CASEY returned to the hospital the next day, and by lunchtime, I was well enough to get discharged. Mark stayed and said that he was going to drive me home. Mark had some food delivered, and we all ate lunch together before preparing to go home.
Casey had to leave after eating because he had an exam in one of his classes. I felt guilty because the people around me were missing things they needed to do to be in the hospital with me. Last night, Renee wanted to visit the hospital to see how I was doing, but I stopped her and said I was okay. She stopped insisting after we've video chatted.
As for Mark, I told him that I could take a cab or an Uber going home, but he wasn't having any of it. As an orderly rolled me out of the hospital in a wheelchair, I felt awkward and asked that I be allo
