Elvis never came back and so I dozed off and when I woke up I slightly forgot where I was and panicked until I remembered. Then I also remembered that Elvis never came back up so I jumped out of the bed still half asleep put on my pumps and started to go down the stairs. I misjudged the step and tripped screaming in pain. That’s when Elvis came running “honey what’s wrong?”
“Elvis I think I sprained my ankle it hurts really badly” I cried even though I tried so hard not to.
“It’s ok honey come here” Elvis said as he ran up the stairs and scooped me up in his arms.
“Its ok honey I’m gonna take you up to bed then go call a doctor” Elvis gently put me in bed then kissed my head and darted out of the room. While I laid there my ankle pulsed which made me whimper because it hurt. A few minutes later Gladys was by my side brushing my hair off my forehead.
“Shhh, its ok Elvis went to call a doctor” Gladys brushed her hand on my cheek as she smiled at me lovingly. Then Elvis was by her side looking down at me. I was hiding my face because there were tears streaming down it.
“Elvis honey she’s in a lot of pain” Gladys pouted as she looked up at her son.
“I know mama, the doctor is on his way” he replied looking sadly at me
“I’m sorry to cause so much trouble” I cried wiping the tears from my eyes.
“Awe honey don’t cry you’re no trouble we love having you here” Elvis bent down and kissed my head.
“Up here doctor” Vernon said talking to another man.
“Carolyn this is Doctor Brown he’s going to look at your ankle. Doctor Brown this is my son Elvis and my wife Gladys” Vernon introduced.
“Doctor” Elvis shook hands with the doctor, and then I did too.
“Gladys lets go out and give the doctor room are you going to stay son” Vernon and Gladys smiled at me and Elvis.
“Yes daddy I am going to” Elvis replied as his parents left the room.
“Now Carolyn I’m going to check out your ankle let me know if I hurt you” Doctor Brown replied.
“Ok” I said weakly wincing in pain at the thought of him touching it. The Doctor looked at how swollen it was compared to my other ankle. He must have known how much I was in pain because he didn’t touch my ankle once.
“The good news is it is not broken it is just sprained get lots of rest stay off of it and I’ll prescribe some pain meds, so your more comfortable” the doctor explained.
“Well that’s great news, but how long will it take for a sprain to heal?” Elvis asked.
“A few weeks if she does more resting then walking on it, if she walks on it to much it will take longer to heal” he replied.
“Oh Elvis I have to go home on Sunday what am I going to do?” I worried siting up.
“We will worry about that when the time comes, we will just deal with this right now ok honey” he said calmly. After the doctor left the room I could hear him faintly telling Gladys and Vernon what he had told me and Elvis.
“Now my birthday is totally going to suck because I’m stuck in bed” I pouted then without even meaning to I started to cry I was just so overwhelmed with emotion because the situation.
“Awe its ok Honey don’t cry” Elvis held me against his chest. When I finally calmed myself down Elvis laid me back on my pillow and helped me get comfortable then he just brushed his hand against my cheek and held my other hand and I went right to sleep.
