full story of St. Clair by Cheryl V.

ST. CLAIR

Back flash:

Martin and Lisa, once, had met jus by accident while he and Cherry had been living with her parents in Asheville, North Carolina near the Smokey Mountains. And it jus had happened that in him, having gotten in the habit of taking daily walks with Lisa, a very friendly Southern gal, a hillbilly. That he and Lisa had met jus by accident while he and this girl, Cherry, who he had happened to meet in St. Clair, Michigan. Had been living together, still, with her parents down in Asheville, North Carolina. And it jus had happened jus by chance that being he had been going on all those walks with Lisa. That these daily walks had been responsible for causing the two to happen to fall in love with each other.

And Cherry and Martin jus had been happening to have something like a brother and sister relationship with each other. Jus because when the two had been living in St. Clair, he jus had happened to meet Cherry, one day, when he had bumped into her while she had been sitting on the porch of the St. Clair house on the lake. And, at that time, Martin had jus happened to be a new neighbor of hers. So, he, had wanted to, badly, meet her at one time jus after he and his family had moved into their new house in St. Clair across the street from Cherry and her parents.

Then, it had happened because Martin and Cherry, then, had ended up taking a big liking to each other. They had decided to move to St. Clair, together, along with her parents jus because they, badly, had wanted to give living together, a big try. What they, really, had wanted to do was to get the feel of living together jus because they hadn’t wanted to end up, separated from each other for good. And her parents had allowed him to live with them and Cherry because they both had this feeling inside of them. That Martin and Cherry had been made for each other. And that they had turned out to be jus like peas and carrots to each other in due time.

PRELUDE

Lisa jus happened to come back alive, again, one day, after having been buried in the cemetery for about a year. And she had ended up there in the first place jus because she and Martin had been thrown against some rocks during a tornado storm which she had never survived. And when her body had been found by one of a search team, she had no pulse in her and had been presumed to be dead at that time.

So, one day while the guard was on duty, jus closing up the cemetery for the night. Dusk was coming in, and as he was getting ready to leave, he couldn’t believe his eyes, at first. Near where Lisa had been buried after she had been presumed to be dead about a year ago, the grave was rocking. And in no time at all, the grave dirt started flying everywhere like if the grave, itself, has exploded.

And then, upon the guard, walking over to the cemetery, ready to shovel the dirt back into the grave. He, actually, witnessed a wrapped up body of Lisa. And Lisa was, actually, getting up out of the coffin. And then, her body flew right out of the grave like it has wings. And then, jus by coincidence, she ended up landing right near her grave.

As she tried to get up and walk, she, somehow, stumbled over a hill of dirt. And she, almost, landed back inside the coffin. However, upon trying to get back up on her feet, this time, the wrapping falling off of her. She couldn’t seem to get her breath which caused her to stumble over her feet. And then, she fell onto the ground right near the coffin, as the guard was shocked, at first, still, thinking he was dreaming and sleepwalking in the cemetery.

However, upon leaning over Lisa, and trying to help her up, he found, she has a faint pulse. However, she has slipped into a coma due to lack of oxygen. So, then, he got his cell phone out of his pocket, and called 9ll.

So, then, the guard felt, he has to do something about this girl. So, he walked over to the office, and reported a girl, being found in the cemetery near her grave stone, and where her grave stone was at. However, he has no idea, that it was her, Lisa, at that time. Also, he reported that some dirt has been stirred up, and in him, finding a coffin, opened up. Being her gravestone was right next to the coffin. He, then, assumed this coffin has to be Lisa’s.

So, then, from his office, he called 911, and as soon as someone was on the other line, a woman said to him, “Yes, may I help you? Is something wrong?”

“Yes, I am a guard of the city cemetery. And, while I was on shift, tonight, jus before I was going to lock up the gates. I happened to notice something fishy going on which I’ve never experienced before in all my years as a guard, here. This body wrapped up in cloth, appeared to be a mummy at first. However, then, suddenly, jus now, all of the cloth fell off a young woman, who tried to walk. However, she has fallen down and has entered into a coma.”

“Are you sure, you aren’t dreaming?”

“Yes, I’m sure. I know something weird is happening when I see it. This isn’t the first time, something weird has happened right here in the cemetery. On Halloween night, another year, another mummy came out of a grave. However, that mummy ran away before I could make out who was inside that mummy. So, it must have been a real one. However, this is a young woman who must have been presumed dead when buried. But she isn’t, anymore. I jus now, was able to get a faint pulse out of her.”

“Okay, now, guard, I’ll send some paramedics over there to the cemetery. And they along with the cops and a fire squad first aid tem will be there in no time at all. Stay there at the cemetery until they all have arrived. And, especially, so you can be there to tell them all, especially, the cops, what has been going on, tonight, over there.”

So, in a few minutes, an ambulance along with a cop car and fire squad first aid vehicle was there. So, as they all parked in the driveway, and jumped out of the vehicles, they were in, they all had the surprise of their life. None of them have ever seen anything like this before. A grave, still, was open along with the woman, lying on the ground, apparently, having some signs of life in her.

So, as the paramedics approached the woman, one of them started an IV of fluids. And at the same time, the other one took her pulse and all other vital signs, all of which were faint. The cops, then, came up to the girl, hoping that one of them could ask her, questions. However the girl, still, was in a coma. And then, all of the members of the fire squad took off along with the cops while the paramedics slid a stretcher underneath the girl.

And then, upon wheeling her into the ambulance, the paramedics took the girl to the nearest hospital in the city with the cops following them. The cops were hoping that when the ambulance arrived at the hospital. That they would be able to get something out of the girl; ask her, some questions to what she knew had been going on when she happened to be seen by a guard, actually, sleepwalking out of the grave. And how she’s feeling at the present time.

So, as soon as the ambulance arrived over at the hospital, the paramedics, actually, ran into emergency ward with the girl. And as soon as she was set on a bed in the emergency ward, a doctor, immediately, started examining her. And by that time, for some odd reason, the doctor couldn’t figure out. The girl’s pulse was getting, steadily, stronger. And, also, within a matter of minutes, the girl was coming out of her coma.

So, then, the doctor examined her, thoroughly. And he found her to be responding to him. Also, her vital signs were normal by that time. And then, the doctor has no knowledge on not what has been going on with the girl. And why she was in the cemetery, suddenly, coming back to life when she never was, completely, dead to begin with.

However, she was put on a ventilator for a little while. Then, as soon as her breathing seemed to be back to normal, she was taken off of it. And then, she was put on oxygen and the IV fluids were continued.

And now, that she could talk, the cops came over to the bed. And one of them asked her, some questions, hoping that they could get to the bottom of whatever happened in the cemetery. And what caused her to become near dead enough to make people, think she was dead. And that which had been responsible for her, being in that condition.

So, then, a cop asked her, “My dear, can you remember what placed you in the position of near death? Were you very ill at the time, or was something else responsible for your near death or death?”

“All I can remember is that a friend of mine, Martin, and I happened to get caught in a tornado storm in Asheville, North Carolina. And the two of us had gone into a ditch, hoping that the tornado storm wouldn’t carry us away. But the way, that storm had hit the area; both of us were pulled right out of the ditch. And then, I remember us two, landing in the river, nearby. And being us both hit the rocks, then, I slipped into a state of shock. And from there, don’t remember anything else. Jus that Martin was lucky to have survived the storm. And he had been taken away to the hospital jus before my near death or shock.”

“Okay, who can we contact at this time? Can you remember any names and phone numbers of someone close to you like a member of the family, who one of us can contact?”

“I don’t know for sure if this is the right number. But I know someone, a good friend of mine, Martin, however, I don’t know if he, still, lives in North Carolina. If you don’t get a hold of him, ask whoever you talk to if they have his new phone number. Since, he, originally, lived in St. Clair, Michigan, you can try that city phone book under his not blood sister’ Cherry’s number. But try under the name, Davidson, which is her family last name. Her parents’ names are Debbie and I think her dad’s name is Michael. So, try under Michael, first, in St. Clair or Asheville, North Carolina.”

Then, after he was through talking to her, the doctor said to the cop, “Please that is enough for her, for now. She has been through shocking times and needs rest, badly. I’ll let you know when she’s, already, to go back home, again. That’s if anyone can track down where she used to live before being taken to the cemetery.”

So, then, Lisa said to the doctor, “I happen to remember where I was living at the time of the storm. I was living in Asheville, North Carolina, in a house near my parents. And their phone number is…Well, I’ll write it down on a piece of paper for you. So, when I’m ready to go back home, again, you can call this number, or have someone else call that number.”

Then, in the meanwhile, the cop has walked over to the information desk. And upon arriving, there, he said to a nurse, “I have to contact a patient’s family, and I need North Carolina along with St. Clair, Michigan phone books. Do you happen to have any phone book for either of these? In fact, for North Carolina, I need Asheville.”

“Yes, in fact, we do,” as the nurse fumbled with some books in a case nearby. Since, we are closer to Asheville than St. Clair; I would recommend you, calling there first.”

“Okay, nurse, please hand me the one for Asheville, first.”

“So, then, the cop looked through the phone book upon sitting down in a chair in the lobby, and making himself, comfortable. And then, he came up with a Davidson number in Asheville. So, he called that number being it hasn’t been changed, yet. And who answered the phone was someone who wasn’t the person, he, really, wanted to talk to.

But whoever answered the phone, one of the new residents of that house, said to the cop, in a very friendly manner, “What can I help you with? Would you like to speak to someone in the family? Though, I don’t recognize your voice because we, fairly, well know everyone at the police station.”

“Does anyone by that last name of Davidson, live at your house? Or did that family happen to move in the last year or so?”

