The Love Proposal by Camilla Isley EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Camilla Isley
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SUMMER
Sterile and cold. The retrieval room is both. It’s a compact space filled with
medical equipment: a gynecological bed, an ultrasound machine, various
monitors, and a metal IV stand.
As uninviting as the gyn bed looks, I fidget in my hospital gurney
waiting for the nurse’s permission to switch accommodations. I’m perfectly
able to walk, but it’s the clinic’s policy to have me ferried between rooms
this way.
Gosh, I hope this will be over soon. I’ve been second-guessing my
decision to be here since the hormone shots began two weeks ago, and can’t
wait to be done. They said the procedure would take no more than twenty
minutes, but I feel like I’ve been stuck in this room for hours, and we
haven’t even started yet.
The nurse must realize I’m fretting because she asks, “Are we waiting
for someone to join you today?”
By someone, she means a partner. And the question is well-intentioned,
I’m sure. Unfortunately, she’s twisting the knife into the wound of my
singlehood.
“No,” I say. “I’m alone.”
The automatic doors behind me swoosh open, sparing me the need to
elaborate further on my lack of a love life, and two female doctors walk in.
One is wearing white scrubs while the other is clad in salmon.
The salmon doctor speaks first. “Good morning. I’m Doctor Philips, and
I’ll be the one retrieving your eggs today. And this”—she points at her
colleague—“is Doctor Mathison, your anesthesiologist.”
The nurse hands the doctor my medical file.
Dr. Philips does a quick check of my record, and asks, “How are you,
Miss Knowles?”
“A bit nervous,” I say.
The doctor smiles. “No reason to be, Summer. Can I call you Summer?”
I nod.
“The procedure is quick, and you won’t feel a thing.” She gestures to
the gyn bed. “Ready to jump?”
I nod again and, with the nurse’s help, move onto the bed. The hospital
gown I’m wearing flaps open as I stand up, but today’s not the time for
modesty. I lie in a half-reclining position with my back leaning at about
forty-five degrees while Dr. Philips instructs me to please place my legs in
the stirrups. And so here I am, half-naked, legs wide open, and completely
exposed.
“Has the procedure already been explained to you?” Dr. Philips asks.
“Yes,” I confirm. “But could we go over it another time, please?”
“Sure.” The doctor smiles again. “First, I’ll perform local anesthesia
while Dr. Mathison will use an IV catheter to administer an intravenous
sedative. Then, I’ll use an ultrasound probe attached to a thin needle to
make a tiny puncture through your vaginal wall and enter the ovary, where
we’ll suck out the fluid that encloses the eggs via the needle. And we’ll be
done in no time. Ready?”
For a needle to puncture my vagina? I’m as ready as I’ll ever be.
I nod.
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