#629 Limbs- Julia Elliott
Elise is in the Dementia Ward of an old age home. This one is different than most. Here they are trying some experiments on rejuvenating some of the losses of age, namely movement and memory. The Dementia Ward patients are part of a program dealing with the mechanization of geriatric care. A robotic leg program called Leg Intuitive Motion Bionics (LIMB) is in full swing.
Her new legs seem to be working and as she goes through memory therapy, she recognizes a few other patients from her life. This triggers even more memory and emotion, and her dreams both waking and in sleep become very vivid. Without knowing how or why, she comes across a man in a wheelchair from another wing who turns out to be her husband.
What’s the use of movement if you can’t go anywhere and why have memories if you cant share them. This is a very touching story.
Notable Passage: “His voice rattles like a rusty cotton gin, but to her the word sounds exquisitely feminine, the name of some flower that blooms for just half a day, almost too small to see but insanely perfumed in the noon heat.”
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