#Chapter48

He’ll be okay, we think

Bella

We sat in the waiting room to find out about Dad. All I could think about was whether he was okay or not. Please let him be okay.

Finally, a nurse came and got us. She led us back to where he was, and we could hear yelling.

“No, I refuse!” Dad yelled.

“Sir, we have to,” a nurse pleaded with him.

“What’s going on here?” Mom asked.

“They want to put a catheter in me.” Dad gave the nurse a dirty look. “I told them I’m fine to piss into a container.”

“The doctor ordered it,” the nurse said.

“Well, that doctor...