By Christian Cazorla and Janielys Moya
*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP* sounded my alarm obnoxiously. “Here we go again” I said before taking a few breaths in and out and walking over to the bathroom to get ready for work. Once I finally finished getting ready, I walked over to the kitchen and saw my sister. “Morning Jessie!”, she said, a wide grin on her face. “Morning, any coffee left?” I asked. “Yea right over here oh and by the way, grandma called about mom today, said she wasn’t doing so well. Make sure to give her a call whenever you have a chance.” “Ok, sure no problem. Thank you, see you later.” “Have a nice day, see you later!” I walked out of the house and toward my car. As I got in and started making my way to the hospital, I sighed with relief as the route I usually take was surprisingly empty. As half an hour passes by, I finally make it to the hospital and park in my usual spot. Before heading in, I looked around the parking lot, but only saw Amanda’s car. “Hey maybe today won’t be so bad.” As I walked in I greeted the receptionist and quickly jogged over to the elevator as the doors were slowly closing. “Hold please!” I yelled out. Dr. Rodriguez stuck his hand out and held the door for me. “Thank you.” I said as I pressed eight. I got to the eighth floor and nodded my head at Dr. Rodriguez before walking to the locker room. I greeted the other attendings as I hung up my coat. “Is Sarah coming in today?” I asked Amanda. “I'm not sure, but hopefully not. We had another argument the other day because I simply told her that she looked like a zebra with her new highlights.” I laughed, “You guys are ridiculous, if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it. Weren’t you guys ever taught that?” “Okay, but she always has something to say. It’s extremely hard to work with her. I just hope we’re never put in the same operating room together cause I swear we’ll kill someone.” She laughed. I grinned while nodding my head, “Hopefully it’ll never come to that point.” We both walked out together and headed to the coffee cart for a pastry. Me and Amanda Martienz have been good friends since our internship, but with Sarah Parker transferring to our hospital, I’ve been exposed to this side of Amanda that I’ve never seen. She brings out the worst in her, I just hoped Amanda would get over it because peacemaking is exhausting. As we both headed towards the cart, we saw Sarah parking her car and as she walked towards the front entrance, she spotted me and Amanda. “Don’t start.” I whispered to Amanda as Sarah got closer. “Hey Jessie! Amanda.” “Sarah.” Said Amanda. “Hey, how are you, want some coffee?” “No thank you, I‘ll have some from the break room. I have to check in, I’ll catch you guys later.” As hours passed of going on rounds and checking up on a few patients, me, Amanda and Sarah were all in the break room catching up on paperwork from last night. Things were all quiet until suddenly the room nearly shook when all of our pagers went off. They read “ASSISTANCE NEEDED URGENTLY IN OPERATING ROOM 802”. Without saying a word we all looked at each other before quickly getting up and racing down the hall into the operation room. “QUICK! MARTINEZ AND PARKER SCRUB AND GET IN HERE.” she yelled over the screaming heart monitor. “What about me?” I asked as I watched the nurses gown both Amanda and Sarah. “Do you need me as well?” “No. Two’s enough, you can leave.” I stopped washing my hands mid scrub and aggressively dried my hands before taking a quick glance on to the operating table. “Mom?” I said confusedly as I looked at the lifeless looking patient lying on the table. “MOM!” I bursted into the operation room with tears running down my face, “THAT’S MY MOTHER!”. “You need to get her out of here!” Said the head surgeon sternly. “Call security.” “Jessie you are breaking the sterilization wall, you need to get out for the sake of the patient.” “What’s wrong with her?” I said shakily. “WHAT’S WRONG WITH MY MOTHER!” Before anyone had the chance to answer me, two other nurses had come to take me out the room. “No please, you don’t understand, I have to help her.” As I tried to fight back, I felt my body getting weaker and weaker until I finally broke down and they aided me to the waiting room. Minutes felt like hours as I sat down and waited to hear back from the doctors. After three hours pass, I finally see the head surgeon along with Amanda and Sarah head my direction so I quickly stand up. “Did she make it, is she okay? What happened?” I asked. “I’m so sorry to inform you that your mother unfortunately didn’t make it.” Everything else that was said after that sounded indistinguishable as millions of thoughts started to race through my head and tears started rushing down my face. I was numb, the only thing I could feel was anger. “WHAT DID YOU DO, WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE DIDN’T MAKE IT?!” I yelled. “She experienced a complication during surgery and we weren’t able to save her.” Said Sarah. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULDN’T SAVE HER?! YOU WEREN’T QUALIFIED ENOUGH TO OPERATE ON HER, YOU ARE CONSTANTLY MAKING MISTAKES AND MAKING A JOKE OUT OF THIS JOB. YOU NEED TO BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY!” Sarah stared at me in awe, seconds away from breaking down in front of me. “Okay, I think it’s best we all calm down. Jessie I am so sorry for your loss, but we did everything we possibly could. I understand you’re grieving, but I think it’s best if you take a breather and go for a walk.” Said the head surgeon. I walked away, but rather than taking a walk, I just went home. I couldn’t stand to be in that environment anymore, to see Sarah’s face. I just needed time to myself, to breathe and regather myself. I got in my car and without letting anyone know, I made my way home. THE END
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