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Lest I Forget (24)
Alice gave him a little nod, but she still looked a little upset. Which I suppose was more than understandable. The doctor continued to look over the readings from her monitors and the writing on her charts, and seemed to be pretty satisfied. “This all looks wonderful. A lot more progress than I was expecting so early into your recovery.” He paused. “I won’t take up any more of your time, I’m sure you have more interesting things to discuss. Dana, is there anything you need?”
I shook my head, and he smiled. “If you’re ever hungry or thirsty, please let one of the nurses know. I’ll have one send in some juice for Alice if you wouldn’t mind helping her with it. I think we might be able to start her on some solid foods once she’s in her own room for a few days.”
He glanced over Al’s charts for a few seconds, then said a quiet goodbye and left the room. As soon as he did, I got out of my chair and gave Alice a hug. “It’s gonna be okay, Al. I’m going to start looking into having a nurse come over a few times a day to help us, so you won’t have to live in a facility.” I tried to say it cheerfully, but all she did was shrug.
“You know I’ll do whatever I can to help you, right?” I asked her softly. She turned to look at me a little, and the devastation in her eyes was almost enough to make me cry. I’m not sure how, but I managed to stop myself.
“Don’t look at me like that. I promised I was gonna take care of you. Besides, I’ll go crazy if I can’t have you in the house with me. I barely know how everything works,” I tried to joke, and she shook her head at my admittedly lame attempt. “Really, sweetie, it’ll be okay.”
She didn’t move for a minute, and I was starting to get worried when she shook her head sadly. The next instant she was smiling at me, though, as if she’d made the internal decision not to be sad about her condition. I squeezed her hand again.
“You can be sad, baby. You have every reason to be. I’m sad too, but you don’t need to worry about that. We’ll get through it. We’ve gotten through everything else,” I told her, and I realized that it was true. We’d gotten through so much over the years that I honestly didn’t see this as impossible for us to handle.
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That was a wonderful chapter. Glad that Shane maded the crib/ and Jenny go the bumper pad now let bring that baby home.
awesome, awesome chapter!!
Yay! Really getting into this story now!! :D:D
Woo hoo!!! Great update. So happy that Alice and Dana are doing well at the moment and that Alice may get a new room soon and start rehab. I feel so much for both women on the long-term care thing. I have faith in you to take care of them on this. Even though I know Kallie ends up with Alice and Dana, it is still a bit of a emotional rollercoaster reading about the journey to get there. I love that Dana, who is usually so bad with words, had no problem with the essay on the forms. “They’ll never let us have her if they think you’re high on speed.” — Hee! Hopefully the biological mother doesn’t show up. Although I do like Dana’s viewpoint on that — at least they are saving Kallie from bouncing around the system. Excellent!! I hope your groove continues. Thanks you so much MT!!
MT, I continue to enjoy your humor in this chapter. Again the writing was fantastic. Both A & D being all nervous about the process was palpable. I also like the fact that Shane made the bed for Kallie and Jenny adding the bedding. Very touching. It saddens me to think of the whole rehab issue. I sincerely hope that A would recuperate well enough to stay in the house with D forever. THANK YOU very much!
MT, I continue to enjoy your humor in this chapter. Again the writing was fantastic. Both A & D being all nervous about the process was palpable. I also like the fact that Shane made the bed for Kallie and Jenny adding the bedding. Very touching. It saddens me to think of the whole rehab issue. I sincerely hope that A would recuperate well enough to stay in the house with D forever. THANK YOU very much!