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5 Days Later:

A blurry piece of paper.  A vase of dead flowers.  Tubes.  A strand of dark brown hair in my face.  A tickle in my throat.  A rough sounding cough.  Another cough, this time louder.  A flicker of eyelids.  A bright light.  A chair set to the side of a bed.  My bed.

A beeping and the sound of a door opening quickly.  The feeling of a needle injected in my left arm and a heavy, weight starting at my head and moving to my toes.  Blackness.

Bright lights shining in my eyes.  Eyelids opening unwillingly and the pressure of a hand on my left cheek.  The sound of murmuring voices in the hallway.  A sudden sob.  A woman appearing to my right.  Her hand reaching toward my face, but not touching it.  Another sob as she goes blurry.

"Mandy--"

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