The procedure of seeing a doctor was the same in every hospital.
The waiting room was jam-packed with people. Not only were the seats full, but there was almost no place to stand. Dr. Alvin, who Jess came to see, was very famous. The patients who came here to see this reputable person were from all over the country. They had to come a week early in order to get a number in queue for this expert. If Jess hadn’t found a connection, then he wouldn’t have had a way to enter the queue .
No one in the world liked to see the doctor. Everyone’s heads were clouded with worry. Jess couldn’t help waiting impatiently.
There were no seats, so they stood to wait; after a while, his Dad called him: “Jiji, here is a seat. Come here, you sit and wait.”
Jess looked at his parents whose hair was turn
