Middledom

Opa Dekker in Canada

Herman de Jong

~ Wednesday

By nine o’clock the phone was ringing and Maaike jumped on it, “Yes, missus Buma here?” Doctor de Vries said they had examined Opa and, apart from the inflammation, there was nothing wrong. The prostate was slightly enlarged, but that was more common in older men. He did want Opa to stay in hospital for another night, after all, he had undergone a minor operation when they examined him, they had to keep an eye on that…pick him up tomorrow morning.

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