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Rain hammered against the clinic windows as I clutched my son's scorching hand. 102°F glared from the thermometer – our pediatrician had closed early, and the nearest hospital was seven miles through gridlocked evening traffic. My car keys jangled uselessly in my pocket; the sedan sat immobilized with a dead battery. Uber’s estimated arrival time flickered: 18 minutes. Eighteen eternities when your child’s breaths come in shallow gasps.