After My Car Accident, My Parents Refused to Sign the Surgery Papers — Dad Texted, “We’re Busy.” Three Weeks Later, I Walked In With Documents That Made Them Go Pale.

manager, a physical therapist named Marcus who had kind eyes and terrible jokes, and Patricia the social worker who’d helped me that first terrible night.

“You’re healing well enough that we can start making concrete plans for discharge,” Dr. Montgomery explained. “But we have to be realistic about your current physical limitations. You won’t be able continue reading …