Locked in (Paperback)

"It is a frightful entry into the beginning of another way of life when one is told a family member is in a coma

When we were called by the sheriff, we hurried to the hospital to wait by the emergency room.

Larry, our son. had been on the way to work in early morning. In the accident his car was spun around and hurled into a deep ditch. Was it the twisting he endured and subsequent brain stem injury that brought on the coma? That was not in our minds on that December morning -- only that he was seriously injured and comatose. The next 72 hours would determine if he lived.

It is a shock to learn how much a fraction of a minute can completely change your life. I only knew we had to go on from here. We couldn't go back and start the morning over.