Chapter 13

I'm so sorry that I haven't update in a while! I'll try to do 2 chapters today to make up for it.

Tris POV

Today is my first appointment with the heart specialist. We have to go all the way to Erudite. When we get there, we sign in and sit down. When a nurse calls us back, she takes us to a room. She gets my weight and height and takes us to a room. We get in the room and then nurse says, "Hi, my names Cara and I'm Doctor Caleb's assistant." I freeze when she says Doctor Caleb. "Doctor Caleb Prior?" I ask.

"Yes. Do you know him?"

"He is my brother."

"Okay. Well, I am going to run some tests on you before he comes in."

"Okay."

Cara walks out of the room to get everything for the tests.

When she walks back in she has a cart full of stuff. "First we are going to test you for diabetes. All we do is prick your finger and get a sample of your blood."

I put my left hand out for her.

"Okay. You are going to feel a pinch. One. Two. Three."

When she says three, I feel the pinch.

She gets a drop of my blood and explains that this will test my A1C.

"Okay, now I am going to draw some blood. We will test your blood for diabetes, Celiac Disease Ebola, AIDS, altzimers disease, kidney disease, liver disease, appendicitis, and a few other diseases."

"Okay" I reply. What color gauze would you like?"

"Black please." Cara gets out the black gauze and everything for the blood test.

"Alright, have you had blood drawn before Beatrice?"

"No, and call me Tris please."

"Okay Tris, it doesn't hurt much at all. I will explain as I do it."

"Okay" I reply.

"So I wrap this band around your upper arm so I can see the veins easier. I will look for a suitable vein and when I find one, I clean the area and put the needle in. You will feel a pinch, just like when I pricked your finger. One. Two. Three."

She puts the needle in and my blood starts to flow. She fills six big vials with my blood.

"Okay Tris, I am going to take the needle out now. All I am going to do is push on it a little and pull. You may feel a slight pinch." Cara takes out the needle and puts a piece of cotton over where the needle was. She wraps it and tells me to keep it on for 3-4 hours. She gives me a chocolate chip cookie to eat while she gets the blood ready to send to the lab.

"Okay Tris, one last test. I am going to do an ultrasound so I can look at your heart. I am going to send the blood to the lab and go get the doctor for this test."

"okay." I reply. I look at Four, and he looks sad.

"What's Wrong Four."

"I don't want you to go through this pain. What if you're sick?"

"Four it isn't that bad."

"I know. But-" He is cut off by Cara and Caleb walking in.

"Tris, can you take your shirt off and lie on the table for me." Cara asks.

"Sure." I say handing my shirt to Four as I get on the table.

"Tris, do you mind taking your bra off too? We can give you a cover up if you feel uncomfortable not having a bra."

"Its fine." I say sitting up so I can take my bra off. I throw my bra to Four once it's off.

"Okay Tris, you've had kids before, so you know what it's like to have an ultrasound. Would you like us to heat up the gel?"

"Yes please." I say and Cara puts the gel in a machine, and when it comes out, she squirts some on my left boob. She rubs the wand over it and she and Caleb look at the screen. The ultrasound goes on for fifteen minutes. When it is over, Cara asks, "Do you feel comfortable with me washing the gel off your boob."

"Yes."

"You may put your bra back on Tris, but leave your shirt off. We have to look at the pictures we got from the ultrasound." Cara says after washing all the gel off. She and Caleb exit the room. Four and I chat until they come back an hour later.

"Tris, you may need heart surgery, but we aren't sure yet, your lab results will be back next week, and we would like to see you then. Can you come at noon in exactly one week?" Caleb says.

"Yes we can."

"Okay thank you. You may leave now." He says.

We walk out of Erudite, and a train is passing when we get to the tracks, so we jump on. Four seems so worried about me.