Oberon had voiced a fear that the boy was sick for human things, that the cancer in his blood was only a symptom of a greater ill that he was homesick unto death.
It took them both a long time to understand that the boy was sick, though she would point out that she had been the first to notice that he was unhappy, and had sought to remedy his discontent with sweeter treats and more delightful distractions.
The baby boy was given oxygen before being taken by ambulance to the city's Royal Hospital for Sick Children, where he was treated for smoke inhalation.