I nodded, and then Alison My Nurse kind of politely made them leave.
She asked me if I wanted some ice chips, and I nodded, and then she sat at the bed with me and spooned them into my mouth.
“So you’ve been gone a couple days,” Alison said. “Hmm, what’d you miss...
A celebrity did drugs. Politicians disagreed. A different celebrity wore a bikini that revealed a bodily imperfection.
A team won a sporting event, but another team lost.” I smiled.
You can’t go disappearing on everybody like this, Hazel. You miss too much.
“More?” I asked, nodding toward the white Styrofoam cup in her hand.
“I shouldn’t,” she said, “but I’m a rebel.” She gave me another plastic spoonful of crushed ice.
I mumbled a thank-you. Praise God for good nurses. “Getting tired?” she asked. I nodded.
“Sleep for a while,” she said. “I’ll try to run interference and give you a couple hours before somebody comes in to check vitals and the like.”
I said Thanks again. You say thanks a lot in a hospital. I tried to settle into the bed.
“You’re not gonna ask about your boyfriend?” she asked. “Don’t have one,” I told her.
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