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[alt_lupin]

She's fallen into a coma.

The healer said she wasn't really supposed to tell me anything, as I'm not family, but she saw me outside the ward and came out for a quick chat.

She was on her rounds this morning, checking on all the patients, and when she reached Tonks she just wouldn't wake up.

They do think hers is a relatively mild case, as she stayed semi-conscious for quite a while after showing the signs and being admitted to the hospital, but she's still in a coma so I don't see that a mild case is any better than a serious one at this point.

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[alt_arthur]

Blast.

I'll stop by after work myself, Remus, to see if there has been any change. I suppose with two of us asking after her, they'll get the idea that there are people who care about her.

[alt_lupin]

I think there's only really one kind of change we're going to see now, Arthur, until they develop a cure for this thing. But I'm sure she'd appreciate knowing that you visited none the less.

[alt_molly]

Arthur, I've knit a bed-jacket which you can take the next time you visit her.

Oh, how I wish I could do more!

[alt_arthur]

Thanks, Molly. I'm sure she'll be touched by it when she wakes up.

And she will wake up again.

[alt_sirius]

Circe. 'Blast' is right.

There may be a value in hers being a minor case, though. If it means that once they have their cure (not soon enough, if you ask me), she has an easier recovery of it.

Still. In the short term, you're quite right - a coma's a coma.

How many cases do they have now? Have you been able to get any sort of reconnoiter on your visits? The muggle version ran rampant, so if halfblood and pure cases aren't spreading as rapidly, that's at least a good sign.

Merlin, I can't believe I'm actually calling any of this 'good.'

[alt_lupin]

You're right, of course. Anything that may ease her recovery is certainly to be welcomed. I suppose it's just difficult to even think about the possibility of recovery when everything seems so bleak.

The wards are all closed now, and they seem to be dotted about St Mungo's wherever there's space, so it's difficult to get a clear line on how many wards there actually are, and how many people in each one. The healers seem to be run ragged by it, but they're not overwhelmed, so I do think it's spreading more slowly through the magical population.

I just wish they'd hurry up and find a blasted cure.

[alt_poppy]

Oh, dear. I had so hoped hers was a truly mild case since I'd not heard of her slipping into sustained unconsciousness. I'm very sorry to hear that she has done.

I have no idea how many purebloods and halfbloods have fallen sick, except that it's enough that no one is now claiming that blood status is protective.

I do have one small piece of information to add to what you've said about the state of things at St Mungo's. I needed to consult with one of their specialists earlier this week, but when I'd got through and requested to speak with Eunomia Wright, whose expertise is in anomalous fevers, I was told she wasn't in. I pressed, because I especially wished to speak with her, and was then told she was not off-shift but was currently assigned 'at Marylebone' and, thus, couldn't conveniently be reached.

I take this to mean that they may have been forced to shift patients to some new facility there. I'd not heard of any such thing before this, so I could be misconstruing what she said. There were rumours a year ago that St Mungo's were taking over an old sanatorium somewhere in London to use for treating prisoners transferred from the Ministry and elsewhere, but I never heard confirmation of that, and I've no idea where that facility was supposed to be located.

[alt_alice]

I'm sorry, love.

Please let us know as you learn more.