Cedar Woman (28 page)

“
W
e
’
re
certa
i
n
y
our
hu
s
b
a
n
d
’s
he
a
d
s
tr
u
ck
so
m
e
object
s
e
veral ti
m
es,
poss
i
bly
the
seat
of
the
tractor
sinc
e
,
according
t
o
the
p
a
ra
m
edics,

¹⁷
Ah-tay
–
F
a
ther

n
o
lar
g
e
s
t
o
n
es
were present
at
t
h
e
site,
a
n
d
b
eca
u
se of
t
h
e
m
u
lti
p
le con
t
us
io
ns
o
n his
head.

I
o
rd
e
r
e
d
a
C
T
sca
n
,
w
h
ich
reveal
e
d
s
welling
a
nd he
m
a
t
o
m
a,
or bleedi
n
g,
and
t
o
o
k
him s
t
raight
i
n
t
o
s
ur
g
ery
wh
e
re
w
e
pe
r
f
o
r
m
ed
a cran
i
o
t
o
m
y
t
o
re
li
eve
t
h
e
pr
e
ssure
o
n
h
i
s
b
r
a
i
n.
That
i
s,
w
e
have
o
p
en
e
d

up
a
s
m
all
por
t
i
on
of
his
s
kull
to
r
e
m
ove
any
accu
m
u
lated
blood.
W
e
’ve

put him
on
a
n
ti-seizure
m
edication,
j
u
st
in
case,
as
there
is
a
risk
of seizure
after
brain
surg
e
ry.”
Mary
g
a
ve
a
small
cry.
Ge
n
tly
placing
his ha
n
d
o
n her a
r
m
,
Dr.
G
a
f
f
in
c
onti
n
u
e
d.

“
Y
ou
r
h
u
s
b
an
d
is
in
a
co
m
a.
He s
ho
ws no
reacti
o
n
to
sti
m
ulus ar
ou
n
d
h
i
m
.
It
m
eans,
h
i
s
e
y
es
do
n
’t
o
p
e
n
,
he
do
e
s
n
’t
m
ove,
he
d
o
e
s
n’t seem
t
o
resp
o
nd
t
o
a
n
yt
h
ing
.”
The
doc
t
o
r s
i
ghe
d
,
m
ov
i
ng h
i
s
ha
n
d
t
o Mary’s s
a
gging
s
h
ou
l
d
er, and squeezing it
gently.

We
ca
n
’t
tell
r
i
gh
t n
o
w
how
e
x
te
n
s
i
v
e
t
h
e
d
a
ma
g
e
will
b
e
.
We
will keep
a
close
ey
e
on
h
i
m
.
H
e
i
s
on
a
vent
i
l
ator,
a
n
d
i
s
li
gh
tl
y
sedate
d
. This
i
s
t
o
s
lo
w
t
h
e
op
e
rat
io
ns
of
h
i
s
bra
i
n.
It
kee
p
s
t
h
e
pr
essu
r
e
d
o
w
n
,

and
h
op
ef
u
lly
hel
p
s
t
h
e
b
r
ain
to
b
e
gin
heali
n
g
.
Ri
g
h
t
no
w,
we
h
a
ve
him

on
a
n
I
V
,
a
n
d
a
na
s
ogas
t
ric
tube
i
n
sert
e
d
t
h
r
ou
gh
his
n
o
se
and
d
o
w
n
t
o his
s
t
o
m
ach.
It’s
a
safety
m
e
asure
to
ke
e
p
h
i
m from
vo
m
i
t
ing.
Late
r
,
we will
u
se
it for
sup
p
le
m
e
n
t
al
fee
d
in
g
.
As
soon
as
h
e is
sta
b
le,
Mrs. Catc
her
,
I
w
an
t to
m
ov
e
y
ou
r
hu
s
ba
n
d
to
t
h
e
m
e
d
i
ca
l
cen
ter
a
t
Oh
io
S
t
a
te U
n
i
v
ersity
in C
o
l
u
m
bu
s.
They
are
b
etter
e
qu
i
pp
e
d
t
o
h
e
l
p
your
hu
s
b
a
nd reco
v
er
as
m
u
ch
of
h
i
s
f
o
rmer
b
ra
i
n
functi
o
n
as
p
o
ss
i
b
le,
so
you
will want
t
o
m
ake
a
n
y a
r
ra
n
g
e
m
ents necess
a
ry
i
f
y
ou
p
l
an
t
o be
w
it
h h
i
m
.