Medicine Men
“screeched Dr. Beckle’s nurse. Her small angry pale-blue eyes darted around the crowded waiting room as her flimsy yellow-gray hair flew out in all directions.
Uncharacteristically, Molly argued, “But I’m really not late. It’s exactly two-thirty now.”
It was only then that the nurse seemed to focus on her. “Oh, I didn’t mean you. It’s everyone, and doctors running late. You’re for Dr. Morris? Mrs. Winter?”
“No, Bonner. Dr. Beckle.” Molly had said his name, and her own, about four minutes earlier....
“Oh yes, you’re the one with the ear problem, right?” Her voice seemed to fade in and out, like a defective radio.
“No. Sinuses. I think.”
There was no place in that room to sit down, so that at first Molly thought, Indeed, a bad season for sinuses. Later she guessed that all those doctors had simply overbooked. Greedy bastards, she thought.
After about fifteen minutes more, the nurse told her, “You can go right in now,” ushering her—almost shoving, in fact—into an examining room, as Molly wondered if she was really the right patient for this doctor, this room—which was small, bare, all sterilized.MoreLess
Uncharacteristically, Molly argued, “But I’m really not late. It’s exactly two-thirty now.”
It was only then that the nurse seemed to focus on her. “Oh, I didn’t mean you. It’s everyone, and doctors running late. You’re for Dr. Morris? Mrs. Winter?”
“No, Bonner. Dr. Beckle.” Molly had said his name, and her own, about four minutes earlier....
“Oh yes, you’re the one with the ear problem, right?” Her voice seemed to fade in and out, like a defective radio.
“No. Sinuses. I think.”
There was no place in that room to sit down, so that at first Molly thought, Indeed, a bad season for sinuses. Later she guessed that all those doctors had simply overbooked. Greedy bastards, she thought.
After about fifteen minutes more, the nurse told her, “You can go right in now,” ushering her—almost shoving, in fact—into an examining room, as Molly wondered if she was really the right patient for this doctor, this room—which was small, bare, all sterilized.MoreLess
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