Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Clara Kate was tired of the same old routine. So many patients had been through the clinic. Clara Kate just needed some rest. Her head was pounding and her eyes were drooping. She had been working for 13 hours straight. Her shift was long over by now, but the clinic was so crowded that she was sure that if she left, patients would be waiting for hours. The backup would be even worse when she got back. 13 hours! Had it really been that long in that sterile environment, where even the air you breathed was filtered? Clara Kate missed the sunshine, the fresh air and most of all she just wanted the pounding in her head to go away. There must be some Aspirin or something around here. Clara Kate had been popping the Aspirin like the pills were candy. At least one every hour or so since the start of the day. She finally found the bottle. There were only 5 left. The bottle was half full at the beginning of the day. How many had she had? Clara Kate could not remember. She felt nauseous. She couldn’t tell if it was a because of the headache or because of the aspirin. She decided one more couldn’t hurt. Clara Kate knew better than to take that many Aspirin but she just had to get through one more patient and then she could justify going home. Just one more...She slowly swallowed the pill. And wearily walked out into the lobby. She slowly made her way to the reception area. And then she started to feel numb. Her limbs would not function her knees buckled. She did not remember hitting the floor. She was enveloped into the deep darkness. A darkness not of this world.
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