“Here, hi Dr. Trager.” Tina says and stands up. She recognized the doctor right away.

“Tina, hello.” He replies. “Follow me.” He says and walks down the hall and into a exam room. “So, you have problems with your leg?” He asks. She takes a seat on the bench.

“Yeah, I’ve had pain everyday since the accident, but not like this. Me and Bette have walked almost everyday, as we were told to do byt the doctor that discharged me. And I have felt the leg getting better every day.” Tina says.

“Okay, I think I should just order an x-ray before I do anything else. What kind of pain is it?” He asks.

“It’s a pressing pain,almost like pumping, like when you have a banging headache.” Tina says.

“Okay. Stay here, I’ll get you into x-ray. I’ll be right back.” He says and leaves the room.

30 minutes later, the x-ray is done and Dr. Trager is looking at them.

“So so you see anything?” Tina asks a little concerned.

“Well, there seems to be a blood clot here, which is something that would give you pain. I’ll get another doctor to look at it.” He says and exits the room.

Tina’s mind races a mile a minute. ‘a blood clot? Isn’t that dangerous?’ She thinks to herself. Moments later the Dr. Trager enters with another doctor following behind.

“Hello Ms. Kennard, I’m Dr. Harper.” The female doctor says and smiles.

“Hello doctor.” Tina says with a nervous smile.

“So, doctor, what do you think?” Dr. Trager asks.

Tina sees that Dr. Harper is looking closely on the pictures.

“Well, seems that you are right. There is a blood clot there. We should fix that before it does some serious damage. And by the size of it, it could happen at any moment.” Dr. Harper says.

“That was what I thought too. I’ll set up an OR and get Tina here registered.” Dr. Trager says.

“I’ll assist you in the OR. Page me when it’s ready.” Dr. Harper says and exits the room.

“So, I’m in for surgery?” Tina asks.

“Yes, I’m afraid so.” Dr. Trager says.

“When?” Tina asks.

“I’ll go and book an OR now, I’ll let you know soon.” Dr. Trager says.