Alex Weasley (notyourfred) wrote in breaking_point, @ 2010-10-18 12:23:00 |
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Entry tags: | *complete, 2025 10, character: fred alex weasley, character: remus lupin |
RP: Remus and Alex
Who: Alex, Remus
Where: The Infirmary
When: 18 October, midmorning
Summary: Alex takes his first walk
Healers had been moving around, moving people around, and Alex heard the bustle of walking and groaning and soft voices all around him. People were getting better and leaving the infirmary every day, it seemed. He could feel himself getting better, but slowly, his cough continued and the Healers had started to insist that he sit up on the side of the bed a few times a day. It made him dizzy at first, but gradually got easier, and today, the plan was to walk.
Walk?
The staff insisted, and so he sat on the edge of the bed as someone helped him into clean sleep trousers and his own flannel dressing gown. His left arm was tucked inside it, still secure in the sling, and it was tied warmly around him. He'd even convinced whoever changed his bandages this morning to please put a comb through his hair.
"Okay, here we go."
Alex nodded and a hand tucked through his arm, another rested firmly at his waist, and he stood. "Oh wow." His head swam for a moment and the hands held him steady. After a moment he nodded, and the someone moved alongside him to walk arm in arm.
"As slowly as you like. We'll walk just to the end of the row. Five bed-lengths."
Alex nodded, and took a step. Then another, trying to stand straight, not to lurch or lean. He wondered if he'd been this unsteady learning to walk in the first place. "It's harder than I remember," he said, shaking his head.
"You've been in bed a while. You've got to get your balance back. And without your vision, it's hard to know where you are in space. It'll get easier, and moving around or sitting up will help keep your lungs clear."
Alex nodded and kept walking, one wavering step at a time, hand clutching the hand of the aide. It felt like they'd gone a mile already, but he wasn't going to give up now.