“My Mommy Has Been Sleeping for Three Days”—A Six-Year-Old Arrived at the Hospital With Newborn Twins in a Wheelbarrow

“And Mommy?”

“We’re working on that, too.”

Clara’s first period of wakefulness was brief.

She opened her eyes, seemed uncertain of where she was, and tried to speak around the dryness in her mouth.

The nurse told her her name, where she was, and that she was being cared for.

“The babies,” Clara whispered.

“They’re here.”

“My daughter.”