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First Year- Chapter 24
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That week was particularly difficult for me, any excitement I felt about condo hunting was quickly washed out by several admissions my next night on call. The most difficult, on a personal level, was Dana, who came in with another episode of neutropenic fever. This time she had been having severe diarrhea and painful sores in her mouth. It was so difficult for me to see someone I cared about in the state she was in. I couldn’t imagine what Alice and her parents must feel as they watched and lived with Dana’s struggle. After I admitted Dana, I found Alice pacing in the middle of the nurse’s station. I asked, “How are you doing? Is there anything I can do for you?”
She must have been barely hanging on to her emotions because it was like the flood gates opened up. She began to cry and express a stream of seemingly unrelated statements about Dana’s health and mental state. Dana apparently had become verbally abusive to Alice at times, striking out to her when she was particularly feeling bad. At times it was as if Alice could do no right. Alice expressed, “I don’t know how much more I can take. I’m trying to be there for her but it is almost like she doesn’t want me there.”
“Alice, she does want you there. I think she’s striking out at feeling bad, not at you. She tells me how much she appreciates you.”
“Well I’m glad she’s telling you, because she is giving me hell. I don’t know if I can be there for her anymore.”
“Remember Alice, she’s the one with the disease. Just maybe step back a little and remember her anger is not about you. It’s about her illness. I’ll check on her through the night. You go home and rest. I bet in the morning, she’ll miss you and be looking for you. You know, ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’”.
She nodded and said softly, “I support so many families as they go through their illnesses, but to be in it like this is an entirely different experience. It’s very eye opening.”
“I guess, maybe it will make you a better and more sensitive social worker.” I didn’t want to imply she was a bad social worker so I quickly added, “Not to say, you are a bad or insensitive social worker. ”
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Good to have you back Squirl, I did miss your Saturday morning post and now that the show is over will be looking forward to them even more. All of them not just Saturday mornings just to clearify. I can see where this chapter would have been super duper hard to write, it was hard to read some of it, you have a great understanding from both sides of the fence. So Raquel is on the way back, YES oh YES, didn’t even see that “perhaps” word, ya just don’t even pay it any attention. I agree with you, Thanking IC and the crew for the last 6 years and I say LONG LIVE FAN FICTION. Thank you, Md aka Oma
S once again you did a wonderful chapter here with Helena finally growing up as she is thinking of other’s beside herself. I must say I wish you along with a few of my other favorite writers here should have written the finale cause this is so much better IMO ;)
First, its great to see another chappie from you Squirl! I thought it would be the one with Bette and Helena jogging but I’m guessing that’s next. I loved the texting and the scene with Peggy and Helena. Perhaps Peggy did have Helena’s heart in mind despite the cruelty of her plan. The writing from S6 was some of the most disappointing to date from the entire series. So many WTFs left open and unanswered…I’m not the least surprised that Dylena broke up. IC has a serious issue with couples staying together – I thought she said something very notable in the show preceeding the final… “My own particular process is not to deal…” Well, I guess that explains why her characters don’t have the chance to deal either. Okay, I’ll stop before I get started. Hope you post the next chappie soon!
Excellent! I loved it…very emotional all around. Wow…Al is definitely walking in Lara’s place…Great words of support and compassion from Helena. I’m sure it was difficult to write but flowed quite effortlessly. Looks like Helena and Carmen are well underway with being friends and Bette and Helena…are on their way to being more…lol! Thanks for continuing to post…PPS
Hey S, that was a very good post..and I can appreciate that it was hard to write, you could feel it in each word…geez…whew…now you owe us a happy chapter sister….so get to writin’ (big smile)!!!
please, please a hot b-day kiss from bette to helena you guys are all we have left now!!!!
Yeah, I was that tired and disoriented once starting a new job that I actually went to the job before I realized it was PM and not AM. I’ve always felt that Peggy did her flawed best by Helena, sometimes inflicting unintended damage when she meant to protect and aware of what might turn up attracted to the Peabody fortune rather than the Peabody person. Yeah, mixed feelings with the end of the show, which actually was interesting to watch, not always the case with IC. Of course, absolutely NOTHING got wrapped up, but that’s par for. But I will miss it and the characters. And yes, long live fan fic.