The Cruise

Sonia, my mother had insisted on surgery for Tony, my step- father. "Dad snores, and we're going on a cruise! So I told him he's having his uvula removed."

 I was horrified.

u·vu·la

/ˈyo͞ovyələ/

noun

Anatomy

noun: uvula; plural noun: uvulae; plural noun: uvulas; noun: palatine uvula; plural noun: palatine uvulas; plural noun: palatine uvulae

1. a fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate which hangs above the throat