Waking Up in a Hospital Room: A Short Story

narrative Essay

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I woke up to the pungent smell of hospital disinfect, invading my nostrils. The room was silent apart from my heavy breathing and the beep beep sound you often hear in hospitals that indicates you're alive. I slowly opened my eyes, squinting in attempt to sharpen the blurred images before me. I glanced around and took in the deserted, blue and white colour schemed hospital bedroom. How long have I been here? I shut my eyes, trying to remember what had exactly happened. Then it all hits me with a bang. The memory of it all starts to occupy my thoughts. I did it. I jumped off. The cold air hitting my face as I plummet towards the gravel. Some panicking, some remained still. I heard one lady scream. Crashed. The pain jolted throughout my body. It didn't hurt as much as the realisation that I didn't succeed. I was still alive. People started to surround me, some dialing 911 to seek for professional help. A man was telling me "Hold on, you'll be fine". I didn't want to hold on. Who brought me here? Out of impulse, my hand travels to my face, pressing the throbbing area on my right temple. I felt a scar and flinched at the pain. I tried to get up. Once I stepped on the cold, white tiles, I instantly fell back on to the bed. My body, engulfed in pain as if objecting my decision to stand up. I lay there pathetically, waiting for the pain to wash away. Staring at the ceiling, illuminated with a white fluorescent light. Perhaps waiting for some help by the hospital staff. I still didn't know how I got here, who took me here, how long I've been here. My series of questions was interrupted as a devilishly handsome man, with brown hair and mesmerizing hazel eyes, emerged from the door of my room, with a mobile phone close to his ear, talk... ... middle of paper ... ...ldn't want to leave the craziness of NYC and go back to dull old Geraldine. Aunt Leslie then snapped me out of my deep thought asking whether I was okay. I told her I was even if it was obviously a complete lie. "So shall we go back to Geraldine tomorrow morning? Or would you like to leave in the evening?" Leave? No. "Pardon me, Aunt Leslie, but what do you mean by leaving? I'm not going back to Geraldine. I love it here." She looked at me as if I was mad. "How could you possibly love it here? The streets are crowded, the people are loud, the air is filthy" She didn't get me. I know she didn't. But I don't want to go back. In the end, after hours of loud arguments, we finally settled down to an agreement. If I can prove to her I can get way better in a month I could stay, if I couldn't, it's bye bye New York for me. Well then, I wish myself the best of luck.

In this essay, the author

Describes how they woke up to the pungent smell of hospital disinfect, invading their nostrils, and the deserted, blue and white colour schemed hospital bedroom.
Narrates how they tried to make their strained smile as genuine as possible, but this didn't stop her from enveloping them in a massive bear hug.
Narrates how they felt their body heating up, muscles tensing to aunt leslie's words. they were stunned in silence for a while.

Describes how they woke up to the pungent smell of hospital disinfect, invading their nostrils, and the deserted, blue and white colour schemed hospital bedroom.
Narrates how they tried to make their strained smile as genuine as possible, but this didn't stop her from enveloping them in a massive bear hug.
Narrates how they felt their body heating up, muscles tensing to aunt leslie's words. they were stunned in silence for a while.
Opines that if they can prove to her that they could get better in a month, they would stay in new york. they wish themselves the best of luck.

