MAMA'S SURGERY- PART ONE

MAMA’S SURGERY

Written by Marcia Y. Sewell

                                                                      aka SadaBlue

PART ONE

       “C’mon Mama” I said, “Walk up!” Pointing to a corridor to the right. “Here’s the elevator, the Silver Zone is this way!” I got exasperated when she didn’t move. “Mama the nurse said that the Silver Zone is on the third floor!” Mama walked off in the opposite direction, stubbornly insisting that the Silver Zone was in that direction. Her cane made a rickety-click-click

sound on the just polished hospital floor. Sighing and grumbling I followed her, all this time muttering that I was not going to walk twice. I knew that we were going to walk all the way in the wrong direction for the nurses to send us back. We passed Blue Zone, Red Zone, Yellow Zone but no Silver Zone. I was getting more annoyed as we went further and further down the corridor and there was no sign of a Silver Zone.

       A smart looking female doctor was heading towards us, “Excuse me Doctor, are we going in the right direction for the Silver Zone” I asked. “Yes” she answered. “The Silver Zone is ahead” I interjected, “But the nurse at the desk said it was on the third floor of the hospital!” She looked at me and gently said, “The Zones are just different areas of Montefiore Hospital with each Zone having its own set of elevators, which takes you to the different sections of the particular Zone”. Sheepishly, and ignoring Mama’s ‘I told you so’ look, I thanked the Doctor and we continued walking along the corridor. After about 5 minutes we saw a sign that said “SILVER ZONE – VISITORS ELEVATOR”, we went into the waiting elevator and punched the button for the third floor.