She doesn't have six months,David shouted.I'm sorry. I can refer you to—David slammed down the phone.
The following morning David went to Dr. Patterson's office. The waiting room was crowded.
David walked up to the receptionist.I'd like to make an appointment to see Dr. Patterson.
My mother's very ill and—She looked up at him and said, “You called yesterday, didn't you?”
“Yes.” “I told you then. We don't have any appointments open, and we're not making any just now.
“I'll wait,” David said stubbornly. “You can't wait. The doctor is—” David took a seat.
He watched the people in the waiting room being called into the inner office one by one until finally he was the only one left.
At six o'clock, the receptionist said, “There's no point in waiting any longer. Dr. Patterson has gone home.”
David went to visit his mother in intensive care that evening.
“You can only stay a minute,” a nurse warned him. “She's very weak.”
David stepped inside the room, and his eyes filled with tears.
His mother was attached to a respirator with tubes running into her arms and through her nose.
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