Leaving!
'I'm leaving tomorrow at 1200,' I said after I got off the phone. We had talked and already had two glorious days together. Mama told me about her and Dr Pierce and told me about Hawkeye.
'Oh that's early,' said mother upset.
'I know but we have all night,' I said putting another smirk on my face, 'but I would understand if you wanted to be left alone.'
'Oh don't be silly,' said Dr. Pierce not understanding the joke, 'We want to talk to you about what went on when you were at camp some more.'
The three of us talked into early morning, 'I should really go to bed,' I said at 1.30.
'Yes I think you should you need to get up at 10.00,' said mother.
'Good night,' I said as I went off to my bedroom. *How good it is to finally be home!* I slept with out a peep that night no loud interruptions telling me to get up because we had to bug out. I awoke the next day at 8.30 my mother thought I deserved a sleep in. I had just gotten use to a hot shower and now I had to leave it. I was still tired from the five weeks and I shouldn't have really stayed up that late last night. When I got out of the shower I was meet by my mother. I was stark naked and mother just came in. 'You'd think by the time I'm 30 I would get some privacy.'
'I want to give you something,' said my mother, 'here it's a pendant that my mother gave me before I headed of to war.' It was a pretty pendant, mother pinned it on my Class A's. I didn't like the look of them. By the time they were ready and had breakfast it was 11.00 and we need to get there by 11.30 so we drove off in the car. I felt like a 12-year-old girl again heading off to summer camp. But I was 30-years-old and heading off to Korea.
'Mama I'll make this easy for you,' I said. I then kissed my mother on each side of her cheeks and said, 'god bless you. I don't know how hard it is for you but this is hard for me.' I got my duffel bag and checked in. I was told that I should board the plane that was arriving in 10 mins. 10 mins later I got onto the plane and sat in the seat on my ticket. The person who was supposed to be sitting with me wasn't there so I choose the window seat. *At least Mama will have some one to keep her company in more than one way* I waved goodbye to mama and saw mama waving back with tears down her check.
I noticed some one sit down next to me turned to see who the person was and ask if she wanted some more space and I realised who it was. It was 'SAM!' the girl from basic training.
'Hello there, thought you might like some company,' she said the two girls talked about training and their parents and what they had been up to in the last three days. It was a long trip to Korea stopping at Boston, Hawaii, Tokyo, and then Soul. It was a long trip but when we finally arrived in Soul the two of use said our good byes and went off to our posts.
'Captain Parker?' asked a small fellow, to a man who looked grumpy from a bad flight. *boy there are some young people here*
'Yes here,' said Tamara going up to him.
'Oh sorry,' said the boy to the man he miss took for Tamara.
'Tamara,' she said shaking hands.
'I'm Corporal O'Riley.'
'You got a first name solider?' asked Tamara.
'Yes Ma'am its Walter but every one calls me Radar,' he said walking off to the jeep.
I followed him to the jeep and got in. I wanted to ask so many questions about were I was going and what I was going to do all I really new was the I was going to a M*A*S*H unit. The M*A*S*H units were the best surgical units around. But still I wanted to know if I would be the only female doctor. To tell you the truth I was scared shitless, if there was a nicer word for it I would use it so I will put it plainly I was scared. 'So how long till we get to the unit?'
'Oh about 2 hours,' he said a bit shy. He started the jeep and we took off. The two of us made small talk about back home and were we came from.
'Were did you come from?' asked Radar.
'Maine,' said Tamara.
'Oh really there is a doctor that comes from Maine,' he said wondering if the two had meet before.
'Maine is a big place,' I said wondering who it might be. I might have meet him at a conference.
Before too long we were finally there. We had arrived at M*A*S*H 4077th.
I couldn't believe it there were nurse and doctors everywhere.
'Were in the blast have you been Radar?' yelled an elderly man.
'Sorry sir it took a lot long than I expected to get the Captain,' replied Radar.
Wounded had arrived just as we had come in. I got out of the jeep, and went to the nearest wounded, 'Nurse get him some penicillin.' The nurse did what she was told. An old man of about 60 came up to me when I went to the next wounded, 'What in the blast are you doing?'
'I'm Captain Parker, I'm a doctor,' she said saluting him.
'That's great, I'm glad to see you. Why don't you go and get scrubbed up? Boy you couldn't have come at a better time we've got a lot of wounded and we are short,' he said as he guided her to the scrub room. Three doctors were all ready in there. I didn't know what to do so she went up to the Col. who was getting scrubbed up, 'Excuse me Col. what do I do know?'
He showed me to a table and asked a man, in a dress, for a patient. A wounded man was rushed in and I was given some gloves and started on the wounded.
'I'm Major Houlighan, it's a pleasure to meet a female with such talent,' said a blonde nurse coming up to me.
'Why thank you,' I said quietly, concentrating on the wounded. We didn't say much to each other after that, 'I'm a bit nervous and scared.'
'Who isn't?' she said, 'I'm scared out of my brains.'
'I'm glad I'm not the only one.'
'Another one here, lets make it rare this time,' said a man who looked oddly familiar. Once I had finished my patient I went up to him. He was stuck he didn't know what to do with a wounded mans arm.
'You can save it,' I said to him.
'How?' he asked shocked. *is that a woman? It is. Wow!*
I showed him the way to do it and every one observed me carefully. Making sure they didn't miss a thing.
