I received a call this morning that went like this:
“Hello?”
“Hello. [mumbled Burmese for a few moments]”
“Hello? English?”
“[more mumbled Burmese]”
“Hello? This is Kelli?”
“OH! Kelli.”
Click.
The family at the hospital yesterday had a cell phone with them, so I gave them my number to reach me. It sort of worked yesterday, in the sense that I got a number of confusing calls, tried to use a translator, and ended up just going to the hospital to find out what was happening. It got me there for them to discharge, at least.
And today, I suppose they found a missed call from my number or something. Nothing like the realization of Oh! It’s you. Click.