Cut to the Bone (2012)
“A tray fastened like a child’s high chair prevented the person in the chair from escaping. Hollis was horrified. If ever she’d known an elderly person with all her wits about her, it was Agnes Johnson. But maybe the stroke had changed all that. Her elderly tenant slumped to one side, snoring loudly. Hollis tiptoed past. She waited at the nursing station where nurses in cheerful coloured uniforms did paperwork, spoke on the phone, and sorted files. Finally, a young woman looked up.
“Yes,” sh...e said and her voice conveyed the impression that this had better be good, because she was a busy nurse with no time to waste.
“I’m here to see Agnes Johnson. Is she ready to go home?”
“Well, she certainly thinks she is. Tried to do it and fell, so we popped her in the Geri chair. We’re waiting for the doctor.”
“Did she have a stroke?”
The woman neatened the pile of paper she held in her hand.MoreLess
“Yes,” sh...e said and her voice conveyed the impression that this had better be good, because she was a busy nurse with no time to waste.
“I’m here to see Agnes Johnson. Is she ready to go home?”
“Well, she certainly thinks she is. Tried to do it and fell, so we popped her in the Geri chair. We’re waiting for the doctor.”
“Did she have a stroke?”
The woman neatened the pile of paper she held in her hand.MoreLess
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