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The doctor nodded, her eyes filled with sympathy “The inflammation has worsened and your nunificantly I think you’ll find a nebulizer effective for handling your difficulty breathing Could help with the inflammation in your airways, too”

Nu to the doctors hadn’t been a et the nebulizer, but I’ll also look into other, more natural treatments”

“That’s fine I’ll do one treatment today so you can see how it’s done and then you can do them at home Three times a day to start”

“Three ti I never wanted for Beau was to have a childhood like mine, where he would be forced to act like a miniature adult at all times I wanted him to be a kid A normal kid My parents had always been too concerned with appearances, so s a childhood

“There are portable nebulizers that are battery operated Just take it with you wherever you are” She gave a few more instructions while she adht?”

Beau nodded “It wasn’t as bad as I thought”

“It never is,” I assured hiet

“Should we bring Jana’s baby a toy?”

I sift shop”

Chapter Five

Cross

I fucking hated hospitals The last tioodbye to odda up here every day only made it hurt more Today there was another cause A kid,blue eyes hiding behind glasses with black fra I’d watched hi room and scan the whole place for a seat before he took the spot right beside me

I helds It wasaround kids was torture, alondering if that was how old or how smart or funny my own kid would have been But the kid pulled out a book and began to read

Odd

No matter how much I didn’t want to be bothered, I couldn’t just let a kid wander the hospital alone “Hey kid, are you here alone?”