“That name sounds very familiar to me. In fact, that is the family who I bought this house from. So, jus a minute, I’ll look up that family for you. It jus so happens that the family, I belong to, has their new number and address. If you can hold on for jus a minute. My family happens to be related to them. The Davidson’s are relatives of ours. And, well, I guess, I don’t have their number handy here. However, they are the only Davidson family in St. Clair; so, look in the phone book for St. Clair. And you’ll find their new number. I wish you luck in finding who you are looking for.”

“Thanks, it was nice talking to you.”

So, then, the cop looked through the phone book for St. Clair. And upon coming across the name, Davidson, it was the only Davidson in St. Clair. So, then, the cop marked the number as well as the address on a piece of note pad. And then, he gave that family, a call, and hoped that someone was home.”

So, upon calling that number on the note pad, somebody by the name of Martin, answered the phone, and said to the cop,” Hello? Who is this? You don’t sound the least bit familiar to me.”

“Hello, this is Lieutenant Scott Pauley, “I know you aren’t going to be prepared for this one. Some guard in a North Carolina cemetery happened to see a girl by the name of Lisa, come out of a grave like she was sleepwalking. Then, as he caught up to her, she was lying on the ground after having had this wrapping around her. And she was found in a coma.”

“You’re not kidding, are you, sir? I know that girl, Lisa, she’s a good friend of mine, and she was known to be dead. Are you telling me, that she’s alright, now, after having been through that tornado storm with me? I’ve been left in a wheelchair from the storm, and it took me a long time to get full use of my legs, again.”

“Yes, she’s alright now, in fact, she’s acting as though she never has been in shock from having been through that tornado storm in Asheville, North Carolina, about a year ago. Would you like to talk to her, my boy? I’m sure, she’s anxious to talk to you, too.”

“No, not really, the two of us have broken up, and now, I’ve been falling in love with this gal, Cherry. And I can’t go back to Lisa because I’ve seemed to have lost all love for her. But don’t tell her this, though. I don’t want to get her upset. But I’ll agree to be her friend, again, even though, it’s been awhile. And even if we got back together, she lives too far away for me to be able to see her, often enough. I moved to St. Clair with my family and Cherry because I thought that Lisa was dead. What happened here; did she come back to life, again?”

“That’s the way it seems to appear to be; or else, she was, barely, alive at the time of the burial. However, I don’t understand how she could have lived all this time without fluids and food. So, her body temperature must have been low enough to preserve her. So, that she would survive all that time under ground without oxygen.”

“Is there some way that I can get a hold of her parents? I need to talk to them. She’s going to, probably, be released in a day or so. And someone has to come here to the hospital to pick her up. Do you, by chance, have her parents’ phone number? No, I don’t but I’m sure, Lisa must remember it because she used to live with them before she moved out on her own.”

“Okay, then, I’ll talk to her again, and try to get her parents’ number from her. Hey, wait a minute; I got it, right here. So, is there anyone else who may want to talk to Lisa at the home where you live, now?”

“No, not really, because, partly, none of us, really, have contact with her, or have in a long time. It’s like she’s no longer a part of our lives, I’m sorry to say. So, please call her parents, and don’t be surprised if they don’t believe she’s alive at first.”

“Okay, it was nice talking to you, Martin. If she wants to talk to you, I’ll get a hold of you, again. But since, you, really, don’t want anything to do with her, anymore, I’ll jus let it slide that I ever talked to you if she asks me.”

So, after the cop was through talking-to Martin, he, then, got a hold of Lisa’s parents. And after getting her mother on the phone, he said to her in a curious voice, not knowing how to tell her what’s happened to Lisa.

“Hello, this is Lieutenant Scott Pauley of the North Carolina part of Asheville. Is this Lisa’s mother?”

“Yes, it is, what can I do for you, sir?”

“Well, I have something to tell you and your husband. Since, you two are Lisa’s parents; it’s my obligation as an officer to tell you this. Your daughter was found by a guard in the cemetery having jumped out of her grave. And she was found on the ground in a coma. But she has come out of it, and she, now, is in a very stable condition. And she, probably, will be coming home, tomorrow morning.”

“I, really, can’t believe what you have jus told me. It’s hard to believe that my daughter, Lisa, is alive. She must never have died in the first place. And how she managed to survive in her grave is beyond anything I can comprehend. So, when should I call back so I know what’s going on?”

“Call back later on, this evening. Right now, she’s resting, so she’s in no condition to talk to you at the present or to your husband. She’s in a state of shock at this time, and won’t be able to comprehend anything if you try to talk to her, now. She’s on Ativan and by tomorrow morning or so, she should be able to calm down enough to have a conversation with either one of you.”

“Okay, sir, thank you for calling us about Lisa. Although, it’s hard to take that she’s alive, we are very happy for Lisa. That she managed, somehow, to survive that one storm in which storm, Martin ended up in a wheelchair for some time.”

Upon hanging up the phone, the officer then, said to the cop, standing near him, “I’ve gotten hold of Lisa’s parents, and I’ll allow her to talk to them, later on, as soon as the doctor notices, she’s out of her state of shock.”

‘However, it could take a little longer for her to recover from it. Let’s leave, anyway, and go back to the police station. And as soon as we report her case, then, we can decide from there what to do next.”

So, then both officers headed out the front doors, and upon walking over to the cop car, they both headed for the police station.

In the meanwhile, Lisa is still resting and trying to recover from being in shock.

As soon as the cops arrived at the police station, then, the two approached the Captain about this mysterious case, they have on their hands. One of the cops said to the Captain, “This is one case which we never have encountered before in all the days, we have been cops. It so happened that a girl was found in a cemetery in a coma by a guard, and as soon as the girl reached the hospital, within a matter of hours, she recovered completely from being in a coma. But now, she’s in a state of shock being her body can’t seem to handle being alive, again, and from having been in near death from a tornado storm which hit Asheville about a year ago.”

Then, a couple of hours later, mysteriously, a doctor walked into Lisa’s room over at the hospital. And he couldn’t figure out why she wasn’t in bed. So, then, he walked back to the nurses’ station, and told the nurses about the situation. However, first he asked the nurse who’s been taking care of Lisa, “Hey nurse, when is the last time, you checked up on Lisa, to give her, her medication and whatever else she needed? I’ve jus come from her private room, and she wasn’t in her bed, and I couldn’t spot her in the hall, either.”

“Is that right, doctor; well, about a half hour ago, I came into her room to give her, her medication and she seemed to be kind of responsive at the time. I assumed she was in shock, again. So, I gave her, a doze of Ativan to see if it would bring her out of it.”

“Well, if she’s in a state of shock, again, I can’t figure out where she could have gone. I’m wondering if she was sleepwalking, lately. And then, she has been sleepwalking out of the hospital. I’m going to call her parents up, and see if they happened to come to pick her up, assuming she was well enough to go back home.”

“First of all, recheck in her room, and then, if she, still, isn’t there, check in the halls, again.”

“I’ve got another patient to take care of. Why don’t you check up on her nurse? And then, when you’ve gotten an idea of where she could have gone if she isn’t back in her room. I’ll, then, call her parents up, and let them know, she isn’t in her room.”

“C’mon now, doctor, what more do you want? Go ahead and call her parents up, here, at the nurses’ station? And then, if her parents don’t know her whereabouts, I’ll, then, well I won’t know what to do after that. You go ahead and decide what to do. Then, if you, still, can’t seem to track her down, I’ll get the cops on her case for a missing persons’ case.”

So, then, the doctor grabbed a hold of the phone after taking the number of Lisa’s parents’ house from the nurse. And jus after he dialed the number, he said to whoever answered the phone, “Who is this; is this Lisa’s mom?”

“Yes, sir, it is; what can I do for you?”

“Well, this is her doctor; I jus was inside her room to check up on Lisa. And I couldn’t find her in bed or even in the halls, recently. Did either you or your husband come to the hospital to pick her up without me, knowing about it? Well, have you heard from her, at all?”

Jus as she was ready to tell him what she thought was going on, she, suddenly, happened to look outside her front window. And who did she happen to spot walking down the street was Lisa.

“Wait a minute, here, doctor, I don’t know how she got, here. However, I jus happened to see her, walking down the street with the same clothes on which she had on when she was taken to the hospital jus before they put a gown on her. I don’t know what to do now. I’ll call you back if I find out anything about her. In fact, my husband is trying to tell me, something.”

So, then, the doctor hung up the phone, and he jus stayed at the nurses’ station, hoping that he would hear something, himself. In the meanwhile, in happening to come from outside, one of Lisa’s parents, her dad has something to tell the doctor.

So, then, the phone rang over at the nurses’ station, and the doctor stayed, there, to see if he could find out anything about Lisa from the nurse who answered the phone.

So, the nurse, upon picking up the phone, there, at the nurses’ station, heard Lisa’s dad say to her, “Well, what do you know; I jus happened to be walking down the street right after my wife hung up the phone. And upon walking down to Cherry’s parents’ cabin, I saw Martin, coming out of the cabin. And as he neared the first floor, Lisa happened to walk up to the place. And upon seeing Martin, I jus started walking back towards our cabin.”

“Well, what did you see happen next, if anything?”

“Jus now, I happened to look back where the cabin is. And Martin and Lisa jus came out of the cabin, and are walking together like she’s alright. However, jus a minute, I’ll call you back when I find out more what’s going on with her.”

So, jus as he hung up the phone, then, it started ringing, and who happened to be on the phone was Martin, of all people. “Hello, this is Martin; who’s this on the other end. Is it you, Lisa’s father?”

