Watson sighed a little, trying to choose his words carefully. He didn't cease sponging Holmes gently, not even slow down. "It's enough to be worrisome," he admitted, his voice quiet. "I plan on seeing that you get no worse."

Truthfully, he knew that he had little control over such things, but that didn't mean, either, that he could not try. Holmes's chance for recover were good, assuming the infection spread no further.