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Surgeons cover J.C. Gift's torso, terribly burned in a Halloween party prank, with skin from a cadaver.



In the pre-dawn hours, nurse Shirley Moore keeps vigil over a patient.



Late at night, hospital assistant Peter Uecker comforts Shirley.<br/>"Love comes in and you give it out," reflects Moore. "But pretty soon there's nothing more to give. There's not enough love left, and you're bouncing checks."



The bunk room, where on-call staffers try to catch some precious sleep between crises.



The on-call doctor calls for support when J.C.'s condition worsens in the middle of the night.



4-year old Heather Eaton was burned while playing with matches.



She spent months recovering in the burn unit. RT: Heather celebrates her fifth birthday in the Harborview Burn Center.



J.C. Gift: 10 days after being burned (left) and after 21 days and several graftings.



After discovering a mirror in his bedside table (the ICU has no wall mirrors), Gerald Oderkirk gets<br/>his first look at himself since being burned in a propane explosion two weeks earlier.






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