My body fell forward in sheer exhaustion and my breaths came out in harsh, shallow gasps. Shaking, my eyes squeezed shut; I clutched the nurse’s hand as the doctors behind me administered yet another shot of the Novocain-like substance used to numb my back while they drained the fluid that had pooled in my left [...]
Posts Tagged ‘The Unexpected’
Fight or Flight
Posted in Handling the Unexpected, tagged Blood Clot, fight or flight, The Unexpected on November 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
An Ode to the Unexpected
Posted in Handling the Unexpected, Learning to See, tagged Blood Clot, The Unexpected on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes planning is utterly futile. Seriously. Despite waking up with a general plan for each day, sometimes as the sun sets and I head home for dinner, I shake my head in disbelief as the day bore no resemblance to the image constructed in my mind. Monday, November 3rd, was one of those days. After [...]
