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I Remember
Date: 6/5/2016, Categories: Love Stories, Author: ChuckEPoo, Rating: 16, Source: LushStories
senses. “Your doctor will be right in. Here's some orange juice," she added, holding up a juice box with a bent straw for me to sip. “What happened? What am I recovering from?” “Just relax, and your doctor will explain everything. Try to cough, and clear your lungs.” I had seemed to have lost all sense of time. My memory was but a kaleidoscope of bits and pieces. There was a curtain around my bed, and I was freezing. For the first time since the crash, I was lucid enough to take assessment of my situation. My right arm and both legs were in fiberglass casts. My head was wrapped also. There were IVs coming out of my left arm, and some kind of trapeze rack was supporting my casts. Suddenly, the curtain opened and an older balding man dressed in green scrubs carrying a clipboard, entered my enclosure with two nurses. One nurse that looked Asian, was taking my vitals, while the other was injecting something in my IV. The man looked over my chart and said, “Lieutenant, I'm Dr. Aversion, your neurosurgeon. We just repaired your spine, and placed a rod in your back to assist the healing. Do you have any questions?” “Yes, sir. I have nothing but questions. To start with: How's my crewman, Pete?” “He's alive, but pretty messed up. He's in guarded condition. However, I'm only authorized to discuss your case.” He went on to answer my questions in greater detail and medical jargon than I could barely comprehend. I think they do that to give the patient a security that they are smarter ...