“Yes, it is; is something wrong, now, with Lisa? Yes, please come over right away. I can’t understand, for one thing, how, exactly, Lisa got out of the hospital. I wonder if she hitchhiked, and jus happened to make it, here, to the cabin. I don’t know what to do with her at this time. For one thing, she’s wearing the same clothes which she wore when she was taken to the hospital after she came alive, again. I don’t know what’s up with her. She jus fell on the grass near the street. And I can’t seem to get but a faint pulse from her.”

“What do you want me to do, now, Martin? Take her to the hospital, again? Well, I’m on my way, right now. And in the meantime, go inside the cabin, and call 911, immediately. She wasn’t well enough to go home, anyways. And she, apparently, could be in a coma, again. After calling 911, then, come out of the cabin, and stay with her until the ambulance arrives. I’ll be right, there. I’ll get hold of her mom, and I’m sure, she’ll want to come over there with me. So, jus hold tight until the paramedics arrive.”

Then, upon calling her doctor over at the hospital, Lisa’s father said to him, “Hello, this is her father. I jus spoke to Martin, and Lisa is, now, at the cabin where he is living. And he has no idea how she got, there. However, he thinks that she might have hitchhiked over there. However, he called an ambulance over there, and jus make sure a bed is ready for her in emergency because she will be back there, soon.”

So, then, the ambulance arrived over at the cabin where Martin and Cherry are living. And when the paramedics arrived, only Martin was out there because Cherry didn’t want to believe Martin. That Lisa was still alive, and, probably, had hitchhiked over to their cabin.

So, as soon as the ambulance pulled up into the driveway, the paramedics hopped out of it. And they, actually, ran over to where Lisa’s, still, lying on the grass, and unresponsive. So, one of the paramedics took her vital signs, and got a faint pulse out of her. So, the other one ran into the ambulance to get an IV out of it while the other paramedic was testing her responses.

Upon arriving back over to where Lisa’s at, the paramedic, quickly, hooked her up to the IV. And then, after the paramedic did so, Martin stayed with her while the two paramedics wheeled a stretcher out of the ambulance. And upon the two lifting her onto the stretcher, Martin, then, followed the paramedics back to the ambulance. And then, he hopped into the ambulance upon Lisa being rolled into the ambulance, and he stayed at her side. Being Cherry’s parents weren’t home at the time, jus Martin went with Lisa back to the hospital.

Minutes later, upon the ambulance arriving at the emergency entrance of the hospital, then, Martin followed the paramedics’ right into the emergency ward. And he, still, stayed with Lisa while the paramedics were telling the doctor, her vital signs. And that she has a faint pulse, still, at this time, and seems to be unresponsive to touch.

So, then, while Lisa was, still, lying on the bed in the emergency ward, Martin called her parents. And he told her father and mother, “Lisa is back in the hospital in the emergency ward, and she’s back to the state where she seems to be in a state of shock. However, she isn’t talking to me. However, she doesn’t seem to be in any coma at this time. So, please come down here to the hospital as soon as you both can. I’m sure she’s concerned about you two coming to see her even while she’s in the emergency ward.”

So, since, her two parents were on a speaker phone, they both could hear what Martin was saying to them. So, then, they both said at once, “We’ll both be there right away; be sure to know that both of her parents are concerned for her well-being at this time.”

Then, her mother said to Martin, “However, neither of us will do anything to punish her for leaving the hospital because we both have the feeling. That she might have not been aware of what she was doing at the time, she arrived over at the cabin where you are living, still, with Cherry. So, stay with her, and be sure to report to a doctor or nurse if she seems to get any better or worse while being in the emergency ward.”

So, then, while Martin was staying with Lisa, she jus happened to, suddenly, be aware. That he was standing at her side, trying to get her to respond to him. That let her know, that he, still, was somewhat concerned for her and still, cared for her, although, it has been some time, since, he, actually, has felt like this for her.

So, she said to him, “Is that, really, you, Martin, standing by my side, or am I daydreaming?”

“No, Lisa, you are not daydreaming. I don’t know how you escaped the hospital, however I’m not against you for doing that because it’s possible that you could have been sleepwalking while trying to get to the cabin where I’m, still, living at this time. Can you hear me, Lisa; if you can hear me, say something to me.”

“Yes, I can hear you, Martin; however, I can’t seem to understand all what you have been telling me jus now. I’m feeling, as though, I’m reliving the times of that horrible storm which, nearly, killed me. And I, also, am seemingly, reliving all that time, I spent in dark in that coffin while being, partly, alive, all that time.”

“I’m sure you must be scared at this time. However, the main thing is that you, still, are alive. And at first, I didn’t seem to believe that you were alive. However, now, that I, really, believe you are alive, I’m feeling, as though, my love for you has come back. And in feeling like this is making me, feel as though, I’m falling into a state of shock, myself. So, whatever you do, my dear, jus keep hanging on until you are well enough to go back home, again. Jus doing that for me will take me out of this state of shock. So, please say something to me, again, my dear. It’ll make me feel better all over.”

“What I want to say to you at this time even though I’m on a ventilator is that I, still, love you with all my heart. And whenever the time comes, that I am well, again, I want to get married to you?”

“Now, I can feel myself, pulling out of that shock. You jus made me feel better, already, and have given me, my confidence back, my dear. Now, that is enough talking, here’s the doctor. And after he has examined you, again, be sure to try to get all the rest you can. So, you get better and are back to your old self, again.”

So, then, Martin jus pulled up a chair, and stayed quiet while the doctor and nurse were taking care of her. So, the doctor said to her, “You see to be doing better, so now, you can go off the ventilator. However, you are going to have to stay on oxygen for now because being you’ve been in a state of shock that has impaired your breathing. And please cooperate with me and the nurse and do what you are told to do, like getting some rest.”

Then, not too much time later, a nurse came into her room, and to check up on her, again. This time, she was awake, so, her nurse said to her in a frantic voice, not knowing what to think, “Lisa, I have something to tell you. I took a number of blood tests on you, and, normally, blood tests results don’t come back within a few hours. However, these tests which were done on you were done through means of x-ray through some type of chalky liquid.”

“Why would all these tests be done on me, nurse?”

“They were done on you because you have been in a state of shock for too long of a time. And in being in such a state of shock, since, the first time, you had been brought here from having survived being in a grave for over a year. Well, I jus knew down deep in my bones. That last time, you were, here, at the hospital, you had to be put on a ventilator jus because every one of your vital signs were low, especially, your pulse.”

“So, then, I’m more ready, at least, I think I’m ready to hear the results of the tests, now, nurse.”

“Well, from what the doctor has told me about the results of all of your blood tests and the tests given to you, using some chalky liquid to check out your organs. Well, some of the tests revealed, that you have, somehow, had some drugs in your system for some time. And you could have had these drugs in your system, ever since; you have been in your grave all that time. And these drugs could have been responsible for keeping you, partly, alive all that time in the grave.”

“So, what does this reveal about me as a whole? Am I going to stay in my state of shock, or am I, going to be able to get out of this state for good? What I mean is that have these drugs done something to my brain or organs in one way or another? I’m not going to be, permanently, have any damage in my brain or internal organs for life, am I? And am I, going to be able to live a long enough life that will be worthwhile for me to live to a ripe old age?”

“You are asking me an awful lot of questions which of all can’t be answered to their fullest at this time. However, these drugs called fullerenes which have been found in some of your blood tests. Well, these drugs couldn’t have jus been taken. Someone, at one point or another, possibly, jus before your burial, must have injected them into your bloodstream. These drugs jus can’t get there by themselves. Whoever injected these drugs into you must have done so when your body was, still, at the mortuary. For one reason or another, maybe, someone was doing this to you jus so that this person wanted to make sure, that you wouldn’t be able to live a full life, later on.”

“What you’re saying to me, is that someone in the mortuary wanted me, dead, or at least, to appear dead. So, that I would have to spend that horrible year in a grave jus so that person or persons could put me through enough torture. So, that I would appear as dead, and so to cause a doctor or paramedic, some confusion in their reports.”

After gasping for her breath for a couple of minutes, she then, said to him, “And then, that person wanted me, badly, separated from my family and Martin, all that time. And another thing, I’ve jus comprehended, is that someone wanted, badly, to cause something like this jus so that Martin and the family would get the message. That the storm had ended up killing me jus so that it would cover up the notion. That someone injected me with these drugs enough to try to make Martin, drop me along with the family.”

“You seem to be one smart woman, maybe, a genius, because no other person would be able to figure out why he or she would end up getting injected into their bloodstream, all these weird drugs. Another thing that you have comprehended is that someone was behind all this in causing you, all this torture while you had been buried underneath the ground all this time.”

“Is there anything else that the blood tests revealed about me besides these drugs called fullerenes?”

“Unfortunately, there is something else which was found in the blood tests. Some of the other tests revealed in tests results. That your brain has been through enough torture to cause some brain damage. And this damage is not severe enough to impair your life either. If you are willing enough to go through this, I think you should have an MRI done on you. And the reasons are very clear at this time. The doctor has to check for any other brain damage in you which could have been caused by you, having gotten thrown against the rocks during the tornado storm which you and Martin were, once, caught in about a year ago.”

“How did you happen to find out about this tornado storm having thrown both me and Martin against the rocks? That was some time ago.”

“Your best friend, Martin, has told me all about what nature did to the two of you back about a year ago. He, almost, got killed by getting thrown against the rocks, himself. He’s the one who told me all about this incident. And another thing is that he wants to talk to you now. Are you up to him, talking with you at the present? I won’t tell him about these drugs being found in your system. However, if you end up in a life and death situation, again, in a coma, then, I’ll have to tell him about these drugs because in him, having been a doctor at one time.”

