The Girl Behind the Curtain

The part where I get sick

It seemed to be just another average day to me at first. It was the same schedule. Wake up, go to school, come home, make dinner, and go to bed. Things changed though, one not-so-average night. I woke up to this searing pain in my body, as if my bones were fracturing into a million pieces. It was so painful.

I was just sleeping and I woke from this amazing dream because I couldn't breathe at all and my bones hurt. I had to do something. I was suffocating and no one could hear me. I started pushing things off the bedside table. I blacked out after a minute or so, but when I came to, my father was carrying me down the stairs. Then I went unconsious again.

Each time I slipped into the dark quiet of unconsiousness, I thought it would be the last time, that I wouldn't wake again. But then my eyes would flutter open to some surrounding area, until the next time I blacked out.

One second I was at home, not able to breathe. And the next, I was in the hopsital ICU as they drained fluid from my lungs and tried to figure out what in the world was wrong with me.
My mother told me that they'd already drained half a liter or so and that diagnosis would take at least a few days. They wanted to keep me in for the month to make sure they could regulate the fluids in my lungs though.

At first, I thought a month would be forever. No school, no hanging out with friends, no anything except staying here in bed. The nurse had said maybe I might be able to get up and walk around, if the fluid in my lungs drained properly and stayed at a regulated level. No fun for me.

The next night, as I lay there quietly, I heard the softest murmur,as if the person on my left behind the blue curtain was talking to themselves.

"Uhm? Hello?" I whispered, afraid to wake any sleeping patients. No response. But the murmuring continued. Maybe someone was talking in their sleep?

"Hello?" I asked again, a little louder this time. No response. I tried once more.

"Hello." The voice said.

"Who are you?" I asked back.