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patterns_bloom) wrote2017-10-10 10:59 pm
patterns_bloom) wrote2017-10-10 10:59 pm
Seattle
Bzzt-clunk.
The nurses at the University of Washington Medical Center's inpatient psych ward--on the seventh floor of the center--buzz Dr. Bloom through. Alana strides in, noticing that everything about the ward is blue: cornflower walls, industrial-strength navy blue carpet, and now-locked, azure blue, metal doors.
To her right is a television lounge with large windows lining the wall, letting in the bright, summer sun. The ward is O-shaped, with patient rooms surrounding the outside of the O and conference rooms filling the middle. Patients are expected to do their own laundry, be dressed by eight a.m. for a group meeting, and take their medications.
The two nurses--a black man and a red-headed white woman--behind the high, U-shaped counter facing the front doors smile at Dr. Bloom, the ward's new psychiatrist. Alana feels she'll fit in nicely here.
---
The door to Milliways shows up several times over the next few months, while Alana is settling into her new home at Seattle. She ignores it. She was trapped in the bar for two years, and has no desire to return. Besides, Hannibal is still alive there.
Eventually, the door stops coming.
---
A year after she first arrived at the ward, 7North, Alana is thriving. She's constantly intrigued and challenged by her patients. She's published numerous articles, all of which were well-received. She's even started dating a man she met through a sketching group from Meetup.com.
Her life is a good one. She doesn't look back.
The nurses at the University of Washington Medical Center's inpatient psych ward--on the seventh floor of the center--buzz Dr. Bloom through. Alana strides in, noticing that everything about the ward is blue: cornflower walls, industrial-strength navy blue carpet, and now-locked, azure blue, metal doors.
To her right is a television lounge with large windows lining the wall, letting in the bright, summer sun. The ward is O-shaped, with patient rooms surrounding the outside of the O and conference rooms filling the middle. Patients are expected to do their own laundry, be dressed by eight a.m. for a group meeting, and take their medications.
The two nurses--a black man and a red-headed white woman--behind the high, U-shaped counter facing the front doors smile at Dr. Bloom, the ward's new psychiatrist. Alana feels she'll fit in nicely here.
---
The door to Milliways shows up several times over the next few months, while Alana is settling into her new home at Seattle. She ignores it. She was trapped in the bar for two years, and has no desire to return. Besides, Hannibal is still alive there.
Eventually, the door stops coming.
---
A year after she first arrived at the ward, 7North, Alana is thriving. She's constantly intrigued and challenged by her patients. She's published numerous articles, all of which were well-received. She's even started dating a man she met through a sketching group from Meetup.com.
Her life is a good one. She doesn't look back.
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