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Show 70 Is this a test? Am I in school? Did I fall asleep at my desk? "Is it Bush?" It's all coming too fast for me to choose. But Bush sounds familiar, maybe it's... "Is it Clinton?" She has stopped her suggestions. She is waiting for an answer. It was a hint. It must be Clinton. That's a nice name. I am nodding. She sounds relieved that I have agreed about Clinton. Now - exactly what is "Clinton" supposed to be, did she say? My eyes snap open. I am in another ICU, in a very small room. The blinds to anywhere else are shut. The ache in my abdomen and in my back reminds me of the surgery I must have just had to fix the catheter. Yes. I feel the two incisions on the opposite sides of me and I hurt in any position. They call this "post-operative discomfort." Whoever named it that never had surgery. No. It is pain. But I have had this pain before and I know it will last for only several days and then subside. I will look through it now to see after the next several days and thus endure it. |