The doctor comes in.
"Mr. Sanders, this might come to shock you, but we found traces of poison in your system. Your convulsions were your body's reaction, and the severe convulsions resulted in your loss of consciousness."
We both dropped our jaws.
"Wow, that's a lot."
"Wait, did you say I have poison in my system?!?!"
"You did."
"Any idea why?"
"Well, from what I can tell, it was either inhaled or was absorbed through the skin and into the blood stream. From your records, your occupation is a CSI correct?"
"Yea. I work in the field."
"Well there is a possibility that a poisonous chemical was released from a decomposing corpse, or it originated from your lab."
"Oh."
"So we're going to keep you on some antibiotics so you don't get any infections from you original wounds. Also some medication to help with the convulsions. And last but not least, some sleeping pills because you may find it difficult to sleep when you return home because you might experience some severe pain. And that's about it."
A nurse in a pink outfit walks in.
"One of our nurses will be taking you out of ICU and back into your old room. Alright? Alright. Well I should be heading out. I hope you feel well soon and have a nice day. Any questions just call me."
He walks out.
"Thank you?"
"Oh don't worry. He's like that with all his patients." The nurse says responding to our puzzled looks.
The nurse takes Greg back to his old room.
"Here you go."
"Thanks."
Then she leaves.
"It feels a lot better to be in here."
"I bet." I yawn and stretch my arms out.
"Still tired?"
"Yea."
"Well come here and get some rest.."
He scoots over and pats a spot next to him on his bed. I go over and lie next to him. He runs his fingers through my hair until I fall asleep and then he kisses me on the cheek. Soon after he falls asleep.
About 9 hours later I feel something grab my hand. When I open my eyes, I see Greg taking my hand. He looks over and notice I woke up.
"Good morning sunshine. How was that 9 hours of sleep?"
"9 hours?!? Man, I MUST have been tired."
"I'm sure."
We both laugh.
"So are you feeling better?"
"A lot since you're here."
I look into his beautiful hazel eyes and he looks back. Then he passionately kisses me on the lips and I return it. Then the doctor walks in and clears his throat to get our attention. We both quickly pull away.
"Well, Mr. Sanders it seems you made a great recovery and I just came to inform you that you may check out of the hospital anytime your ready. Just keep in mind to go to the nurses desk to pick up your medications before you leave."
"Thanks doc."
He walks out.
"Finally I can get out of this hospital."
"So you want to leave now?"
"Definitely."
"Alright."
He gets up, grabs his clothes and changes in the bathroom.
"Ready?" He says as he reaches out his arm to mine.
"Ready." I grab his hand and we walk out. He grabs his medication.
After that terrible experience we walk out hand in hand.