I Woke After 11 Days and Found My 9-Year-Old Grandson Asleep Beside My Hospital Bed—Then He Whispered, “Pretend You’re Still in a Coma”

Friends.

Sleep.

Arthur brought him on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

Other days they video-called.

The first afternoon he missed a visit, he called me three times.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes.”

“Did anybody come?”