Late in the night, Jim, a Marine, finally regained consciousness. He was in the hospital, in agonizing pain.
He found himself in the ICU with tubes in his mouth, needles and IV drips in both arms, a breathing mask, wires monitoring every function, and a gorgeous nurse hovering over him.
He realized that he was obviously in a life-threatening situation.
The nurse gave him a serious, deep look, straight into his eyes, then spoke to him slowly and clearly, enunciating each word and syllable,
“You may not feel anything from the waist down.”
Also speaking slowly ...