The Son of Red Fang by Diana Sockriter novel Chapter 267

*What am I in for? I’ve never gone through withdrawal before.”

“First I need to know exactly what you’re feeling”

“Freezing cold, dizzy, I’ve got a migraine which makes being in this toom very difficult.”

“The lights?” Angela asks.

He nods even though he’s leaning forward on his knees again.

“The echo in here hunts too.”

“So you’re having light and sound sensitivities.”

“Yes ma’am. I feel like hurling even though it’s been a while since I’ve eaten or drank anything. Abs hurt constantly. My whole body does, actually. Feels like I’ve been hit by a bus.”

“You said that last night.” I chime in.

“Have any of your symptoms changed while you’ve been here?”

He nods his head but takes his time before speaking.

“My head and my tremors.”

“You have noticed that they have changed?”

“Yes ma’am.”

“Can you tell me how?”

“My head was throbbing constantly but the dizziness only happened with fast movements after my encounter with the counter. It started dying down Wednesday morning. Had it stayed persistent then I would have been a lot stronger about getting Madilyn back to the alpha. Although I won’t turn a little away I can’t protect them, take care of them after something this harsh happens. My migraines and everything that goes with it, came back even worse several hours after Lucas kicked me in the face. I figured it was a delayed reaction to the concussion.”

“And the tremors?”

“My hands always have a bit of shakiness but it feels like it’s in my entire body.”

“Is that unusual for you considering the stress, pain and anxiety of being here injured?”

“Honestly, no. I just noticed that the migraine and full body tremors started about the same time after they had started to subside.”

“When was that?”

I join the conversation now that I’ve finished reading the document Angela gave me.

“It started creeping in while at dinner. It hit me hard when you interrupted Dr. Pierce’s desire to do the lidocaine shots around my leg.”

“Did that play a part in not wanting the shots?”

He shakes his head, lowering his face back into his hands.

I watch silently as he slowly moves his hands to the sides of his head, covering his ears. I must admit that it’s nice to see this calm and mature side of him. “Hopefully we have caught this before you have gone too deep into withdrawal. The silver panels I have ordered will give me an idea of which issue we are

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dealing with as there are two different types of withdrawal you can encounter.

The first type is when you have received either a large dose of low purity silver or a small dose of high purity silver. Withdrawal of either of those is calle Silver Shock Syndrome. Most healthy wolves can make it off of that without an issue. You just feel like you’ve caught a virus and feel really bad for about da week. Headache, dizziness, nausea, muscle aches and sometimes vomiting.”

“Sounds like the aftermath of a late night party.”

He states dryly with a slight chuckle to his voice.

“What if I’ve got both low and high purity in my blood?”

He gets right back to being serious.

“Triple S in your condition would already be a serious ordeal for you to deal with. If you come back with significant concentrations of both high and low purity silver or an extremely high concentration of high purity then that is considered silver poisoning. Withdrawal from silver poisoning without medical help has a fifty percent death rate in healthy wolves.”

“I guess that means I don’t have much of a shot, do I?”

The sadness in his voice physically hurts as his silent tears fall.

“I guess dad really had it out for me this time.”

“You think he exposed you to silver purposely?”

I prod hoping that he forgot that my phone next to him is recording. He shakes his head slowly.

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