:05:00
and splashed some water
on her face.
:05:02
-What happened?
-l didn't know.
:05:04
l was in a complete panic.
:05:07
l guess she'd been
bitten by some insect.
:05:09
But there was no doctor.
:05:11
The nearest hospital
was 40 miles away,
:05:14
and she was continuing
to swell up...
:05:19
Clara took her in her arms
and tried to breast-feed her...
:05:22
while l dialed the hospital.
:05:26
l finally got a doctor.
:05:30
He surmised
that there was a nest...
:05:33
of baby black widow spiders
in the mattress.
:05:37
He said they had to be babies,
:05:39
or else, with Zoe's body weight,
she'd be dead.
:05:41
He said l had to rush her
to the hospital.
:05:44
He said, ''Mr. Stephens,
there's a good chance...
:05:46
''that you won't get her here
before her throat closes.
:05:48
''lt's very important
that you keep her calm.''
:05:51
He asked if there was one of us
she was more relaxed with,
:05:55
and l said, ''Yes. Me,''
which was true enough...
:05:58
because at that
particular moment,
:06:01
Clara's eyes were
wild with fear,
:06:04
and fear was contagious.
:06:10
l was a better actor,
that's all.
:06:16
And Zoe...
:06:19
loved us equally then.
:06:26
Just as she hates us
both equally now.
:06:33
Anyway, the doctor said
to hold her on my lap...
:06:36
and let Clara drive
to the hospital.
:06:39
He asked me to bring
a small, sharp knife.
:06:42
lt had to be clean.
:06:44
There was no time
to sterilize properly.
:06:49
He explained how to perform
an emergency tracheotomy...
:06:56
how to cut into her throat
without her bleeding to death.
:06:59
He said there would be blood.
l didn't think l could do it.