5 All of a Sudden

CHAPTER 5 All of a Sudden All of a sudden I had a bunch of visitors. Patricia came back to take off my clothes and put me into a hospital gown. It sounds like it should be an easy thing to do, like taking off what you wore to school and changing into a nightgown at the end of the day. But when you have a compound fracture of your left tibia, it's not easy at all. Even with all the pain medicine and my leg in a splint, the nurse had to be really careful about moving me. Instead

第五章 突如其来 突然来了好多人看我。 帕特里夏过来帮我脱掉身上的衣服，换上病号服。 听起来这事儿好像很简单，就像放学回家脱掉白天穿的衣服，睡前换上睡裙一样。 可要是你左腿胫骨粉碎性骨折的话，这事儿可一点都不容易。 哪怕我用了止痛药，腿也上了夹板，护士挪动我的时候还是得格外小心。 她没有像平常那样把我的短裤拽下来，而是

of pulling my shorts off like normal, she CUT THEM OFF. Yes, you read that right! Patricia took a pair of scissors and cut them right off me. They were my favorites, too. Dad said don't worry, I could get new ones. I didn't think he was right about that though, because Mom got them for me LAST summer. The store probably didn't have the same ones anymore. But I had bigger things to be upset about. Like how I wasn't going to see Willa for my birthday. And the biggest upsetting thing of all: THE OPERATION. When my clothes were off and my gown was on, Patricia put all my stuff in a plastic bag and handed it to Mom, even my cut-off shorts. They were ruined, but they went in the bag, too.

直接把它剪开脱掉了。 没错，你没看错！ 帕特里夏拿了一把剪刀，直接把我身上的短裤剪开了。 那可是我最喜欢的一条短裤啊。 爸爸说别担心，我可以买新的。 可我觉得他说得不对，因为这是妈妈去年夏天买给我的。 商店里大概率已经没有同款了。 不过还有更让我烦心的事。 比如我生日的时候没法见薇拉了。 最让人发愁的还要数：做手术。 等我脱好衣服换上病号服，帕特里夏把我所有的东西都放进一个塑料袋里递给妈妈，连那条被剪开的短裤也放进去了。 虽然已经穿不了了，但还是一起装进了袋子里。

My heart was pounding pounding POUNDING. Harder than when I acciden- tally cut too many bangs in my hair. Harder than when Penny, Lia, and I got locked in a hotel closet. Harder than when Joshua and I thought we saw a ghost on the library sleepover. Harder than it had ever pounded in my whole entire life.

我的心砰砰、砰砰、砰砰跳个不停。 比我不小心把刘海剪得太短的时候跳得还快。 比我和彭妮、莉娅被锁在酒店衣柜里的时候跳得还快。 比我和约书亚在图书馆过夜时以为看见鬼的时候跳得还快。 这是我长这么大以来心跳最快的一次。

"I don't want to have an operation," I said. "I know, sweetheart," Mom said. "You're going to be fine, darling," Dad added. "That's right," Patricia said. "We have the best doctors in the world working here at Somers General. And they'll come to talk to you about it before you're wheeled in, so you will know exactly what to expect. Okay?" I said, "Okay," but I didn't actually feel okay about it. Patricia left, and my parents and I were waiting again. I never realized that the thing you do the most when you're in a hospital is wait. "Can I use your cell phone to call Willa?" I asked. Mom shook her head. "Sorry, sweets," she said. "There's a rule against cell phone calls in

“我不想做手术。”我说。 “我知道，宝贝。”妈妈说。 “你会没事的，亲爱的。”爸爸补充道。 “没错。”帕特里夏说。 “萨默斯综合医院里的医生都是全世界最好的。 在你被推去做手术之前，他们会过来跟你讲清楚手术的情况，到时候你就知道接下来会发生什么了。 好吗？” 我说：“好。” 可我心里其实一点都不踏实。 帕特里夏走了，我和爸爸妈妈又开始等。 我以前从来不知道，在医院里做得最多的事就是等待。 “我能用你的手机给薇拉打个电话吗？” 我问。 妈妈摇了摇头。 “抱歉呀，小宝贝。”她说。 “这里有规定，急诊室里不能打手机，

the emergency room." "Why?" "Because there are lots of medical machines in here," she said. "Sometimes making a phone call can interfere with the work the machines are doing. But you can play some games, if you want." "Really?" I asked. Mom and Dad never let Penny and me play games on their phones, even though a lot of other parents let their kids. They think it's too much technology. "Sure." "But it's a rule that we can't," I reminded her. "I think it's okay if we break that rule just this once, don't you?" Mom asked. "Yeah, okay," I told her. Mom took her phone from her purse and handed it over. I played two and a half games of Pony Hair

会影响医疗设备。” “为什么呀？” “因为这里有很多医疗设备。”她解释道。 “有时候打电话会干扰这些设备的正常运行。 不过要是你想的话，可以玩会儿游戏。” “真的吗？” 我问。 爸爸妈妈从来不让我和彭妮玩他们手机里的游戏，好多其他家长都允许自己孩子玩，可他们不乐意。 他们觉得用太多电子设备不好。 “当然可以。” “可是咱们家规矩说不能玩手机游戏呀。”我提醒她。 “这次咱们破例一次也没关系，对不对？” 妈妈问。 “嗯，好吧。”我回答。 妈妈从包里拿出手机递给我。 我玩了两局半《小马美发沙龙》，