He just kept shaking his head. " They don’ t know honey. The surgeon said he’ ll know more after the surgery.
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with me." I started crying again. " I can just take the cab and be there in 45 minutes. You’ ve all got studying to do. I’ ll be fine." The tears wouldn’ t stop though. It was clear; I wasn’ t going to be fine tonight.
" Don’ t be dumb," Mary Ann said and handed me my coat. " We’ re going with you and that’ s final. You would do the same thing for us in a heartbeat. We’ ll just bring our books with us and study while we wait if we can."
I shook my head to clear it trying to grasp what was going on. I was usually the one who was in control. I was the older one, the one they looked up to and depended on. Now the tables had turned and I was so thankful.
He just kept shaking his head. " They don’ t know honey. The surgeon said he’ ll know more after the surgery.
" Kelly! Come on!" Sally was out the door leading the way down the hall.
We met my dad outside the emergency room. His face was strained. He looked like he’ d aged three years since last week. " They’ re taking your mom up for more tests," he said. " The nurse said it looks like some kind of infection and it’ s spreading fast. Once they get the results from the tests we’ ll know more."
So we waited. The nurses would come update us when they could but there wasn’ t much they could tell us. Finally the doctor came and pulled my dad aside. He was in a hurry so he had my dad go with him through the surgery door. Several nurses quickly went in too. I looked through the doors and saw Dad signing papers and asking questions as they walked further down the hall. I knew
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