The first thing I remembered was the sound of voices as I was being put in the backseat of an SUV, someone encouraging me to grab hold of the overhead handle to pull myself up. Next I was walking so slowly that one step seemed to drag on for hours, at this pace even my elderly neighbors would be leaving me in the dust. Soon I felt myself in a new place, consciousness was playing games with me as I couldn't keep track of my time, I had to have been in some sort of drug filled cloud. I felt myself being placed in a smallish smooth chair that began a smooth transition to reclining back, a cold ice pack was placed across my eyes but before I slipped off into wonderland, I felt an immense pain in my face that I've never experienced before. Lights out.
I wasn't sure where I was but I felt him, my Ranger, but I couldn't see him or anything else for that matter. A cold ice pack was continually covering my eyes and there was something wrong with my throat. Everything felt so tight like my neck and head were a balloon that had been blown up too much and was on the verge of popping. I couldn't even speak, my jaws were refusing to open at every attempt, my lips only allowing a whisper to escape. What the hell is going on? Swallowing was a perilous task itself, I felt as though a scarf had been placed around my neck and someone was pulling it tighter and tighter but Ranger wouldn't ever allow that to happen, not to anyone but especially to me. All for one and one for all and so forth, that's just how we roll.
But wait, maybe this presence I'm feeling near me wasn't Ranger after all, shit. I need to figure out where I am, my hands were quickly reaching for my face but I was met with the feel of rough stringy material covering my entire head but for my eyes and lips. Is this gauze, oh god, was I being mummified?!
Panic was beginning to rise in my chest, I couldn't catch up to my breath when two hands were placed on my arms. Long fingers that easily wrapped around my biceps, warm but not sweaty, a touch that was gentle but with a strength that instantly soothed me. Then I heard the rich voice I've become obsessed with, "Shh, you are okay, I'm with you Babe."