:51:00
He surrendered his body to science.
:51:03
He loved the way
it was so well-organized.
:51:06
One day he'd die here,
that was clear.
:51:10
A spare pair of pyjamas.
:51:12
That, too, was organized.
:51:14
Newspaper,
:51:16
a book to relax you,
:51:19
some fruit...
:51:21
Anything else, just say.
:51:24
Compared with him,
I felt like a bad patient.
:51:31
I had trouble
regaining possession of myself.
:51:38
It's an odd sensation.
:51:41
Seeing your legs as distant
:51:43
from your mind,
:51:46
connected to it only by chance,
and badly.
:51:50
Have a nice day.
:51:52
Seeing yourself
as a set of jerky limbs.
:51:56
Boy! Sexy nurses!
:51:58
It's hot in here,
you dirty dog!
:52:25
The second week was harder.
:52:29
I'd begun to recover
:52:31
and wanted to get out.
:52:39
Life wanted me back, as they say.
:52:47
What about my thrombo, doc?
:52:51
So, it's a pericarditis?
:52:54
- Blood pressure?
- 120/l80.
:52:56
No infection?
:52:58
No. He's on 250mg of aspirin.