You describe the nurse's face. You describe it carefully, because carefully is the only thing holding you together.

The surgeon listens with her head tilted and writes three words on her clipboard and shows you none of them.

RiekoThat's a known presentation. Rare. It resolves.

You ask how many people it resolves in.

RiekoGo home. Sit in a familiar room. Don't drive at night.

On the way out she looks at her own hands in a way you have never seen a person look at their hands.