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‘Why is it dark? What is that noise? Beeping? Why is it so hard to get my eyes open?’ Eyes finally open and …..a hospital room? ‘Why am I in a hospital? Where am I? Where is anyone?’
‘Finally here I see someone. A nurse?’ Lips barely parted and won’t move anymore. No sound coming out. ‘I can’t move.’ Panic setting in and that stupid beeping is getting louder and faster. The nurse is touching me. ‘I think. I can barely register her. I can’t hear her at all. Is she talking?’ She moves so I can see her face. Yes her lips are moving like she is speaking but there is no sound. ‘Is she talking? Is my hearing gone? If she would slow down I might be able to read her lips? Stupid!’ She is staring at me. She’s getting something from her pocket. ‘Oh yeah pen and paper that could help. Except I can’t move my hands!’ Panic is coming back! ‘That damn monitor!’
She’s writing something. She turns the paper for me to read. What the hell happened to me? It says I was in some accident and my brain has had some damage. My head is restrained for my safety but my body is paralyzed currently? But my eyes can be a form of communication?! Up and down is yes. Side to side is no. Closed is unknown. They have questions. ‘WTF’
Eyes side to side! The nurse must have understood because she went to the space next to me and everything is fuzzy now. She is leaving?
‘I don’t want to answer questions when I can’t freaking talk. I can’t remember anything …..like at all! Who am I?’
