On the night of the 9th of April, while I was still in the hospital my sister had to go back home in the morning so she could take our father for his checkup. Unfortunately, he kinda had a blackout after he went to the bathroom and he had to be lifted to make him lie on the bed. Sister called an ambulance and had him checked out – he was ok and it’s something that can happen for someone in his condition and his age. Anyway, we did get scared. Since I needed someone to be with me at the hospital, one of my cousins came to sit with me by 12 and he bought me a light lunch and a lemonade.

We sat and talked for a while and in the evening we drank some coffee and had a small snack from the cafeteria. He had to leave by 6:30 pm as he had stuff to do at home. I told my sister that she should stay home with my dad and mom, just in case and that I would speak to the doctor and nurses and let them know that just for the night I would be alone. They understood the situation and though they normally don’t allow it, for Wednesday, they would let me stay in alone. I was in a ward, there are other patients and their by-standers around and the night nurse on duty would be checking on me quite a few times. So before my cousin left, I ordered a sandwich and a lemonade which he brought up to me and then he was off.

My phone getting charged, I took a long nap till almost 8pm. I went to the loo and freshened up. By 8:30 I had my dinner and sat up to watch Youtube videos. The nurse connected the fluids drip on me while I sat on a chair and I kept watching. I was watching a couple of football talk show videos and then went onto a horror podcast. With very little light around me, the separation curtains drawn and most of the other patients were sound asleep by 10 pm. As I usually am but that night I wasn’t. So after assuring the nurse that I was fine, I settled back in the chair and watched these long videos. By the time I reached the horror podcast, I felt like I was in a different world, sitting at the window and looking out at the night.

It was like – since I am into science fiction a lot – I was in a large moving vehicle on an alien planet along with several others. A small group were driving this vehicle along in the front and there were several small bedrooms in this scifi vehicle. I felt like I was in my little bedroom, sitting and watching the landscape go on by as we drove on through the night. But I felt alone! So very alone!