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Life Choice (Chapter 4)
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“That’s about as rough as it’s going to get,” Diane said as she smoothed Dana’s I.V. line.
“How soon before we can do it again?”
“A few hours. And I better not catch you cheating,“ Diane smiled. “Seriously, Dana, do this my way and I’ll have you sitting up tomorrow afternoon. I’ll see you in a bit.”
“Are you alright?” Alice asked. “You got pretty green around the gills.”
“Don’t worry, I can play through pain.” She studied Alice’s face. “When are you going to tell me?”
“Tell you what?” Alice never could get much past Dana.
“What really happened while I was out?”
“What makes you think something happened?” Alice tried half-heartedly to get Dana to let it go.
“Bette’s here, you and my mom are getting along, every one of our friends is here all the time…”
“Okay, that there is but one of the million reasons I love you,” she smiled and Dana smiled back. “You notice everything, don’t you Nancy Drew?”
“Yeah, so start talking.”
Alice fed Dana more lemon ice chips and told her about the choice Dr. Bowman presented her with after they re-started her heart, and the fact that her parents disagreed with her.
“You did the right thing.”
“But there was no way to know that.”
“I don’t mean whether or not it would work, I mean that I would have made the same choice.”
Alice bit her lower lip as she fought to maintain her emotional control. She knew this, but hadn’t expected Dana’s affirmation to affect her so much. She wondered if Dana would also understand the decision she’d made about the induced coma and chemo. Dana’s medical team, Alice, Bette and her parents had an agreement that they would not tell her about that or the mass on her right lung until she was strong enough – and they decided that sitting up on her own would be their benchmark.
As promised, Diane had Dana sitting up the next afternoon in time for her first meal of clear broth, red Jell-O and hot tea.
“Not exactly five star cuisine,” Howie teased. “Are you gonna eat your Jell-O?” He was keeping her company while Alice met with Dr. Bowman.
“It all tastes like metal anyway.” She rolled her eyes as he grabbed the plastic container and plopped himself on her bed.
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Ok, you did…you’ve got me all teary-eyed at the end. :) But I loved the update. Although the situation they’re in is so sad, I really do enjoy reading it. And yes, there is always room for improvement…even when things are perfect. ;) And I’m with you, S4 should be a do-over of S3 (but I don’t believe in the dream-theory)! But it won’t happen. Have you seen how many newactresses they contracted for S4?! I think S4 will be totally different from S3 (as was S3 from S2).
Second to last chapter, huh? Well, I guess I can’t complain since this story was more than amzing, but still it’s sad that it’s almost over. Planning on another story, by chance? Wishful thinking, I know. Anyways, yay for Alice making the right choice and Dana pulling through, hopefully the rest of the recovery will go smoothly. So, please post soon!
Fantastic chapter… Danish are soulmates and they are showing that true love can conquer all. [ even thru the darkest times ]. Extremely informative Sammysgirl.. and i can only thank you for sharing this with us. It is the only fanfic that has made me sit back and truly think about life and the different decisions that we all might have to make!! Post soon. Thanks.
Wow this is an amazing, powerfull, emotinal excellent story! Fantastic
This story is so sweet im glad Dana made it through i hope you kept it that way. Great Job
you did it again! ;) This story rocks as do you for sharing it with us. Thanks for the quick and sweet update.
It’s amazing to me that you are updating so soon. I’m not complaining ;-)) This story is so intense and I really love it. I love how Dana was expecting Alice to come back to her. Their connection is so strong. Hope you can drag this story out a little longer. Than again a new story would also be great. Just keep writing Danish and make my day a little happier! Thanks!
Awsome chapter, glad to see Dana comming through, thanks for the post!!
another great chapter! you are handling all this very well, too well… it’s all too real… but in a good way. looking forward to the remaining chapters and keeping my fingers crossed for a happy ending.
Sigh. I am totally content with this chapter and story. Totally sucks that it’s almost over, but hey, there’s always other Danish tales to tell, right? Everything in this chapter, and the rest, have been so dead on, it amazes me! Great job! :-)