[Vulgarity alert:] Late in the night the Marine regained
consciousness in the Naval
hospital ICU. Tubes up his nose, both legs and one arm in casts
and wires and sensors monitoring every function. He realized he'd been seriously wounded. A pretty nurse bent over him, looked him in the eyes, and he heard her
slowly say: "You may not feel anything from the waist down."
With effort and in great pain, he mumbled:
"May I at least feel your tits? [RK]
