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

She could stand beside the bed, ask questions, or step out if she needed to.

She did not have to be brave in a particular way to be allowed to see her.

At the doorway, she stopped.

Clara was awake, but not upright.

Her face looked different from the face Chloe remembered before the long sleeping began.

“Mommy?”

Clara turned toward her.

“Chloe.”