Chapter 35
“Perhaps a cool shower would help, maybe some body lotion of some sort, then you can use the ointment you bought at the pharmacy.”
“I don’t think the shower will help,” he snapped. “It will probably make it hurt more. And I don’t know if I can use lotion together with the ointment. In fact, the guy at the pharmacy wasn’t even completely sure this was the right thing to use. I am going to have to talk to a doctor to make sure this stuff will make me better, not worse.”
“How are you going to do that? It’s almost nine P.M. Twenty-one hundred,” I added quickly, knowing he told afternoon and evening time differently from me.
“I’ll have to go to the hospital,” he said simply.
“Wow. Right now? Do you know where the hospital is?”
“Yes. It’s not all that far. I can walk.”
“No. Not alone. It’s dark. I’m going with you.”
“It’s all right. I’ll be okay. I’m going to put on my caftan and break my rule about not wearing underwear so it doesn’t hurt so much.”