Chapter 13

• I hold out my index finger for her to place it on. I am quite familiar and it’s one of very few things that has never been used to hurt me in the hospital. After holding the mask gently to my face for a few minutes Alpha Black allows me a break by letting it lay on the pillow beside me.
• “I need you to open your mouth and raise your tongue. I’m going to place two pills in your mouth. They need to dissolve under your tongue to work. This is a sedative called Ativan. Xanax needs to wait until we get the IV established.”
• This is a difficult request as there’s been more than once that I was given something that caused more issues than I already had. It’s been years since I’ve allowed anyone to place anything directly in my mouth without seeing exactly where it came from.