Chapter 4
By the time the couple had woken up again, the nurse in charge had called the Healers who had been in charge of the Potter’s care. The couple had moved their beds next to each other and had beenholding hands since waking. Sirius, of course mocked them about PDA, despite him sitting on Remus lap, he had his arms wrapped around the werewolf’s shoulder, Remus had his head gently resting against Sirius. James had been unusually quiet since he had woken, however he just woke up after surviving the literal killing curse, so nobody questioned it too much and when he didn’t reply they were concerned but put it down to the trauma. They had been talking like nothing had ever happened, of course they hadn’t talked about what they all knew needed to be talked about, they didn’t get time as the Healers had arrived almost instantly the Nurse had called.
The healers stood in almost shock at the awoken couple, the couple they had given up on waking. One of the healers had a floating quill, a floating file and a notebook around him. The man was was awkwardly tall with very little body fat, which downed in his blue and white stripped cloak, he had a large Adam’s apple that seemed far too big with the rest of his proportions. The second doctor was a sweet looking woman wearing a long floral cloak, her down turned nose was covered in a pink blush, which matched her lips and eyeshadow, her green eyes matched her pink and floral dress perfectly. The third doctor wore a red glittery Hijab with a baby pink dress and a darker pink cloak.
The third healer was the first one who broke out of their shock. “Mr Potter, Mrs Potter, I’m very happy and surprised, it’s almost unheard of people in decade long comas to wake up, let alone without many deficiencies,”
“Thank you Healer, where are my children?” Lily asked, the room became filled with tension and the others kept darting their eyes between her and each other, Lily frowned and asked again.
“Lils, they already answered that, with Petunia,” Sirius answered hesitantly moving so he was more in a sitting position, worry evident on her face.
“Petunia!?” Lily gasped, her eyes wide, a moment later her eyes became glassy with tears, her gripped on James’ hand tightened, the woman’s other hand ran through her hair, clearly frustrated . “W-Why don’t I remember!?” She turned to the Healers.
“your brain was damaged by the curse, the frontal lobe,” The third Healer stated gently, “it appears this has affected your memory, my colleague, Healer Wood will explain further as it’s his specialty.”
The thin Healer immediately started explaining “Due to incredibly strong magic, the killing curse didn’t kill your household, this doesn’t mean it didn’t do damage. In your case it was part of your prefrontal cortex which an affect short term memory, since you were given a lot of information not long after waking from a decade long coma, I wouldn’t be too concerned you forgot, I’m surprised James did remember. I would like to do some tests to determine your short term memory and look for any other symptoms of the damage to your brain.”
Lily immediately burst into tears, sobbing that she just wanted her babies, James had moved from his bed onto his wife’s and was holding her close to his chest. Sirius had transformed into Padfoot, curling up next to the couple, Remus stood next to the bed. The healer allowed the group to process before continuing.
“Unfortunately there’s no potion or spell to cure the damage due to the extremely dark spell, even dark healing magic could not help and would potentially worsen your condition. We suggest cognitive therapy.” The Healer spoke loudly whenever he spoke. The female healer in the floral robe then cleared her throat and turned to James. “We ran multiple treat during your stay, and unfortunately Mr Potter, your hearing and inner ears have been completely destroyed, initially your outer ear was destroyed as well, however we managed to use cosmetic magic to reconstruct part it, however that is only a temporary as even with magic we couldn’t repair the damage, I’m sorry to say you’re completely deaf.”