Nero fiddled while Rome burned. The David Donaldson family planned a charade.
Back at the room they found their beds had been modified. There was a support for their injured legs and a bar to help them sit up. The support allowed the bent legs to be held up, it was to make them more comfortable but it also accented the “injured” legs, the image they wanted. Dave came in as they were being put in bed. “Tomorrow morning you have a press conference.” The rest of the evening was spent planning for it.
When Tracy arrived at the room her legs were in braces that were stiff like the pylons. All of her weight was supported on her thighs. Her legs below he knees had no function. In PT she asked Amy what it was like to be an amputee. After some discussion Amy was convinced that it would be helpful for her to know to help her family. After putting on the braces Amy told her they were as close as you could come to finding out. She wheeled into the room. Dave was gone and the women were winding down for the day. Jaci saw her first and asked, “What happened to you?” All eyes were on Tracy.
She began almost incoherently, “I have to know if I could survive, if I could live with it, if I could do it, how you feel, but I know I can’t. I feel so terrible, maybe I can somehow understand so I can help.”
Mitzi spoke first, “But you don’t have to do anything, I just need you here.”
“But I have to know. Amy gave me these braces. I’m going to spend a couple of days here I have to know.” With that she dropped her legs to the floor, slid to the edge of the chair, pulled out the crutches and worked herself to a standing position. With great difficulty she crutched across the room and sat on the edge of her bed. “I have to do this for me. I’m sure you can’t understand,” she puffed out as she rolled over and lay back.”
Mitzi looked at her. “You really don’t have to do this.”
“I do, for me, not for you. I need to know so I can help you. And more than that I need to know for me. You do remember I dated Dave for two months before he noticed you. Your boobs won over my legs. If I had married him I would be in your bed now. I really need to know what that would be like.”
The First Family: Chapter 1 – Introduction
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