Forgotten Husband by Susan Bella Ikin

Author:Susan Bella Ikin [Ikin, Susan Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-17T16:00:00+00:00

Auckland, New Zealand, two and a half years ago.

My head is sore. My body hurts too. What have I been doing that I could hurt so much? Why is it so dark? Why can’t I open my eyes?

I put my hands up to my face, and my mouth opens in shock as I feel bandages over my face. I start making a shrieking sound as I realise I can’t see. What has happened? Am I blind? I feel a hand pat my arm, and a soothing voice begins to seep through my panic. I stop wailing so I can listen to the voice. Someone is holding my hand, and squeezing gently as the voice speaks.

“Mrs Whittaker. Helen. Don’t panic. There’s nothing wrong with your eyes, the bandages are only to cover up the sutures to keep them clean. Tomorrow when we change the bandages, you can try opening your eyes just to satisfy yourself that you can still see. It’s good that you’re awake again, I was starting to worry about you a little bit. I just want to go to tell the doctor that you’re awake, if he’s still in the hospital he will probably want to look in on you”.

The hand gently laid my hand down on my chest, and with a last, reassuring pat, let go, and I heard soft footsteps scurrying off. As the door opened, I heard noises, gentle murmurings, footsteps and a squeak that sounded like a trolley going past my door. I sniffed, smelling that weird, antiseptic smell, and the odour of food. I’m in a hospital, and it must be meal time. I patted my hands over my face and body, satisfying myself that I seemed to still have the right number of bits and pieces. While patting along my arm, I found an IV line. Was I in an accident? Is anything broken? OH MY GOD – I started to panic again – did they x-ray me? Is my baby ok? I didn’t get to tell him, he wouldn’t have known to tell them not to x-ray me. Panicking while running my hands over my abdomen, I started to breathe deeply, and between hyperventilating, and the pain of whatever injuries I still had, I must have blacked out again.

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