El cuerpo de Violeta habla con ella a través de los sueños. Le estaban por extraer otro órgano y la noche antes de la operación el cirujano del pueblo fue a hacer la visita de rutina a todos sus pacientes. Le preguntó a Violeta cómo se sentía y ella le contó el sueño que había tenido a la hora de la siesta.
- Mañana me van a sacar una parte de mi cuerpo, es verde, rectangular y tiene el número 14 en color dorado. Es como una ficha de casino, del mismo tamaño, pero más pesada. -
El médico le explicó que eso era imposible porque la descripción anatómica del órgano no tenía nada que ver con una figura rectangular ni con el color verde. Le hizo la descripción científica a Violeta para que ella comprendiera que los sueños, sueños son.
A la noche siguiente, pocas horas después de que Violeta se despertara de la anestesia, el cirujano entró a su habitación con una botella con formol y un elemento extraño en su interior.
- No hago esto con mis pacientes porque entrego la pieza para que sea enviada a Anatomía Patológica al pariente que los acompaña. Pero vine a mostrártelo porque ni siquiera yo puedo creer lo que estoy viendo.-
Violeta se incorporó con esfuerzo para comprobar que en la botella, flotaba una ficha verde, rectangular, como una ficha de casino.
El cirujano insistía con su asombro.
- Jamás cuento las piedras en caso de litiasis. Pero esta vez lo hice. Había exactamente 14 piedras en tu vesícula.
Violeta se acostó otra vez porque la vía del suero le tiraba del brazo. Cerró los ojos. Ella sólo quería seguir hablando con su cuerpo.
Dreams of the Body
Violeta's body talks to her in her dreams. They were about to extract another of her organs and the night before the operation the surgeon went to make his round with all his patients. He asked Violeta how she was feeling and she told him about the dream she had had during her nap.
"Tomorrow they are going to extract a part of my body from me, it is green, rectangular and it has the number 14 on it in gold. It is like a casino chip, the same size, but heavier."
The doctor explained to her that that was impossible because the anatomical description of the organ had nothing in common with a rectangular figure nor with the colour green. He gave Violeta a scientific description so that she understood that dreams are dreams. On the following night, a few hours after Violeta awoke from the anaesthetic, the surgeon came into her room with a bottle containing formaldehyde with a strange object in it.
"I do not usually do this with my patients because I handover the piece so that it is sent to Pathological Anatomy to the relative who has accompanied them. But I came to show it to you because I can't believe what I am seeing."
Violeta, with an effort, sat up to verify that in the bottle there was floating a green, rectangular token, like a casino chip. The surgeon continued in his astonishment:
"I never count the stones in cases of lithiasis. But this time I did. There were exactly 14 stones in your gallbladder."
Violeta lay back down again because the serum line was pulling on her arm. She closed her eyes. She just wanted to keep on speaking to her body.
- Mañana me van a sacar una parte de mi cuerpo, es verde, rectangular y tiene el número 14 en color dorado. Es como una ficha de casino, del mismo tamaño, pero más pesada. -
El médico le explicó que eso era imposible porque la descripción anatómica del órgano no tenía nada que ver con una figura rectangular ni con el color verde. Le hizo la descripción científica a Violeta para que ella comprendiera que los sueños, sueños son.
A la noche siguiente, pocas horas después de que Violeta se despertara de la anestesia, el cirujano entró a su habitación con una botella con formol y un elemento extraño en su interior.
- No hago esto con mis pacientes porque entrego la pieza para que sea enviada a Anatomía Patológica al pariente que los acompaña. Pero vine a mostrártelo porque ni siquiera yo puedo creer lo que estoy viendo.-
Violeta se incorporó con esfuerzo para comprobar que en la botella, flotaba una ficha verde, rectangular, como una ficha de casino.
El cirujano insistía con su asombro.
- Jamás cuento las piedras en caso de litiasis. Pero esta vez lo hice. Había exactamente 14 piedras en tu vesícula.
Violeta se acostó otra vez porque la vía del suero le tiraba del brazo. Cerró los ojos. Ella sólo quería seguir hablando con su cuerpo.
Dreams of the Body
Violeta's body talks to her in her dreams. They were about to extract another of her organs and the night before the operation the surgeon went to make his round with all his patients. He asked Violeta how she was feeling and she told him about the dream she had had during her nap.
"Tomorrow they are going to extract a part of my body from me, it is green, rectangular and it has the number 14 on it in gold. It is like a casino chip, the same size, but heavier."
The doctor explained to her that that was impossible because the anatomical description of the organ had nothing in common with a rectangular figure nor with the colour green. He gave Violeta a scientific description so that she understood that dreams are dreams. On the following night, a few hours after Violeta awoke from the anaesthetic, the surgeon came into her room with a bottle containing formaldehyde with a strange object in it.
"I do not usually do this with my patients because I handover the piece so that it is sent to Pathological Anatomy to the relative who has accompanied them. But I came to show it to you because I can't believe what I am seeing."
Violeta, with an effort, sat up to verify that in the bottle there was floating a green, rectangular token, like a casino chip. The surgeon continued in his astonishment:
"I never count the stones in cases of lithiasis. But this time I did. There were exactly 14 stones in your gallbladder."
Violeta lay back down again because the serum line was pulling on her arm. She closed her eyes. She just wanted to keep on speaking to her body.
