“Mrs. Castille, over the course of the next few weeks, you will see him regress to need a level of care commensurate with a newborn.”
“What about treatment? Medicine? Therapy?”
“They are over. We are withdrawing all support.”
“What happens now?”
“We wait.”
“For what?”
“Death.”
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August is over with a 75-word limit, but this sinister heartbreaker comes in at 46. The featured word is regress.
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Gray Dawster
/ August 25, 2013Harsh times indeed…
What a great looking flash Red 🙂
I hope that your weekend
has started beautifully 🙂 🙂
Andro xxxx
Red of M3
/ August 25, 2013It did. Indeed, this one is harsh, albeit scarcely fiction. :/
Enchanted Seashells, Confessions of a Tugboat Captains Wife
/ August 25, 2013Hmm, I’m always the caretaker, so I guess I’d be the one doing whatever needs to be done ’til the end…
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Red of M3
/ August 25, 2013I am as well. It is why I wrote the book. Great to see you today, Shell. xxx
C. Brown
/ August 26, 2013Too real for too many. Pretty powerful flash Red.
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Red of M3
/ September 3, 2013Thank you, Colleen. This one is definitely based on a true story. xxx
Valentine Logar
/ August 26, 2013Shockingly hard, saddly all to real for so many. When do you think the medical community will gain the heart to do something more?
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/ September 3, 2013When pro-bono medicine is the rule.
Binky
/ August 26, 2013Yes, too real indeed.
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Tess Kann
/ August 26, 2013I’m not sure if it quaint. But what is the difference when one must make the decision?
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Red of M3
/ September 3, 2013Quaint is a person around here. I truly do not see a difference because I invest in them all.
xxx
jeremy
/ August 26, 2013Now that is some good bedside manner rithg there.
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Red of M3
/ September 3, 2013Aren’t they just awful?