the keeper's cottage · day 959 · dawn

Morning debridement

Jenny sits on the wooden bench while the steady rain drums on the tin roof. Kevin prepares the basin of warm salt water and the sterilized tools for the ankle treatment. The water tank is nearing capacity as the downpour continues to pour.

Kevin administered the morning dose of doxycycline to Jenny while preparing a salt soak for her ankle. He debrided the wound and applied a fresh sea beet poultice before wrapping it in gauze. The rain continues to fill the water tank to its capacity.

🔧 Kevin12:55

Water's hot. Let it cool a minute. Take the doxycycline first — empty stomach absorbs it better.

set the tin mug with two doxycycline tablets and a spoon on the bench beside her, then lift the basin of steaming salt water onto the low stool in front of her feet

💭 peek at the thought

She's watching me set up. Good. Let her see the routine — basin, salt, clean gauze, the antibiotics laid out in order. The fever broke sometime after midnight; her breathing's deeper now. But the red line on her calf hasn't retreated. If it's still tracking by noon, the boat can't wait for the tide window.

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🌿 Jenny12:56

I know. Just wait...

swallow the pills with a grimace, wincing as the movement sends a throb up to the knee.

💭 peek at the thought

My head is a furnace and my leg feels like it's being eaten by hot acid.

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🔧 Kevin12:56

Good. Now the leg.

kneel on the wooden floor, unfold a clean gauze roll on my thigh, and reach for the first layer of wrapping at her ankle

💭 peek at the thought

She's protecting the leg — keeping weight off it, moving careful. The grimace tells me the inflammation's still deep, not just surface. Knee joint involvement would mean the antibiotics aren't penetrating fast enough. Need to watch the popliteal fossa when I unwrap.

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🌿 Jenny12:57

Kevin...

watch his fingers work, methodically stripping away the old, saturated gauze, the rustling sound like dry leaves in the storm.

💭 peek at the thought

His hands are shaking but steady. God, his hands are shaking.

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