My Life Without Me Page #2

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Thank you.

John,

Charlie Bob, Seymour,

Jack and Bill.

Follow me, please.

Hey, do you know if the other nurse told

my mom she had to go pick up my kids?

I was supposed to go

and pick them up today and...

Who'd you tell it to?

The other nurse.

I don't know her name.

Do you know how many nurses

we have working in this hospital?

Do you know what it's like to be waiting

at the school gate all on your own,

with your nose freezing to death

while all the other kids

get picked up by their moms?

Yeah, I do.

I'll go see if I can find

your mother.

Hi Ann.

I am Doctor Thompson,

I'll be looking at the results

of your ultrasound.

Why are we doing this again?

How are your kids?

I'm kind of worried, actually,

I was supposed

to pick them up today so...

Let's not worry about thatjust now.

This will be over in a few minutes.

Ann, would you excuse me for a moment?

Yeah, sure. It's your hospital.

Ann, this is Doctor Stuart

and Doctor Lance.

Hi! Do you know if someone told my mom

about picking up my daughters?

We're only gonna take

a few minutes, okay?

Does your husband live with you?

Yeah,

he... he builds swimming pools.

He was out all day today.

And you work at the university.

Yeah. I clean the university. Nights.

And you're twenty-three...

I'll be twenty four in December.

I'm an Aquarius.

How about you? What star sign are you?

What the hell is happening to me?

We've done the scan

three times and...

Are you sure you wouldn't prefer

to call your husband?

No. I would prefer not to call him.

We've done the scan three times,

and I've ordered a... a pre-biopsy...

So, what?

You have a tumour.

In both ovaries.

It's reached your stomach and it's

beginning to spread to your liver.

Wow. That's pretty far gone, eh?

Ann, if you were twenty years older,

the whole thing would be spreading

more slowly we could operate on it.

But... your cells are very young.

Too young, in fact

and I'm afraid there's...

there's nothing we can do.

Wow. How long?

Two months, maybe three.

Here's me thinking

I was pregnant...

No, I'm afraid not.

I knew it was something pretty serious

when you sat down here beside me.

They're renovating my office,

changing the air-conditioning and...

No, that's not true...

I can't sit down in front of someone

and tell them that they're gonna die...

I've never been able to...

the nurses are beginning

to mention it.

Your family might wanna see

another doctor,

they might want

a second opinion.

Someone who tells me the exact same thing

as you, but looks me right in the eye?

Can I get you a coffee?

No.

Bourbon?

Let me guess,

you're goinna offer me a cigarette?

No.

Do have a piece of candy?

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