“What do you mean I could end up in a life and death situation? Am I in one now, or are you jus saying that it’s possible it could happen to me?”

“Yes, it’s very possible with these drugs in your system. That it could happen to you. That is you could fall into a coma, again. Well, what I meant to say is that I, probably, may need his help because he knows all about these drugs. And another thing is that he might know who injected these drugs into you, too. If you want to live a long life, you’d better allow me and the doctor to tell him all about these drugs being found inside you. You’ll, probably, have to go through therapy to get rid of these drugs inside of you, that’s drug therapy to immunize the drugs, and to get them out of your system.”

“Please bring both Martin and the doctor into my room, now, right away. I want to talk to both of them, and what my chances are of surviving with these drugs in my system.”

So, then, the nurse left the room, and walked over to the nurses’ station where both Martin and the doctor were at the time. So, upon her, arriving there at the nurses’ station, she said to Martin who jus was waiting to see Lisa, again.

“Martin, I have something to tell you which may shock you somewhat. I jus got the results of the blood tests back, and some drugs, called fullerenes, were found in Lisa’s system. So, do you have any idea who could have been responsible for putting these drugs into her system back before she had been buried in the cemetery?”

“Yes, in fact, I do; for one thing, I never would have done such a thing to her because I love her a lot. So, the only time, anyone could have done such a thing to her was back when she was taken to the mortuary after being found not to have a pulse in her. These drugs were responsible for her, ending up in a coma at the time jus before she was pronounced dead. So, I would say that someone in the hospital who, probably, was a patient at the time or even someone, like one of the paramedics, were responsible for doing this to her.”

“Do you have any names of probable persons who could have done this to her?”

“For one thing, right here in my pocket, since, I have been doing some researching on it, ever since, she was pronounced dead. Well, I have the names of the paramedics, the guys from the mortuary, besides whoever was in the emergency ward at the time she was taken into the hospital. And I have come across these names, since, I am considered to be a genius, and am able to research this sort of thing.”

“Well, give me the list of probable persons, and right away, I’ll put a search team on these people. And then, through the cops and FBI getting in on the case, we should come up with all the suspects in this case. But save the FBI for last because I don’t want to get them involved unless it’s absolutely necessary, like if Lisa ends up in a life and death situation before the drugs can be removed from her system. And since, she’s on a ventilator at this time; I suggest that you get the cops in on her case, right away. And another thing is that I want you to sign this treatment plan, right here, on the desk. And this treatment plan is for removing all of the drugs from her system before they have any chance to attack her immune system if they already haven’t done so.”

Although, Martin was feeling a little fidgety, because he was kind of shaky inside, he, immediately, read the treatment plan. Then, in knowing that this treatment plan might not work on Lisa, he then, signed his name and gave it back to the doctor in charge of her.

So, then, since, Martin wanted to speak to Lisa about something to do with him, he then, walked into her room to talk with her. And he didn’t have much time to do because soon the doctor would be taking Lisa down to the critical unit. And there, the treatment for removal of the drugs in her system would soon begin.

Upon walking into Lisa’s room, since, she has a private room; he closed the door behind him. This was jus so that he and Lisa could have some privacy at this time because he was about to tell her, something, which could change their lives together. And it could even test their love for each other.

She jus happened to be awake at the time, so he was hoping that she would be able to comprehend what he was going to tell her. Although, she, somewhat, was, still, in a little bit of shock, whatever he told her, should sink into her mind. And he was going to be careful what he told her because if it was the last thing, he wanted to happen. He, surely, didn’t want her to sink into a coma, again, and he, surely, knew why she was on a ventilator at this time because she needed some oxygen and a lot of it after being buried underneath the ground all this time.

So, then, he pulled up a chair to her bed, and then, upon taking her hand, he said to her in a frantic voice, “My dear Lisa, I love you very much, and hope that you get out of this hospital, soon, because I, still, want to get married to you. Also, I want to do my part in giving you, some babies in our future.”

So, then, she said to him, “What is it, you wanted to tell me? And why are you in a wheelchair at this time? Did something happen which I never knew about?”

“For one thing, my dear, Lisa, for what reason, I don’t know. However, the doctor found fullerenes in my system when I was brought here right after we both were found after the tornado storm. And I never found out, exactly, who did this to either you or me. However, I couldn’t get the guts to tell you about this until after I found out that you were dead. And that you never, exactly, had been dead to begin with.”

“Is this something with you being in a wheelchair at this time? Do you think you ever will get out of that wheelchair?”

“I’m hoping that with the right amount of therapy. That I will get back the full use of my legs. I’m not paralyzed, my dear, it’s jus that after the accident, after I like you had been thrown against the rocks about a year ago. Well, first of all, after I survived the storm, I have been having trouble walking ever since that time. And another thing is that I have had several operations like in my back to help me, get back full use of my legs. However, even with this therapy, I, still, am having trouble walking with even a walker. So, after a few months, I got full use of my legs back however when I found out that you were alive, again. I think that being in a state of shock over you is what caused me to end up in a wheelchair, again.”

After trying to fight to get his breath, he then said to her in a frantic voice, “I hope, you, still, love me a lot because I am depending on your love to get me through all this until I can walk, again. I’m not blaming you in any way for putting me back in a wheelchair. However, I need all your support in getting me through this therapy which I have resumed, lately.”

“Yes, I, still, love you a lot, and I’m glad that the doctor was able to get all of the fullerenes out of you because I know nothing about these drugs. However, since, you were a doctor before; do you think that these drugs could be responsible for putting you back in a wheelchair?”

“Yes, I think it is possible, my dear, however, lately, I have gone through treatment to remove these drugs from my system, again. I think that during the last treatments, I had about a year ago, that these drugs never had been removed, completely, to begin with. It’s a good thing that I’m still alive. It’s like it’s a miracle that both of us are alive, especially, you. This is because you are the only person in history to ever have survived being in a grave for any period of time. My dear jus think of this; you have made medical history. And you may be put in the Guinness Book of Records for having survived being underneath the ground.”

She was starting to get a bit sleepy, however, the doctor happened to walk into the room at the time, he was, still, visiting with her. So, then, he didn’t have any chance to say much more to her.

However, he did say to her, “Good luck my dear, I am going to pray for you. So, that you survive all of the treatment. I did so I’m sure, you will be able to survive the treatment, too. When the doctor and nurse say I can visit you, then, I will come and see you, again. And again, have good luck, my dear.”

So, then, the doctor said to him, “I’m sorry to interrupt your visit with Lisa. However, Lisa has to get over to another room for her treatments. So, you are going to have to leave the room, and it’s best that you leave and go home because I have no idea how long the treatments are going to take. They may take days and nights to take effect on her. So, what I’ll do is have the nurse call you when you can come and see her. Be sure to keep praying for her because she needs all your prayers at this time.”

So, then, as soon as Martin left the room, another doctor walked into her room. And so then, both doctors wheeled Lisa down the hall and over to the elevator. And upon the doctors arriving on the critical unit floor, they wheeled her into that area. And before either one of them started treatment on her, one of them administered an anesthesia to her along with a doze of her Ativan.

This Ativan was administered to her. So, that she would remain calm through the whole treatment, and she was put on an IV. This was so that she would get all the fluids; she needed until she was able to eat anything, again. And another thing was that by this time, she, still, had to be on oxygen. So, then, a doctor hooked her up to a heart monitor, and through the whole treatment, a nurse kept track of her vital signs us in case the fullerenes inside her, or the drugs given her had any back effects on her.

So, then, right after the Ativan, Lisa’s doctor started administering to her through her IV, some drugs which were supposed to build up her immune system along with other special drugs. And these other drugs were supposed to stop the fullerenes from attacking her brain and other vital organs.

All during the time of the treatment, her vital signs were taken every half hour or so while her doctor kept good eye on her. He wanted to make sure that Lisa was doing okay, and that, especially, her breathing and sinus rhythm were getting back to normal. This was because right before she had been brought down to the treatment room. That she had been breathing on a ventilator, and that her breathing was very labored at the time.

However, about a half hour after the drugs were administered to her which were to nullify all of the fullerenes in her system, her breathing was returning to normal along with her sinus rhythm. And all during the time of the treatment, Lisa was asleep from the anesthesia which the anesthesiologist had administered to her.

At one point about an hour later, Lisa was starting to come out of the anesthesia. However, her blood pressure seemed to be somewhat below normal at the time. So, then, the doctor ordered the nurse to give Lisa, some dopamine to help her blood pressure which in no time at all, brought her blood pressure back up to normal.

By this time, about two hours later, the drugs, the fullerenes, were starting to, almost, completely, leave her system. However, the doctor and the nurse, for the rest of the evening, had to keep her, hooked up to a heart monitor. And they left her on the oxygen for the rest of the afternoon and night to make sure. That Lisa wasn’t having any breathing problems, anymore.

Being she woke up from the anesthesia about four hours later, then, the nurse, upon noticing that Lisa was awake. The doctor, then, signed the nurse to come into the room and give Lisa, her usual medication. After jus after she was given her Ativan, then, the nurse said to Lisa, “How are you feeling at this time? Do you have feeling in all parts of your body? Are you hungry and thirsty for something to eat and drink, my dear?”

So, then, she responded to the nurse, so she said to the nurse, “For one thing, I’m feeling the best I have in a long time. I think that whatever the doctor gave me during my treatment, has taken all the fullerenes out of my system because I have feeling in every part of my body. Also, I’m not having any side effects from any of them or the drugs which the doctor gave me for the treatment. So, could you please get me, something to eat and drink? Right now, I am so famished that I could drink a river and eat a horse, carcass and all.”

