After Louis Slotin's accident with the Demon Core, he was admitted to the Los Alamos hospital. His temperature was slightly elevated. His physical exam was otherwise normal. He vomited a few times, then seemed to stabilize. Physicians have a name for this window. They call it the walking ghost phase. The body has already received a fatal dose. The cellular damage is done and irreversible. But the cascade of organ failure hasn't begun yet — and from the outside, the patient appears to be recovering. They are not recovering.

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