Endangered
“Thin wires from embedded catheters coiled up from her head. She was being fed intravenously through a tube, and other tubes delivered hydration and medication. Additional tubes carried waste away into receptacles underneath the bed. Because she was so still, it seemed to Joe she was simply serving as a disinterested processing center for the transfer of incoming fluids.
Marybeth was with him when he entered the room and she stood behind him as he approached the bed.
“I haven’t seen her ...since she left,” he said, reaching out and brushing April’s cheek with the back of his hand. She was battered but sleeping, her expression untroubled. He could not tell from looking at her that she had brain trauma. Her hair was brushed neatly, although the part was wrong. How would the nurses know?
Joe listened as Marybeth explained the procedure the doctors had undertaken, and she pointed out what the readings on the monitors meant.MoreLess
Marybeth was with him when he entered the room and she stood behind him as he approached the bed.
“I haven’t seen her ...since she left,” he said, reaching out and brushing April’s cheek with the back of his hand. She was battered but sleeping, her expression untroubled. He could not tell from looking at her that she had brain trauma. Her hair was brushed neatly, although the part was wrong. How would the nurses know?
Joe listened as Marybeth explained the procedure the doctors had undertaken, and she pointed out what the readings on the monitors meant.MoreLess
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