Chapter 14: Wausaukee Ambulance

The nearest hospital was fifty-five minutes away in a town called Marinette. X had been stabilized in the back of the ambulance, but still had not been given pain medication. The ambulance bounced along the long country road, making its way to Bayview Hospital, carefully avoiding all the potholes dug out from Wisconsin winter route salting and plows. Every now and again, the ambulance would hit a pothole and X let out a small whimper of pain. X tried laughing about it with the medics, telling them to watch out for the damn potholes in the road. Because of the road conditions, the ambulance had to drive at 55 mph. An hour later, they arrived at the hospital emergency room.