The door to Michael’s room reopened and the trustee told the boys to go to the bathroom and then it would be time to return to the infirmary. Doc came into the dorm with Conner still in his arms and still sound asleep. “I’ll travel with you back to the infirmary,” said Doc,“just give me a minute to change my little friend here.” Doc put Conner on Michael’s bed and took off his diaper. He took out a fresh one from a drawer along with some ointment and cream and a box of baby wipes and cleaned off Connor’s front and then lifted his leg. Aaron and the rest of the boys saw for the first time the damage done to him at Danamora. The tear was big enough to need stitches to close it, but because Doc didn’t get to Conner until almost 24 hours after the injury, it was too late for stitches. The boy’s anus was all red and swollen. After cleaning his rectum, Doc took Conner’s temperature and then put a suppository up his rectum, some ointment on and then put the new diaper back on him. Conner never moved. “Why did you stick a pill up his butt?” Jimmy asked Doc. “It wasn’t a pill Jimmy; it was medicine to bring down the swelling and make his rectum feel better,” Doc told the boy. “You know my name?” Jimmy asked Doc. Doc smiled at the boy, “I know each and every one of you very very well.” Jimmy said nothing, but he was impressed.
Doc picked Conner back up off Michael’s bed and brought him back to the carrying position. Conner’s head rested sideways on Doc’s shoulder. It must be nice, Aaron thought to himself watching the sleeping little boy who looked like he didn’t have a care in the world.
The day ended with all the boys finished with their tests by 5:00 and it was time for them to return to the dorm and prepare for dinner. Aaron, Conner, Jimmy and Mark were the last to finish, and they awaited only Michael’s return to lead them. From that point on, Michael and the trustees were in charge, and Aaron was beginning to look forward to it.