Chapter Fifteen
Raucous laughter filtered across the grassy expanse between the garage and the hospital. Doris ducked out from under the hood of the ambulance and stared at the crowd of people on the lawn. She’d taken advantage of the warm, sunny day and moved the vehicle from the building to work on it. The nurses must have felt the same way about the weather and brought the many patients outside. Their joy was palpable.
Several men in wheelchairs clustered together watching two orderlies play catch. A pair of men on crutches sauntered along the lane that led to the vegetable garden. A group of patients whose arms were casted kicked a soccer ball among themselves while nurses waved their arms and reprimanded them. Each time a man successfully kept one of the women from grabbing the ball
