They Asked for Thirty Lemon Desserts While My Newborn Fought to Breathe
The guard looked down at the glossy gift bag sitting between them on the clean countertop.
He typed another entry into his security log and cleared the warning on the screen.
“Who’s the charge nurse on duty up on the third floor tonight?” he asked.
“Nurse Elena,” my mother said.
“She told me personally to bring these supplies up to the desk before eleven.”
The guard reached into a cardboard box under the desk and pulled out a blue lanyard.
He fed a square of stiff yellow cardstock into the small thermal label printer by his elbow.