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Foreign Object

When my sister Shira swallowed a ten-shekel coin, father and
mother got really frightened and went with her immediately to the
hospital. I went with them too. We waited in line at the emergency
room, and I tried the whole time to stop my [the] breath or to
breath carefully only through the nostrils in order not to be
infected by the diseases of all the other people.

The coin, Shira took from my backpack, and I was worried about
what would happen. I thought that perhaps I am also a little guilty
of what happened to her. The doctor examined Shira and said that
when you swallow a foreign object (that is how you call what
Shira did) you have to do an x-ray (photo) in order to see that the
foreign object is not blocking the intestine. Shira cried because
she thought the photo will hurt her, but Father said that she has
nothing to worry about and allowed her to press the button of the
elevator.

We waited again in line for the x-ray, and when our turn came up
the nurse said that only Shira and one of the parents is allowed to
enter. Mother went in with her, and Father and I went to the
cafeteria. Father bought himself coffee and for me a can of coke
and we sat next to one of the white tables. Father said that we will
have to wait a little until they do Shira's x-ray and until they
develop the slides. Later we'll have to return to the doctor who is
in the emergency room.

Before we returned, father bought mother coffee too. We took the
slides and returned to the emergency room. Shira said the picture
taking was fun and that mother wore a funny long robe. The
doctor put the slides onto a lit wall and showed Shira and me all
the disgusting things that she has in her stomach, like her