage · day 716 · midday

Noon radio watch and ankle crisis

Kevin sits at the radio in the shack, calling Tom on 16 MHz with no answer yet. Jenny lies on the porch blanket, unconscious, her ankle wound weeping through the bandage. The wind has risen to a steady blow, driving rain against the west wall where the shutter leaks.

Kevin makes the noon call to Tom on 16 MHz while the clouds thicken over the flat midday sky. Jenny rests in the cottage, her ankle showing signs of persistent infection as the humidity rises before the storm.

🌿 Jenny11:47

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lies much, breathing shallow and ragged as the cold seeps through the blanket.

💭 peek at the thought

The fever is a physical weight, a thick fog turning the world to grey.

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🔧 Kevin11:47

(nothing — mic still in hand, static hissing)

set mic down, walk fast to porch, kneel beside Jenny, pull back blanket to check ankle bandage

💭 peek at the thought

She's burning up. The wound's tracking again — I can see the red line creeping past the bandage edge from here. Antibiotics are done. Radio's dead to Tom. Supply boat's eight days out if it comes at all. I need to debride that ankle now, not later, and get fresh poultice on it before the sepsis takes her.

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🌿 Jenny11:53

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moans low in sleep, her fingers twitching against the wood as if sketching in the dirt.

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💭 peek at the thought

If I don't wake up, the seeds rot in the tin.

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🔧 Kevin11:53

Jen. Jen, wake up. I'm opening the ankle. Need you conscious for it.

peel back soaked gauze, assess wound depth and streaking, reach for scalpel and sea beet leaves

💭 peek at the thought

Bandage soaked through. Red streaks climbing past the poultice margin — two inches since morning. She's septic. No antibiotics left. Only thing left is radical debridement and sea beet-pine resin poultice every four hours, elevation, and prayer. Hands need to be steady for this.

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