"Yes." Julia grabs Leo's hand.
"Your sister is out of surgery. It went well, and she is in stable condition. The injury she sustained was very serious. In addition to the damage to her pulmonary artery, she had a collapsed lung and some other smaller complications. We are going to continue to monitor her very closely. You can see her in two hours, but she will remain sedated, so you will not be able to talk to her."
Julia turns into Leo's body and he wraps his arm around her. "Is she…I mean, things went well, so…"
"They went as well as they could, Mr. McGarry. All we can do now is wait and see. But, the first part is over and she did very well."
Leo nods. Julia is sobbing into his shoulder. The doctors leave them.
The next day – Annabeth has woken up and the nurses have let Julia and Leo go see her. Julia has been in her room for a little while. Leo is waiting in the hallway. Julia comes out.
"Hey, you ready to come in?"
Leo nods. He and Julia walk back in the room. Leo walks over to the bed and takes Annabeth's hand. He gently brushes her hair away from her forehead. "Hey, sunshine. How you doing?"
She smiles at him as best she can. "I'm gettin' ready to get down."
Julia laughs. Leo looks over at her. "What?"
Julia has tears in her eyes. "It's a song…she and I both love this song by Josh Ritter – Gettin' Ready to Get Down…Annabeth, honey, do you want me to play…"
Annabeth's voice is rough from having been intubated "Yeah. Play it."
Julia grabs her phone from her bag and carries it over to Annabeth. She turns the music on and grabs Leo's hand. "We've got her back, Leo. She's going to be okay."
Said your soul needed saving, so they sent you off to Bible school
You learned a little more than they had heard was in the Golden Rule
"Be good to everybody, be a strength to the weak
Be a joy to the joyful, be the laughter in the grief"
And give your love freely to whoever that you please
Don't let nobody tell you 'bout who you oughta be
And when you get damned in the popular opinion
It's just another damn of the damns you're not giving
I'm getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
Pastor got a look and said, ya'll had better hurry
Send her off to a little bible college in Missouri
And now you come back sayin' you know a little bit about
Every little thing they ever hoped you'd never figure out
The Red Sea, the Dead Sea, the Sermon on the Mount
If you wanna see a miracle watch me get down
And I'm getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down