A doctor came out of the operating room as they were finishing up stitches, a confused but concerned look on his face. "Mr. Croft..." He started, pausing. "Your wife had internal bleeding and isn't going to wake for a bit. We really don't know when she will..." Or if. The doctor thought, finishing his sentence mentally

"You can see her now, though she isn't awake yet" The doctor said, gesturing to room 5 at the end of the hall. "She's just down there"

Dakota's face was blank, her pulse weak but there, and an IV in her arm. She could breathe fine, but she looked nearly dead the way she laid there, motionless except for the rise and fall of her chest

Dakota mind was foggy but not suffocating anymore. Her breaths were clearer, stronger, as she lay there. Her pulse was just as weak, if not worse, as another doctor came in. "Do you have any questions, Mr. Croft?"

The doctor nodded and left