Johnston - I Promise
“Dr. Robbins said. “Surgery was necessary if she was to have any kind of functional life. Hattie opted for it, despite the risks.” Dr. Robbins took a breath and let it out. “We almost lost your mother on the table. That’s why the surgery took longer than expected.“I never mentioned any of this before, because Hattie specifically requested that I not discuss her condition with her family. When I spoke to her after the surgery, I told her she only had a few months, maybe a year to live, and that s...he ought to tell her children. But you know Hattie.”Delia rubbed her temples with her thumbs. Yes, she knew Hattie. “Thanks for telling me, Dr. Robbins.”Hattie’s doctor had come to the Circle Crown with the coroner and the ambulance that had taken her mother away to Mortenson’s Funeral Home. Mortensons had been burying Carsons ever since the two families had traveled west from Pennsylvania together in 1877 and settled in Uvalde.“Would you like me to prescribe something to help you sleep?”MoreLess
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