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'I'm leaving tomorrow at 1200,' I said after I got off the phone. We had talked and already had two glorious days together. Mama told me about her and Dr Pierce and told me about Hawkeye.
'Oh that's early,' said mother upset.
'I know but we have all night,' I said putting another smirk on my face, 'but I would understand if you wanted to be left alone.'
'Oh don't be silly,' said Dr. Pierce not understanding the joke, 'We want to talk to you about what went on when you were at camp some more.'
The three of us talked into early morning, 'I should really go to bed,' I said at 1.30.
'Yes I think you should you need to get up at 10.00,' said mother.
'Good night,' I said as I went off to my bedroom. *How good it is to finally be home!* I slept with out a peep that night no loud interruptions telling me to get up because we had to bug out. I awoke the next day at 8.30 my mother thought I deserved a sleep in. I had just gotten use to a hot shower and now I had to leave it. I was still tired from the five weeks and I shouldn't have really stayed up that late last night. When I got out of the shower I was meet by my mother. I was stark naked and mother just came in. 'You'd think by the time I'm 30 I would get some privacy.'
'I want to give you something,' said my mother, 'here it's a pendant that my mother gave me before I headed of to war.' It was a pretty pendant, mother pinned it on my Class A's. I didn't like the look of them. By the time they were ready and had breakfast it was 11.00 and we need to get there by 11.30 so we drove off in the car. I felt like a 12-year-old girl again heading off to summer camp. But I was 30-years-old and heading off to Korea.
'Mama I'll make this easy for you,' I said. I then kissed my mother on each side of her cheeks and said, 'god bless you. I don't know how hard it is for you but this is hard for me.' I got my duffel bag and checked in. I was told that I should board the plane that was arriving in 10 mins. 10 mins later I got onto the plane and sat in the seat on my ticket. The person who was supposed to be sitting with me wasn't there so I choose the window seat. *At least Mama will have some one to keep her company in more than one way* I waved goodbye to mama and saw mama waving back with tears down her check.
I noticed some one sit down next to me turned to see who the person was and ask if she wanted some more space and I realised who it was. It was 'SAM!' the girl from basic training.
'Hello there, thought you might like some company,' she said the two girls talked about training and their parents and what they had been up to in the last three days. It was a long trip to Korea stopping at Boston, Hawaii, Tokyo, and then Soul. It was a long trip but when we finally arrived in Soul the two of use said our good byes and went off to our posts.
'Captain Parker?' asked a small fellow, to a man who looked grumpy from a bad flight. *boy there are some young people here*
'Yes here,' said Tamara going up to him.
'Oh sorry,' said the boy to the man he miss took for Tamara.
'Tamara,' she said shaking hands.
'I'm Corporal O'Riley.'
'You got a first name solider?' asked Tamara.
'Yes Ma'am its Walter but every one calls me Radar,' he said walking off to the jeep.
I followed him to the jeep and got in. I wanted to ask so many questions about were I was going and what I was going to do all I really new was the I was going to a M*A*S*H unit. The M*A*S*H units were the best surgical units around. But still I wanted to know if I would be the only female doctor. To tell you the truth I was scared shitless, if there was a nicer word for it I would use it so I will put it plainly I was scared. 'So how long till we get to the unit?'
'Oh about 2 hours,' he said a bit shy. He started the jeep and we took off. The two of us made small talk about back home and were we came from.
'Were did you come from?' asked Radar.
'Maine,' said Tamara.
'Oh really there is a doctor that comes from Maine,' he said wondering if the two had meet before.
'Maine is a big place,' I said wondering who it might be. I might have meet him at a conference.
Before too long we were finally there. We had arrived at M*A*S*H 4077th.
I couldn't believe it there were nurse and doctors everywhere.
'Were in the blast have you been Radar?' yelled an elderly man.
'Sorry sir it took a lot long than I expected to get the Captain,' replied Radar.
Wounded had arrived just as we had come in. I got out of the jeep, and went to the nearest wounded, 'Nurse get him some penicillin.' The nurse did what she was told. An old man of about 60 came up to me when I went to the next wounded, 'What in the blast are you doing?'
'I'm Captain Parker, I'm a doctor,' she said saluting him.
'That's great, I'm glad to see you. Why don't you go and get scrubbed up? Boy you couldn't have come at a better time we've got a lot of wounded and we are short,' he said as he guided her to the scrub room. Three doctors were all ready in there. I didn't know what to do so she went up to the Col. who was getting scrubbed up, 'Excuse me Col. what do I do know?'
He showed me to a table and asked a man, in a dress, for a patient. A wounded man was rushed in and I was given some gloves and started on the wounded.
'I'm Major Houlighan, it's a pleasure to meet a female with such talent,' said a blonde nurse coming up to me.
'Why thank you,' I said quietly, concentrating on the wounded. We didn't say much to each other after that, 'I'm a bit nervous and scared.'
'Who isn't?' she said, 'I'm scared out of my brains.'
'I'm glad I'm not the only one.'
'Another one here, lets make it rare this time,' said a man who looked oddly familiar. Once I had finished my patient I went up to him. He was stuck he didn't know what to do with a wounded mans arm.
'You can save it,' I said to him.
'How?' he asked shocked. *is that a woman? It is. Wow!*
I showed him the way to do it and every one observed me carefully. Making sure they didn't miss a thing.
TBC READ AND REVIEW