90 Minutes in Heaven Page #4

I need answers.

Doctor?

May I help you?

I'm trying to find out what's going

on with my husband, Donald Piper.

No one's been out

to see you yet?

No, no one. I've heard

nothing. I'm so sorry.

I'm Tom Greider, the

orthopedic surgeon on this.

Um, come on and I'll

show you what's going on.

Your husband is

very badly injured.

We are doing everything

we can to save him.

See this?

It's not just broken.

It's shattered.

He's missing significant

amounts of bone structure,

muscle and skin.

That's his right knee.

And this is where the left

thigh bone, or femur, should be.

Should be?

Well, he's missing a

significant amount of bone.

Four and a half inches.

Also, it seems that he

has a cracked pelvis.

But, uh, we're just gonna let

that go for the time being,

'cause we have to deal with

these other injuries right away.

As you can see,

only this soft tissue at

the bottom part of his leg

is connecting his whole lower

left leg to the rest of his body.

Would you like

to see him?

Yes, I would.

Well, come on.

He won't respond to you.

He's heavily medicated.

We couldn't give him anything

until we'd finished our examination.

They're coming to take him

to surgery now.

God.

God help me.

Please help us.

I'm so scared.

You've always helped us.

Now, please...

please help us.

Please help us.

For I know the plans

they have for you.

Plans to prosper you.

And to not harm you.

To give you hope and a future.

Survival was going

to be difficult

because heaven

was so glorious.

Hi, Dad.

Okay.

Not good.

I don't know.

I don't know, Dad.

I'll see you tomorrow

with the kids.

I just spoke

to Don's parents.

They aren't getting here

until the day after tomorrow.

I love you too.

Bye.

The reason you haven't heard from us

is 'cause we worked on him all night.

- All night?

- Eleven and a half hours.

The good news is there's

no sign of brain damage

or internal injury.

We stabilized his left arm and

put his left leg in traction.

We're taking good care

of your husband, Eva.

He's gonna be okay.

Thank you, Doctor.

There are a lot of people

in the hospital chapel

praying for Don

right now.

How you doing?

Okay.

I don't want you

to think about this now, but

you should consider

hiring an attorney.

Enduring all

that I had to go through,

nobody put up

with more than Eva.

She would rise

every morning at 6:00,

rush to work

at the school

and afterwards

hurry back to my bedside,

where she stayed with me

every night.

It was the same stressful

routine day after day for her.

You're seriously injured.

We've done an MRI on you,

and it seems you've

escaped brain damage.

I hurt more than I believe

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