Chapter 5
"Mary, Mary, wake up," Matt said trying to wake his sister, "we need to go to your doctor's appointment."
"Okay," Mary said, starting to wake up now, "are you taking me?" Mary asked confused.
"Yes, I am taking you, your appointments in twenty minutes,' Matt told her. With that, Mary headed into the kitchen where her mom greeted her.
"Hey Mare, how are you feeling?" Mrs. Camden asked Mary.
"Better," Mary told her mother.
"Do you want something to eat?" Mrs. Camden asked her.
"Sure, but something little, I don't know how much my stomach can handle," Mary replied.
"Still feeling nauseous?" Mrs. Camden asked.
"Yeah, just a little," Mary told her mother. Mary then went to the refrigerator to get stuff to make herself a sandwich. While Mary was making her sandwich, Ruthie, Simon and Lucy entered the kitchen.
"Are you feeling better?' Lucy asked Mary.
"Yeah," Mary told her sister.
"Mom, can we have a snack?" Simon asked his mother.
"Sure, there are cookies in the cookie jar," Mrs. Camden told her son. With that, Simon went over to the cookie jar to get a cookie each for him and Ruthie.
"Hey you two, have you finished your homework?" Mrs. Camden asked Ruthie and Simon before they had a chance to escape from the kitchen.
"No," replied Simon and Ruthie in unison.
"Well, go and do it now, okay," Mrs. Camden ordered.
"Okay," Simon and Ruthie both replied.
"Mom is it okay if I go out for awhile?" asked Lucy.
"Have you finished your homework?" Mrs. Camden asked her daughter.
"Yes, now can I go please?" Lucy asked again.
"Sure honey, just be home in time for dinner, dinner is at 5:30," Mrs. Camden replied.
"Okay," Lucy yelled back as she headed out the door.
"Mary, you ready to go?" Matt asked his sister once she was done with her sandwich.
"Yeah," Mary replied. With that, they both headed out the door to the car.
The car ride to the doctor's office was quiet. Once at the doctor's office, Matt told Mary to have a seat and wait while he went and checked her in. Once he was done checking Mary in, he came back and sat down next to her. They waited patiently for her name to be called, which seemed like forever. Finally, her name was called and she and Matt followed the nurse into a room.
"The doctor will be with you in a minute," the nurse told Matt and Mary before leaving. A few minutes later, the doctor entered the room.
"So what seems to be the problem?" Doctor Jacobs asked Mary.
"I have been really tired lately and I have not been very hungry lately either. I have also been throwing up and coughing a lot. I have also been running a high fever," Mary told Doctor Jacobs.
"And how long has this been going on?" Doctor Jacobs asked Mary.
"About four days," Mary responded. Doctor Jacobs then examined Mary.
"I think that you may have the flu. I am going to write a prescription for some medicine that will make you feel better." With that, Doctor Jacobs wrote out the prescription and gave it to Matt. They thanked him and then left.
After Mary and Matt went to fill the prescription, they returned home.
"What did the doctor say about Mary?" Mrs. Camden asked her son, once Mary was out of sight. Matt was about to answer his mother when the back door opening and Lucy entering the kitchen interrupted him.
"When is dinner going to be ready?" Lucy asked her mother.
"In about ten minutes," Mrs. Camden replied.
"Can you go and tell the other kids?" Mrs. Camden asked her daughter.
"Sure," Lucy said before she headed upstairs. Once Lucy was upstairs, Mrs. Camden turned her attention back to Matt.
"So what did the doctor say about Mary?" Mrs. Camden asked again.
"He said that she had the flu and gave her a prescription for some medicine," Matt told his mother.
"Did you get it filled?" Mrs. Camden asked Matt.
"Yep," Matt said handing his mother the medicine. Matt helped his mother set the table for dinner and then called the rest of kids down. Meanwhile, Mrs. Camden went into the study where Reverend Camden was working on his sermon.
"Dinner's ready," she informed her husband.
"Okay, I'll be there in a sec," Reverend Camden told his wife. With that, Mrs. Camden returned to the kitchen.
"So, what did the doctor say?" Lucy asked Mary after dinner as they were scrubbing the dishes.
"He said that I had the flu," Mary simply answered.
"How are you feeling?" Lucy asked her sister.
"Not too good, but better," Mary told her sister.
"Do you think that Mom and Dad will let me play in my game tonight?" Mary asked Lucy, even though she already knew the answer.
"No, are you kidding me?" Lucy asked Mary as they finished with the dishes. After they were done with the dishes, Lucy headed towards the living room while Mary went to find her parents.
"Mom, Dad, do you think that I could possibly play in my basketball game tonight?" Mary asked.
"Absolutely not," Reverend and Mrs. Camden both replied.
"Please," Mary pleaded.
"No, you have been sick with the flu for four days," Reverend Camden told his daughter.
"Fine," Mary said angrily as she stormed out of the room. Mary headed down the stairs to the living room where she found Lucy watching TV.
"So, what did Mom and Dad say about you playing tonight?" Lucy asked Mary as Mary took a seat next to her on the couch.
"They said no," Mary told her sister angrily.
"I told you," Lucy told Mary sarcastically.
"I know," Mary responded.
"What about next week, do you think they will let me play then?" Mary asked Lucy.
"I don't know, I guess it depends on how you feel," Lucy told her sister.