The women are offered help to move. And they take an outing.
“But with a permanent cosmetic leg they wouldn’t notice.”
“See mom, that is what the therapists and leg makers want you to believe but let me tell you but it isn’t true. With you the prosthesis covers the fact you have something missing. I am sure it someone really watched you carefully they could figure out which one. I actually watched you for a while one day to see if I could see a difference. And there is, it is just a little fuller. But most women have one that is a little larger. With me it doesn’t matter what I do. Without my prosthesis I can dress sexy, look nice, feel good about my self and get around easy on my crutches. Look at how fast we came up the mall. With it right now I still need my crutches to go far and it is less pleasing in appearance than my bare stump. The only place the cosmetic leg helps is if I sit.”
“But that’s different. You shouldn’t be exposing yourself like that.”
“Mom. I can’t hide what happened to me. Let me make the best of it my way. And when I wear these shorts I expose more of my left leg. If it is wrong to show off the stump it is wrong to show off the other leg.”
“I guess you’re right. I just don’t want my daughter to look cheap.”
“I promise mom, I’ll not. I will admit Penny and I did border on it today.”
“OK, enough said.”
“Thanks mom and if you think I am going over the line let me know. I promise to listen but not necessarily agree.”
“When hasn’t that been the way it is?”
At home Penny and Barb tried to don their casts, neither could get into them, their stumps had swollen too much. After a short phone conversation they both wrapped them with ace bandages and reclined with the bandaged stump sticking up in the air. Both agreed the temporary freedom was worth the penalty. By evening they were able to get the pylons on. Going out without anything on the stump would have to wait for a while. They both talked with Marge later in the day. She had considered a similar excursion. It would have to wait.
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