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No change. I could just scream. That woman sounds like a broken record."
"I'm sure the doctors are doing everything they can,"
offered Christie.
Jana bristled. "You sound just like my mother."
Making a face, she mocked her mother's voice: "You have to be patient and
keep your hopes up." Then she let out a sigh of exasperation and said, "How
can I be patient and keep my hopes up when as far as I can tell nobody is doing anything? Why doesn't the hospital call in a specialist or something? There has
to be somebody who knows what to do!"
Her friends looked embarrassed, and no one said anything.
Tears of frustration welled in Jana's eyes, and she looked pleadingly at her
friends and said, "Mom says that since there's no way to make things like
they were before and nobody to blame, I can only try to find a way to make
things better. But how?"
No one had an answer for that.
"If only they would let me in to see him," said
Jana.
"What good would that do?" asked Beth, putting a
sympathetic arm around Jana. "Let's face it. If the doctors can't wake him
up, how could you? He's just lying there, sleeping."
Jana didn't answer for a moment. She was staring out into
space and thinking over Beth's words about how Randy was just lying there
sleeping. She could visualize him lying on a beautiful canopy bed. He was
sleeping so peacefully, and he looked so handsome that her eyes filled with
tears. The vision widened, and she could see that the beautiful canopy bed was
in a forest. Sunbeams crisscrossed the air, and all around him birds sang and
woodland creatures stopped to look-at him.
Suddenly Jana recognized the scene. She had seen it in her
mind hundreds of times before, and a crazy idea popped into her head. It was so
crazy that she was almost afraid to say it out loud. Her friends would think
she had completely flipped out, but maybe this was it—the something that she
could do to make Randy better.
"Do you remember the story of Sleeping Beauty?"
she asked.
Everyone nodded.
"Well, don't you see? Randy is like Sleeping Beauty!"
she said as excitement rose in her voice. "Everybody always thought that
was just a silly fairy tale, but it wasn't. It can come true for Randy. I know
it can."
"Sure, sure, only he's Sleeping Handsome. Is that it?"
said Katie, making a face. "Don't tell me you're the beautiful princess,
and all you have to do is kiss him and he'll wake up. Come on, Jana. Get real!
The day you do that, I'll go kiss a frog."
"I didn't mean kiss him, silly. I'll talk to him and
tell him how much I want him to wake up. I've read that people in comas can
sometimes hear what other people say to them. If I tell him how much I care
about him, and how sorry I am about the accident, maybe he'll hear me and want
to wake up so badly that he will. And then I'll kiss him," she added,
blushing.
"Oh, Jana!" Melanie groaned ecstatically. "That's
the most romantic thing I ever heard!"
"Hmmm," mused Katie, slowly nodding her head. "I
read that somewhere, too. You know, I hate to admit it, but it just might work.
In fact," she added, with a sly grin, "I may have to kiss a frog,
after all."
"Do you think you can get in to see him?" asked
Christie.
"I don't know," admitted Jana. "When I went
to the intensive care unit before, the nurse threatened to call security if I
didn't leave. I'll have to think of another way."
"Maybe if you called Randy's parents and asked them,
they would give you permission," offered Katie.
"It's worth a try," said Jana. She went to the
phone and dialed the Kirwans' number, half afraid that no one would answer. His
parents were probably at the hospital.
"Hello," said a woman's voice. It was Mrs. Kirwan.
"Hi, Mrs. Kirwan. This is Jana." Suddenly she didn't
know what to say next. Sleeping Beauty? Sleeping Handsome? It wouldn't be an
easy thing to explain.
"Yes, Jana?" said Mrs. Kirwan. Her voice sounded
tired.
"I'm sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if you
could give me permission to visit Randy at the
"I'm sure the doctors are doing everything they can,"
offered Christie.
Jana bristled. "You sound just like my mother."
Making a face, she mocked her mother's voice: "You have to be patient and
keep your hopes up." Then she let out a sigh of exasperation and said, "How
can I be patient and keep my hopes up when as far as I can tell nobody is doing anything? Why doesn't the hospital call in a specialist or something? There has
to be somebody who knows what to do!"
Her friends looked embarrassed, and no one said anything.
Tears of frustration welled in Jana's eyes, and she looked pleadingly at her
friends and said, "Mom says that since there's no way to make things like
they were before and nobody to blame, I can only try to find a way to make
things better. But how?"
No one had an answer for that.
"If only they would let me in to see him," said
Jana.
"What good would that do?" asked Beth, putting a
sympathetic arm around Jana. "Let's face it. If the doctors can't wake him
up, how could you? He's just lying there, sleeping."
Jana didn't answer for a moment. She was staring out into
space and thinking over Beth's words about how Randy was just lying there
sleeping. She could visualize him lying on a beautiful canopy bed. He was
sleeping so peacefully, and he looked so handsome that her eyes filled with
tears. The vision widened, and she could see that the beautiful canopy bed was
in a forest. Sunbeams crisscrossed the air, and all around him birds sang and
woodland creatures stopped to look-at him.
Suddenly Jana recognized the scene. She had seen it in her
mind hundreds of times before, and a crazy idea popped into her head. It was so
crazy that she was almost afraid to say it out loud. Her friends would think
she had completely flipped out, but maybe this was it—the something that she
could do to make Randy better.
"Do you remember the story of Sleeping Beauty?"
she asked.
Everyone nodded.
"Well, don't you see? Randy is like Sleeping Beauty!"
she said as excitement rose in her voice. "Everybody always thought that
was just a silly fairy tale, but it wasn't. It can come true for Randy. I know
it can."
"Sure, sure, only he's Sleeping Handsome. Is that it?"
said Katie, making a face. "Don't tell me you're the beautiful princess,
and all you have to do is kiss him and he'll wake up. Come on, Jana. Get real!
The day you do that, I'll go kiss a frog."
"I didn't mean kiss him, silly. I'll talk to him and
tell him how much I want him to wake up. I've read that people in comas can
sometimes hear what other people say to them. If I tell him how much I care
about him, and how sorry I am about the accident, maybe he'll hear me and want
to wake up so badly that he will. And then I'll kiss him," she added,
blushing.
"Oh, Jana!" Melanie groaned ecstatically. "That's
the most romantic thing I ever heard!"
"Hmmm," mused Katie, slowly nodding her head. "I
read that somewhere, too. You know, I hate to admit it, but it just might work.
In fact," she added, with a sly grin, "I may have to kiss a frog,
after all."
"Do you think you can get in to see him?" asked
Christie.
"I don't know," admitted Jana. "When I went
to the intensive care unit before, the nurse threatened to call security if I
didn't leave. I'll have to think of another way."
"Maybe if you called Randy's parents and asked them,
they would give you permission," offered Katie.
"It's worth a try," said Jana. She went to the
phone and dialed the Kirwans' number, half afraid that no one would answer. His
parents were probably at the hospital.
"Hello," said a woman's voice. It was Mrs. Kirwan.
"Hi, Mrs. Kirwan. This is Jana." Suddenly she didn't
know what to say next. Sleeping Beauty? Sleeping Handsome? It wouldn't be an
easy thing to explain.
"Yes, Jana?" said Mrs. Kirwan. Her voice sounded
tired.
"I'm sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if you
could give me permission to visit Randy at the
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