As she traced the scars and felt the slick restored skin on the left side of his face, a tear ran from under her glasses and down her cheek. Then she ...eft the scarred side and concentrated on the other side – she never said a word. After a few moments she whispered, ‘Oh Brad, thank you….thank you.’ As Allison took off her glasses and wiped her eyes, Brad sat back down in the chair. Other than members of his family and the doctors and nurses, no one had touched his face in five years. He took a. Noch ein Sto?, dann ein scharfer Schmerz kurz unterhalb der Knie. Ich fiel. Verzweifelt versuchte ich meine H?nde nach vorn zu nehmen um mich abzufangen – vergeblich. Ich fiel auf den Couchtisch und wurde augenblicklich wieder festgehalten. Sie drehten mich auf den R?cken. Der Mann hinter mir dr?ckte meine Schultern auf den Tisch. Sein Kopf tauchte in meinem Gesichtsfeld auf.?Wenn du nicht willst das ich dir was abschneide dann h?ltst Du jetzt ganz still?, sagte er.Aus den Augenwinkeln sah ich. Cynthia loved flowers, and every day she had a standing order forfresh-cut roses. I took to picking one of those roses from its vase andlaying it on her pillow. She gushed. I was the sweetest man ever.I started rising when she did, and making her coffee and toast. Wewould sit there in the fresh morning, and we would talk about our days.Then I would wash the bed-clothes and make up the bed. It was easy,even when Cynthia started adding a dress or two to the wash. Again, itwas no big deal. The. I adjustedquickly and played almost every shot two and sometimes three clubslonger than I used to. My drives were ridiculous. The shots that I usedto hit 275 yards now went only slightly over 210. I was having aterrible round and when we were walking up to the 18th green I realizedthat I my hips were swaying as I walked. I tried to take smaller stepsbut it was as though it was the only way I could walk. When I puttedout I asked Roger if he could take me home because I felt like hell. Hetold me.