Louie made a bee-line for the back porch and the broken kitchen screen door. He could not help but grin at Duke in passing, giving him a wink and high sign, but he did not slow his pace. He saw Kathy as soon as he entered the kitchen. Moving toward her, he called her name, then knelt down at her side. Immediately he began to assess the situation, his VFD 'First Responder' training kicking in. Aunt Kathy was conscious, but appeared to be in shock. She looked at him and slurred "She said you would be right here...."

After checking her vital signs, he got blankets from the bedroom and threw them over her, then went to the phone and dialed 911. He returned to Aunt Kathy's side to more carefully assess her condition. The room had gotten very cold with the back door opened and he was concerned she was hypothermic. He talked to her, assessing her level of consciousness. She was somewhat confused, saying Cassie had been there and had called him, but she was able to tell him she had fallen and probably had broken something in her hip. Assuring her he would be right back, Louie went into the bedroom, got some more covers and hung them over a chair by the living room heater to warm them. He returned to the kitchen to find Mjolnir curled up against her side. He closed the back door, checked Kathy's pulse again, went to the living room to get the warmed blankets, exchanging them with the blankets that he had first thrown over her, took those covers back to the living room to warm, checked her again, went to phone and dialed Dougherty Company where Big Bill ran the sheet metal shop. Hanging up, he went back to Kathy and sat down, telling her that Big Bill would meet them in the ER at Charleston Memorial.