Four Floppy Ears
He was my first encounter with a comatose patient.
How does one communicate with an unconscious body? With tubes and wires and braces. He was fragile. He’d suffered a diffuse nerve injury and faced an unknown prognosis, yet his family was pleading for a hint of recovery as we were preparing to transfer him to a rehabilitation facility later that day.
He lay motionless on the stretcher while I awaited the arrival of transport staff to wheel him away.