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”

He spent an afternoon at my dining table.

Then:

“Aunt Lisa really wrote I needed a therapeutic environment?”

“Yes.”

He laughed.

Not because it was funny then.

Because he could now.

“I was such a boring kid.”