“That’s a good sign that the treatment has worked on you. However, I’m going to have to have you, stay here at the hospital for over night, at least. We have to make sure that all the fullerenes are, permanently, out of your system. And that you don’t have any late side effects from any of the drugs which were given you during your treatment. So, do you think you could eat dinner, now, and what would you like to drink? Would some ice water sound good to you and a carton of milk?’

“Yes, nurse, all of this sounds good to me. Please bring me, my dinner, and also, if Martin, still, is here, please send him inside my room. I want to visit with him if it is alright with you.”

“Martin went home and he’ll be back tomorrow or later on, tonight. But being it is around supper time, he jus might show up later on during visiting hours. I’ll call down to the cafeteria, and I’ll have someone, warm up some dinner for you. Also, I’ll have someone bring up some ice cream for you, too. So, in the meantime and after eating, I want you to try to get some rest being that Martin isn’t here and probably won’t be here for a while.”

So, then, the nurse walked over to the nurses’ station. And upon arriving there, she picked up the phone and called down to the cafeteria being someone should, still, be there. This was being that it was jus after supper time, and still, the woman were bringing the used trays back down to the cafeteria.

Upon getting hold of one of the woman, the nurse said to her, “Well, I hate to disturb any of you at this time. However, I have a patient who has jus come out of her anesthesia, and hasn’t eaten for a few hours. And she would like some dinner along with some ice cream. Can you bring some dinner up for her in room 325 on the second floor? If you can’t, please get a hold of someone who has time to bring up some for her. You think you can jus put some dinner into a microwave for my patient. Her name is Lisa, and she needs some dinner, badly.”

“Yes, I can manage to put some dinner in the microwave for your patient. And along with the dinner, I’ll make sure, that I don’t forget to put some ice cream on the tray along with the dinner for her. Is she on any special diet that you know of before I put some dinner in for her?”

“No, she isn’t on any special diet other than she can’t have any salty foods being she has high blood pressure as a result of having been in a grave for over a year.”

“Well, I’m sorry to hear that, and I hope that she is able to recover from this bad experience in her life. So, in no time at all, I’ll get some dinner up there for her.”

So, then, as soon as the woman found a dinner which had been prepared for Lisa to begin with. Then, the woman brought it up for Lisa in about fifteen minutes. And in no time at all, the woman was jus approaching the gal’s room. And jus as she got there, she was feeling like she wanted to eat her herself. So, she had to fight the urge to take a bite of the dinner, herself, as she walked into Lisa’s room with the dinner.

Upon Lisa, seeing the woman with blond hair and a nice build, bringing in the dinner for her, she had a surprised look on her face. This was being that she didn’t expect the nurse to go out of the way to make sure, she got her dinner.

As soon as the dinner along with the ice cream was placed in front of her, she seemed to gobble every bit of it down along with the ice water and decaf tea. And after she was done with her dinner, she, suddenly, felt like watching some television. So, then, as she put the television on, who should come right into her room was Martin. However, upon seeing he in the wheelchair, again, almost, put tears to her eyes because she was wondering if he ever would get back the ability to walk again.

However, as soon as he pulled up s chair to her bed, she seemed to forget all about him, being stuck in a wheelchair. This was because he tried his best to keep her in a good mood and not have her, crying over him, being in a wheelchair at the present.

So, he took her hand as usual, and as he did, her eyes seemed to light up. She was very glad to see him, although, she should be getting some rest very soon. It was nighttime, already, and she was starting to get quite sleepy from the anesthetic that she had been given during her treatment, today.

So, then, not waiting for her to say the first words, he then, said to her, “I hope you’re glad to see me, again, because I’ve been waiting for hours to be able to come back here to see you, again, my dear.”

The treatment did something to Lisa and it affected her memory, so, Martin didn’t know she was suffering from memory loss at this time. And then, he couldn’t believe that her parents wouldn’t be here to the hospital to pick her up, pretty soon, when she was able to get out of the hospital.

Another thing was Lisa is in a hospital in St. Clair. So, this leaves the question to Martin, should he pick her up and take her home to where he’s living in St. Clair. Or should he jus allow the doctor and nurse to refer her to a foster care home.

Another thing was that because now, Martin is feeling like he isn’t experiencing any love for her, anymore, he’s moved back to St. Clair. And Lisa’s parents are, still, living in North Carolina

So, then, Martin said to her, “You can forget that I ever loved you, although, I said I did because there’s no way, I can love you, anymore, my dear. Whatever that treatment did to me, it has affected my brain in such a way. That I can’t even begin to experience in my mind how much I used to love you, my dear. I think that Cherry’s parents are going to have to pick you up, here at the hospital. However, another thing is that your parents will have to make a big trip, here, jus to pick you up. So, I’ll let you know, one way or another, what your parents are going to do about the situation.”

“I’m I hearing you right, Martin? Did you jus say that you don’t love me, anymore, or is it jus that I’ve been hearing voices?”

“For one thing, Lisa, I’ve got to escape the pain of you, having come back from the dead. It’s too much for me to cope with and I know that I should be having more feelings for you, ever since, I’ve found out that you came back from the dead.”

“Now, Martin, you must be kidding me about not loving me. And another thing is that I didn’t come back from the dead. I’ve been buried underground, all this time, jus because I was injected with these drugs, fullerenes. And someone jus wanted me to go through all that torture, jus so that it would leave a bad mark on my life. My parents aren’t about to come back, here, to pick me up. When I escaped the hospital before this, my parents, almost, didn’t come to pick me up jus because they didn’t want to believe I was, still, alive. So, whatever you do, please don’t lie to me and tell me that you don’t love me when I know, you, still, do love me.”

“For one thing, I couldn’t stay in North Carolina. And another thing is that I moved, lately, here, with Cherry and her parents jus because in seeing you, again, have been too much for me to take.”

“Then, what do you expect me to do at this time? You’re trying to hide something from me, aren’t you, Martin? I think that you’re trying to hide your love for me. That treatment you have gone through has done something to you. You have forgotten that jus a few days ago, you were telling me jus how much you, still, love me when we were back in North Carolina.”

What Lisa’s doing at the time is interfering with Cherry’s and Martin’s relationship with each other being that the two are really, in love with each other at this time. And jus because Lisa could be left homeless if her parents don’t make the trip to come to get her, Martin feels he knows that will happen to her. So, when Lisa gets out of the hospital, the next morning, the doctor has to make a phone call which he doesn’t like doing?

So, the next morning, Lisa was given her discharge papers. However, upon calling up her parents in North Carolina, the doctor can’t seem to convince them to pick up Lisa. So, then, he contacted Martin, however neither will he or Cherry’s parents come to get her because her parents got the idea. That Lisa’s responsible for Martin, ending up in a wheelchair when it was the storm that made Martin, end up like this.

So, then, the doctor called the social services, and although, Lisa was ready to scream when finding out that her parents aren’t even concerned about her well-being. The doctor has social services take her away from the hospital and they are now responsible for placing her in a foster care home which she isn’t too happy about.

So, since, Lisa is living in a foster care home with a few other people about her age. Martin, then, seems to leave her mind, and she finds she can’t concentrate on him, anymore, his lack of love for her. So, then, she grew desperate for his love, and didn’t like living in the home.

So, then, one day, she made a phone call over to where he’s living in St. Clair. And as soon as she was on the phone, she found herself, begging him to take her into the home where he’s living with Cherry.

However, he couldn’t tolerate her, begging him to fall in love with her, again, so, then, he said to her, “Lisa, you’ve got to understand that, sometimes, a person, like me, can forget how to love another person like you. It’s not that it’s because I’m in love with Cherry. The two have developed a relationship between each other. However, it’s not that we are in true love with each other. Don’t get me wrong; I’m going to start coming over there to the house to visit you. Would you want me to do this for you?”

“Yes, I would, Martin, I think, that in you, making an effort to come over to the home to visit me in St. Clair. That in doing so could cause you to fall in love with me, again. However, I’ve got to tell you that no matter what happens with you and me. That I think the love I have for you will never go away. So, do all you can to try to love me, again? I need you, Martin, and can’t say this too much either.”

“Okay, as soon as I can I will come over to see you. However, jus as I am saying this to you, my parents are telling me. That I can’t see you, again, and this is jus because you have suffered brain damage. And now that you are on a ventilator, again, I can’t waste my life, coming to see you jus because you want me to love you, again. I’ll come to see you; don’t get me wrong about this.’

He felt, as though, he was starting to go into shock, so he said to her, his brain a bit foggy at this time, “You, still, are like a person to me, yet; in you, being on oxygen may be hard for you to take. However, I am telling you, now. That I’m going to make an effort to stay friends with you because another thing is that you don’t know how long you will be able to stay on oxygen. One of these days you might jus fade away on me. And we both are going to have to accept this.”

So, then, it happened that Martin, never, got her address or directions to her new home. And then, it happened that she lost her confidence, and never did call him back. And another thing was that somehow he lost her phone number, and then, he lost all contact with her, too.

So, one day when Lisa was lying in bed jus going over all the good times in her head which she used to have with Martin. She jus couldn’t seem to bear it, anymore. So, then, she got up out of her bed, and walked over to the kitchen being everyone else was asleep.

Upon her, arriving in the kitchen, she was on her tiptoes, and was careful not to make any noise. So, then, she opened up a drawer, and upon finding a sharp knife in the drawer. She, then, held the knife in the air, and before she realized what she’s doing, she, then, stabbed herself right in the chest.

