Defining Moment: A Short Story
Fidgeting in my chair, every minute felt like an hour. We just wanted to see him. The nurses keep coming back saying, “I don’t know what is taking so long”.
My mom is now pacing. My aunt walks over to her and my mom starts to cry. My sister comes to sit by me and starts a new game of tic-tac-toe with me, the hundredth game for the day, or so it felt.
People come and go and finally we hear “Griffioen”. My mom grabs me and my sister and takes us over to the conference room. Inside the room stands the doctor. This is our first time meeting him so we shake hands and introduce ourselves. He tells us that they took ten inches of my dad’s colon, but he believes he caught the cancer in time, that he would let us know in a few days. My dad was headed to recovery so back to the hard, lumpy chairs we went.
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When he get to his bed side he is asleep so my mom wakes him up and he tells us hi and asks me and Megan how we were doing. My mom gives him a kiss on the forehead and tells him that he’s a fighter and that they got all the cancer. My dad fell back to sleep so we found a nurse and she told us he would be going to ICU for the night. We go back to him and tell him we would see him in a little bit.
We head back down the elevator and gather up all our coats, iPads, phones, and bags. We head to the car so we can park closer to the hospital. When we arrive at the ICU we are told we beat him there. We watch all the new patients coming in for the night hoping to see him. My mom picks a chair and puts her stuff in it as she knew she would be staying the night.
Finally, a nurse comes to get us. My dad is a slightly more awake and tells me to have a good day at school tomorrow and that he loves me. He then waved goodbye as me and my sister walked out the door with our aunt, as she had to take us
My mom is now pacing. My aunt walks over to her and my mom starts to cry. My sister comes to sit by me and starts a new game of tic-tac-toe with me, the hundredth game for the day, or so it felt.
People come and go and finally we hear “Griffioen”. My mom grabs me and my sister and takes us over to the conference room. Inside the room stands the doctor. This is our first time meeting him so we shake hands and introduce ourselves. He tells us that they took ten inches of my dad’s colon, but he believes he caught the cancer in time, that he would let us know in a few days. My dad was headed to recovery so back to the hard, lumpy chairs we went.
I start a new game of tic-tac-toe …show more content…
When he get to his bed side he is asleep so my mom wakes him up and he tells us hi and asks me and Megan how we were doing. My mom gives him a kiss on the forehead and tells him that he’s a fighter and that they got all the cancer. My dad fell back to sleep so we found a nurse and she told us he would be going to ICU for the night. We go back to him and tell him we would see him in a little bit.
We head back down the elevator and gather up all our coats, iPads, phones, and bags. We head to the car so we can park closer to the hospital. When we arrive at the ICU we are told we beat him there. We watch all the new patients coming in for the night hoping to see him. My mom picks a chair and puts her stuff in it as she knew she would be staying the night.
Finally, a nurse comes to get us. My dad is a slightly more awake and tells me to have a good day at school tomorrow and that he loves me. He then waved goodbye as me and my sister walked out the door with our aunt, as she had to take us