Life’s Vital Whispers
U/verpin_zal: “As I breathed in, I felt sorrow in my lungs. Since I’ve never been stabbed, I can’t speak to how it feels, but the agony ought to have been at least as great. It happened years ago. The pain eased after using some hot water in the shower.
My then-girlfriend, my wife, insisted on seeing the ER. I demanded hot water. She said, “I think we should see a doctor.” My condition was determined to be a double pulmonary embolism. “One or two more hours, and you were gone,” the doctor stated. I do, therefore, owe my wife one.”
