WorkingChristmasDayItwasunusuallyquietintheemergencyroomonDecember25.Iwasatriagenurse(分流护士)(36)___thatday,sighingabouthavingtoworkonChristmas.Justthenfivebodiesshowedupatmy(37)___,apalewom
WorkingChristmasDay
ItwasunusuallyquietintheemergencyroomonDecember25.
Iwasatriagenurse(分流护士)(36)___thatday,sighingabouthavingtoworkonChristmas.Justthenfivebodiesshowedupat
my (37)___,apalewomanandfoursmallchildren.
"Areyouall(38)___?"Iaskeddoubtfully.
"Yes."thewomansaid(39)___ andloweredherhead.
Butwhenitcametothe(40)___oftheirproblems,thingsgota
littlestrange.Twoofthechildrenhadheadaches(41)___ weren't
accompaniedbythenormalsymptomsofbeingill.Twochildrenhadearaches,butonlyonecouldtellmewhichearwas(42)___Themothercomplainedofa(43)___ hutseemedtoworktoproduceit.
"Itmaybealittlewhile(44)___adoctorseesyou."Iexplained.
"Takeyourtime;it'swarmhere."She(45)___.
Whiletheywerewaiting,Icheckedthechart.Theyhadno(46)___-theywerehomeless.Thewaitingroomwaswarm.Ilookedoutatthe(47)___bytheChristmastree.Theyoungestonewassaying(48)___tohermother.TheoldestonewaslookingattheChristmastree.
Iwentbacktothenurses'stationand(49)___ thehomelessfamilyindiewaitingroom.Thenurses,complainingabouttheworkingChristmas,begantofeelpityforafamilyjusttryingtoget(50)___onChristmas.Theteamwentintoaction,aswedowhenthere'sa (51)___emergency,butthiswasaChristmasemergency.
We(52)___asimpledinnerforourChristmasguestsinthehospitalcafeteria.Theyneeded,so(53)___wecollectedfromdifferentdepartmentscandiesandotherthings(54)___thatcouldbepresents.
Asthefamilywalkedtothedoortoleave,thefour-year-oldcamerunning,gave(55)___meahugandwhispered,"Thanksforbeingourangeltoday."
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