This pattern continued for several more waking periods. My food trays began to include soft solid food, and all of it was wonderfully delicious. I couldn’t help thinking that whoever prepared the meals was something of a chef.
I also examined more of my room. I realized, to my surprise, that I was in the basement of a house. When I first felt the need to do more than pee, the nurse removed the catheter and helped me to the washroom. This turned out to be very elegantly equipped, impressively including a Jacuzzi-like bath, with nozzles for water flow on all sides. The next time I got up to pee I did this by myself, and on my way back to the bed stopped to look out the window. I saw a large backyard between two shrubs that grew just outside the window.
Okay, I told myself. I’m definitely i
