Andrew was led down through large double doors and into a round hall area with a large nurse’s station in the center. Cubicles and rooms circled the desk. From the desk, two people could see just about every patient in treatment as well as the equipment. Hospitals made Andrew nervous. Too many comrades didn’t make it out of such trauma centers on the battlefield.
Dr. Angelos—according to his ID badge dangling from his jacket—didn’t say much as he led Andrew around to where he recognized Frank laying on an examining table with wires and tubes running over him and through him. Frank looked like a beached whale and even Andrew could see the labored breathing. Wasn’t the oxygen helping at all?
“Just a few minutes, please. Keep him as quiet as possible,” and with that, Angelos walked away lea
