Summary

That night, the Mother and the Husband sleep on a cot in the Baby’s recovery room. The Mother awakes in the night and checks on the Baby. She is startled to see that a suction tube connected to the Baby seems to have some blood in it. She calls the nurse, who calls a doctor who is on that night shift. The doctor is extremely young. The Mother points out the blood in the tube. The doctor turns off the machine, gives the baby antacids, and turns the machine back on at the lowest setting. The Mother is shocked at the damage that the medical staff’s apparent incompetence could have caused if she had not been there. The surgeon arrives in the morning and informs the Mother and the Husband that the Baby’s other kidney seems to be perfectly healthy. The...