Review: This could have been a good story
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2012
Yes, it could have been good, if only it had been a bit more realistic.  And I confess I'm an ICU nurse so medical things that are not accurate tend to drive me up a wall.  But I think the story had potential.  And if the author had bothered to research coma patients and ventilators, she might have pulled it off.  But coma patients on vents need to be trached after a few weeks because endotrachial tubes put too much pressure on the walls of the trachea.  And trachs can be messy...  Patients this severely compromised don't go home with home health.  They might be lucky enough to go to a long-term ventilator facility, but not to their own bedrooms with no one monitoring the vent.  And his moaning after she kisses him (eww, mouths get horrible)?  No.  The ET tube (that shouldn't be there after MONTHS) goes through the vocal cords so without air flowing over them to vibrate them, sorry, no moaning, no sounds.  Just a very unrealistic portrayal of a long-term vent patient that could have been avoided with a little research.  I'm really glad this was offered for free on Amazon because it was one on my DNFs.