The Breaking Point
“JOHN OF AVILA “Should we accept only good things from the hand of Godand never anything bad?”
JOB 2:10 APRIL 9, 1980 THE PAIN THAT WOKE RENEE EARLY THAT MORNING wasn’t severe. Not at first. It was just a kind of cramping discomfort that kept coming and going.
She’d experienced similar pains a few weeks ago and had gone to see Dr. Wykes, her obstetrician, right away. When she told him there was no bleeding, he assured her it was perfectly normal. “Nothing to worry about, Mrs. Roman. Just go home... and relax.” He sounded so sure that Renee’s fears began to fade.
She’d done just as he recommended, hardly thinking about it again.
Until now.
Another cramp seized her, and Renee sucked in a deep gulp of air. It’s nothing to worry about. She grasped at the echo of Dr. Wykes’s reassurances. Cramping is normal with pregnancy remember?
It had to be true; Dr. Wykes had said so. So why, she wondered as she lay here, hands pressed to her pain-racked abdomen, was she so anxious?
Within an hour the cramps had progressed from mild to just this side of agonizing.MoreLess
JOB 2:10 APRIL 9, 1980 THE PAIN THAT WOKE RENEE EARLY THAT MORNING wasn’t severe. Not at first. It was just a kind of cramping discomfort that kept coming and going.
She’d experienced similar pains a few weeks ago and had gone to see Dr. Wykes, her obstetrician, right away. When she told him there was no bleeding, he assured her it was perfectly normal. “Nothing to worry about, Mrs. Roman. Just go home... and relax.” He sounded so sure that Renee’s fears began to fade.
She’d done just as he recommended, hardly thinking about it again.
Until now.
Another cramp seized her, and Renee sucked in a deep gulp of air. It’s nothing to worry about. She grasped at the echo of Dr. Wykes’s reassurances. Cramping is normal with pregnancy remember?
It had to be true; Dr. Wykes had said so. So why, she wondered as she lay here, hands pressed to her pain-racked abdomen, was she so anxious?
Within an hour the cramps had progressed from mild to just this side of agonizing.MoreLess
Read book The Breaking Point for free
Write Review:
User Reviews: