Ten Words on a Phone Screen Turned My Family’s Breakfast Upside Down
Her name tag said Kara.
A stack of empty file folders sat beside her keyboard.
“We need a doctor this minute,” I said.
Kara pressed a button on her desk phone.
Two nurses came through a pair of swinging double doors and led us to a triage bay.
They looked Emma over without a word, examining the angry red mark on her leg.
Kara wheeled a computer cart into the bay and started typing.
“Can you give me her full name and date of birth?” Kara said.