THREE DAYS LATER, SAYEN could sit up, and she was eating, drinking, and speaking normally. She was still experiencing the sheer joy of being alive. She would spend hours looking out the window, studying every feature of the hospital’s lavish garden. Each flower, plant, insect, and bird delighted her. She felt like she’d never truly appreciated how beautiful the world was until she’d been nearly taken from it.
The hospital was wonderful too. Everything was so clean. She couldn’t have wished for a neater or more dirt- and germ-free room.
Her doctor had told her that tomorrow she could begin learning to walk, and that to pass the time, she was allowed to start having one or two visitors. She’d known exactly who she’d wanted to see and she’d made a couple of calls before pleading with her pa
