Complete the following text: there were three other people in the er waiting room : a drunk sleeping in a far chair with his head propped up on his elbow ; another guy with a blood-stained towel bunched in one fist ; and one man , in a rumpled gray suit , who looked like he really did n't belong because he was n't drunk , bleeding , or in obvious pain . when we told the er nurse who we were , the man 's head came up and i felt his eyes on our backs . then i forgot about him because the er nurse made us wait a few minutes despite dad 's bluster . she was on the phone for what seemed a year before confirming that my mother was indeed a
patient