"Are you family?" the doctor asked Aylin.
"Yeah, I'm her sister. What's going on?" Aylin said, her voice full of worry.
The doctor's face got serious. "Your sister had a major nervous breakdown. Her vital signs are stable now, but when she came in, she was in really bad shape. Her heart rate was way too high, she was hyperventilating, and she didn't respond at all to anything around her."
"But why did this happen?" Aylin asked, pushing for answers. "She was fine this morning."
"That's what worries me," the doctor said. "This kind of reaction doesn't just happen out of nowhere. Something set her off, something that caused a huge psychological response." He paused to choose his words. "It looks like a PTSD reaction, especially the kind we see when old traumatic memories suddenly pop back up."
Zayden stepped in. "What does that mean, exactly?"
