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September 24, 2061: Every day at all.
you made progress. You hair began "Your legs! What's wrong with
to grow back. We had even started
going on morning bike rides to- them?"
gether. The doctor said that the tu- "Whassa matta? Whayou-
mor had stopped spreading, but the
battle was not over. Not by a long meen?"
shot. The second round of chemo You were slurring words, some-
was about to start.
thing was very wrong. I put the car
I hate surprises in the morning. into reverse, slammed on the gas
and sped back towards the clinic.
October 13, 2061: We were at By now, the tremors in your leg
the clinic. I was in the waiting room had spread throughout your entire
reading a magazine, but I don't re- body. Your eyes rolled back into
member waiting for you to finish your head and you began making
the first chemo treatment. Every- guttural, strange noises. You had no
thing was routine. We chatted with
the heavy-set nurse while we wait- idea what was going on.
ed our turn. Another nurse brought I ran into the clinic, opened the
three clear bags of the drug. You
would fall asleep as the chemo was door and screamed, "Help!!! Please,
slowly fed into your bloodstream. It for the love of God, help!!! My wife
took a little under two hours for this is outside, she's dying!!!"
process. Then, we went home.
From that point on, that day
As we got into my truck, every- was a blur. A half dozen or so nurs-
thing seemed normal. As I put my es sprinted past me to tend to you.
blinker on to pull out of the parking I remember being led into a car that
lot, your legs began to shake. took me to a nearby hospital. At
one point I was in an old, yellowish
"Are you ok hon?" I asked. waiting room with tattered seats. I
was a zombie, unaware of my sur-
"Yeah, why do you ask?" By roundings, or what was going on.
now, your legs were like pistons,
pumping up and down violently. After what seemed like an eter-
You looked at me, not a sign of nity, a young doctor called me over
alarm on your face. to your room, "Your wife is stable
for now, but in critical condition.
You couldn't feel your legs She had an allergic reaction to the
shaking. You couldn't feel your legs chemo she received, and had a se-
ries of severe seizures."
"But the chemo, it's the same
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