- Lab work at Siteman West County
The waiting room is crowded this morning and I find a seat on the far side with my back to the entryway back to the lab. I hear my name, pop up and turn around and start walking towards....... Carla?
Ut oh. "Hi? Carla?" You know when you see people out of context and sometimes it takes a few minutes to put it all together. Well it only look a second. I've known Carla for probably 6-7 years and it's from playing soccer (usually) against her. She's always been super nice to me and Hector both and I like her a lot, regardless of the fact that she plays goalie for our Thursday night "rivals". I don't think rivals is really the right word to set the scene, based on the years of battles and not-so-friendly exchanges between my teammates and hers. But we'll go with rivals for now.
Clearly my cancer diagnosis is news to Carla and after she accesses my port and draws today's blood samples, we talk for a minute and I'm out the door of the lab. As I'm walking out, I can hear her start to talk to her co-workers "I play soccer...", and I'm out.
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