Oh, she totally stole it. She wasn't going to let anyone even remotely important notice her when she was going through the halls of the hospital. Even the lunchlady could have been given a list of faces who were no longer allowed inside. And with Ellie's luck, her face would be at the top of the list. So she kept her head down, waited for people to turn their backs.
"I've never been in a hospital. I got nothing to compare it to." When she'd been bitten, there was no way she'd go to the hospital. That was just asking for death.