Cussy did not want to continue experiencing the prejudice she and her father had experienced all their lives, which is why she decided to take the “magic potion” to begin with. If it hadn’t made her so sick, I think she would have continued to take it, even if it didn’t make her immediately accepted by her community. Cussy, after all, continued to have hope for herself and for everyone around her. Overall, she was an optimistic person in a pessimistic situation. The physical pain caused by the medication was just as bad as the social pain of prejudice, though, so it’s no wonder she decided not to continue taking it. Health is a holistic state, and the medicine threatened her equilibrium as much as the anti-blue prejudice did.