{"id":12661,"date":"2024-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/?p=12661"},"modified":"2024-04-01T16:07:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T21:07:53","slug":"doctor-patient-confidentiality-chapter-one-hundred-and-ninety-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/hi\/doctor-patient-confidentiality-chapter-one-hundred-and-ninety-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor-Patient Confidentiality: Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The digital dashboard clock digits turn, mocking the passage of time. The radio jock&#8217;s cheery voice grates on my nerves as he chatters about the latest Christmas jam in their holiday playlist line up. It&#8217;s four days till Christmas but it feels anything but festive. I chance another glance at the passenger side, monitoring Trixie who&#8217;s been uncharacteristically quiet for most of the drive. Meanwhile I&#8217;m reeling. From the weekend. From what was decided during my absence. But I try my damnedest not to show it, focusing on the road ahead. I turn the volume down, my heart picking up speed as I broach the subject I wish I didn&#8217;t have to, but absolutely need to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">&#8220;Are you sure?&#8221; The weight of those two simple words seems to suck all the oxygen from the car.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Trixie&#8217;s small nod is the only movement. &#8220;Yeah.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">I swallow hard against the lump forming in my throat. &#8220;Look, I know I wasn&#8217;t there when I should have been, but&#8230;maybe you should give yourself more time?&#8221; I plead, desperately grasping at straws. &#8220;You don&#8217;t have to make a decision right now. <em>Especially <\/em>not now.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Guilt stabs my heart as her haunted gaze finally meets mine. I&#8217;d called her as soon as I returned from Frost&#8217;s mansion, determined to be by her side as soon as possible despite my own discombobulated state. This wasn&#8217;t something you discussed over the damn phone. But Trixie had already been for an evaluation. Already made the appointment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">I&#8217;d been stunned into silence when she told me, so many conflicting questions and emotions swirling in my mind. But Trixie&#8217;s only one eclipsed them all before I could voice them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><em>&#8220;Will you go with me?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nJoin us or log in to read more.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The digital dashboard clock digits turn, mocking the passage of time. The radio jock&#8217;s cheery voice grates on my nerves as he chatters about the latest Christmas jam in their holiday playlist line up. 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