Thespian

Even as I write this, I can see the room so clearly and I see my mother ironing while she answers me.  Some things just stick in your head, don’t they. I’m 12 years old and I’ve come home from school with a burning question for my mother: “Mummy, what’s a thespian?” She barely lifts her … Read more

Lucky

The clinicians seemed to be queuing outside my room, waiting their turn to come in and tell me how lucky I was. By my second day in the ICU, 6 nurses, two nursing assistants, one domestic assistant, three doctors and two consultants had all told me how incredibly lucky I was. They all began their sentences in … Read more