Since, she let out a scream, the owner of the house rushed into the kitchen. However, when she arrived inside the room, she happened to notice Lisa, lying on the floor in a pool of blood Upon taking her pulse, the woman noticed that Lisa was dead, and then, she had the police come to the house. And after gathering evidence from the room, they, then, had her body taken to the mortuary. And at the mortuary, that’s when the woman found out. That Lisa had stabbed herself with the knife because they found the knife inside of her chest.

ONCE UPON A TIME BY MAUREEN

ONCE UPON A TIME there WAS A BIG GREEN TURKEY, WITH A NEST IN A PILE OF BRUSH. AND ALL THE COUCHROUCES LIVING IN THE BARN CRAWLED OVER TO THE NEXT TO SEE IF THE TURKEY WAS REALLY GREEN. ON THEIR WAY TO THE NEXT THEY CAME ACROSS A FLYING SQUIRFREL AND COPPED A RIDE. EVERYONE WAS DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY ROOM FOR TWO. WHY THERE WAS ONLY ROOM FOR TWO WAS BECAUSE OVER THE SUMMER THE FLYING DQUIRREL SCRUNK BECAUSE HAND GLIDING OFF A LIGHT OVER AND OVER again. SO THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS, DON'T GO NESTING IN LIGHTHOUSED.
BY MAUREEN

SAD GIRL WOMAN

SAD GIRL WOMAN
So the Drs. At Lafayette Clinic put me on meds, they were studying to be a Dr. at Lafayette Clinic. But since I was a baby 'til 24 yrs. Of age, my and dad neglected me, mom pulled my hair and my dad beat me and banged my head 'til I had seizures. How would I know; my mom told me or I would be in the hospital and find out that way. But not once did I get taken away from my parents for being neglected when I ended up in the hospital.
See, even when I got older and knew better I still didn't tell no one because I was afraid to; 'til one day when I was 24 yrs. Old, I was black and blue like you wouldn't believe on my face. So then I had another seizure then my eyes were so bad I needed to see a specialist for several months. But I didn't call police; I was worried about my mom having a place to stay and I loved my parents. My dad never touched me again and he said he was truly sorry and I believe him, and he never did and I'm 45 yrs. Old now.
I moved out of my parents' house when I was 26 yrs. Old. Had a lot of stress with my parents still but not as much; more relaxed at my place but then I got more address stress with my boyfriend (now husband) and friends (past friends). No more head injuries from no one since my dad, when I was 24 yrs. Old.
But I will always have mental illness, and there's nothing wrong with that; you're just slower at some things than other things.
But I think all I have now is not being able to deal with stress, so when I can't deal with stress in a health way I pass out. So I still needed to talk to my doctor before I go off of the meds.
From SAD GIRL WOMAN 10-28-08

progressing story-St. Clair by Cheryl V.

