Here they come!(Healer will be needed)
05-22-2013, 05:56 PM
| Erani |
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Erani felt a surge of relief when Ookami stirred and began licking her children. But her movements were weaker than they should have been. Thane gave her the answer she needed, and she set about her work. Sliding down into the den, she took a moment to check the pups, then turned her attention to the heavily bleeding mother. Gently, she set about grooming the area, cleaning it to get a better idea of how bad the bleeding was. The blood returned almost immediately, followed by a second wave, in time with the beat of the heart. She turned and selected the herb she had chosen and nosed it in front of Ookami?s muzzle. ?Eat this, Ookami. It?ll help to slow the bleeding? It was a fast working coagulant, and would slow the bleeding in minutes. She looked around, worried. The afterbirth was still in there. It?s passing could start that bleeding again. She checked the bleeding. Good. It had already begun to slow. She glanced to Thane. ?You?re doing well just as you are, being with her, keeping her calm.? She studied Ookami, who had fallen back into unconsciousness. ?She has a strong heart. If she means to stay alive, she will. Your pups are all three healthy. Between yourself and them, you will serve as a reason to fight to live. No mother would dare let death take her when she has children to live for and protect.? She gently groomed the mother, doing her best to clean the den. The blood soaking the bedding was not a good environment for an ill mother and new pups. ?Help me clean out the soiled bedding. She and the pups need warmth, and the blood won?t help that.? She gently began prizing the soiled bedding from the den, tossing it out. Upon the last bit of bedding?s removal, she slipped out of the den and loped quickly toward a patch of moss. She gathered as much of the soft moss as she could, and gave her head a strong shake, wresting any moisture from it. Then she turned back and carried it to the den. She dropped the moss at the mouth of the den, then returned and gathered more. Several trips were made, with periodical checkups on Ookami and the pups. Then she settled outside the den, watching Ookami, and wondering where in Luna?s name Preston was. She rose and slid back into the den, checking Ookami?s bleeding. Much better. A slow ooze. Not the pulsing flood of before. Ashe worried still. The afterbirth had yet to arrive. She just hoped that when it did, the coagulant herb would fight the bleeding that would cause. |