Without thinking Steve said, "Get your purse and let's go" and took meto his car. I was so upset I could hardly walk. Paula came with us. Sheis so swe...et.We got to the hospital up on the intensive care floor. The doctors metus and said my wife was not doing well and may not make it. I thought Iwas going to drop to the floor and faint. Steve and Paula held me up andtook me to Cathy's room.She was still unconscious and looked bad. I sat with her holding herhand praying she would come out of this.. “That’s really nice,” I said, amazed at her ability to make the aches go away so quickly. She massaged each toe and them my heel. It was wonderful. Then she took my right foot and did the same, quickly relieving the pain and replacing it with pleasure. I was floating on a cloud, letting my mind drift with the warmth of the wine and enjoying her gentle but firm touch. Then Laura went back to my left foot. This time, she brought my foot up so my lower leg was sticking up in. The people behind all this had my mom Skype me just before they broke down the hotel room door.’ Mia shot him an incredulous look. ‘They wanted to gloat.’ He rubbed her back in a comforting manner. ‘It’s all going to be ok, I promise. Let’s get in the car. The guy behind the wheel is going to drive us to an airfield and we’ll hitch a ride to Springfield, so I can free my mom and get to work on straightening this mess out.’ Mia nodded and they got in. The four dogs took up the entire rear seat,. We sat next to each other in our assigned seats and I reached for her hand. It was limp.After the takeoff and reaching our cruising altitude, I went to the bathroom and came back to sit beside her. She indicated that she needed to go, but said very little as she moved out of the seat and went down the aisle.When she returned, she sat in her seat and put her head back as if to sleep and was completely silent. After an hour, I leaned over to kiss her and she turned away. Even I could pick up on.