Learn by Listening Level 2

[00:00.48]A Trip to the Hospital|[00:03.15] I have to get my tonsils out.|[00:05.52] I'm not really happy about it,|[00:07.51] but I'm tired of being sick and having sore throats.|[00:10.55] I have to go to the hospital two hours before my surgery.|[00:14.23] My mother will go with me.|[00:15.84] The nurses will take my temperature|[00:18.08] and check my blood pressure.|[00:19.76] They will make sure that I am ready for my operation.|[00:22.75] I will be dressed in a white gown,|[00:25.86] and I will be wheeled down the hall to the operating room.|[00:29.09] I can't have anything to eat|[00:30.90] or drink for a long time before my surgery.|[00:34.32] My mother will walk down the hall with me;|[00:36.75] then she will wave goodbye as they wheel me|[00:39.35] into the operating room.|[00:40.65] The doctor and the nurses will be busy in the operating room.|[00:44.26] They will be getting ready to perform my surgery.|[00:47.12] The doctor will say hello to me and tell me|[00:50.36] that he is going to put me to sleep.|[00:52.85] He will put something into my arm.|[00:54.65] He will tell me to count backwards from ten.|[00:57.32] I think that I will only say "ten, nine,"|[01:00.81] and then I will be fast asleep.|[01:03.24] I won't be awake for the surgery.|[01:06.03] When I wake up,|[01:06.97] I will be surprised that the surgery is over.|[01:09.70] My throat will hurt,|[01:11.01] and I probably won't feel very good.|[01:13.19] My mother will be there with me.|[01:14.93] The nurses will give me a drink|[01:16.67] and try to make me comfortable.|[01:18.72] I won't be in the hospital overnight.|[01:21.46] I will go home later in the day.|[01:23.70] My parents will have to make sure|[01:25.69] that I have a lot to drink.|[01:27.31] I can't eat any hard foods|[01:29.11] or they will hurt my throat.|[01:30.67] I will sleep a lot,|[01:31.97] because I will not feel very well for a couple of days.|[01:35.33] It won't take long before I recover from my surgery.|[01:38.38] Sometimes, we need surgery to make us feel better.|[01:41.55] Hospitals can be a bit frightening,|[01:44.11] but the doctors and nurses are very nice,|[01:46.47] and their job is to make you better.