The Educator

I wake up as the doctors call my name softly. I slowly open my eyes and I see a doctor, two nurses and Elliot in front of me. At the foot of the bed, there is a machine hooked up to an AVR that is portable. If I heard it correctly, this machine will read the fluids of my body, I’m not so sure. I see the nurses carrying small plastic tubes, cups and two pregnancy test kits.

“Hey” Elliot smiles softly, “they need to run some test to make sure you’re okay and there’s nothing we should be concerned about” Elliot says and helps me up. Elliot escorts me to bathroom as the nurses explained to me what I was going to do, where I was going to pee, how much pee I needed and how to properly compartmentalize all the samples that I would be providing. I sat down on the toilet and started to wait for my pee. I was still a little dizzy. The idea of my being pregnant dawned on me but it was impossible. It had only been a couple of days when Elliot and I slept together. I feel my pee coming down and I get the plastic cup ready and a couple of seconds later, I fill the cup to the rim. I pour a little of my collected pee on the two pregnancy sticks before I properly keep the cups. Once I was through, I wash my hands and head out of the bathroom. I had the samples and test to the nurses. Elliot comes and helps be sit back on the bed. One of the nurses walks to me and ties a long, thin, light blue rubber on my arms. She starts to light tap on my skin, looking for a vein.

“Mrs. Smith, we need to draw blood from you to check for any infections, STDs and for us to conduct a more thorough checking of pregnancy” Dr. Stevens tells me.

I not but I still feel weak. I did not want to eat anything but I do feel the need to quench my thirst. While the nurses collected my blood, Elliot just sat next to me, looking as if this is all his fault. Once the nurses were done, they excused themselves and the machine that was hooked up to an AVR started making a whirring noise and started spinning.

okay” the nurse who took my blood says. Elliot just looks at her and nods. Dr. Stevens checks my temperature and asks me to breathe in and out. Dr. Stevens asks if I feel any pain on any

beach front, eating or uhm …” I trail off. I quickly glance at Elliot and he

immediately understood what we were embarrassed about. Dr. Stevens clears her throat and takes a look at my

heart problems in the family, diabetes, high blood,

my head, “No”