***Serena*** I feel warm. I feel peaceful for the first time in a while. I can hear muffled sounds; varying voices, strange beeping and metal clanging. I can feel my arm being periodically compressed...a hand squeezing mine...lips on my forehead...a hand stroking hair off my face...a blanket being lovingly tucked around me. As time goes on, the sounds become clearer, I can feel air being pumped into my lungs, I can sense the difference between light and dark through my eyelids...the world is slowly but surely gaining clarity once again. Full hearing abruptly returns to me and I can hear the steady beeping of a heart rate monitor. "Body temperature is finally thirty-six point five. That is good news. Her other vitals are doing great. I think she will regain consciousness sometime soon,

