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”

Good.

He went to college three hours away.

The night before leaving, I found him standing in my bedroom looking at the old water stain.

“Still Ohio.”

he said.

“I think it looks more like Kentucky.”

“No.”

“It’s my ceiling.”