Back Together ~ pt 2

❤︎︎ Twenty-Four ❤︎︎

We sorted it out. We went back home after the race weekend and I was depressed again but that was normal to be honest. I didn't do much for my birthday either. Lando brought me some flowers and some charms to put on my bracelet and we just honestly spent the whole day cuddling with Liliana. That's all I wanted to do. A couple days after my birthday Lando was feeling like complete shit. He actually passed out in the kitchen and I had to take him to hospital. Turns out he was deficient in fuck knows how much. I already knew about a decent amount of the deficiencies but I didn't know that they had gotten as bad as they did. The doctors told him to skip the next race and just rest. He was given some pills to take but I was gonna try and put all his deficiencies in some foods. He rested for a couple days until we sat on the couch and got the list of deficiencies.

"right, what's first on the list of things you're deficient in?" I said

"Well, vitamin D and iron seem to be the most important ones" he said as he snuggled up to me while I looked up certain foods that were high in those vitamins

"I'm kinda shocked about Vitamin D but then again you haven't been outside a lot recently. We can maybe go for a walk a couple times a week when you're feeling a bit more up to strength and we can take Liliana with us. Food wise I can make the salmon with spices on for you. That will help with the omega 3 issue and it can also help with the vitamin D issue so I'll put that on the weekly list" I said. The salmon with all the spices was the only fish he would actually eat and that's mainly because it didn't taste or smell like fish anymore after I downed it in spices. "the iron part I can make the brisket. red meat can help with iron deficiencies so that should help. right, what else is on that list?"

"There's also calcium and magnesium"

"well calcium can be solved with a decent amount of dairy. maybe have a bit of milk every once in a while. I could make a Mac and Cheese for us every week? that might help? And there's actually a decent amount of snacks that have magnesium in them. peanuts, dark chocolate, oatmeal and even avocado. I could maybe do that for breakfast. avocado on toast sometimes and maybe oatmeal sometimes. we can get some nuts for you to snack on and dark chocolate for when you really need it. I could even make some guacamole and we could just have a night where we just eat shit tons of nachos with different dips?"

"That actually sounds perfect"

"any other deficiencies on the list?"

"There's also potassium"

"lots of fruits have potassium in them so I'll just stock up the fruit bowl every week. avocado also has potassium in it which we're already gonna do stuff with for magnesium. I think we've got a good list of food ideas here. we're gonna help you get better. obviously you've gotta still take those pills until you start looking better on blood tests"

"Thanks, Lex. I appreciate everything you're doing for me. I'm going to feel like a new man once we get these deficiencies taken care of"

"you'll feel back to normal after we sort these stupid deficiencies out. I'm gonna get you back to full health"

"That's my girl. You know, there's one more thing I wanted to talk to you about"

"Yeah?"

"Well, I was thinking about maybe... I don't know, working out more or something like that. I feel like I've been neglecting my body lately, and I want to make sure I'm in the best shape possible for when this is all over"

"we can go to the gym more often if you want? we can bring Liliana with us and we can take in turns doing things while keeping an eye on Lils" I said. He nodded and I put my laptop on the coffee table and let him rest his head on my lap while I played with his curls. He had Liliana in his arms and she definitely looked red as hell. I knew just from that face that she had gas stuck. "I saw this think that apparently works and helps babies with gas and I kinda wanna see if it will work with Liliana" I said as I picked up Liliana from his arms and laid her flat on the couch. It was like this thing where you would do bicycle legs and then push them up to her chest and as I suspected; all the wind came out. I gave her back to Lando and she fell asleep while I went to check on the brisket. I had planned to make one to cheer up Lando. He always loved my brisket. He scoffed the whole thing down his throat. Greedy shit.

A couple days later and he was already starting to feel better. The best part about that day though was the fact that I was finally getting my braces removed!!! 2 and a bit years I had been waiting!! I got them removed and my teeth felt so weird. It didn't feel right but it did at the same time. It was the little things like that which made my day slightly better