2021 Fourth Quarter
All this while I was trapped in my thoughts. Living in my subconscious for months beyond count. I was having the best months of my career. The Conference in SA to the 200k job offer in Zambia. Zambia became like my second home. Joel kept me in Zambia for more than 2 months. Two months became 4 months. I kept making dollars upon dollars.
December 19, 2021, that was when all became a reality. It was my final night in Zambia. I had gone to bed, while in my sleep mood, I heard a baby crying uncontrollably. It was such a piercing cry. I decided to wake to see who had managed to bring a baby into my hotel room that late in the night. Upon opening my eyes I became exposed to reality.
I found myself in a hospital bed. Bandages wrapped around my head. I had an oxygen mask on. My right shoulder area tied with bandages and my left thigh wrapped in same. I turned towards my right side, where the cry on the baby came from, there was Selestine seated with a baby in her arms.
As soon as our eyes made contact, she screamed and rush out calling for the doctor.
In less than a minute she returned with a doctor, Doc Jefferson, he was our family doctor. she said to him in the most astonishing voice ever; "Jeff, He is finally conscious, he opened his eyes, and I saw him turn his head towards me.
I was completely lost. I had no idea what was going on. I said to my wife; Selestine, when did I return from Zambia. She turned and looked at Jeff and started weeping. I still had no idea what was going on. Jeff said to me; "My boss; as he usually calls me,
You have been in a coma for the past 6 months. You have not regained consciousness since your incident in June. The only reason you are still on life support was because we realise some brain activities.
Looking at the shock on my face, he realised there was the need to step out and let Selestine step in.
Selestine sat by me on the bad, held my hand and begun to narrate what had happened.
"It was the last Friday in June. Earlier that day, you had gone out to renew your drivers license. You called when you were done telling us you were on your way home. 2 hours down the line we heard the bell on the house gate ring.