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Dr Yue seelasses, and perhaps because he was Asian, which was racial stereotyping, but Cecilia didn’t care She hoped that Dr Yue’s er mothers She hoped poor Dr Yue didn’t have any other interests apart from medicine She loved Dr Yue She loved Dr Yue’s mother
But John-bloody-Paul! John-Paul didn’t see to God He kept interrupting He sounded too brusque Rude, alht not try as hard for Polly Cecilia knew that this was just a job for Dr Yue, and Polly was just another one of his patients, and that they were just another pair of distraught parents, and everyone knew that doctors were overworked and got exhausted and made tiny errors, like airline pilots, that turned out to be catastrophic Cecilia and John-Paul had to differentiate themselves in some way They had to make him see that Polly wasn’t just another patient, she was Polly, she was Cecilia’s baby girl, she was her funny, infuriating, charht, and for a moment she couldn’t breathe
Dr Yue patted her ar for you, Mrs Fitzpatrick, and I know you’ve had a long night with no sleep’
John-Paul glanced sideways at Cecilia, as if he’d forgotten she was there too He took her hand ‘Please just go on,’ he said
Cecilia smiled obsequiously at Dr Yue ‘I’m fine,’ she said ‘Thank you’ Look how very nice and undeh Polly’s injuries A serious concussion, but the CT scan had showed no sign of a serious brain injury The pink sparkly hel was a concern, but they were ood They already knew that Polly had suffered severe skin abrasions, a fractured tibia and a ruptured spleen The spleen had already been reht have soer of reduced immunity, and they would recommend antibiotics in the case of –
‘Her arht seeht arm’
‘Yes’ Dr Yue locked eyes with Cecilia and breathed in and out, as if he was a yoga teacher de techniques ‘I’able’
‘Pardon?’ said Cecilia
‘Oh God,’ said John-Paul
‘I’ a surge of fury ‘What do you able?’
It sounded like Polly’s arm was at the bottoe, a double fracture, and there’s no longer sufficient blood supply We’d like to do the procedure this afternoon’