When it moved farther to the right, she said nothing.
Dr. Ortiz tried the left side.
Sophie still stared forward.
“Now?” the doctor asked.
“What am I supposed to see?”
The room changed.
The ultrasound had frightened Dr. Ortiz. This frightened her more.
She shone a small light into Sophie’s eyes, then asked whether the words on the wall appeared blurry.
“Only on the sides,” Sophie said. “It’s like things disappear.”
I remembered the call from school.
She had not stumbled into those lockers because she was dizzy.
She had not seen them.
Dr. Ortiz stepped into the hallway and made a phone call. When she returned, two more doctors were with her.
“What’s happening?” I asked.
“We’ve been looking below Sophie’s waist because of the pregnancy test,” she said. “But her headaches, thirst, early development, and vision changes suggest the source may be somewhere else.”
