She was obviously babbling, as Cass was asking her to clarify what she said. She wiped away at her eyes, and tried to think clearly.
"She'd been coughing a couple days now, and she had an attack this morning at the office, and couldn't breathe. I brought her here, but Anthony-"
Susan had to take a breath of her own at the thought, trying not to think of how horrible it would have been. "-Anthony said the pox marks were on her lungs, and they all burst at once, and she stopped breathing."