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Lest I Forget (16)
“It’s okay, baby,” I promised her, but the tears were welling up in my eyes as I said it. I could feel her watching me, and although I knew the concern in her eyes would break my heart when I looked up, I couldn’t just keep staring at the floor. I took a deep breath and looked up at her.
The look on her face devastated me and made me feel horribly guilty all at once. Her concern was evident, and once again I hated the fact that while she was the one in a bed being monitored for the aftereffects of a serious stroke, she was worrying about me instead of herself. She’s always been like that, but somehow it seemed perverse now. “Stop it,” I whispered, but she shook her head as much as she could and took her hand from mine. She brought it up to my face like she’d done several times before, and tried in her halting way to wipe away the tears that were now running freely down my face.
When she seemed to be satisfied with that, or just done with it, she brought her hand to her face and flattened it, making the sign for sleep.
“I just took a nap, Alice,” I told her. She made a sound that was more than a little annoyed, and I shut up. She made the sign for eat, and then sleep again, and then pointed at me. It took her a little while to get it right, but even in my exhaustion and sadness I was happy to see that she was moving a little more quickly with her signing.
“No. I’m not going home without you. I don’t care how much you or Charlie or Kallie or Shane argues with me. End of story, Alice.” I said it as firmly as I could, and I think she figured it’d be dumb to fight me on it. I could be really stubborn when I wanted to be, and although my bed sounded like heaven to me right now, it wouldn’t be worth a damn thing if she wasn’t in it.
She seemed to be scanning her room with her eyes. “What are you looking for?” I asked. “Charlie’s coming back; he went to find a doctor for me.” For a moment, I forgot that she already knew that, and felt really stupid when she glared at me. My brain had sorta blocked it out, or something. I was feeling a little fuzzy, and it was getting worse, but I didn’t want her to see it.
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Woo! I’m here, sorry about the delay. I have learned that you DO NOT want to make an engineer mad…EvEr! Moving on….excellent post MT. You really nail the emotion and…other words that i cant think of right now. Every time i read one of your post i just feel absorbed into the situation and it blows my mind. Thank you so much for another amazing post.
Clapping and sighing simultaneously! You deserve a round of applause for another amazing post. Again, I love the way you tell this story. I sincerely hope that the nurse was right about D recuperating in a couple of days. I am just as worried as D. You did an incredible job on A’s emotion. I totally appreciate your writing skill in making it so clear how those two were feeling. With both parents being ill, it would be most trying for Charlie & Kallie. On the light side, D guessing what A was trying to tell her was hysterical, “tell Shane that I love her?”; “tell her you don’t love her?” LMAO. I can just picture A rolling her eyes. Dumb, Dana Dumb! lol On the other hand, with sleep deprivation & the infection, she must be entering into a state of delirium. For a few second I thought the message was “Shane. phone home” as in E.T. hahaha. MT, thank you for another excellent update.
Great update, MT!! Poor Dana. I hope she gets the rest she desperately needs and gets healthy. She is very lucky to have so many good friends and family to help her watch over Alice. I am so happy that Alice is showing progress in communicating. The whole “I love you” sign language thing was very well-done. I love the little touches about the kids and the differences between them and also in how they interact with their mothers. You craft a very rich story. Thanks so much!!