Can You Feel This? by Julie Orringer

Author:Julie Orringer [Orringer, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

As you try and fail to nurse, the family of the woman behind the curtain brings food: bags and bags of what smells like chicken tikka masala and saag paneer and fresh naan. The white sneakers move swiftly behind the curtain. Their baby is quiet. You have no idea what time it is or when you last ate. You haven’t gotten out of bed since the surgery. You’re still catheterized. You’ve been allowed nothing but clear liquids because you might still hemorrhage and need more surgery. You call the nurse. When she comes, you tell her you need to get the catheter out. Get up and walk. Eat real food. If you don’t eat, how can the baby eat?

It’s an emergency, you say. We’re at a crossroads.

No food yet, the nurse says. She glances at the whiteboard. When did the baby last eat?

Ky holds the baby. The baby wails and wails and wails.

Give me the baby, Ky, you say. Call Saul and Leonard.

Ky calls Saul and Leonard. Talks for three minutes. Hangs up.

They’re coming first thing in the morning, Ky says. They’re cooking.

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