soon jeanette was explaining how joeys body had ignited , the exact extent of the damage to joeys face , torso , lungs , and other internal organs ; the intricacies of the operations , the infections and sepsis that had set in , the blood poisoning , the agonizing moment when she flat-lined , the telescoping bleak eternity jeanette spent curled up in a waiting room chair digging her nails into her palms to keep from fainting .