ST. CLAIR
Back flash:
Martin and Lisa, once, met jus by accident while he and Cherry were living with her parents in Asheville, North Carolina near the Smokey Mountains. And it jus happened that in him, getting in the habit of taking daily walks with Lisa, a very friendly Southern gal, a hillbilly. That he and Lisa had met jus by accident while he and this girl, Cherry, who he had happened to meet in St. Clair, Michigan. Were living together, still, with her parents down in Asheville, North Carolina. And it jus happened that being he was going on all those walks with Lisa. That this was responsible for causing the two to happen to fall in love with each other.
And Cherry and Martin jus happened to be having something like a brother and sister relationship with each other. Jus because when the two were living in St. Clair, he jus happened to meet Cherry, one day, when he bumped into her while she was sitting on the porch of the St. Clair house on the lake. And Martin happened to be a new neighbor of hers at that time. So, he, wanted to, badly, meet her at one time jus after he and his family moved into their new house in St. Clair across the street from Cherry and her parents.
Then, it happened because Martin and Cherry took a big liking to each other. They moved to St. Clair, together, along with her parents jus because they wanted to give living together, a big try. What they, really, wanted to do was to get the feel of living together jus because they didn’t want to end up, separated from each other for good. And her parents allowed him to live with them and Cherry because they both had this feeling inside of them. That Martin and Cherry would turn out to be jus like peas and carrots to each other in due time.
PRELUDE
Lisa jus happened to come back alive, again, one day, after having been buried in the cemetery for about a year. And she had ended up there jus because her and Martin had been thrown against some rocks during a tornado storm which she never survived. And when her body had been found by one of a search team, she had no pulse in her and was dead at that time.
So, one day while the guard was on duty, jus closing up the cemetery for the night. Dusk was coming in, and as he was getting ready to leave, he couldn’t believe his eyes, at first. Near where Lisa had been buried, the grave was rocking. And in no time at all, the grave dirt started flying everywhere like if the grave, itself, has exploded.
And then, upon walking over to the cemetery, ready to shovel the dirt back into the grave, he, actually, saw a wrapped up body of Lisa. And Lisa was, actually, getting up out of the coffin. And then, her body flew right out of the grave like it has wings, and it landed right near her grave.
As she tried to get up and walk, she, somehow, stumbled over a hill of dirt. And she, almost, landed back inside the coffin. However, upon trying to get back up on her feet, this time, the wrapping falling off of her. She couldn’t seem to get her breath which caused her to stumble over her feet. And she fell on the ground right near the coffin, as the guard was shocked, at first, still, thinking he was dreaming and sleepwalking in the cemetery.
However, upon leaning over Lisa, and trying to help her up, he found, she has a faint pulse. However, she has slipped into a coma due to lack of oxygen. So, then, he got his cell phone out of his pocket, and called 9ll.
So, then, the guard felt, he has to do something about this girl. So, he walked over to the office, and reported a girl, being found in the cemetery near her grave stone, and where her grave stone was at. The dirt was stirred up, and a coffin found open... So, the guard knew that this coffin had to be hers.
So, then, from his office, he called 911, and as soon as someone was on the other line, a woman said to him, “Yes, may I help you? Is something wrong?”
“Yes, I am a guard of the city cemetery. And, while I was on shift, tonight, jus before I was going to lock up the gates, I happened to notice something fishy going on which I’ve never experienced before in all my years as a guard, here. This body wrapped up in cloth, appeared to be a mummy at first. However, then, suddenly, jus now, all of the cloth fell off a young woman, who tried to walk. However, she has fallen down and has entered into a coma.”
“Are you sure, you aren’t dreaming?”
“Yes, I’m sure. I know something weird is happening when I see it. This isn’t the first time, something weird has happened right here in the cemetery. On Halloween night, another year, another mummy came out of a grave. However, that mummy ran away before I could make out who was inside that mummy. So, it must have been a real one. However, this is a young woman who must have been dead when buried. But she isn’t, anymore. I can seem to get a faint pulse out of her.”
“Okay, some paramedics will be there in no time at all. Stay there at the cemetery until they have arrived, and so you can tell them what has been going on, tonight, over there.”
So, in a few minutes, an ambulance along with a cop car and fire squad first aid vehicle was there. So, as they all parked in the driveway, and jumped out of the vehicles, they were in, they all had the surprise of their life. None of them have ever seen anything like this before. A grave, still, was open along with the woman, lying on the ground, apparently, having some life in her.
So, as the paramedics approached the woman, one of them started an IV of fluids, while the other one took her pulse and all other vital signs, all of which were faint. The cops came up to the girl, hoping that one of them could ask her, questions. However the girl, still, was in a coma. And the members of the fire squad took off along with the cops while the paramedics slid a stretcher underneath the girl.
And then, the paramedics took the girl to the nearest hospital in the city with the cops following them, hoping that when the ambulance arrived at the hospital. That they would be able to get something out of the girl; ask her, some questions to what she knew had been going on when she was sleepwalking out of the grave. And how she’s feeling at the present time.
So, as soon as the ambulance arrived over at the hospital, the paramedics, actually, ran into emergency ward with the girl. And as soon as she was set on a bed in the emergency ward, a doctor, immediately, started examining her. And by that time, for some odd reason, the doctor couldn’t figure out. The girl’s pulse was getting, steadily, stronger. And, also, within a matter of minutes, the girl was coming out of her coma.
So, then, the doctor examined her, thoroughly. And he found her to be responding to him. Also, her vital signs were normal by that time. And then, not knowing what has happened to the girl. And why she was in the cemetery, suddenly, coming back to life when she never was, completely, dead to begin with.
However, she was put on a ventilator for a little while, and soon as her breathing seemed normal, she was taken off of it. And then, she was put on oxygen and the IV fluids were continued. And now, that she could talk, the cops came over to the bed. And one of them asked her, some questions, hoping that they could get to the bottom of whatever happened in the cemetery. And what caused her to become near dead enough to make people, think she was dead. And that which had been responsible for her, being in that condition.
So, then, a cop asked her, “My dear, can you remember what placed you in the position of near death? Were you very ill at the time, or was something else responsible for your near death or death?”
“All I can remember is that a friend of mine, Martin, and I happened to get caught in a tornado storm in Asheville, North Carolina. And the two of us had gone into a ditch, hoping that the tornado storm wouldn’t carry us away. But the way, that storm had hit the area; both of us were pulled right out of the ditch. And then, I remember us two landing in the river, nearby. And being us both hit the rocks, then, I slipped into a state of shock. And from there, don’t remember anything else. Jus that Martin was lucky to have survived the storm. And he had been taken away to the hospital jus before my near death or shock.”
“Okay, who can we contact at this time? Can you remember any names and phone numbers of someone close to you like a member of the family, who one of us can contact?”
“I don’t know for sure if this is the right number. But I know someone, a good friend of mine, Martin, however, I don’t know if he, still, lives in North Carolina. If you don’t get a hold of him, ask whoever you talk to if they have his new phone number. Since, he, originally, lived in St. Clair, Michigan, you can try that city phone book under his not blood sister’ Cherry’s number. But try under the name, Davidson, which is her family last name. Her parents’ names are Debbie and I think her dad’s name is Michael. So, try under Michael, first, in St. Clair or Asheville, North Carolina.”
Then, after being through talking to her, the doctor said to the cop, “Please that is enough for her, for now. She has been through shocking times and needs rest, badly. I’ll let you know when she’s, already, to go back home, again. That’s if anyone can track down where she lived before being taken to the cemetery.”
So, then, Lisa said to the doctor, “I happen to remember where I was living at the time of the storm. I was living in Asheville, North Carolina, in a house near my parents. And their phone number is…Well, I’ll write it down on a piece of paper for you. So, when I’m ready to go back home, again, you can call this number, or have someone else call that number.”
Then, in the meanwhile, the cop has walked over to the information desk. And upon arriving, there, he said to a nurse, “I have to contact a patient’s family, and I need North Carolina along with St. Clair, Michigan phone books. Do you happen to have any phone book for either of these? In fact, for North Carolina, I need Asheville.”
“Yes, in fact, we do,” as the nurse fumbled with some books in a case nearby. Since, we are closer to Asheville than St. Clair; I would recommend you, calling there first.”
“Okay, nurse, please hand me the one for Asheville, first.”
“So, then, the cop looked through the phone book upon sitting down in a chair in the lobby. And then, he came up with a Davidson number in Asheville. So, he called that number being it hasn’t been changed, yet. And who answered the phone was someone; he didn’t, really, to talk to.
But whoever answered d the phone, one of the new residents of that house, said to the cop, in a very friendly manner, “What can I help you with? Would you like to speak to someone in the family? Though, I don’t recognize your voice because we, fairly, well know everyone at the police station.”
“Does anyone by that last name of Davidson, live at your house? Or did that family happen to move in the last year or so?”
“That name sounds very familiar to me. In fact, that is the family who I bought this house from. So, jus a minute, I’ll look up that family for you. It jus so happens that the family, I belong to, has their new number and address. If you can hold on for jus a minute. My family happens to be related to them. The Davidson’s are relatives of ours. And, well, I guess, I don’t have their number handy here. However, they are the only Davidson family in St. Clair; so, look in the phone book for St. Clair. And you’ll find their new number. I wish you luck in finding who you are looking for.”
“Thanks, it was nice talking to you.”
So, then, the cop looked through the phone book for St. Clair. And upon coming across the name Davidson, it was the only Davidson in St. Clair. So, then, the cop marked the number as well as the address on a piece of note pad. And then, he gave that family, a call, and hoped that someone was home.”
So, upon calling that number on the note pad, somebody by the name of Martin, answered the phone, and said to the cop,” Hello? Who is this? You don’t sound the least bit familiar to me.”
“Hello, this is Lieutenant Scott Pauley, “I know you aren’t going to be prepared for this one. Some guard in a North Carolina cemetery happened to see a girl by the name of Lisa, come out of a grave like she was sleepwalking. Then, as he caught up to her, she was lying on the ground after having had this wrapping around her. And she was found in a coma.”
“You’re not kidding, are you, sir? I know that girl, Lisa, she’s a good friend of mine, and she was known to be dead. Are you telling me, that she’s alright, now, after having been through that tornado storm with me? I’ve been left in a wheelchair from the storm, and it took me a long time to get full use of my legs, again.”
“Yes, she’s alright now, in fact, she’s acting as though she never has been in shock from having been through that tornado storm in Asheville, North Carolina, about a year ago. Would you like to talk to her, my boy? I’m sure, she’s anxious to talk to you, too.”
“No, not really, the two of us have broken up, and now, I’ve been falling in love with this gal, Cherry. And I can’t go back to Lisa because I’ve seemed to have lost all love for her. But don’t tell her this, though. I don’t want to get her upset. But I’ll agree to be her friend, again, even though, it’s been awhile. And even if we got back together, she lives too far away for me to be able to see her, often enough. I moved to St. Clair with my family and Cherry because I thought that Lisa was dead. What happened here; did she come back to life, again?”
“That’s the way it seems to appear to be; or else, she was, barely, alive at the time of the burial. However, I don’t understand how she could have lived all this time without fluids and food. So, her body temperature must have been low enough to preserve her. So, that she would survive all that time under ground without oxygen.”
“Is there some way that I can get a hold of her parents? I need to talk to them. She’s going to, probably, be released in a day or so. And someone has to come here to the hospital to pick her up. Do you, by chance, have her parents’ phone number? No, I don’t but I’m sure, Lisa must remember it because she used to live with them before she moved out on her own.”
“Okay, then, I’ll talk to her again, and try to get her parents’ number from her. Hey, wait a minute; I got it, right here. So, is there anyone else who may want to talk to Lisa at the home where you live, now?”
“No, not really, because, partly, none of us, really, have contact with her, or have in a long time. It’s like she’s no longer a part of our lives, I’m sorry to say. So, please call her parents, and don’t be surprised if they don’t believe she’s alive at first.”
“Okay, it was nice talking to you, Martin. If she wants to talk to you, I’ll get a hold of you, again. But since, you, really, don’t want anything to do with her, anymore, I’ll jus let it slide that I ever talked to you if she asks me.”
So, after the cop was through talking-to Martin, he, then, got a hold of Lisa’s parents. And after getting her mother on the phone, he said to her in a curious voice, not knowing how to tell her what’s happened to Lisa.
“Hello, this is Lieutenant Scott Pauley of the North Carolina part of Asheville. Is this Lisa’s mother?”
“Yes, it is, what can I do for you, sir?”
“Well, I have something to tell you and your husband. Since, you two are Lisa’s parents; it’s my obligation as an officer to tell you this. Your daughter was found by a guard in the cemetery having jumped out of her grave. And she was found on the ground in a coma. But she has come out of it, and she, now, is in a very stable condition. And she, probably, will be coming home, tomorrow morning.”
“I, really, can’t believe what you have jus told me. It’s hard to believe that my daughter, Lisa, is alive. She must never have died in the first place. And how she managed to survive in her grave is beyond anything I can comprehend. So, when should I call back so I know what’s going on?”
“Call back later on, this evening. Right now, she’s resting, so she’s in no condition to talk to you at the present or to your husband. She’s in a state of shock at this time, and won’t be able to comprehend anything if you try to talk to her, now. She’s on Ativan and by tomorrow morning or so, she should be able to calm down enough to have a conversation with either one of you.”
“Okay, sir, thank you for calling us about Lisa. Although, it’s hard to take that she’s alive, we are very happy for Lisa. That she managed, somehow, to survive that one storm in which storm, Martin ended up in a wheelchair for some time.”
Upon hanging up the phone, the officer then, said to the cop, standing near him, “I’ve gotten hold of Lisa’s parents, and I’ll allow her to talk to them, later on, as soon as the doctor notices, she’s out of her state of shock.”
‘However, that could take longer for her to recover from it. Let’s leave, anyway, and go back to the police station. And as soon as we report her case, then, we can decide from there what to do next.”
So, then both officers headed out the front doors, and upon walking over to the cop car, they both headed for the police station.
In the meanwhile, Lisa is still resting and trying to recover from being in shock.
As soon as the cops arrived at the police station, then, the two approached the Captain about this mysterious case, they have on their hands. One of the cops said to the Captain, “This is one case which we never have encountered before in all the days, we have been cops. It so happened that a girl was found in a cemetery in a coma by a guard, and as soon as the girl reached the hospital, within a matter of hours, she recovered completely from being in a coma. But now, she’s in a state of shock being her body can’t seem to handle being alive, again, and from having been in near death from a tornado storm which hit Asheville about a year ago.”
Then, a couple of hours later, mysteriously, a doctor walked into Lisa’s room over at the hospital. And he couldn’t figure out why she wasn’t in bed. So, then, he walked back to the nurses’ station, and told the nurses about the situation. However, first he asked the nurse who’s been taking care of Lisa, “Hey nurse, when is the last time, you checked up on Lisa, to give her, her medication and whatever else she needed? I’ve jus come from her private room, and she wasn’t in her bed, and I couldn’t spot her in the hall, either.”
“Is that right, doctor; well, about a half hour ago, I came into her room to give her, her medication and she seemed to be kind of responsive at the time. I assumed she was in shock, again. So, I gave her, a doze of Ativan to see if it would bring her out of it.”
“Well, if she’s in a state of shock, again, I can’t figure out where she could have gone. I’m wondering if she was sleepwalking, lately. And then, she has been sleepwalking out of the hospital. I’m going to call her parents up, and see if they happened to come to pick her up, assuming she was well enough to go back home.”
“First of all, recheck in her bedroom, and then, if she, still, isn’t there, check in the halls, again.”
“I’ve got another patient to take care of. Why don’t you check up on her nurse? And then, when you’ve gotten an idea of where she could have gone if she isn’t back in her room. I’ll, then, call her parents up, and let them know, she isn’t in her room.”
“C’mon now, doctor, what more do you want? Go ahead and call her parents up, here, at the nurses’ station? And then, if her parents don’t know her whereabouts, I’ll, then, well I won’t know what to do after that. You go ahead and decide what to do. Then, if you, still, can’t seem to track her down, I’ll get the cops on her case for a missing persons’ case.”
So, then, the doctor grabbed a hold of the phone after taking the number of Lisa’s parents’ house from the nurse. And jus after he dialed the number, he said to whoever answered the phone, “Who is this; is this Lisa’s mom?”
“Yes, sir, it is; what can I do for you?”
“Well, this is her doctor; I jus was inside her room to check up on Lisa. And I couldn’t find her in bed or even in the halls, recently. Did either you or your husband come to the hospital to pick her up without me, knowing about it? Well, have you heard from her, at all?”
Jus as she was ready to tell him what she thought was going on, she, suddenly, happened to look outside her front window. And who did she happen to spot walking down the street was Lisa.
“Wait a minute, here, doctor, I don’t know how she got, here. However, I jus happened to see her, walking down the street with the same clothes on which she had on when she was taken to the hospital jus before they put a gown on her. I don’t know what to do now. I’ll call you back if I find out anything about her. In fact, my husband is trying to tell me, something.”
So, then, the doctor hung up the phone, and he jus stayed at the nurses’ station, hoping that he would hear something, himself. In the meanwhile, in happening to come from outside, one of Lisa’s parents, her dad has something to tell the doctor.
So, then, the phone rang over at the nurses’ station, and the doctor stayed, there, to see if he could find out anything about Lisa from the nurse who answered the phone.
So, the nurse, upon picking up the phone, there, at the nurses’ station, heard Lisa’s dad say to her, “Well, what do you know; I jus happened to be walking down the street right after my wife hung up the phone. And upon walking down to Cherry’s parents’ cabin, I saw Martin, coming out of the cabin. And as he neared the first floor, Lisa happened to walk up to the place. And upon seeing Martin, I jus started walking back towards our cabin.”
“Well, what did you see happen next, if anything?”
“Jus now, I happened to look back where the cabin is. And Martin and Lisa jus came out of the cabin, and are walking together like she’s alright. However, jus a minute, I’ll call you back when I find out more what’s going on with her.”
So, jus as he hung up the phone, then, it started ringing, and who happened to be on the phone was Martin, of all people. “Hello, this is Martin; who’s this on the other end. Is it you, Lisa’s father?”
“Yes, it is; is something wrong, now, with Lisa? Yes, please come over right away. I can’t understand, for one thing, how, exactly, Lisa got out of the hospital. I wonder if she hitchhiked, and jus happened to make it, here, to the cabin. I don’t know what to do with her at this time. For one thing, she’s wearing the same clothes which she wore when she was taken to the hospital after she came alive, again. I don’t know what’s up with her. She jus fell on the grass near the street. And I can’t seem to get but a faint pulse from her.”
“What do you want me to do, now, Martin? Take her to the hospital, again? Well, I’m on my way, right now. And in the meantime, go inside the cabin, and call 911, immediately. She wasn’t well enough to go home, anyways. And she, apparently, could be in a coma, again. After calling 911, then, come out of the cabin, and stay with her until the ambulance arrives. I’ll be right, there. I’ll get hold of her mom, and I’m sure, she’ll want to come over there with me. So, jus hold tight until the paramedics arrive.”
Then, upon calling her doctor over at the hospital, Lisa’s father said to him, “Hello, this is her father. I jus spoke to Martin, and Lisa is, now, at the cabin where he is living. And he has no idea how she got, there. However, he thinks that she might have hitchhiked over there. However, he called an ambulance over there, and jus make sure a bed is ready for her in emergency because she will be back there, soon.”
So, then, the ambulance arrived over at the cabin where Martin and Cherry are living. And when the paramedics arrived, only Martin was out there because Cherry didn’t want to believe Martin. That Lisa was still alive, and, probably, had hitchhiked over to their cabin.
So, as soon as the ambulance pulled up into the driveway, the paramedics hopped out of it. And they, actually, ran over to where Lisa’s, still, lying on the grass, and unresponsive. So, one of the paramedics took her vital signs, and got a faint pulse out of her. So, the other one ran into the ambulance to get an IV out of it while the other paramedic was testing her responses.
Upon arriving back over to where Lisa’s at, the paramedic, quickly, hooked her up to the IV. And then, after the paramedic did so, Martin stayed with her while the two paramedics wheeled a stretcher out of the ambulance. And upon the two lifting her onto the stretcher, Martin, then, followed the paramedics back to the ambulance. And then, he hopped into the ambulance upon Lisa being rolled into the ambulance, and he stayed at her side. Being Cherry’s parents weren’t home at the time, jus Martin went with Lisa back to the hospital.
Minutes later, upon the ambulance arriving at the emergency entrance of the hospital, then, Martin followed the paramedics’ right into the emergency ward. And he, still, stayed with Lisa while the paramedics were telling the doctor, her vital signs. And that she has a faint pulse, still, at this time, and seems to be unresponsive to touch.
So, then, while Lisa was, still, lying on the bed in the emergency ward, Martin called her parents. And he told her father and mother, “Lisa is back in the hospital in the emergency ward, and she’s back to the state where she seems to be in a state of shock. However, she isn’t talking to me. However, she doesn’t seem to be in any coma at this time. So, please come down here to the hospital as soon as you both can. I’m sure she’s concerned about you two coming to see her even while she’s in the emergency ward.”
So, since, her two parents were on a speaker phone, they both could hear what Martin was saying to them. So, then, they both said at once, “We’ll both be there right away; be sure to know that both of her parents are concerned for her well-being at this time.”
Then, her mother said to Martin, “However, neither of us will do anything to punish her for leaving the hospital because we both have the feeling. That she might have not been aware of what she was doing at the time, she arrived over at the cabin where you are living, still, with Cherry. So, stay with her, and be sure to report to a doctor or nurse if she seems to get any better or worse while being in the emergency ward.”
So, then, while Martin was staying with Lisa, she jus happened to, suddenly, be aware. That he was standing at her side, trying to get her to respond to him. That let her know, that he, still, was somewhat concerned for her and still, cared for her, although, it has been some time, since, he, actually, has felt like this for her.
So, she said to him, “Is that, really, you, Martin, standing by my side, or am I daydreaming?”
“No, Lisa, you are not daydreaming. I don’t know how you escaped the hospital, however I’m not against you for doing that because it’s possible that you could have been sleepwalking while trying to get to the cabin where I’m, still, living at this time. Can you hear me, Lisa; if you can hear me, say something to me.”
“Yes, I can hear you, Martin; however, I can’t seem to understand all what you have been telling me jus now. I’m feeling, as though, I’m reliving the times of that horrible storm which, nearly, killed me. And I, also, am seemingly, reliving all that time, I spent in dark in that coffin while being, partly, alive, all that time.”
“I’m sure you must be scared at this time. However, the main thing is that you, still, are alive. And at first, I didn’t seem to believe that you were alive. However, now, that I, really, believe you are alive, I’m feeling, as though, my love for you has come back. And in feeling like this is making me, feel as though, I’m falling into a state of shock, myself. So, whatever you do, my dear, jus keep hanging on until you are well enough to go back home, again. Jus doing that for me will take me out of this state of shock. So, please say something to me, again, my dear. It’ll make me feel better all over.”
“What I want to say to you at this time even though I’m on a ventilator is that I, still, love you with all my heart. And whenever the time comes, that I am well, again, I want to get married to you?”
“Now, I can feel myself, pulling out of that shock. You jus made me feel better, already, and have given me, my confidence back, my dear. Now, that is enough talking, here’s the doctor. And after he has examined you, again, be sure to try to get all the rest you can. So, you get better and are back to your old self, again.”
So, then, Martin jus pulled up a chair, and stayed quiet while the doctor and nurse were taking care of her. So, the doctor said to her, “You see to be doing better, so now, you can go off the ventilator. However, you are going to have to stay on oxygen for now because being you’ve been in a state of shock that has impaired your breathing. And please cooperate with me and the nurse and do what you are told to do, like getting some rest.”

