vascular doctor

The swollen hand was perplexing. Marie was ready to go home from rehabilitation, but now an unknown medical condition was holding that up. She was disappointed, and frustrated. What else could go wrong?

I know you won't believe this, but Marie's rehab doctor came into her room and told us that she would be released the next day. We should be ready the next morning. A nurse would go over her post rehab plan, and Marie would be released. I asked about the swollen hand, and he told me that, the nurse would go over that, at discharge time. An appointment was made for Marie to see a vascular surgeon and the nurse would give us all that information.

We sat there dumbfounded the rest of the day, wondering why the sudden discharge. Wondering what was going on with her swollen hand. And, what vascular surgeon. I wasn't even sure what a vascular surgeon was. We seemed to take all of this in stride. The next day would be December 22. Home for Christmas. nothing else mattered at this time. Happy holidays. After two months in the hospital, we would all be home, together.