She begins to believe that she will walk into the intensive-care unit and that Kenn will look at her, smile and stand up beside his hospital bed. Fla. The nurses say it will be OK to visit Kenn 30 minutes early, since his parents haven't seen him since the accident and Chrissy is so anxious. The three of them look in on Kenn for a few minutes. Kenn is alive, but still in a deep coma. Tubes sprout from his body.
Machines beep and hum.
He breathes with a ventilator's help. Chrissy's vision of a quickly healed Kenn vanishes. Her husband has been hurt. The second night is much like the first. So is the third.