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Lest I Forget (16)
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“Okay, you want me to tell her you don’t love her?” I asked, trying to make a joke. She rolled her eyes and then pointed at me, making the “I love you” sign again. “Wait…you want me to tell Shane that I love her?”
This time, her sound of annoyance was more like a groan. I couldn’t stop myself from giggling a little as she blinked “no” at me rather angrily. “I’m sorry.” She just rolled her eyes again and made the sign for “I love you.” Then the one for home, then phone, then Shane. She’d shortened that one to just S, which was fine with me.
“Give me a minute, baby,” I told her, trying to piece together the signs in some way that would make sense. It took me a little bit, probably longer than it should have given my exhaustion, but I finally got it. Well, I thought I did, anyway.
“You want me to call Shane and tell her that you love me, and to make sure I go home?” I asked, hoping I was right. I had no idea what she could possibly be trying to say otherwise.
She gave me one of the best smiles she’d been able to since she was brought in, and the way her eyes were shining at me let me know I was right. Still, her happiness at being understood didn’t stop me from disagreeing with her.
“I already told you I’m not going home, Alice.” I said it as firmly as I could without being harsh, but she didn’t seem to care as she blinked yes at me several times.
“Dammit, Al, I’m not. And don’t tell me to call Shane, she’s just as bad as you and Charlie and Kallie are. She’d lock me in there and not let me back out again to come see you. I want to be here, Alice…”
I’d have continued if Charlie hadn’t come back into the room with a nurse in tow. “Mrs. Fairbanks, I’m going to have to ask you to come back into your room for a bit so we can check you over, all right? Your son says you’re not feeling well.”
“I’m okay,” I told her. She seemed pleasant enough, but I was in no mood to deal with it at the moment. I just wanted to stay with Alice. But when I looked at her, her eyes said “Go” as plainly as if she’d spoken the word.
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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!!