Gemotions

He’d always been a creature of habit. His life revolved around appointments, medications, and the steady, reassuring presence of his caregiver. Now, the nurse on the phone was informing him that his records had been mixed up. The medications he was taking, the lifestyle modifications he'd made, were not for him. His life was, essentially, a lie.

He sat on the worn couch, staring at the television screen, the images blurring before his eyes. The caregiver, whose kindness he counted on, was now a stranger. The familiar structure of his days, the comforting routine…all of it was gone.

He felt the tremors begin, a cascade of panic. His breath became shallow, uneven. He needed a plan, a lifeline, a familiar face to guide him through this unexpected maze. He picked up the phone.