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- Opines that the childlike faith they had in their father was to be disappointed, since he was not an insect connoisseur. had they the true faith of a little child now, having more knowledge and experience, they could truly accomplish many more things.
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- Analyzes how the dr's eyes were like golden orbs as he looked through the screen at what surely was a missing link in humanity’s regression.
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- Narrates how a woman's thoughts of the tragic night flashed through her mind. she was on her way home the day before when the car suddenly went out of control.
- Describes how a sense of loss surged throughout her weak body as she recalled yesterday’s accident. pain began to raid her relentlessly.
- Describes how julie opened her eyes and found herself in a spacious ward enveloped in quietness. her intense headache prevented her from thinking hard.
- Narrates how a woman's thoughts of the tragic night flashed through her mind. she was on her way home the day before when the car suddenly went out of control.
- Describes how a sense of loss surged throughout her weak body as she recalled yesterday’s accident. pain began to raid her relentlessly.
- Narrates how julie's parents entered, consoling her and telling her that she would be in hospital for three months. she narrowly missed the fate of being an amputee.
- Narrates how julie, a fifteen-year-old girl, was devastated by the unexpected car accident. she rebuked herself for being rude to her parents.
- Describes how julie shut herself in her own resentment, refusing to see anyone who came to the hospital to visit her.
- Narrates how julie resented being weak, for pride used to be her distinctive characteristic. she stayed in the hospital all day long, accepted painful physical therapy, and controlled her diet.
- Narrates how julie jerked her head to the direction from which the voice had come. she was greeted by a smiling girl sitting in the bed next to her.
- Narrates how julie was struck by uncanny power and unable to utter a single word. she nodded her head, without removing her eyes from the strange girl who was getting up to get her mug.
- Narrates how the girl's smile gave julie a feeling of warmth. she saw an air of elegance and cheerfulness in her, despite her thin body and pale face.
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- Narrates how julie admired may's drawing skills and enjoyed her stories. their ward was filled with merry laughter.
- Describes how may would push julie out of her wheelchair for fresh air, even though julie persuaded may that she could move around on her own. the garden at the back of the hospital was their favorite place.
- Describes how julie kept doing well in physical therapy sessions and her prospect of a full recovery was promising. however, may's condition was getting worse.
- Describes how julie could not accept the fact that her friend's health kept deteriorating. she pleaded whenever a doctor came in to inject antibiotics into may’s ailing body.
- Narrates how may left peacefully one night, with a blissful smile on her face, but her torture was written all over her fragile body. julie sat at may’s empty bedside in her wheelchair, wailing unceasingly until she lost her voice.
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- Describes how they were hit with a sudden epiphany: they could escape and try and find other superpowers in the world.
- Describes how they found a black plastic bag in their bedroom to make travelling easier. the most crucial part of the plan is the creation of an identity that wouldn't be questioned while traveling.
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- Describes how they found a black plastic bag in their bedroom to make travelling easier. the most crucial part of the plan is the creation of an identity that wouldn't be questioned while traveling.
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- Describes how they ripped off the tubes connected to their body and raced for the door, only to find a room similar to the one they were just in.
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- Explains that the emergency room staff uses a triage system for prioritizing the health status of patients.
- Explains that they saw an asian woman entering the emergency room with a towel wrapped around her right hand. they assumed she might have severely burned her hand or fractured it since she seemed agonized.
- Describes how they visited the greater el monte community hospital emergency waiting room for their visitation research report.
- Explains that the emergency room staff uses a triage system for prioritizing the health status of patients.
- Explains that they saw an asian woman entering the emergency room with a towel wrapped around her right hand. they assumed she might have severely burned her hand or fractured it since she seemed agonized.
- Opines that they should not take their life for granted and be more conscious of what they are doing and what’s around them throughout the day.
- Opines that visiting the greater el monte community hospital provided them with the information they needed to acquire for their research report.
- Opines that visiting the greater el monte community hospital gave them a different perspective on how to protect themselves and decrease their risks of getting injured or sick.
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explanatory essay
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- Describes how their awaking wasn't so subtle, their side was rammed into dirt flooring, and their eyes unsure whether to cringe in pain or spring open to make out their adversary.
- Describes how they are speechless when they see a female covered in filth and wearing torn clothes. their grandfather finally decides to show himself.
- Describes how they had trouble understanding others growing up. they believed in their grandfather for 17 years, but it all stopped when they were riding their bike to the local market.
- Describes how their awaking wasn't so subtle, their side was rammed into dirt flooring, and their eyes unsure whether to cringe in pain or spring open to make out their adversary.
- Describes how they are speechless when they see a female covered in filth and wearing torn clothes. their grandfather finally decides to show himself.
- Narrates how they took every part from that old hover car and fixed their baby girl, but they couldn't bring themselves to tell them that they were different.
- Describes how they wake up to lukewarm water dripping down their forehead from a damp towel and scan the area, unfamiliar. the sight room itself was depressing and smelled of fish and motor oil.
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In this essay, the author
- Describes how paramedics squeeze their arms, staining their gloves a deep red, and doctors and nurses scream at each other as they wheeled them into the operating theatre.
- Describes how they wake up feeling like a brick is on their chest, their ribcage is bandaged, and their sickbay gown hangs loosely on scrawny shoulders.
- Describes how they relax in a hospital bed with dull grey walls and the smell of disinfectant. their heart races and their breathing becomes shallower.
