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QUICK RECOVERY
CLAUDIA
I had already had my breakfast when I got the discharge order from the nurse. I was happy to be heading out; another day of this food and I would lose it.
John had stepped out to take a shower and said he would be headed back once he was finished. I had found him fast asleep on the side of my bed, gripping my hand. It was so romantic.
While he was out, I tried to rise; it was just me alone in the room. When I sat up, I realized that it didn’t hurt as much as it had the day before and rose from the bed without a problem. I couldn’t help but feel it was all happening too fast.
Dr. Spencer had said I would need four weeks to heal; it seemed like it would take longer for me to be fully mobile if that were the case. It was strange the way I could hardly feel the
