The whine of the siren can be faintly heard from inside the ambulance as a mint green pony lay there unconscious. A ponymedic secures a neck brace and a sling for the poor pony's arm while the other tries to clean the blood from his face. When they arrive at the hospital they find that the blood was caused by a brain hemorrhage. They rush him to the operating table and call in a trauma doctor that specializes in head injuries. He decides that they need to drill a hole to relieve the pressure caused by the bleed. His parents watch with other family members through the glass. The surgeon used the grace and nimbleness of magic to slowly and cautiously grill a hole through the skull of the still bleeding pony, a blood transfusion IV stuck in his forearm along with anesthetics and a saline solution. The drill got through the skull and a red mist of blood sprayed out of the hole. They cauterized the hemorrhage and put the pony in the I.C.U.
The doctor walks in "Mister and Misses..." glances at the medical chart. "Shine?"
The Dark green colt and the grey mare stand up "Yes?" they said in unison.
"I need to talk to you two alone" he said with a solemn look on his face.
The colt turned to look at his family and they nodded and left the room. The doctor closed the door after the last pony was waiting in the hall.
"I am sorry for not introducing myself earlier, I am Doctor Nikolai Patrotskivic but you can call me Doctor P. most evrypony does. Now Mr. Shi..."
The colt interrupted. "Call me Gary, and this is my wife Ramona"
Ramona shook the kind doctor's hand "Pleasure to meet you"
"Like wise." replied Doctor P. "Now, the reason why I needed to talk to the two of you," he continued " is that your son is in a coma."
Gary stood there in silence
"Wha... what?" stammered Ramona.
"We dont know how long he will be in that state or if he will ever come out of it. He has small amounts of brain activity at inconsistent intervals."
ramona starts to cry into gary's mane
"Which means," he continued" that your son is not brain dead"