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Clammy heat covered Liz’s body and she dry-heaved until her body ached

CHAPTER FIVE

“BUENAS dias, Señora Sanchez,” Liz greeted the recovering gallbladder patient in rooht s her every hour

Liz went through the routine vitals and was pleased to find the drowsy Hispanic woman’s temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respirations norical incision sites on her right upper quadrant

“Everything looks wonderful,” she explained in Spanish Although not fluent, she had taken enough courses and listened to enough tapes while sitting with Gramps that she usually communicated without too many problems

She made proper notations in the chart and explained that if everything ree orders Surgery in the , home in the afternoon Thank you, HMOs

Adaht now It had been two days since he’d left her sleeping She’d wanted to call hi on, but she hadn’t

Neither had he called her

Aftersure her patient was comfortable, Liz poked her head into May Probst’s rooet for you?”

May hadn’t been assigned to her this , but Liz knew the pleasant older worandparents and often volunteered at the hospital through the women’s auxillary May had likely been the only true friend of Gramps to attend his funeral

Unfortunately May had been having nausea for months that she’d written off as a peptic ulcer despite antacids only givingstomach pain Her abdoeneral surgeon whose father ran the hospital board with an iron fist, had perfor Liz didn’t like the arrogant young surgeon, but perhaps that was because he’d taken an instant dislike to Ada Dr Mills had a long way to go before he’d be the saeon as Adam

Cautiously scooting up in her bed, May gave a kind sood care of me so I can’t complain”

“Can’t? Or won’t?” Liz moved to beside the bed and autoo? I’ve been swa and haven’t had a chance to ask anyone”

May clasped her hands in her lap “Dr Mills found my problem”

“I’ht “What exactly did he find?”