“Are her kidneys all right?” Mariana asked, leaning over the mattress to smooth Lily’s dark hair back from her face.

“We ran a full metabolic panel twenty minutes ago,” Dr.

Arispe said.

“Her blood chemistry shows heat stress, but there’s no permanent damage to her kidneys or any other organ.”

I leaned my shoulder against the doorframe as the heavy iron weight in my chest finally let go.

“She responded right away to the cooling sheets and IV fluids,” the doctor said.

“We’ll monitor her blood pressure for four more hours, but we expect a full recovery.”