"Aunt sits on one side of the body,

the female cousin takes the chair on the other side – uncle and male cousin standing. The aunt is still (as always) completely out of it and she actually losses consciousness at one point, which freaks me out a bit. Thankfully it was just for a few moments (couldn’t have been more than a half dozen seconds) and wakes up. The female cousin is constantly holding the pt’s hand, rubbing his head, kissing his cheek / forehead, while crying and talking to him the whole time. At first I was thinking, “I’d be the guy – nice and quiet, internalizing everything.” Nope, definitely not. I’m the girl on this one (assuming S. had succeeded in her actions). I would totally lose it actually, and could be the aunt - but I don’t think I’d be delusional. I know dead is dead. There’s plenty of other ways to be crazy tho.."

Wk 12 Excerpt