“Oh, you had to go through all that and you didn’t call me to tell me you were about to deal with such a case.” She sounded like she was shunning me.
She is my mother, she doesn’t see the big boy I am, the accomplished medical doctor. She only sees Alessandro Greco, her son, the one that I am when I don’t have the doctor's jacket, that’s what she sees.
“Don’t worry,” I uttered with a broad smile. “I’ll call you during the next surgery and show you the videos.”
She laughed on the phone and I laughed along. On a normal day, back in the US, we usually tease each other and laugh over them, because I became her doctor after being certified, so, we both know each other better than anyone else outside our circle.
“What about your friend, Dave, how is he?” she asked.
“Dave is busy
