Erika Johnson

Nelly

Joe pulled back the heavy and surprisingly dusty curtains of the hospital room window. The view from the Regina General Hospital was decent.He could see dark clouds on the horizon hovering near the outskirts of the city. Snow? he wondered, it was November after all. Joe couldn’t be bothered by the thought of snow, his worries were miles away from crops, and winter looming on the horizon. His heart was in that hospital room where his wife, Nelly lay quietly in the room behind him. she had been in a coma for a day and a half, and he didn’t know when she would wake up, If ever.