96 Please Remember Me (1/2)

Alex was becoming restless standing there and constantly changed his position. He finally dropped down to the floor in a squat position and cupped his chin with both hands. Even though his feet started getting numb after ten minutes he continued waiting.

He sighed and fussed inside but kept his cool. Worried that his father in law may also be anxious, he stood up to the go check on him. The moment he turned to head toward the room, the elevator dinged as it had earlier. The doors opened and two nurses stepped out pulling her bed. He moved to the side and waited for the doctor to exit the elevator.

A brief glance at her, he could tell she had not woken up. He turned to Dr. Sean about to speak but stopped.

The doctor must have noticed that he was going to bombard him with questions because when he made eyes contact with him he quickly said;

”Let go the room first.”

Anxious yet obedient, he followed behind them fearing that there possibly will both good and bad news. He had tried to read their expressions, but nothing gave.

They got to the room and the nurses changed Zunnie's IV drip and made her comfortable.

”The good news is, she did move her hand to touch you. Were you speaking to her as you always do?” The doctor in charge spoke up after everything had been done.

Alex nodded, cleared his throat to find the words that he wanted to say;

”Yes, I've been talking to her every day I'm here. We all talk to her.” He managed to say nervously.

”Ah, that's good, that's good. The other good news is that her MRI scans reveal an increase in neural activity in her brain. Her brain wave should become regular as time goes by and she could wake up sooner. We don't know how soon, but I'm guessing in one or two weeks. We don't know for sure whether speaking to her helps but keep doing it. Studies have shown that persons in a coma often hear us when we speak.”

”Okay Dr. Sean, we will continue that…is there bad news?” Alex asked nervously.