Harsh Trills and Liquid Crystal Displays

(A Story of God’s Children Filled with Holes)

“Trauma Team Activate. Level 1 (GSW). ETA 10 Minutes.”

The shrill sound of the pager rang out from the clip on my belt. The kind of message I never like to see flashed across the dim, liquid crystal display. GSW… gunshot wound. The pager sounded again.

“Trauma Team Activate. Level 1 (GSW). ETA 10 Minutes.”

It wasn’t a repeat of the previous page. Another p…