The night before Jhordyn was to be released from the hospital, the doctor and two nurses went to her room to remove the bandages from her head. Ever since the day that Donovan told Jhordyn how he felt, he had not said much to her. She was hoping that it was because she had been doing a lot of sleeping, but she wasn’t sure.
“We’re going to remove the bandages now.” The nurse said.
Jhordyn bit on her bottom lip. She wasn’t quite sure how she looked underneath all of the bandages, and quite frankly she was kind of embarrassed. She didn’t want Donovan to see her like that.
“Its ok.” Donovan said as if he had been reading her mind.
The doctor cut away at the bandages and gently unwrapped them from around Jhordyn’s head. She could feel the cook air hit her scalp as more and more of her head was exposed.
“Alright Jhordyn.” The doctor said as the last bit of the bandage was removed.
“How bad is it?” She asked. She couldn’t read the nurses or the doctor’s expressions. And she was scared to look at Donovan.
The nurse handed her a mirror. Jhordyn took a deep breath, and then looked at herself. A single tear slid from the corner of her eye and fell onto her cheek. Donovan wiped the tear with his thumb, and then with his finger and thumb, he guided Jhordyn’s face to his.
“You’re beautiful.” he said.
Jhordyn wanted to believe him but after what she had just seen in the mirror, she was convinced that Donovan was trying to be nice.
“Your incision site is healing very well.” The doctor said. “You’ll be back to your old self in no time at all. You’re going to need to take it easy. You’ll be weak for a a few weeks so I don’t suggest you going out too much. I’ve got your pain medication prescription already written up. You’ll be able to take that with you when you are released tomorrow.”
“Thank you.” Jhordyn said softly as she raised her hand and touched the nearly bald spots on more than half of her head.
Donovan stood and left the room with the doctor to finalize last minute details of Jhordyn’s care.
“Doctor, is she really going to be ok?” Donovan asked.
The doctor nodded.
“She’s going to be in pain for a few weeks.” He said. “But she will be fine. I want you to call me for any reason at all. If she’s in an abnormal amount of pain, or anything, please call.”
“Will do.” Donovan said. “And thank you for everything that you have done for her.”
“It was my pleasure.” The doctor said before walking off.
When Donovan returned to the room, Jhordyn had drifted off to sleep. He was glad. She needed the rest.
Copyright © 2012 By Orlandrea “JadaRae”