Angela arrives at the hospital in record time in hysterics with tears streaming down her face. Mary embraces her and strokes her disheveled hair, "Sweet girl, why are you crying tell me what is going on?"

Angela wipes her face with the tissue Enid hands her, "Lily called and told me Leo is having a hard time with all the tests, and I just can't stop thinking about five years ago when he got hurt so badly. He must have been so scared and I just left him all alone."

Mary embraces Angela again and gives Lily the stink eye, " Of course, Lily called you. Don't worry sweetheart we will find a way to make everything alright again, I promise....Actually, since you are here now, it kinda does change everything about the study." Angela sniffs back some wet nose tears. "It might be possible, our Leo could go back home tonight and recover in his own bed."

Annie's face lights up as Lily delights in her role in kicking this heart shaped snowball down the mountain side. Mary looks at Enid, "Well, if all of us girls throw our support behind Angela we technically could do the study as a telehealth option."

Enid can't restrain her pessimism, "Are you telling Annie is just going to throw away her last two temperature checks and let Angie take him home?"

"No, no, of course not. With a virtual meeting she could have all of her remaining checks as well as ours, and since she will be putting Angela on the clock hers as well."

Enid shakes her head, "I am sorry, I already poked his bum, I was told this all would end if I participated in this whole charade."

Mary counters, "No, no you don't understand, Enid. Angela will have full authority to use any, all, or none of our temperature checks. At worst, you would have to be virtually present if Angela did decide to even go through with it. So are all you girls on board?" Enid, Lily, and Angela nod enthusiastically. Mary gives specific instructions to Angela on what to say Annie.

Angela knocks on Annie's office door, and softens the older woman's scowl ever so slightly, "Good to see you are feeling better, by any chance are you here to tell me you want to join in our study and take it seriously because I am getting zero cooperation from the girls."

Angela smiles politely and waits for Annie to invite her to sit down, "I actually was giving that alot of thought at home. I didn't feel right about being left out of this study and I really don't feel right this study is being done if it is simply rubberstamping something that is already assumed to be true. I mean why bother?

Annie pounds the table hard, "Exactly, exactly, exactly right, my girl! I wish the other nurses could be as wise and dedicated as I trained you to be."

Angela continues, "They are all my friends and I love them, but I don't see anyway around this, they have been given a chance to participate and like you said, they have no interest at all. Isn't there any possible way you could limit their involvement?"

"Believe me, Dear, I would love that, but my hands are simply tied. Our ruler, Michael, says the Must be involved."

"Then why does Michael get to pick and choose if we do training in person too? Remember that time he forced all the girls to do their training in person and you let me do it virtually?"

Annie stands up and paces with excitement back and forth, "Yes, yes that's right, that's right! If I were to sign off an early release for our patient under your care all I would need is the other nurses to sign off on being virtually present during temperature checks... Minor problems are I still would like our patient to recover here atleast another few hours and I of course would to fill out the necessary amendments to the care plan. What I worry about is the cooperation of your nurse colleagues and more importantly your patient."

Angela smiles sheepishly, "Well, this is important, I would feel terrible if I didn't atleast try."