Coma Girl: part 1 by Stephanie Bond

Author:Stephanie Bond [Bond, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Daily serial romantic comedy mystery
Publisher: Stephanie Bond, Inc.
Published: 2016-07-09T16:00:00+00:00

July 16, Saturday

“GOOD MORNING, MARIGOLD. I’m Dr. Jarvis and I have a little something for you.”

Oh, God, please don’t let him be a pervert.

The door opened and from the bumping sounds and squeaking wheels, I got the impression of something sizable being wheeled into the room.

“Where do you want the TV, doc?” a man asked.

“Over there is good, let me move some of these flowers out of the way.”

“We’re supposed to take some of those with us,” another man said.

“Right. Why don’t you take a few to the maternity ward, and some to the chemo department?”

“Sure thing, doc.”

A television? Terrific! I was having withdrawal from late-night shows. And if the hospital got the Discovery ID channel, I’d be set. Spouses conspiring to murder each other never gets old.

After some shuffling and more bumping noises, the door closed to relative quiet. The whooshing and wheezing of various machines hooked up to us veggies had become white noise. From the sound of Dr. Jarvis’s footsteps and the rustle of fabric, I realized he was standing next to my bed.

“Marigold, can you open your eyes?”

No.

“Okay, then, can you wiggle your toes?”

Nope.

“Try again, please? Just one toe?”

Not happening.

“Okay, I’m holding your hand. Very soft, by the way.”

Really, doc? Flirting with Coma Girl?

“Can you squeeze my hand?”

I tried to visualize him holding my limp hand and sent impulses toward it.

“Concentrate, Marigold, and squeeze my hand.”

I was trying.

“No? Okay, we’ll try again later. Now then, just to let you know what’s going on— I’ve arranged for a television to be placed in the ward, for the stimulation of all the patients, of course, but especially you, Marigold. I’ve reviewed your EEG results and unlike Dr. Tyson, I believe you can hear me, and hear things around you, too. To that end, I’ve asked that the television remain on and at an audible volume during daylight hours to provided sensory input when people aren’t around.”

In my mind, I was hugging him.

“I’ve done some research into what types of sounds are most effective in stirring responses in the brain, especially in the area where your injury occurred.”

It was a full body hug.

“Fortunately, the hospital has an extensive lineup of channels, so I was able to find a few to experiment with.”

HBO? CNN? HGTV? I love me some Property Brothers.

“As it turns out, music is the sound that stimulates the most areas of the brain.”

Okay, that was a little disappointing, but I dig my CD collection and I’m down with Pandora. My tastes run the gamut from pop to blues to folksy acoustic stuff. I’ve been known to listen to country, although I prefer older country to the new. And I don’t turn off hip-hop when it crosses my earbuds. Actually, I pretty much listen to all kinds of music, except classical.

“And tests show the most stimulating music is classical.”

Crap.

With a couple of clicks, the strains of a violin-led symphony floated into the room, sucking all the joy out of the air.

“There. Now let’s see what a steady diet of Bach will do for that bruised brain of yours.

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