Well This Is Just Swell
Chapter 4 – The Doctor Is an Idiot
Three hours after Hilery had been taken back to a room in the Emergency Department, a doctor walked in. He seemed to have a smug air about him as he studied Hilery’s chart.
“Miss Davenport?” the doctor asked, looking at her and Cooter.
“Yes.” She replied, rubbing her knee.
“I am Doctor Rodriguez. I understand you hurt your knee?”
“I didn’t hurt it, it just swelled up.” She grumbled. He shook his head.
“It wouldn’t be swollen if you hadn’t done something to it. It’s not broken but I’m sure you have sprained it. You are to spend the next two weeks on crutches.” He pulled out a prescription pad and started writing on it. “And we are going to give you a brace to keep you from moving it too much; to help stabilize the joint.”
“What about the belly pain and swelling elsewhere?” she asked to make a point.
“There is a stomach bug going around, and you’re swelling because, well, quite frankly, you’re fat.” Hilery wanted to grab something and hit him over the head with it but a look from Cooter restrained her.
“Thank you Doc,” Cooter said, accepting the prescription that had been written for his cousin. Even though she was 20, he didn’t trust her getting within arm’s reach of the doctor at the moment. When the doctor left the room, Hilery simmered down some.
“I think you should go see Doc Appleby when he gets back from vacation.” Cooter told her. “And I’m reporting that doctor.”
“I’m not going to worry about it.” She said softly. She felt like she was on an emotional roller coaster. One minute angry, one minute depressed. She was so going to stop the birth control pills. So what if she ended up with acne again.
A moment afterward a nurse came in with the brace, an ace bandage, and a set of crutches. She wrapped Hilery’s knee, and put the brace on before adjusting the crutches for her height of 5’ 4”. A short while later they were ready to leave the hospital.
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