- Describes how paramedics squeeze their arms, staining their gloves a deep red, and doctors and nurses scream at each other as they wheeled them into the operating theatre.
- Describes how they wake up feeling like a brick is on their chest, their ribcage is bandaged, and their sickbay gown hangs loosely on scrawny shoulders.
- Describes how they relax in a hospital bed with dull grey walls and the smell of disinfectant. their heart races and their breathing becomes shallower.
- Describes how they jump through a window into leaves and land hard; the nerves in their body go into overdrive, shooting endless signals of pain.
- Describes how they feel their chest constricting, throat closing, and limbs becoming increasingly unsteady as they run past a playground jam-packed with kids.
- Describes how they drag themselves to rusty swings as parents snatch their children in horror, running away. they feel a warm red liquid trickling down their face, quenching their thirst, with its strong irony taste.
- Describes how an elderly man looks at them with lines of concern. they pull out their knife and lunge at him, plunging it deep into his heart.
- Narrates how they stare at the motionless man with glee, pry open his mouth and reveal his yellowing teeth, and work on his incisors, cutting them out of his pink gums.
- Narrates how the voices in their head become a swelling crescendo. they forcefully grab their heads in between their hands as the words echo through their skull.
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Personal Narrative: A Day At The Hospital
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I promptly arrived at the hospital. My hands slid off the sweaty steering wheel as my feet roughly acquainted themselves with the pavement in the parking lot. Arriving at the doors of the hospital, I felt the pulsing of my blood racing through my veins. Bustling to the elevator, I could feel the air wafting me in the face, like a frank train slamming into my body. The tension in the air was so thick that I was suffocating in quicksand. Meeting up with my mom and dad, I could see that they were equally anxious and nervous for their daughter and our family.
In this essay, the author
- Narrates how the phone buzzed on the corner of their bed at 4:30 a.m. and it was their sister desperately telling them to wake up.
- Describes how they arrived at the hospital and felt the pulsing of their blood racing through their veins. the tension in the air was so thick that they were suffocating in quicksand.
- Describes how they walked into their sister's room -- the unmistakable hospital aroma tearing away their lungs. they felt any ounce of pain she felt.
- Narrates how the phone buzzed on the corner of their bed at 4:30 a.m. and it was their sister desperately telling them to wake up.
- Describes how they arrived at the hospital and felt the pulsing of their blood racing through their veins. the tension in the air was so thick that they were suffocating in quicksand.
- Describes how they walked into their sister's room -- the unmistakable hospital aroma tearing away their lungs. they felt any ounce of pain she felt.
- Recounts how their sister was going into labor, and they were given the captivating task to videotape the birth. the brutal hours passed as they paced back and forth in the hallways.
- Describes how they saw the woman's blood pressure rise like water shooting out the blowhole of a killer whale. her insulting profanity was smack in the face.
- Describes how the head slipped out, followed by the shoulders and the rest of the body. everyone's face slowly began to soften up seeing a radiant baby girl join all of us in the room.
- Describes how they were thrilled to see the relief on their daughter's face awaken as the doctors gave her the little bundle of joy.
- Narrates how they were thankful for their mom and grandmother, knowing they had gone through this traumatic, 24 hour day just to bring their mother, sister and i into the world.
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The Perfect Day
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Suddenly I awake at the noise of sirens and people yelling my name. Where am I? Those words radiate out my thoughts but never touching my lips. Panic engulfs me, but I am restricted to the stretcher. “Are you ok?” said the paramedic. I am dazed, confused, and barely aware of my surroundings. Again “Yes, I am fine” races from my thoughts down to my mouth, but nothing was heard. Then, there was darkness.
In this essay, the author
- Describes how they are stuck indoors and missing the perfect day. their stepfather prepares breakfast and the smell captivates their senses.
- Describes how they wake up at the noise of sirens and people yelling their name. panic engulfs them, but they are restricted to the stretcher.
- Describes how they wake up in a room where their mother is crying and their dad paces the floor with his hands in his pockets.
- Describes how they are stuck indoors and missing the perfect day. their stepfather prepares breakfast and the smell captivates their senses.
- Describes how they wake up at the noise of sirens and people yelling their name. panic engulfs them, but they are restricted to the stretcher.
- Describes how they wake up in a room where their mother is crying and their dad paces the floor with his hands in his pockets.
- Narrates how they moan and complain about it being summer and their summer packets could be done anytime. they dial their mother's work number and cut her off mid-sentence.
- Describes how they run to their friend's house and bang on the door. they say goodbye to mike and remember that it is time for their brother to leave basketball camp.
- Narrates how the idea of picking their brother up from camp gave them the rush for the day. disobeying their mother's instructions, they leave the neighborhood and head to pick him up.
- Narrates how they feel guilty for disobeying their mother, who has always taught them things to protect them.
- Narrates how their mother's voice screams in their head as they gaze at the sky and the birds whistle a tune no afternoon has heard.
- Narrates how they were too distracted to remember to look both ways before crossing the road.
- Narrates how they were engulfed in panic, confused, and barely aware of their surroundings. they scream loudly, but the words never reach their ears.
- Opines that they were given a second chance at life. they were supposed to be dead right there on that concrete. however, they believe that higher power endowed them with the chance to become successful.
- Narrates how the doctor comes in with the x-rays and says, "mr. howard you are going to be just fine." the doctor leaves and the room stand silent.
- Explains that when they wake up, they can remember what had happened. their stepdad, mother, father, and stepmother all sit in the room talking.
- Describes how their stepparents have created a living arrangement schedule for them and their mother. their mother had vowed to keep them from their dad.
- Opines that they have always spent time with both their parents through tragedy, and their mother gave them a second chance.
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