Chapter 6

Chapter 6.

            In the emergency room, Ivy laid in her hospital bed with bandages on her thighs and breathing tubes, just to help her manage her breathing just in case too much blood was lost. Ivy had surgery to get some cuts from her legs stitched up, as some were close to veins and tendons.

            Ivy’s mom cried next to Ivy as she was slowly waking up. Ivy mumbled, “Why am I-I-I here?”

            “Sweetie! You’re awake!” Ivy’s mom cried out as she stood up. A nurse came into the room and restrained the emotional mother from touching her daughter.

            “Ma’am, please don’t touch her,” the nurse said. “She has too many tubes stuck in her right now, and I don’t want to risk having them be taken out accidentally.”

            Ivy’s mom back away from the nurse slowly and sat back down in her chair. The nurse went to Ivy and asked, “Are you awake now?”

            “Yes” was all Ivy could muster up. Her mother was just happy that her daughter was alive, no matter the condition she was in at the time.

            A spector of despair was over the Wright family’s heads[1] it seemed like, because all Ivy wanted to do was to sing and teach others about her life-long condition.

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[1] Based off a quote from Prisoners of Hope

Author's Note

Includes one footnote.