Authors: Joel Cobbs
“Y
e
a
h
,
I
th
i
n
k
s
o.
”
Th
e
r
e
w
a
s
a
m
o
m
en
t
o
f
aw
k
wa
r
d
s
i
l
en
c
e
.
“
O
h,
”
I
s
a
i
d.
“
I
'm
s
o
r
ry
a
bou
t
ye
s
t
e
r
da
y.
”
H
e
w
a
ve
d
it
o
ff.
“
It
's
ok
a
y
.
Yo
u
'
r
e
un
d
e
r
a
l
o
t
o
f
s
t
r
es
s
a
n
d
I
p
r
ob
a
b
ly
pu
s
he
d a
l
i
tt
le
h
a
r
d.
So
I
'm
s
o
r
r
y
too.
”
Th
e
r
e
w
as
a
not
h
e
r
m
o
m
en
t
o
f
a
w
k
w
ard
s
i
l
en
c
e
.
“W
e
'
ll
b
e
ok
a
y
,
R
ob
.
Don
'
t
w
o
r
r
y.
”
I
f
a
k
e
s
m
il
e
d.
“O
k
a
y.
”
H
e
l
e
ft
th
e
r
oo
m
a
n
d
I
f
oun
d
m
y
s
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lf
a
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on
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on
ce again. This time eating was a little easier. They’d brought me some chicken noodle soup, a bread roll, and some kernel corn. The nurse had already opened everything for me, so I had a few minutes of independence. I finished my food and pressed the page button.
“
I
'm im
p
r
e
ss
e
d
,
”
h
e
s
aid w
he
n
h
e c
a
me i
n
.
“
Y
o
u
n
e
e
d
a
n
y
thing
else
?
”
“
N
a
w
,
”
I
s
aid.
“I
th
i
n
k
I
'm
g
oo
d
f
o
r
no
w
.
”
H
e
to
o
k
th
e
t
r
ay
a
n
d
l
e
ft
th
e
r
oo
m.
Th
e
r
e
w
as
a
T
V,
bu
t
I
did
n
't
w
a
n
n
a
wa
t
ch
a
n
y
th
i
ng
.
Th
e
r
e
w
e
re
s
o
me
b
o
ok
s,
bu
t
I
d
id
n
't
wa
n
n
a
r
e
ad
a
nyth
i
ng
.
Hone
s
t
l
y
,
I
w
a
nte
d
t
o
di
e
.
I
'd
n
e
ve
r
w
a
nt
e
d
th
at
be
f
o
r
e
,
bu
t
no
w
I
w
a
nte
d
i
t
.
I
c
ou
ld
n
't
b
r
i
n
g
m
y
s
e
lf
t
o
l
oo
k
a
r
oun
d
at
w
he
re
I
'd
en
d
e
d
up
,
a
ll
be
c
a
u
se
she
'd
d
i
e
d
o
n
m
e
.
I
cl
o
s
e
d
my
e
ye
s
a
n
d
b
e
g
an
t
o
f
a
l
l
a
sl
eep
.
------
T
h
e
phy
si
c
al
th
e
r
a
p
ist
s
ho
w
e
d
u
p
at
s
i
x
,
j
u
st
l
i
k
e
s
h
e
s
a
id
s
h
e w
ou
ld.
I
'd
s
l
ep
t
f
o
r
a
b
o
u
t
th
r
e
e
h
o
u
r
s,
the
n
w
o
k
e
u
p
be
ca
u
se
I
nee
d
e
d
t
o
g
o
t
o
th
e
b
a
th
r
oo
m.
D
ad
g
a
v
e me
th
e
u
r
i
n
al,
w
h
ich I
u
s
e
d
.
Th
e
r
e
w
as
s
t
i
ll
a
s
li
gh
t
bu
r
n
i
n
g
s
e
n
sa
t
i
o
n
w
he
n
I
t
r
i
e
d
t
o
u
se
th
e
u
r
i
n
a
l,
b
u
t
it
w
a
s
n
't
ne
a
r
ly as
b
ad
as it
h
ad
bee
n
.
No
w,
it
w
a
s
to
l
e
r
a
b
l
e
.
D
i
nne
r
h
ad
c
o
me
a
n
d
g
on
e
j
u
st
l
i
k
e
l
un
ch
a
n
d
b
r
e
a
k
f
a
s
t
.
I
h
ad
s
ou
p
a
n
d c
o
r
n
a
g
ai
n
,
th
i
s
t
ime wi
t
h
o
r
a
n
g
e
j
u
ice
i
n
s
te
ad
o
f
sw
ee
t
te
a
a
s
be
f
o
r
e
.
Th
e
d
o
c
t
o
r
to
ld
me
h
e
w
a
nt
e
d
s
o
me
fi
be
r
i
n me
be
c
a
u
se
th
e
p
ain
m
e
d
i
ci
n
e
w
ou
ld
c
a
u
se
my
m
u
s
c
l
e
s
t
o
r
e
l
ax
a
n
d
m
a
k
e
it
h
a
r
d
e
r
t
o
h
a
v
e
bo
w
e
l
m
ove
m
ent
s.
T
h
e
P
T
w
a
n
t
e
d
a
l
o
t
o
u
t
o
f
me
no
w.
I
'd
got
t
e
n
s
o
me
s
l
eep
,
w
h
ich
ho
p
e
f
u
lly w
ou
ld
g
i
v
e me
eno
u
g
h
en
e
r
g
y
t
o do
w
h
at it
w
a
s
sh
e
w
a
nte
d.
“
A
l
r
i
gh
t
,
”
s
h
e
s
a
id,
“
w
e
'
r
e
go
i
n
g
t
o
g
o
i
nt
o
th
e
h
a
l
l
a
n
d
t
r
y
t
o
w
alk
t
o
th
e
nu
r
s
e
's
s
t
a
t
i
on
.
I
t
'
s
a
li
tt
le
fa
r
th
e
r
th
an
th
e
b
a
t
h
r
oo
m d
o
o
r
,
bu
t
w
e
nee
d
t
o
kno
w
y
o
u
c
an
w
a
lk
a
li
t
t
le
wa
y
s
be
f
o
r
e
we
l
e
t
yo
u
go
.
It
's
gonn
a
b
e
h
a
r
d
th
e
f
i
r
st
f
e
w
t
i
m
e
s,
bu
t
i
t
'
l
l
g
e
t
e
a
si
e
r
as
yo
u
do
it
m
o
r
e
a
n
d
m
o
r
e
.
”