He entered the room, finding her still sleeping, just like the way he had left her earlier. She hardly moved from her position, seemingly in deep slumber, with the few beeping sounds of the machines that filled the room with its reassuring sound.
As long as they kept the machines plugged in, it meant the patient was still alive. In the meantime, he was satisfied with that condition. It was better than declaring her dead and losing her for eternity.
"There is still a strong brain activity." The neurologist explained to him, giving him hope that she would eventually wake him from her coma state.
However, when? That was the question. The doctors could not assure him that it could be anytime soon. It could be later, tomorrow, or a year after. They could not even guarantee that she would wake up at all.
