Chapter 10
Felicity woke up wet and messy, her last memory was breakfast and she felt hungry again. She had no idea what time it was, but on the small table by her cot was a baby bottle of juice and a huge slab of chocolate that must have weighed a kilo. She reached through and took the bottle, spitting out her dummy and inserting the nipple of the feeder. She chugged through what seemed to be rosehip syrup, it was very sweet. Next she took the chocolate and used her teeth to break the seal on the foil. She chewed into the bar like it was a slice of toast, the saliva from her eating dribbled down her cheek and onto her bib, which was already wet from rushing her bottle and dummy drooling. She looked down at the once white bib and saw that the breakfast stains and these new deposits showed the perfect history of her dietary day.
Satiated, she felt a new desire rising, she wanted the pink squirty, the pink path to vibrant dreams and utter tranquility. The door opened. Sister Mary was resplendent in her dark blue uniform and starched white apron. In her hand she had a syringe of pink medicine.
“ Who are you today”? She asked
“Flithty” replied Felicity still hampered by her damaged tongue.
“No sweetheart, you’re confused again, your name is Selina. Can you say it out loud for me? Selina
Felicity looked at the syringe, she wanted her medicine so badly, but she knew she wasn’t Selina despite her bracelet saying that she was.
“Well? Have you remembered your name yet? I expect you want to have your dirty nappy changed, have dinner and then have your medicine don’t you?”
Felicity looked surprised, the last meal she had eaten was breakfast, how long had she napped? Her nappy felt disgusting, she could feel the smelly log pressing against her bottom and the wetting had cooled and was starting to burn into her skin. She wanted her medicine and she wanted it now. Despite devouring all the chocolate she was ravenous and hungry. “My name Thelina” she sputtered “I forgot because I’m a thilly girl”.
In a minute, she was being changed by an orderly, showered and back in nappies, this time with a huge soaker insert to get her through the night. She went to the canteen and ate a huge portion of steak and kidney pudding with chips and gravy. They brought her spotty dic-k and custard, then a slice of millionaire shortbread. On the side was a pint of Cola that they had put in a giant baby bottle. The gas made the liquid squirt out all over her bib, which by this time was a laundry disaster. Finally there was full fat cheese and biscuits and a small plate of chocolates to finish off. All was consumed.
Her bib was replaced with a new one and she was returned to her cot suc-king happily on her new dummy which seemed to have been dipped in flavouring. As she shuffled in her baby bed, her bladder released, soaking into the voluminous nappies that were around her. The syringe was injected and the cycle continued.
Sister Mary wrote on her chart - twenty thousand calories consumed today. Anticipated weight gain - three pounds.