Everything Here Is Beautiful

Lucia is involuntarily admitted into Crote Six, a psychiatric ward in the hospital. In the ward, Lucia becomes friends with her roommate Coco Washington. Nurse Bob gives Lucia some medication, and Lucia has a seizure as an adverse reaction to it. Coco decides to protect Lucia. Miranda flies from Switzerland to New York upon hearing that Lucia has been admitted into the psychiatric ward. As she flies to New York, Miranda remembers the flight from China to the United States with her mother.

Miranda meets with the social worker assigned to Lucia’s case. Miranda argues with the social worker over how to properly care for Lucia. She urges them to file for a “medication over objection” order (103), in which the doctors in the ward would be able to give Lucia her medication even if she refuses to take it. Nurse Bob reminds Miranda that it is best if the patients come to terms with taking their medication on their own. Nurse Bob comments that he is glad that Miranda still has the urge to fight for her sister and hasn’t given up on helping her treat her mental illness. After the meeting, Miranda visits Lucia. Lucia becomes extremely agitated and yells for Miranda to leave.