So I got my boss to give me the day off, and we went to the hospital next day. Larry drove, ‘cause it’s a bit outside town.
The kid was in a private room. I had a private room when I was in Addenbrookes with my face. One of the nurses said it was so I wouldn’t scare the other patients, but she said it like it was a joke, so I laughed and split two stitches.
His mum and dad were there. His mum was smiling, but it didn’t look right, and her eyes were all red. I think it must be awful to have your kid in hospital ‘cause he tried to kill himself. I know my mum was upset when I was in with my face. She always tried to hide it when she came to visit, but I heard her talking about it with one of the nurses, and she was saying stuff like “another three inches further up and he’d have been blinde
