Stephanie is doing a lot worse this morning than Rose is doing. I wonder if it has to do with the location of the bite. Stephanie was bit on the upper right arm when she reached out trying to grab her son. Rose had been bit on the right calf by a crawling zombie when she stopped to help one of the other women. Stephanie had a higher fever and she has a really wet cough while Rose has a fever, but it did not come on as fast or as high. Her cough is also not as wet sounding as Stephanie's. Neither of them have an appetite, but Ben keeps trying to get them to eat and drink fluids. They both are going down the path we have all seen someone go down when bit, but at different speeds. It has only been around 36 hours since they were bit, but I can't see Stephanie lasting another 36 hours. We are going to have to have another meeting to decide what to do about Stephanie's daughter and what to do about with the women. It better be soon, too.
On a brighter note, our saviours from the other night seem to be decent people and have started to fit in with our group already. I can just hear Jonathans' voice in my head, God rest his soul, that we should not trust them so quickly. But really, if they wanted to do us harm, they could have just let us all die the other night and then taken what they wanted of our supplies when the undead were done devouring us. He is one person who I will not miss, even though I didn't want him dead and surely not the way it happened. I wouldn't wish being eaten alive on my worst enemy.
Wow, that turned out to not be on a brighter note at all. I will have to endeavor to be lighter for the rest today.
Jenna, the teenage girl who helped to save us, is a real favorite with the kids already. She is young enough to still play so they are almost constantly asking her to do so. She doesn't seem to mind and seems to have a good time playing with them. Although, there have already been times when she put her foot down and joined the adults for a meeting.
The man she came with, Steven Williams, also seems to be a good person. He saved her and has kept her with him since. He taught her how to shoot and wants only the best for her. He told me about how he found her when we talked alone last night. I heard all about how her family was already turned when he took her home after rescuing her from the playground and how he had to put them down. He also told me how he hopes to find someone to finish raising her that would be better for her than he is. I think he is mistaken about needing someone else to do so. I think he is just what she needs and if they can find others to be a group with, that would be even better. I hope they decide to stay with our group, we could use people like them.
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