52. I'm Awake

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After struggling desperately to move any part of his paralytic body just to alert the doctors that he was conscious before they made the first incision, he was relieved to see that one of the nurses had noticed his pupils dilating from the bright light.

She leaned in close and, in a whisper that tickled his ear, said "You think we don't know you're awake?"

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