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Lest I Forget (6)
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I think I fell asleep soon after she sat down on my other side. The next thing I knew, Charlie was shaking my shoulder. I opened my eyes and saw Dr. Hernandez in the doorway to the lounge. I made a move to stand up, but he motioned me back down and walked over to us, sitting across from us and pulling his chair over.
Nobody spoke for a minute, then he cleared his throat. “It’s normal for patients who have recently come out a coma to go back into it sometimes before they’re fully out of the woods. I ordered some more CT scans of her brain, and the results just came back. You’ll be happy to know that the damage to her brain wasn’t quite as extensive as we’d feared, and I think that with a lot of therapy we can expect a reasonable recovery rate over the next couple years. We’re going to perform a minor surgery in a little while to remove the rest of the blood clot if at all possible. Dana, if you could sign on off that for us we can get started right away.”
Nobody said anything for a few minutes. I think we were all expecting worse news, not that this was horrible for us or anything. I think we just didn’t know how to process it. Still, when the doctor handed me the consent form, I took it from him and signed it without even reading it over. Charlie probably wanted to kill me for that, since he was forever after me to read contracts and things before signing, but to be quite honest I didn’t care what the form said. As long as it would make Alice better, I really didn’t care if it was written in gibberish.
The doctor gave me a few more assurances before he took the form, and then looked at me soberly. “Mrs. Fairbanks, I won’t lie to you. It’s going to be a hell of a lot of work and a really long road, but I really think she’ll be okay. I can’t make any guarantees as to when or how okay she’ll end up being, but there’s always room for improvement. Baby steps are just as good as giant leaps for something of this magnitude. We’ll be working closely with the both of you, and once this clot is removed we’ll know where we stand a bit better.”
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I am 5 years post stroke and still have a long way to go. It’s awful for an active person to be so stricken
Okay can I just say that I’m sending you millions of virtual bear hugs right now? I’m so very sorry. *hugs you*
Hey, i totally love this story it’s really cute and lovely and so well written and I just *sighs* I totally heart Danish. D was really cute going on about her son’s love of swimming and how much he was like A, I love the way the kids are like mini versions of them. Awwww at the Leisha and Erin thing, you must tell me more =) and thanks so much for posting again. YOU ROCK!
I’m so happy you posted again. I missed his. Thank you for a wonderful chapter. And I’m with Loved_up, you must ell us more about Erin and Leisha ;) thanks again
that was so tragically beautiful. have i mentioned within the past week how glad i am to have you back in this hemisphere? cant wait to hear all about it.
I am grateful that you even posted on the road. That was very generous of you since we all have been waiting for this story to continue. God, that D was one stubborn goat and would never change. I am now worried her like the children that she would get sick too. That would not be good. I totally love that Charlie now maybe because he resembled and behaved like A. Ever so loving and loyal to his mothers. So the klutzy D started Charlie swimming, that was funny. Pardon my stupidity, was Howie the donor after all? If so, how come they never told him before? That would be another 5 years worth of therapy. Lots of subtle and not so subtle humor in this chapter, such as S spitting her coffee; “spot on the wall looked like Alice to me”; Charlie smelling like chorine; “the consent form written in gibberish.” Great news about A, I couldn’t be happier. Can’t wait till the next post. Hope you find your way back home safely. Thanks MT.
Yay, you’re back and you’re posting again. :) If I were Dana I would have stayed at the hospital too. It’s kind of sad to read about their last days together (probably) and that they are not able to communicate during these days since Al is in a coma. :( I agree with Loved_up, I totally love the fact that Charlie abd Kallie are miniversions of Dana and Alice.:D
This is great and I love that Charlie is like Alice…AWWW So cute!Great Update!!! I would love a full overview of the convention!!!
Thanks so much for the new post, MT! Sorry to hear about your travel woes. Hopefully you can get back on your way soon. I also want to hear more about the Erin/Leisha interaction. ;-D This was another great chapter! I look forward to hearing more about Kallie and Charlie — sounds like there are some good stories there. Poor Dana. I hope she gets some rest. I wish she had gone to the hotel. You are starting to give me hope that Alice will make it through this illness. Is it just wishful thinking on my part?