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| Lily at 6 |
“I need a plan. Some sort of plan. I have been
so overwhelmed, no one to turn to, oh, Simon. She’s my little girl; I can’t let
her die. Please, Simon, please help me. Help Lily.”
“Of course, Aynne; I’ll try. I will help you,
if I can. I will do anything for you and Lily.”
“The first thing is to meet her. I would like
that and I think you would, too, and she will need it. I am sure you will enjoy
her. I have no control over what she will do with you, what questions she will
ask of you or how much she will want to know.”
“That
seems fair enough, for now, and easily done. I have been accused of being
charming by a woman or two in my life; I think I can take on a ten year old. And
then…?”
“None of
this will be easy; with most of it you will be on your own with her. But the
value is that you will earn a place in Lily’s life forever – and her love. Simon,
Lily has always known about her condition, her Sickle Cell Anemia. She has
managed her health as much as a little girl could handle. She knew what she was
supposed to feel, when and how. She knew when she was having an episode and
what to do, whom to tell or whom to call. She grew up so fast with her health under
constant surveillance. I am afraid I have raised her to be a little too independent,
too knowledgeable. What I am trying to say is, she is fully aware of her condition.
She knows she will die if we don’t find a donor and preferably a live donor,
which will be so much harder.”
“So, this is where I can help.”
“I hope. She is a very proud little girl, and
very, very smart. She has been raised around adults and is keenly aware of what
they can, will and won’t do, if it serves them. As a result, she is somewhat
suspect of adults and certainly of strangers. She will be especially wary of
you because you are my friend and… you are black. She will guess, I am afraid,
our relationship, or guess at one anyway. You will have to earn her trust only
because she doesn't want to be a burden to me and she does not know you. There
are three things you must do first, I think and after you have done these it
will be up to you how much farther you want to go with her. Then she will have
to decide how much further she wants to take it with you. But it will all be
worth the effort, in the end, I have no doubt. You must gain her trust, earn her
respect and, finally, she must willingly give you her love, or nothing we strike
out to do will be accomplished. I don’t think I need to remind you of the dire
consequences of failure. I am afraid I have raised her in my liking and, as my
mother raised me, to be independent. She is a headstrong little girl,
determined and well informed about her condition. I have to respect that she
will decide her fate, or think she is anyway, and with whom.”
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I'm so glad he's decided to meet and help Lily. She sounds such a lovely little girl, no wonder her Mother is proud of her.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written taster, full of parental emotion and love. This is a great story Muffy
Quite a touching taster there. There's definitely a responsibility, but I'm positive about where this may go.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about him, but I'd be intimidated after that!
ReplyDeleteAnnye comes off as very frantic and well-deesrved very concerned about Lily's well-being. I get the impression she expresses her worries in a long winded manner. Of course if I were her, I would be too. I'm hoping he will be a donor, if he'll admit he can be a donor as her father and Lily accepts him. Many questions have to be answered and resolved. You have created a very imtense scene.
ReplyDeleteAynne sounds very worried, but at the same time, she seems to repeat herself quite a bit. I would have thought that the most important would have been to explain to him what he was supposed to do to be tested as a donor, or have his children tested as they are blood related, and to what the procedure would be like if he is a positive donor.
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