Chapter 44 Part Three, Verse 45: Cicadas on the Eighth Day (45)

Eremia returned with a paper cup in one hand.She sent each of us a urine test.It seems that we are going to have a medical examination.Watching everyone go to the toilet, I asked: "Can this child also have a medical examination?" She nodded silently. God, I cry out in my heart.Ever since I saw the mother and child handbook at that old woman's house, I've been brooding about it.Kaoru hasn't had any medical check-ups since February, and hasn't received vaccinations.Just stay here and you should get minimal medical attention.Oh God, thank you.I yelled lines in my heart that I had never said in my life, and hurried to the bathroom.

We went through almost the exact same checkups that I used to get at regular physicals at the company.Urine test, blood test, X-ray, EKG, and gynecological examination.Only a female doctor and a few nurses were present.The female doctor seemed to know Shalei and the others, and they chatted and laughed casually during the examination.After a series of formulaic health checks, Kaoru's name was called.The doctor ordered me to take off Kaoru's clothes and hold Kaoru naked on my lap. "Did you bring the mother and child handbook?" The female doctor asked me in the consulting room, and my heart skipped a beat.I forcefully concealed my vacillation and replied that I did not bring Home. "How many months old?" asked the female doctor, and I replied that she was born on July 30.The doctor put a stethoscope on Kaoru on my lap, checked her eyes and mouth, and measured her bust for auscultation.Kaoru's eyes widened and her body stiffened, not daring to move.After the doctor asked questions such as whether he would cry at night, whether he was prone to fever, etc., he wrote quickly on the medical record and said quickly and anxiously: "Then have you had BCG⑥? How many times have you had DPT⑦? What about polio? Are you allergic?" My mind went blank.God, thank you for this sentence of your own words, which emerged from nothingness in that blank space.The female doctor stared at me who couldn't answer anything.

"You've only been pregnant once?" She asked in a low voice, and I immediately looked away.The white and smooth floor of the clinic comes into view.A very thin hair fell on the ground.My heart beats faster. "She doesn't have allergies." I didn't answer the female doctor's question, I just said this.The voice was so hoarse that even I could hear it myself.The female doctor stared at me for a while, and finally picked up Kaoru and let her lie on the treatment table.Kaoru danced her little feet, wrinkled her face and twisted her body from side to side. "Ah, she's going to roll over in a minute."

The female doctor approached Kaoru and gently put her hand on her back.Kaoru rolled over and turned into lying down, and the fact that she could already lie down made me blink in shock.Although my mind was still blank and my heart was beating so fast that I almost wanted to vomit, Kaoru's appearance was so cute that I couldn't help but burst out laughing.Laughter is also trembling.The female doctor touched the hands and feet of Kaoru who was lying down, and picked them up and returned them to me.Kaoru cried as if she couldn't wait. "Once a month, someone will visit the home. If there is any problem, you can tell her. If it is an emergency, just tell Sarai."