I was unconscious for about 2 weeks. I am told that I had all sorts of tubes connected to me. But when I regained consciousness I only had the tracheostomy, the ryles tube and urine catheter.
Unlike Rip Van Winkle, I did not wake up suddenly one day and wonder what I was doing in a hospital. I surfaced slowly and gradually everything around me became clearer. I don't know how long this took. At that time I did not know how long it had been since I had fainted in the bathroom. After a few days, I learnt that I had suffered a brain stem stroke. I knew only vaguely about strokes and knew nothing about the brain stem.
At this time I used to look frequently at a rectangular patch on the wall opposite to me trying to figure out what it was. Each day it will became a bit more clear but I could not understand what it was. One day it suddenly clicked into focus: it was just an ordinary electrical board!
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