Cedar Woman (76 page)

“
It
t
u
r
n
s
o
u
t
t
h
at
no
o
n
e
in
t
h
e
cli
n
ic
h
ad
e
v
er
treated
a
li
gh
t
n
i
ng s
t
r
i
ke
v
i
c
t
i
m
,
and
had
n
o
id
ea
as
t
o
how
t
o
t
reat
m
e,
so
t
h
ey
bas
i
cal
l
y

‘
b
an
d-a
i
d
ed
’
m
y wo
u
n
d
s
a
nd sent
m
e
t
o
a
n
e
u
r
o
lo
g
i
s
t
. He had n
e
v
e
r treated
a
lig
h
t
n
i
ng
v
i
ct
i
m
ei
th
er,
b
u
t
h
e
was
willi
n
g
t
o
listen
to
m
e
a
n
d

ta
k
e
m
y s
y
m
pto
m
s se
r
i
ou
sl
y
.

“
I
had
a
w
ho
l
e ba
tt
ery of
t
es
t
s
a
n
d
b
loo
d
wo
r
k
.
O
t
h
e
r
t
h
a
n
t
h
e
b
u
r
n
s and
a
f
e
w
o
t
h
e
r
m
i
nor
t
h
in
gs,
I
loo
k
ed
f
i
ne
o
n
p
a
p
e
r,
but
h
i
s
i
n
s
ti
n
c
t
s
t
o
l
d him
t
h
at
s
o
m
ethi
n
g
was
wr
o
n
g,
s
o
he
o
r
d
e
r
e
d
a
CT,
M
RI
and
E
E
G
test d
o
ne
o
n
m
e.
They
f
o
un
d
m
inor
bu
rns
i
n
m
y brain,
a
nd I
h
a
d
so
m
e digesti
v
e
pr
ob
l
e
m
s,
b
u
t no
t
hing
t
o
o
seri
o
u
s t
h
ere.
Th
e
n
t
h
ey realized
t
h
at I
had
b
u
rn
e
d
o
ff
the
my
elin
sheaths
f
o
r
m
y
ne
r
v
es
in
b
o
th
fore
a
r
m
s
and t
h
e
pal
m
s
of
m
y ha
n
d
s
.

“
I
'
ll spare
y
o
u t
h
e
rest of
t
h
e
g
o
ry details,
but I
w
a
s
gi
v
en
so
m
e anti
d
epress
a
nt
s
,
a
m
igraine
m
edicati
o
n
,
and
so
m
et
h
ing
to
h
elp
m
e
s
l
eep,

since I could not sleep,
no
m
a
tter how tired I was.

“
W
e
later realized
that
t
h
e
lightning h
a
d
m
i
s
sed
t
h
e
m
etal
s
iding
o
n t
h
e trailer and t
h
e
o
a
k
tree, a
n
d
h
a
d
e
n
tered t
h
e trailer t
h
r
o
ugh
t
h
e
m
etal r
o
o
f
,
tr
a
v
eled
d
ow
n
t
h
e
wir
i
ng
an
d
p
l
u
m
bing
f
o
r
t
h
e
wa
s
h
er
an
d
d
r
y
er, and
s
o
m
ehow I
co
m
p
leted
the
circuit,
w
h
i
ch
caus
e
d
m
e
to
get hit by li
gh
t
n
i
n
g.

“
About
a year
later
in
early
Octo
b
e
r
,
we
h
ad
b
ou
ght
a
h
o
use,
a
n
d
I was
sleep
i
n
g
in
ou
r
wat
e
r
b
e
d.
A
st
o
rm ca
m
e
up,
an
d
a
b
o
lt
of
l
i
gh
t
ni
n
g ca
m
e
in
t
h
ro
u
gh
t
h
e
wi
n
d
o
w
of
t
h
e
b
e
d
roo
m
and
flash
e
d
ov
e
r
t
h
e
water

bed
m
a
tt
ress,
get
ti
ng
m
e
i
n
t
h
e
p
r
oces
s
.
I
w
o
ke
u
p
,
real
i
zed
w
h
at
was

h
ap
p
e
n
in
g
,
and c
ou
ld
on
ly lie t
h
ere,
waiti
n
g
for it to
b
e o
v
er. I t
h
en
rolled

ov
e
r
an
d went
back to sleep
a
fter
tak
i
ng sto
c
k of
m
y b
o
d
y
, realizing
t
h
at I

was not
b
u
r
n
e
d a
n
d w
o
uld be
o
k
.