Not long afterward, the emergency room physician that been assigned to treat Lizzie entered the room.
"Okay, so," he began. "Not much we can do for her hearing. That should heal itself in the next couple of weeks. If it hasn't returned by then, we'll follow up. The scrapes and cuts will take time, as well. But because she's got a severe concussion, I'd like to keep her here overnight."
Donny relayed the doctor's comments via text, and she shook her head violently, then grimaced in pain.
"Nope, I've had a concussion before. No big. We can deal with that at home," Lizzie told her visitors, glaring in defiance at each of them in turn.
"I really think she should stay here, but I can't make her. She has every right to sign herself out," the doctor muttered, and Donny gave him an apologetic
