**I'm sorry but I forgot her name! Oops. I love the name Annette, is that alright with you?**
The white-coated doctor seemed to be having an internal battle, whether to look her in the eyes as he told the news or stare down at his shoes.
"I'm sorry, uh..Ms. Annette. Your blood has been tested as positive for leukemia"
I lay in the cot bed in my itchy gown thing, mouth gaped open, trying to comprehend what he was saying to me. My mother was in the seat beside my bed, stifling sobs, her hand over her mouth.
"You will been admitted into the hospital from anytime between 13-24 months. By that time it should be clear whether the treatment is working," The doctor apparently chose the latter as he refused to make the slightest bit of eye contact for the rest of the little speech.
"Well. I uh, hope you enjoy your time here," The nameless doctor said before walking out of the sterile white room.
[i I hope you enjoy your time here? [/i] How could you say that to a sixteen year old girl who was just diagnosed with leukemia? Do they train you to be heartless at medical school? I shook my head, held back tears and lay trembling until I finally drifted off.
**Hope that was okay**
I am nothing but a mouthful of 'sorry's, half-hearted apologies that roll of my tongue, smoothquick, like 'r's or maybe like pocket candy that's just a bit too sweet.
**I'm sorry but I forgot her name! Oops. I love the name Annette, is that alright with you?**
The white-coated doctor seemed to be having an internal battle, whether to look her in the eyes as he told the news or stare down at his shoes.
"I'm sorry, uh..Ms. Annette. Your blood has been tested as positive for leukemia"
I lay in the cot bed in my itchy gown thing, mouth gaped open, trying to comprehend what he was saying to me. My mother was in the seat beside my bed, stifling sobs, her hand over her mouth.
"You will been admitted into the hospital from anytime between 13-24 months. By that time it should be clear whether the treatment is working," The doctor apparently chose the latter as he refused to make the slightest bit of eye contact for the rest of the little speech.
"Well. I uh, hope you enjoy your time here," The nameless doctor said before walking out of the sterile white room.
[i I hope you enjoy your time here? [/i] How could you say that to a sixteen year old girl who was just diagnosed with leukemia? Do they train you to be heartless at medical school? I shook my head, held back tears and lay trembling until I finally drifted off.
**Hope that was okay**
I am nothing but a mouthful of 'sorry's, half-hearted apologies that roll of my tongue, smoothquick, like 'r's or maybe like pocket candy that's just a bit too sweet.
