? Someone wascoming, and that meant she would at the very least have some other sounds todistract her.? She held her breath,waiting expectantly for th... footsteps to reach her room.? Thenhe was there, just feet away.? She couldhear him breathing and moving about.?There was the familiar sound of the catheter bag being removed, but thistime he spoke to her.? ?I?mgoing to remove your catheter, so this might be uncomfortable for a moment.?His voice was very soft and deep and strangely comforting.?. “Hhmm…” Daddy paused a moment, unable to think of anything else to suggest. Then he said, “Did you go potty today?”More tears were running down my cheeks. “I can’t, Daddy. I push and push and nothing comes out”.He rubbed my back as I began to cry softly. “It’s alright, Honey. You just need a little help. Let’s go in the bathroom and clean out that bottom of yours”.Cradling me in his arms, he carried me down the hall to the bathroom. He stood me up on my feet and told me to get into the tub on. Late that afternoon, Tina brings in some printouts and puts them on my desk."Will you be at Lila's tonight?" she asks. I know what she means. That's her way of saying she wants my company tonight."Sure," I tell her. "We can sleep there, and you can get ready to leave tomorrow." You sure you don't mind me taking the weekend off?" she asks."I offered, didn't I?" I ask her. Hell, she deserves it. She sighs."I can stay, if you need me to," she says almost wistfully.I look up into her liquid brown. It started quite innocently."Did you check this stuff out when you got it?" Joey said poking his index finger into the glass."No. Why?" I said walking over to him. I put two fingers in the slightly warm liquid, and saw what he was talking about."Weird," I said, rubbing my thumb against my slickened fingers. "It's sorta like Vaseline, but slipperier and thinner. Is KY like this?" I don't know. Ted didn't show me, and I never actually opened the tubes I got. Awe, shit. We don't have the.