Life and Love

Will the truth you ignored come back to bite you? Did your youth and immaturity push your true love away?

That’s the question for young Maddie Anderson. The path to her true love would prove to be winding and twisting.

And a path that she would have to learn to maneuver on her own.

Maddie never anticipated that the first stop in her search for happiness would be Lourdes Russo, the single, beautiful, mature woman that started working alongside her in the Cardio-Pulmonary department at Camped.

Lourdes seemed full of wisdom and beauty that Maddie would only be able to explore briefly. Lourdes seems eager to get to know the younger woman, despite Maddie’s demonstrating the ways they differ. The similarities far outweighed the differences for Lourdes.

When Camped starts to discuss budget cuts, Maddie has difficulty giving the patients proper care and being the fast-paced nurse the staff desire. Maddie questions how it's possible to give good patient care when you're trying to rush them through like they're only a number. That's when Maddie's health starts to deteriorate, and her stress increases. A worried Lourdes insists that Maddie can’t do all she wants to do until she prioritizes her health first, but that does not go over well. Maddie asks why Lourdes can’t be sympathetic, and doubt settles in on whether their bond is strong enough to overcome those hurdles.

The inevitable break-up comes. Maddie works on nurturing her broken heart the only way she knows how: work, work, and more work. But that does not go well. The stress becomes too much, and a panic attack puts Maddie in the place she wanted to avoid at all costs: a hospital bed.

A recovering, introspective Maddie has a deep desire for the one thing missing in her life: Lourdes Russo. But sometimes you don't always get what you desire. Will Maddie find her happy ever after? Lourdes was right all along, but will Maddie's improving health be enough to get them back together?

Or will it be too little, too late?