"Sandy, do you have a nine-year-old daughter?" Hyper-alert, pulled from work's reverie, I hesitantly said, "Yes." The voice was familiar, a co-worker, the manager of our hospital’s emergency room department. Her somber timbre was as concerning as her words. "Could you please come to the ER and have someone drive you?" Off-site at the corporate office, I was cocooned from the usual hustle and bustle of the hospital. An office co-worker drove the five minutes to the hospital while I drowned in a kaleidoscope of eventualities. Running through the automated doors, I thought I was prepared, but I was not.
Sandra Hudson is a recently retired nurse, entrepreneur, travel enthusiast, mother, grandmother and wife. She loves reading and writing, painting, sculpting and the theater.