I go to the hospital in Nagoya with my mother.
(Written by Aya in English)We left at 9 a.m. Rika, my baby sister, wasn't feeling well, but she had to go to her nursery school anyway because I was going to the hospital... poor girl !
We arrived at Nagoya University Hospital at 22 a.m. We had to wait for about three hours. I tried to read a book, but i was feeling nervous. I couldn't concentrate as much as usual because I was feeling rather worried.
"I rang Professor Itsuro Sofue
(now Director of Chubu National Hospital)," Mom said, "so I'm sure you'll be all right."
But..
At last my name was called out. My heart was beating fast. Mom explained my problems to the doctor:
1. I fell over and cut my chin.
(A normal person would put out their arms to break the fall, but my face hit the ground directly.)2. The way I walk is unstable.
(I can't bend my knees much.)3. I've been losing weight.
4. My movements are slow.
(I've lost the ability to move quickly.)Listening to her, I was amazed. Mom is always moving around so busily, but now I know that she's been observing me very carefully! She knew everything about me.. That made me feel more secure. So, the things I've secretly been worried about have been conveyed to a doctor. My worries will be solved.
I sat on a round char and looked at the doctor. He was wearing glasses. He had a gentle look and a warm smile, so I felt relieved. He asked me to close my eyesm strech out both my hands and try to make my forefingers meet. Then I had to stand on one leg. Then I lay down on a bed and he stretched and bent my legs. He patted my knees with a hammer. I was totally under his thumb. Then the examination was over.
"Now, let's take a CT scan," he said.
"Aya," said Mom, "it won't hurt you or anything. It's only a machine that checks your brain by cutting it in round slices."
"What! Cutting my brain in round slices?"
That's a very serious matter to the person being scanned! A big machine slowly came down from above. My head was completely covered. It was as if I was riding in space. A man in a white frock said, "Lie down still and don't move." I lay still just as I was told. Then I began to feel sleepy.
After the examination, we were kept waiting for a long time. Then we got some medicine and went home.
I have added one more order to my list:
I won't complain about taking medicine - even if it's enough to fill up my stomach- as long as it makes me better.
Dr Sofue at the prestigious Nagoya University Hospital, I beg you, please help to save the life of Aya, the budding beauty. You told me that I should only go and see you once a month because the hospital's far away and I have to go to school. Well, I definitely come and see you, and I will do whatever you tell me to do. So please make me better, I beg you !
