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Memories of a Physiotherapy Student #2

- An at least partly autobiographical story -

Thuesday afternoon

When I opened my eyes again, I had a splitting headache. My surroundings were very blurry, and seemed to consist only of a green wall and a large, round lamp above my head. It took a while for the images before my eyes to become clearer and I recognized a sterile, light-green tiled wall. Instinctively, I grabbed my head, feeling a thick bandage that reached halfway over my left eye.

"Doctor, come quickly, he's waking up!" I heard a voice call that seemed somehow familiar. It took a while before I could identify the voice as Svenja's. A face appeared above me, half-covered by a surgical mask. Two bright blue eyes looked at me with concern from under thin eyebrows.

"I'm Doctor Pistorius, can you understand me?" a gentle female voice asked me from under the mask.

I tried to nod vaguely, but this immediately made my headache worse, so I only tried to nod with my eyes.

"Do you know your name?" the masked woman continued.

By now, I was clear enough in my head to realize it must be a doctor leaning over me. I tried to look past her, wanting to make sure it was really Svenja's voice I'd just heard. Sure enough, I spotted her standing to my left. Her eyes were red, as if she'd been crying, and she was looking at me with worry and fear.

"Did you understand my question? Do you know your name?"

"Patrick. Patrick Lehmann," I barely managed to say, which caused Svenja's face to brighten, and I could practically see her breathe a deep sigh of relief.

"Mr. Lehmann, you're here in the surgical outpatient clinic. You suffered a head trauma and were unconscious for almost three hours. We've since performed an MRI of your skull, and everything seems to be fine. Apart from a laceration on your left eyebrow and some abrasions on your face, you seem to have gotten off lightly. However, we're currently assuming you suffered at least a mild concussion. Do you remember what happened?"

"I only vaguely remember an ugly dwarf attacking me from behind," I told her, glancing sideways at Svenja, who seemed very amused by my recollection. At least she was laughing again and put a hand on my shoulder. It felt incredibly good to feel her hand. I wanted to say something to her, but the doctor demanded my attention again.

"Please follow the light," she asked, moving a small flashlight from right to left and back to right above my head.

"Good, so far everything seems to be fine with you. Do you have someone who can pick you up and take you home? We can't possibly let you go home alone in your condition."

"I live alone in the nurses' residence at the university hospital. My parents live some hundred miles away but they're not home right now anyway. They're touring Brittany somewhere in their RV."

"If that's the case, we'll probably have to keep you with us for a few days. However, we're currently overcrowded, so we'll have to put you in a triple room with a fourth bed."

"But he can come home with me," Svenja pointed out. "We have a guest room, and Patrick can definitely stay there for a few days."

"If he's under supervision there for the next five days, I have no objection," Dr. Pistorius agreed.

"Just a moment, I'll call my mom really quickly."

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