Chapter 28July 20, 2016
It has now been five weeks from Joey's injury, and he has not awakened. It is 8:00 p.m. on a Wednesday, and we are awaiting Dr. Mitchell's arrival to provide a medical update based upon the latest testing. Lisa is holding Joey's hand, and I am pacing by the window. Soft music plays in the background, but the room is otherwise quiet.
Dr. Mitchell walks in wearing his usual garb, peels the blue surgical cap from his head and says, “Sorry to keep you waiting a few minutes.”
I force a smile and say, “We have nowhere else to go.”
Lisa and I look at him and wait. He pauses before he begins, which is seldom a good sign. “The swelling around the brain has not been reduced. The challenges we now face are that Joey's blood pressure is getting too low, even with the medica
