![]() ![]() ''I'm going to try to revive him. These emit a powerful shock. He began to rub two defibrillators together. ''Lifty!'' Shifty cried out, rushing to his brother's side. The line on the monitor had flattened and the many beeps became one long one. Until finally, Lifty stopped gasping and went completely still. He kept at it for a long while as the monitor beeped faster and faster. But now it had begun to beep rapidly. Lifty was now gasping loudly for air. The heart monitor Lifty was hooked up to had going at a calming pace. If that happens-'' Within seconds of his prediction, that very thing began to happen. ''I'm sorry to say that there's a good chance his heart will stop. ''We'll have to wait and see.'' Sniffles answered. ''What do we do, Sniffles?'' Shifty asked, now very terrified for Lifty. ''His lungs are filled with dust.'' Sniffles confirmed. That would explain Lifty struggling to breathe. His brother's lungs, blue on the screen, were clouded with a type of dusty material. Shifty could see something was not right. Sniffles waved him over to join him at the computer screen. After lots of tapping and adjusting, Sniffles, who had been quiet the whole while, said ''Ah, here's the problem.'' Sniffles placed the device over Lifty's chest. ''Find out what's blocking his airways.'' ''I'm going to X-ray his lungs.'' Sniffles said while getting the equipment. ''So, what happens now?'' he asked Sniffles. After checking Lifty into a room, Sniffles and Shifty now stood over him, watching him as he continued to struggle for breath. The three Tree Friends arrived at the hospital a short while later. All the while, Shifty struggled to hold back tears. Shifty feared that Sniffles would suggest that, but what other choice was there? Entrusting Sniffles with Lifty's care, he helped carry him into the van and drove them off. ''I'm afraid we have to take him into the hospital.'' ''I don't know the cause of this,'' Sniffles explained, ''but this is no minor fever.'' He placed his hand on Shifty's shoulder. There's some sort of contracting in his lungs.'' ''His heart is going quite fast.'' he said to Shifty. His eyes widened a bit as he heard the raccoon's breathing and heart rate. Sniffles took out his stethoscope and placed it over Lifty's chest. As Lifty's temperature rose, so too did the fear rise in his brother. He realized Lifty had grown hotter in the last few minutes. ''He's burning worse than I thought.'' he said with surprise. He placed his hand on Lifty's forehead and quickly jerked it away and wiped it. Sniffles stood by Lifty's bed as he looked down at the still-unconscious raccoon. ''Where is he?'' the anteater calmly asked. He ran to answer it and found Sniffles standing at the entrance, a black leather bag in hand, his calm demeanor so out of place next to Shifty's anxious, fearful one. Where are you, Sniffles?, he thought anxiously.įinally, he heard a knock at the front door. Shifty was glad that had passed, but his heart grew heavier in anticipation. ![]() Panicked, Shifty ran to Lifty's bed and held his hand in both of his until the coughing spasm had passed. Suddenly he heard Lifty coughing behind him. He looked out the window, eagerly waiting for Sniffles. He kept glancing at Lifty, who was growing no better. Shifty paced the room, unable to sit still. ![]()
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