Avalynn POV
The sound of the clock ticking was enough to drive a normal person mad. Other than this and the soft beating of Brent and Miranda's heartbeats, there was silence. I could feel myself drifting off into, what was sure to be, a fitful sleep. The doctors and nurses only came in from time to time to adjust the feeding tubes, medications, IV bags, or to change whatever needs to be changed. I didn't really keep up with the specifics. Melissa and myself had exhausted ourselves these last few weeks attempting to wake them. We thought, there for a minute, that we had them when Miranda's arms both twitched and her eyes fluttered. Then, with much disappointment, she fell back into her slumber.
The doctors ran tests and gave us encouragement that we almost had her up. Unfortunately, for u
