I Saw Her Standing There 8b/10
A/N: Finally, got this last half done. Hopefully there won't be such a wait on chapters 9 and 10 but I can't guarantee anything. This one is a long chapter but I've been writing for this chapter this whole time.
Thanks to mollybeakers for encouraging me to keep in a scene of hospital life, it ended up being the transition I needed.
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Maureen is perfect. She's just who she's always been to Alice. Absolutely supportive, and honest... about both of their situations and the gap in knowledge for both.
I'm mightily impressed with the nurse and perfect sized pool of info about where Maureen is in her sickness. Not good, but not immediately on death's doorstep. PERFECT.
Then Alice. I shudder to think of how many of her experiences have been shared over and over and over again by women AND men of her generation. The cruelty dealt out by closest family members, the struggle to be 'normal' and in effect making things worse. The disappointment of spouses because the hidden secret undermines their whole lives as well. Lives are torn asunder, and it's really no one's fault. It's how things were, and to a degree how things continue to be ( ... )
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Re: Maureen's health : I could get stuck on that for ages, because all I've read and one of the facts that saddens me the most about her untimely death is that she WAS getting well. Had gone home, and spent most of late November into December at home, with her family, and then around Christmas took a turn for the worse and was gone before New Year's Eve. Somewhere I read 63 days after the transplant. I want to show that upswing, and damnit, if I HAVE to work a shitty mind numbing job (For 3 months or so) I will put it to use where I can, LOL. I take in everything I can (which is why this might be one of the most detailed chapters I've written)and hold it all.
Alice's experiences, especially the hiding and playing straight are still sadly common. It does rip lives to shreds and it's all because of the strong desire to be what society deems normal. And ( ... )
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It's true. The vertebrate body is a wonderfully complex thing, and upswings before death are very common. And you're correct: the body actually begins to repair and recover, but is not always successful with that final push being a point of make or break.
Alice has been trying to live as an independent dependent person. It don't work that way, and she teeters on the edge of falling too far one way or the other. Either becoming unhealthily co-dependent, or becoming SO independent that she can't share anything with anyone. Not a good thing for a person with low self esteem. The independent has been winning, and it seems to me that this could be part of what pisses Nell off.
Shhh. I'm gonna be quiet now... ;)
JB
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