Chapter 27
I had been full of optimism at first, because the ambulance had arrived quickly, admittance to the nearest hospital had taken place a few minutes later and Vittorio had been subjected almost immediately to CT scans. Meanwhile, not forgetting my job, I had phoned the newspaper dictating the sensational news of Carla's arrest on charges of being the Ear Monster. Then I had sat down on a bench in the corridor, waiting for news about my friend's state of health, always hoping that his conditon was not very serious.
Finally they had informed me that Vittorio had been operated on and had been placed in a medically induced coma: "Highly reserved prognosis" the surgeon had said; and my optimism had waned.
I had stayed in that corridor until they had taken my friend to the neurology d
