As I awoke I remembered last night and got up to call Mum
“Hello, Auckland Hospital how may I help you”
“Hi I called earlier this morning about Kate Dancombe. Do you think that it will be possible to speak to her?”
“Yes sure ill transfer you to her room”
The strange dialing tone came on but eventually Mum answered
“Hello” She said warily
“Hi Mum its Em”
Oh hi darling how’s Nathan?”
“He’s fine but woke up last night and it took ages to get him to bed”
“I’m going to be in hospital for a few days it was a false alarm but I was bleeding so they need to keep me in for a few days” she said
“What am I going to do about the money though Mum ive got none”
“Catch a bus to the hospital; I’m in room 431 in the maternity ward”
“Okay then I wish you were at home im really worried about you”
“I love you Bye darling”
“Bye Mum love you to”
I decided I should try to get there as soon as possible so I had a shower, bathed Nathan and packed him a bag with food, nappies and toys. And we set off. It was a mission to get the bus station even though I had put Nathan in his stroller. The bus station was noisy and crowded there was rubbish everywhere. People kept staring at me but I knew what they were thinking why would a thirteen year old be alone with a baby? And where would she be going?
When I got to the hospital gates I didn’t know where to go I walked to a desk that looked like reception.
“Hi how do I get to the maternity ward?”
“When you get to the stairs take a left turn to the elevators and in the elevators it will have a list of the levels for each department”
“Thank you”
When I reached Mums room I was nervous. I knocked on the door.
“Come in” she said she still sounded tired
“Hi Mum” “Oh Hi my darlings how are you? Oh I missed you so much”
Her room was white everything completely white the walls and the bed.
“They said that I could be discharged today if I stayed in bed”
“That’s good what time can you be discharged?”
“They said in half an hour”
She grabbed her purse that was on her side table and gave me a twenty dollar note.
“Here can you go and get me and you something to eat im starved”
Mum didn’t seem her usual self I wonder what has happened.
TO BE CONTINUED

