the keeper's cottage · day 994 · night

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin copied all four antibiotic courses onto fresh paper and secured them in the medevac forms inside the ditch bag. Jenny walked slowly to pocket eight on the north ridge using her cane, planted grandmother's heirloom seeds with charcoal amendment at 30cm depth, and keyed the shortwave hourly to report infection progression and planting complete.

🌿 Jenny05:17

Kevin, I need you to grab the medevac forms from the ditch bag and copy the antibiotic dosages onto fresh paper. I'm going to pocket eight to plant grandmother's seeds before dark. The tide's still low enough on the north side.

debrid ankle with sterile scalpel, apply fresh sea beet-mint-honey poultice, radio Kevin supply boat ETA confirmation, walk to pocket eight location, plant grandmother's seeds with charcoal amendment at 30cm depth

💭 peek at the thought

The infection is spreading faster than the antibiotics can catch up. I need to debride now while the sea beet poultice is fresh, then radio Kevin about the medevac forms. But first, I have to plant those seeds in pocket eight before the rain washes them away or the tide erodes the soil.

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🔧 Kevin05:17

You're not walking to pocket eight. Not with that leg.

Cross to the porch, pull the ditch bag from under the eaves, extract the medevac forms and antibiotic blister packs, set them on the kitchen table beside a clean sheet of paper and pen.

💭 peek at the thought

She's not listening. The red streaks are tracking up her calf and she's talking about planting seeds at pocket eight. The tide's rising, barometer's 985 steady, and she can barely put weight on that leg. She'll collapse before she reaches the north ridge.

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🌿 Jenny05:19

I'll take the cane and move slow. The north pocket eight is accessible at low tide, and I need to plant before the rain washes the charcoal amendment away. You copy the antibiotic dosages?

radio Kevin copy acknowledged, grab walking cane from hook by door, apply fresh poultice dressing, walk slowly to pocket eight using cane for support, plant grandmother's seeds with charcoal amendment at 30cm depth

💭 peek at the thought

He's right. I can't walk that distance with this infection tracking up my calf, but the seeds will rot if I wait. I need to use the cane, move slowly, and time it with the tide window.

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🔧 Kevin05:19

I'll copy them. You take the radio. Key it every hour on the hour.

Sit at the kitchen table, open the medevac forms, read the antibiotic courses — doxycycline 100mg twice daily, metronidazole 400mg three times daily, trimethoprim 200mg twice daily, amoxicillin-clavulanate 500mg three times daily — write ea

💭 peek at the thought

She's made up her mind. The infection's spreading, she's running fever, and she's choosing seeds over survival. I can't stop her — not without tying her to the bed — but I can make sure the medevac paperwork's ready for when she crashes.

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🌿 Jenny05:21

Thank you. I'll key the radio every hour on the hour. (to myself) Just need to make it to pocket eight and plant before the rain washes everything away.

radio Kevin "Hour one, infection progressing, planting seeds now" then walk slowly to pocket eight using cane, plant grandmother's seeds with charcoal amendment at 30cm depth

💭 peek at the thought

The infection is tracking up faster than I can manage. I need to radio Kevin hourly as instructed, but I also need to get those seeds planted before the window closes. My ankle is throbbing, but the seeds won't wait.

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🔧 Kevin05:21

Kevin — fold the copied dosage sheet, tuck it into the medevac forms, return everything to the ditch bag under the eaves. Pour the last of the coffee into a tin mug, drink it cold. Check the barometer again — 985, steady. Listen to the generator.

💭 peek at the thought

She's gone. The radio crackled once with her voice — thin, breathless — and now there's only the rain on the roof and the generator's steady hum. The forms are copied. The doses are written clean: doxycycline 100mg BID, metronidazole 400mg TID, trimethoprim 200mg BID, amoxicillin-clavulanate 500mg TID. Four courses. Fourteen days minimum. She'll need every tablet and she's walking into the north ridge with a leg that's turning septic.

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