cream in my hair.
“ Let’s let your father finish shaving and I will try to make a doctor’s appointment,” my mom said.
My mom and I left my parents’ bathroom and went into the kitchen. I sat down on one of the chairs.
My mom got out her phone book and called the doctor. She waited on the line for an emergency nurse. She said, into the phone, that she had a semi-emergency and would like to see the doctor today with her daughter. She had to explain the lump and describe it.
“ Did you ever have a mole back there?” my mom asked me.
“ I don’t know, I never felt back there,” I said.
“ She doesn’t know if she had a mole on her neck but she wears her hair up sometimes, and I never noticed a mole,” my mom said into the phone.
I guess the nurse on the phone thought the lump was serious because she made an appointment for that day to see Dr. Sherrill, I liked him so I was glad.
“I guess you are staying home today,” my mom said.
I was glad about not going to school, but nervous about the doctor.
I called Chanda and told her about my lump. I told her she could go with my dad still if she wanted a ride to school. She thanked me and said she would be right over as soon as she was dressed.
When Chanda came over, she immediately wanted to see my neck, but first she had to pet Gretchen. Finally, Gretchen was satisfied that Chanda was part of our extended family and she lay down and thumped her tail on the floor. She even rolled over for Chanda to give her a tummy rub, which she did.
I showed my neck lump to Chanda.
“ I never noticed this before. We were just looking at bathing suits a little while ago and you would think I would have noticed something of this size,” she said.
“ I never felt it before either,” I said.
My dad asked Chanda if she was ready to go and she said she was ready as she would ever be, we all smiled.
My appointment was at ten’ o clock so I went to bed. I had forgotten to take Gretchen out to potty, so I had to get up and take her. After she was finished and had eaten, I let her back in. I was really nervous so I stayed up and watched cartoons.
I got dressed around nine and then when nine-thirty rolled around, Mom said we may as well go.
I had put my hair in a ponytail so the doctor could easily see the lump.
My mom had already driven the boys to school so I didn’t have to hear their usual chatter that would have made me more nervous. My mom and I left to go and I had butterflies in my stomach.
“Don’t be nervous, sweetheart, it is probably nothing.”
“ I don’t know why there is a lump though,” I said.
“ Well, we will find out soon,” she said pulling into the doctor’s parking lot. She found a spot and parked.
I opened the door and shut it and waited for her to lock the car door. We walked up to the doctor’s office and opened the doctor’s door.
The nurse sitting at the front desk smiled at us. I smiled back. My mom signed me in and we sat down.
After about an hour, they finally called my name. By that time, I was biting my nails.
The nurse who called me, weighed me. I had gained about five pounds. That made me upset because I had thought I wasn’t eating that much with the stalker bothering me. She also took my temperature and I didn’t have a fever. She led us to a room and told me to sit on a bed that had a paper sheet on it. My mom sat down in the chair beside it and she took my blood pressure and said it was a little high. I told her I was nervous and She said they would take it again before I left.
She asked why we were there and my mom told her about the lump on my neck. The nurse was the only one who didn’t look at it. She thanked us and said the doctor would be right in and she left.
“I hope he hurries,” I said.
“ Try and read a magazine so you will calm down. I am worried about your blood pressure, now,” Mom said.
I took a boring golf magazine off the magazine rack in the room. I was scanning the pages when there
“ Let’s let your father finish shaving and I will try to make a doctor’s appointment,” my mom said.
My mom and I left my parents’ bathroom and went into the kitchen. I sat down on one of the chairs.
My mom got out her phone book and called the doctor. She waited on the line for an emergency nurse. She said, into the phone, that she had a semi-emergency and would like to see the doctor today with her daughter. She had to explain the lump and describe it.
“ Did you ever have a mole back there?” my mom asked me.
“ I don’t know, I never felt back there,” I said.
“ She doesn’t know if she had a mole on her neck but she wears her hair up sometimes, and I never noticed a mole,” my mom said into the phone.
I guess the nurse on the phone thought the lump was serious because she made an appointment for that day to see Dr. Sherrill, I liked him so I was glad.
“I guess you are staying home today,” my mom said.
I was glad about not going to school, but nervous about the doctor.
I called Chanda and told her about my lump. I told her she could go with my dad still if she wanted a ride to school. She thanked me and said she would be right over as soon as she was dressed.
When Chanda came over, she immediately wanted to see my neck, but first she had to pet Gretchen. Finally, Gretchen was satisfied that Chanda was part of our extended family and she lay down and thumped her tail on the floor. She even rolled over for Chanda to give her a tummy rub, which she did.
I showed my neck lump to Chanda.
“ I never noticed this before. We were just looking at bathing suits a little while ago and you would think I would have noticed something of this size,” she said.
“ I never felt it before either,” I said.
My dad asked Chanda if she was ready to go and she said she was ready as she would ever be, we all smiled.
My appointment was at ten’ o clock so I went to bed. I had forgotten to take Gretchen out to potty, so I had to get up and take her. After she was finished and had eaten, I let her back in. I was really nervous so I stayed up and watched cartoons.
I got dressed around nine and then when nine-thirty rolled around, Mom said we may as well go.
I had put my hair in a ponytail so the doctor could easily see the lump.
My mom had already driven the boys to school so I didn’t have to hear their usual chatter that would have made me more nervous. My mom and I left to go and I had butterflies in my stomach.
“Don’t be nervous, sweetheart, it is probably nothing.”
“ I don’t know why there is a lump though,” I said.
“ Well, we will find out soon,” she said pulling into the doctor’s parking lot. She found a spot and parked.
I opened the door and shut it and waited for her to lock the car door. We walked up to the doctor’s office and opened the doctor’s door.
The nurse sitting at the front desk smiled at us. I smiled back. My mom signed me in and we sat down.
After about an hour, they finally called my name. By that time, I was biting my nails.
The nurse who called me, weighed me. I had gained about five pounds. That made me upset because I had thought I wasn’t eating that much with the stalker bothering me. She also took my temperature and I didn’t have a fever. She led us to a room and told me to sit on a bed that had a paper sheet on it. My mom sat down in the chair beside it and she took my blood pressure and said it was a little high. I told her I was nervous and She said they would take it again before I left.
She asked why we were there and my mom told her about the lump on my neck. The nurse was the only one who didn’t look at it. She thanked us and said the doctor would be right in and she left.
“I hope he hurries,” I said.
“ Try and read a magazine so you will calm down. I am worried about your blood pressure, now,” Mom said.
I took a boring golf magazine off the magazine rack in the room. I was scanning the pages when there
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