Two Weeks Page #2

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and screaming.

Denial.

Total.

No.

You said that I would

have the table...

I said you could

have the car,

not the dining room table.

It's an heirloom.

What am I gonna eat on?

Mom, none of us

really want the...

Hush, hush, hush, hush.

What about the armoire?

We bought that together.

Give it to Emily.

All right, then I get

to keep the table?

Done.

Fine.

Write that down.

I just wanna make sure

you all get your fair share.

What's next?

So, I read about

a new clinical trial

on the Web yesterday.

Now, I know it's a long shot,

but I emailed them.

And I thought maybe

we'll get a hit

before hospice comes.

Keith.

Then I got into

this chat group

that reviews local hospices,

so I know which nurses

to look out for.

Then...

Keith.

Honey, you can't

problem-solve your way

out of this one.

Well, I was just doing

what I can.

It's kind of a...

Zen thing.

I know, Emily told me.

Okay.

KEITH:
Tell me the story

of my birth.

What story?

The one you tell me

every year

when you call me

on my birthday.

I don't.

Yeah, you do.

I do? How boring.

Okay. Um...

Well, you were my first baby

and you had a very big head,

which is not a good combo.

It was before Lamaze,

and so they just

put me in a room by myself,

and let me writhe there

until they thought

I was ready.

And then they gave me

a total block,

not an epidural or anything,

so I couldn't move

my arms and legs

and barely knew where I was.

And they tied down my hands,

and then two big nurses

pushed on me.

I didn't get to push

or be involved in any way.

And then, all of a sudden,

I wasn't pregnant anymore,

and I was back in the room

and your father was there,

and I started screaming,

"Where's my baby?

Where's my baby?"

And so, then the nurses

brought you in

so I could see you,

and then I started to cry

and my nose was running,

because you were

the ugliest baby

I had ever seen.

So ugly.

Yeah, but I got

better looking, right?

Jesus.

What time is it?

Oh, God, it's 6:
00.

Forgot to change watch.

Hospice is here.

Best family reunion ever,

eh, Bar?

I'm very pleased that

we have Carol available

to work with you.

Oh, she's good.

Very, very good.

She was Gilda Radner's

hospice nurse.

KEITH:
Really?

How did that

turn out for her?

In the end?

Who?

Gilda.

She died.

I see.

Ouch.

So, uh, how long

do you think this

process will take?

Well, the process

is different for

each individual. It's...

Very different.

Very different, right. Yeah.

But, I mean,

if you had to guess?

Just for planning purposes.

Well, normally,

I'd expect that she'd

have very little time left.

Mmm-hmm.

But for a dying person,

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