How I idolized him. Anything he did was fine with me. I was grateful to be a part of his group.That summer, our cousin Joel came with his parents fr...m New York for the wedding. His parents stayed with a great uncle and Joel had an army cot with us in the basement. Joel had dark hair and eyes. Bill was blond with blue eyes. They shared the athlete's build. But Joel had long fingers. He didn't play sports. He played piano and violin. He was very talented. I envied his hands except for. It’s one of the least desirable daytime shifts because you aren’t guaranteed to get two days in a row off. Most people want two consecutive days off. The following year, when they hire all the new docs for the expanded ER, I’ll have more options. But Doctor Barton is looking at a complete revamp of how we’re scheduled.”“Reducing hours for PGY1s?” I asked hopefully.“Let’s not be crazy now,” Jessica laughed. “You know he wants to do that, but he can’t act unilaterally. Everyone is still waiting. Once the scan was finished, they moved me to a hospital bed when I complained I felt sick to the stomach, which I blamed on the substance they had injected me with. I rested in there alone, which was fine by me, but then I sensed something was wrong, and out of instinct reached out and found Joey."... not sure it's a tumor?" Margaret asked the doctor and technician while Joey immediately started explaining to me they really didn't seem to know what they found.Through Joey's eyes, I examined the. I had pulled the blanket and the cup away, and it was cold in here. It got cold so quickly. I remembered the sayings about watching paint dry and watching grass grow. I vaguely thought that this was a funny comparison.I fell asleep again.I woke up gagging, my chest convulsing, pulling in tight breaths. I bit my tongue, which had been hanging out for some reason."Shh, shh," Mom said.There was light. It was white light, but it wasn't the fluorescent lights of the parking lot outside our.