The doctors decided to turn off the life-support machines keeping the young officer alive, but before doing so, they allowed his dog to say goodbye — but then something unexpected happened. The police officer had been lying in the ICU for over a month. His body was connected to numerous machines that quietly blinked in the dim light of the room. The diagnosis was terrifying: a severe traumatic brain injury from a combat wound suffered while on duty. He had lost consciousness and never woke up ag