Heyem slept next to Alexand, guarding her sister, waking occasionally to check she was still breathing. It’s nearly dawn, and the sun is appearing on the horizon, a faint sliver of light peers through the curtain, and Heyem feels something sticky.
Tag: terminal illness
Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 351: Heyem Merek Part 12
Alex hasn’t been able to speak or move for the past few weeks. She is rapidly declining, and her doctor has predicted she only has a few weeks left. Inajda and Heyem sit at her bedside, unable to do anything. Heyem sits opposite, after Inajda retrieved her from Hong Kong, warning her that Alex was close to death.
Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 347: The Secret War Part 12
Alexand’s condition is rapidly deteriorating. The nature of her illness is cyclical, and degenerative, and her doctor has given her the maximum dose of Katherine’s inhibitor, to try to stabilise her.
Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 332: Jarad Vijay Part 9
Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 331: The Secret War Part 11
Alexand managed to persuade Doctor Azizi to disconnect her from the wires, and remove the sedative drugs. He has hooked her up to a mobile drip, which feeds Katherine’s inhibitor into her bloodstream at regular intervals. Her Uncle Antun helps her into the living room.
Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 329: The Secret War Part 10
Alexand wakes up, but can’t move, her body is heavy and she’s alone. (Happy New Year)
Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 322: Home
Alexand attempted to follow Jarad, despite being blind, but ended up collapsing by the doorway. She lay there, staring at the darkness, unable to move, calling out for someone to help her. Her cousin Toreth came, and carried Alex back into her bed, then called for Doctor Azizi. He sedated her and she has spent the night sleeping. She has woken again and insisted the doctor help her get out of bed. Doctor Azizi has spent the past few minutes scolding her for ignoring his advice.
Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 312: The Secret War Part 7
Antun Rekaya has turned his youngest son’s bedroom into a hospital room for Alexand. Alex hasn’t woken, since she arrived, because Doctor Azizi has sedated her in an attempt to stabilise her. Jarad hasn’t left her bedside for two weeks.
Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 309: The Secret War Part 5
Jarad had helped Alexand to walk away from Lord Anderson’s tomb, and heavily disguised, the two of them caught the train home, towards the village they grew up in. After leaving the train, Alex is finding it harder to walk, but she is too stubborn to let Jarad carry her. The village is a mile away, and Jarad is getting nervous.
