Six Months to Live
“It was a cheerful yellow room with a window dressed in crisp white and yellow checks. Yet the room scared her, too. The hospital bed looked like a small prison with the bedrails raised. The bone marrow aspiration test had been scary, but it was over. Now Dawn’s interest was focused on the preparations for her upcoming hospital stay.
A nurse, Fredia, chattered gaily as she bustled about the room. She pulled back the curtain partition that revealed a second bed. Although there was no one in the o...ther bed, it was obvious that it had been occupied.
“Your roomie is a real doll,” Nurse Fredia bubbled to Dawn and her parents. “Her name is Sandy Chandler. She’s 13 years old and she’s from West Virginia. Like you, she’s newly diagnosed with lymphocytic leukemia. She’s only been here a couple of weeks, but everybody on the floor really likes her.”
Dawn wasn’t crazy about the news. She didn’t want a roommate. She wanted to be alone.
“Dr. Sinclair and his team will be in soon to talk to you and your family and explain the treatment you’ll begin.MoreLess
A nurse, Fredia, chattered gaily as she bustled about the room. She pulled back the curtain partition that revealed a second bed. Although there was no one in the o...ther bed, it was obvious that it had been occupied.
“Your roomie is a real doll,” Nurse Fredia bubbled to Dawn and her parents. “Her name is Sandy Chandler. She’s 13 years old and she’s from West Virginia. Like you, she’s newly diagnosed with lymphocytic leukemia. She’s only been here a couple of weeks, but everybody on the floor really likes her.”
Dawn wasn’t crazy about the news. She didn’t want a roommate. She wanted to be alone.
“Dr. Sinclair and his team will be in soon to talk to you and your family and explain the treatment you’ll begin.MoreLess
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