RT Journal
A1 Bryant AJ
T1 THrough a glass, darkly
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD July 9
VO 172
IS 13
SP 985
OP 986
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2765
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2765
AB 
Without corrective lenses—removed at the request of my bedside nurse, prior to administration of general anesthesia—the world is a series of blurred polygons that vaguely resemble familiar objects. To my left, the tall trapezoid that I recognize as the attending anesthesiologist is engaging me in a preoperative dialogue that is at once familiar and alien. To my right is a slender rectangle that I know is my wife. Though I can't see her crying, I can hear faint sobs and recognize the square box handed to her across my gown-covered chest—hospital-issued facial tissue.