Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Anei te tirohanga: He tino mate taku tahu a Tony, a kei te noho au ki te taha o tana moenga hōhipera. Kua mate ia mō ngā wiki, ā, i tētahi wā i kī mai ki ahau ka mate ia. Kua puta ia i te kōma, ā, whakawhetai ki te Atua, ehara i te tangata tino mate rawa i roto i te hōhipera nui. Engari kāore anō kia mōhio tētahi he aha tōna mate. Kua nekehia atu ia i te whare tiaki nui ki roto i tētahi ruma iti, i te mea ka tae mai he kaitohutohu. E ai ki a Sarah Foot i a ia e noho ana ki te hōhipera me tana tāne tūroro a Tony ka haere mai tētahi kaitohutohu me te reo tinana kino ka tīmata ki te kōrero ki a rātau i a ia e whakaatu ana i te mate. E pakaru ana ia i roto i te tatau, aru e te hawhe tatini o ona juniors, e te mano a tawhio noa te moenga, me te tatari hoki ki a ia ki te korero. Kaore he tangata e ruarua ana ko wai te rangatira. Kāore ia e kōrero ki a tātou, engari ki a tātou, pēnei i tētahi whakamāori o te tangata whakamataku a Sir Lancelot Spratt (i tāngia e James Robertson Justice) mai i ngā kiriata Doctor In The House. Engari ehara tenei i te mea ngahau. Kua neke atu i te kotahi marama a Tony e noho ana i te hōhipera, engari he pēhea, he aha rānei i mate ohorere ai, kāore he tangata e tino mōhio. Kotahi te meneti i miharo ahau ki te mea he mate mate tangata noa iho ia; i te mea i muri mai he koretake ia me te werawera me te mamae o te kopu, me te tere haere ki te hohipera i roto i te ambulance. 48 haora noa iho i muri mai, i noho ia i roto i te mate huka i whakaohohia e te rongoā, he mate whakawehi i whakaohohia e tētahi mate, ka mutu ōna okana kotahi, kotahi. I tōna urunga ki te hōhipera, ko ōna tohu he pancreatitis - he pūtāhui o te pancreas. E hiahia ana ahau ki te mohio mēnā kei te mōhio ake ngā tākuta ki te mea i meinga ai tōna tinana kia taka noa. I haere tahi a Sarah ki a Tony i a ia e rere ana ki te hohipera i roto i te waka hohipera, a, i muri tata mai ka noho ia ki roto i te rongoa-whakamoea ki te mate pukupuku. Na, i taku titiro ki te moana o nga kanohi, ka ui ahau: 'He pancreatitis te mea i timata i tenei?' Ka noho tonu ahau, no te mea ki te tu ahau, ka nui ake te kore o Tony - e kore nei e taea te korero mo ia ano na te mea he ngongo kei roto i tana pupuhi - ka nui ake te mate. 'Ae,' ka kī te kaitohutohu i te whakapehapeha, 'i rite tonu nga tohu ki a ia.' Engari he aha...
E mea ana a Sarah Foot i korero te kaitohutohu ki a ia me tana tahu mate. Ko tana 'kōrero ā-tinana' i 'ka mea mai ki a au kia noho puku, kia mōhio hoki ki taku wāhi' E mea ana ia, pērā ki ngā whanaunga katoa, ko te mea i hiahiatia e ia ko te atawhai me te tautoko.