She was so cold in my arms that I began to shiver, before I lay her down.
The ambulance came about ten minutes later.
They saw us in the field of which we half crossed before she stopped breathing.
They ran over to us at full speed. Dressed in green suits with the title 'Paramedic', they looked trustworthy.
When they reached us, they turned her on to her side.
"Is she breathing? How long has she been unconscious for?" They threw different questions at me.
"I don't know how long she has been asleep for. No, she hasn't breathed for about fifteen minutes. She is really cold as well." I filled them in.
"Right, we need to do CPR stat." They ordered each other calmly, but quickly.
"Her lips are turning blue, we need some blankets, get her in the heat position as soon as CPR is complete." They shouted at each other, I was lost from the conversation. I was praying to God that she was going to be ok and better soon.
"What is wrong with her?" I asked the paramedic waiting with the stretcher.
"It's hard to tell at the moment, we'll find out for definite at the hospital. How did she get into a state like this?" He asked. I didn't want to tell him, it was humiliating, and it was nobody else's business to know what happened in the family for the past couple of days.
"She got lost." Was all I answered him.
"Oh, my son got lost in the woods once, it took him three weeks to find his way out." He told me back totally understanding. "But he turned out better than your daughter. Don't worry sir, we will do everything we can to help her." He promised.
"Thank you! Thank you so much." I thanked him.
I looked back towards Keela and the man bent over her, giving her the heart pump thing. I gulped down the lump in my throat, seeing my daughter in this state. Her skin was turning whiter and her lips were turning bluer.
"Get the stretcher!" The man above her screamed. "We have a heart beat again!"
I sighed in relief, and thanked God.
Susie ran over to me, slipped and fell on her bum.
"Damn, seriously! Snow doesn't mix well with me." She explained, whilst I helped her up off the ground.
"Don't worry, I got you. She is breathing now!" I told her reassuringly.
"Thank God. I was on the phone to Chris and Ben, they are on their way now, I'll wait here if you want to go in the ambulance with Keela and the paramedics." She offered me.
"That'd be great Susie, thanks."
"Ok, well it looks like they are about to go now, so you'd better scat." She warned me, the ambulance was fully loaded with Keela and the paramedics.
"Bye Susie." I waved, clambering onto the ambulance.
"Good luck Sir." She waved back, with a smile.
I sat next to Keela, and took her small hand in my bigger hand, and helped warm it up a bit. It felt like the hand of a dead person. It was so cold and limp, and lifeless.
"Sir?" The only female paramedic asked me for my attention.
"Yes?" I answered, looking up from Keela's red eyes.
"Well, we are just wanting you to know that we believe that Keela is suffering from hypothermia, and if it is that, then she has quite a severe case." She told me, sadly.
"Ok, can it be easily treated?" I asked them.
"Well it involves taking the blood out and us warming it up, then returning it to her by filtering it through a fake kidney." She informed me.
"So, it's easy is it?" I asked again, totally blank to what she just explained to me.
"It should be, but it will take a while." She told me.
I held Keela's hand in both of mine, hoping everything went well.
"It's going to be ok baby." I reassured Keela.
The woman smiled at me.
I smiled back and then I felt quite confident in Keela suddenly.