Authors Note: This story is inspired from Red Band Society and Grey's Anatomy. I don't own Red Band Society or Grey's Anatomy.
Chapter One: The Accident
I open my eyes. I am lying on a cold floor. I hear people screaming: 'call 911 NOW!' What's going on? Why are they screaming? Who are they? Where am I? I feel some water falling on my hand. Then I realise it has a red colour. It's blood. I'm trying to sit up so I can see where the blood is coming from. But when I move my arms to get up someone stops me. 'You have to stay really still for me, can you do that for me sweetie?' I nod. Why do I have to stay still and who is that woman sitting next to me? And why do I have blood on my hands? Why hurts my head so much? My sight fades. I struggle to keep my eyes open, it takes to much effort. So I stop trying.Then it went black.
When I open my eyes for the second time I notice that I'm somewhere else. I am in a small room lying on a bed. It's really white in this room. Next to my bed is a chair. Someone is sitting in it. It's a man in white clothes and he wears glasses. He seems like a mid thirty aged man. I try to speak, but there is no sound out coming of my mouth. The only thing I'm able to do to get attention is mumbling. 'Good you're awake' says the man. 'Do you know where you are?' he asks me. I try again to make a full sentencense but the only thing I can get out is a kind of mumbling.
'You're in a hospital I'm your doctor.' 'My name is doctor Johnson.' 'Can you tell me your name?' 'I.. I don't.. know.' Why can't I remember my name? What's wrong with me?' I'm starting to panic. He gives me a smile. ' Easy, it's OK, you're going to be just fine, now try to get some sleep.' 'If there's something wrong or you need anything press the call button right next to your bed.' 'I will check on you later.' He walks out of my room. I feel really tired so I close my eyes.
I wake up for the third time today. I start wondering about all these questions and my head begin to start hurting worse. I have never felt so worse before. This annoying pain scares me more than the fact of not knowing things. Besides of the pain I'm in right now I need to know why I'm here and why I can't remember my name. So I press the call button next to my bed. After a few minutes a nurse walks into my room.
'What can I do for you Oliva?' So my name is Oliva. 'Uhm can you get doctor Johnson for me please?' 'I need to ask him something.' 'Sure, I'll page him, anything else?' 'Yeah, some painkillers would be nice, my head hurts really bad.' 'I am going to get you some painmeds and a glass of water' 'I'll be right back' The nurse says and she walks out of my room.
A few minutes later the nurse came back with my painkillers and a glass of water. 'Thank you nurse uhm..' ' What's your name?' 'My name is nurse Evelynn' 'But you can call me Evy if you'd like' I smile at her. 'Thank you nurse Evy.' 'You're welcome Oliva' she smiles at me.
An hour and a half passed since I got my painmeds. My headache is almost gone. I haven't seen my doctor yet. I asked Evy a few times about it. She said he had a busy day down in the ER. But she said that she will page him again for me.
After dinner I watch some tv and after half an hour of watching boring tv shows I felt tired and my headache was back. I asked my nurse Evy for painkillers. She said her shift was over, but that she'll ask a nurse from the nightshift to bring it to me. Another nurse came to me and brought my medicines and a glass of water. I took them. Afterwards of taking my meds I decided to go to sleep for a little bit. I closed my eyes and fell asleep. I woke up by hearing someone knocking at my door. Finally it's my doctor. Look, I know he is busy with other sick patients. But I really need some answers.
'Hello Olivia, I'm sorry for waking you' 'Hey doctor Johnson' I replied with a sleepy voice. 'I could come back tomorrow morning if you want to sleep?' he said to me. 'No, it's totally fine.' 'Come in' I said to my doctor. He walked towards the door and he takes a seat in the chair right next to my bed. 'I heard from Evelynn you asked a couple times for me today?' 'Yes, I did.' 'Sorry for not coming earlier to you' ' It's OK.' 'I know you have other patients in this hospital to take care for besides me' I said it like I ment what I was saying. But inside of me I was kind of angry and frustrating that he didn't have come to my room earlier today. 'I would like to have some answers about what happened to me and why I couldn't remember my name earlier?' 'Also I have terrible headaches, is there an explanation for what causes them?'
'Can you tell me everything you remember from yesterday?' Doctor Johnson asks me. 'Yesterday?' 'Which day is it today?' I ask him really confused. 'It is Tuesday, second of July. 'You were brought in here while you were unconscious.' 'You have been in a coma for like twenty four hours.' 'But I will tell you everything you need to know soon' 'First tell me what you remember.'
I did what the doctor asked me to do. I start telling the story.' 'The first time that I openend my eyes I was lying on a floor at a place I couldn't recognize. 'I heard voices screaming call 911 NOW!' 'Then I felt water falling on my hands, but after a few seconds I saw it was blood. 'There was a woman sitting next to me and she said that I had to stay still and it was going to be OK'. 'That was the last sentencense I heard before my head started to hurt. 'The last thing I remember was when my sight faded and it went black.'
'But how did I end up on the ground and where was I?'
'Oliva, you were at home. Your parents told me your little brother Drew became really angry and he picked a painting of the wall. Probably you heard something and you went to check on him. When you came in his room you didn't saw the painting in his hands. Your brother didn't saw you either, so he threw the painting. And the painting hit your head and that's why you fell.'
I look at him confused, so my little brother did this to me?
'Are you OK Olivia?' My doctor gives me a concerned look.
'Yes, I am.' Doctor Johnson continues. 'Your brother started to scream, your mom heard him scream so she ran upstairs. When she came in your brothers room he was crying and she saw you lying on the ground in a puddle full of blood. She sat next to you and she was the one who said to you that you were going to be OK. Your dad called 911 and the paramedics brought you to this hospital.'
'The reason why you couldn't remember your name before is probably because you have amnesia. It is caused by hitting your head pretty bad.' ' That's also why you have these headaches.' My doctor explains to her. 'What means amnesia?' I ask him because I don't understand medical terms. 'Amnesia means memory loss and it explains to us why you can't remember what happened and why you couldn't remember your name.' When he was done with explaining I ask him the only question which I have on my mind for the last ten minutes. 'What are we doing next?'
'Tomorrow we scheduled an CT-scan of your head and an X-ray of your lungs because you had trouble breathing while you were in a coma. And we scheduled an ECG also.' 'An ECG?' 'Yes, we want to check on your heart to make sure everything is OK' My doctor explains to me. 'For now, get a good night sleep and I'll see you tomorrow morning before your tests.' He said to me and then he walks out of my room.
Before he reaches the door I say ' WAIT!' I almost start screaming but I'm able to manage it. Doctor Johnson turns his head and says 'Yes, Olivia?' 'Do you know where my parents are?' 'They are in the waitingroom downstairs' 'Did they visit me while I was unconscious?' I ask him hopefully. 'Yes, your parents were beside your bed the whole time.' 'Shall I get them for you?' 'Yes please!' He walks out of my room and head to the elevator to bring my parents up here. But before they can reach my room I fall asleep.
I wake up in the middle of the night, because my headache is getting worse and I have trouble breathing. I look at the clock. It says 3:07 AM. My breathing becomes faster and faster and I feel my heart pumping heavily in my chest. Luckily I have enough strength to reach my arm to the call button and press it. The next and last thing I hear is nurses and doctors running into my room and I feel that the nurses hook me up to monitors and stuff before the nurses wheel me out of my room. I feel like I'm not really conscious but also not unconscious. Then I'm losing consciousness and I feel that I'm disappearing from the real world.
