Since Kaela and I weren"t in need of immediate medical care, the paramedics didn"t have much to do. But I felt grateful for their company. The next two hours were filled with questions about my experiences at the cabin. I found myself using humor to laugh off some detail that had once traumatized me, and realized it was the only way I could talk about it. Still, they were a nice diversion from the mixed emotions I felt. After months of monotonous sameness, the changes were happening so fast, I wasn"t ready to deal with them.
We landed at Vancouver International Airport a few minutes before nine o"clock. Kaela slept throughout the trip and woke up hungry when we transferred to an awaiting helicopter. Twenty minutes later, we landed in the parking lot of the Lion"s Gate Hospital in North Va