THE BEST THING IN MY LIFE EVER HAPPEN TO ME BY M.C.

THE BEST THING IN MY LIFE EVER HAPPEN TO ME BY M.C.
I want to, some day, see my children that our special git in my life, right now. I am making a good confident choice to keep working with my lawyer, Julia A. Reid. Also, a lady gave me, some information to help me, fight to see if I am my wonderful children of mine have my name on their birth certificate. I truly know how to deal with that matter. But, sometimes, things going on cause me to have minor problems. I I believe that as a father, I am making some changes, goals, to succeed in this world. That's wy I will never give up fighting this court matter.
My worker and guardian is helping out, but I, really, appreciate their help, guiding me most of the way on track. I, always, finish the rest. I will, eventually, get myself, money saved up. First, pick out a place to live, a very nice apartment. Get myself, established as a person. Think of some really nice things to get my kids for vist like for my oldest girl, Sarah, rose. I will buy her, some clothes and Barbie dolls, board games, to teach her how to play learning games like Goldfish cards jus to a good. What I get Elsa is some school money if her mother needs a little help; buy her, a big wheel. I pray, that we will BE A HAPPY FAMILY AGAIN. ALSO MAKE MY KIDS' LIFE STYLE BETTER THAN WHAT'S GOING ON W ITH ME. I WOULD TELL THEM, BAD HABITS FROM ME.

Living and Coping With Bipolar Disorder

LIVING AND COPING WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER

Managing Bipolar Disorder
Key Recovery Concepts

Hope. With good symptom management, it is possible to experience long periods of wellness. Believing that you can cope with your mood disorder is both accurate and essential to recovery.
Perspective. Depression and manic-depression often follow cyclical patterns. Although you may go through some painful times and it may be difficult to believe things will get better, it is important not to give up hope

Personal Responsibility
It’s u to you to take action to keep your moods stabilized. This includes asking help from others when you need it, taking your medication as prescribed and keeping appointments with your health care providers.
Self Advocacy. Become an effective advocate for yourself so you can get the services and treatment you need, and make the life you want for yourself.
Education. Learn all you can about your illness. This allows you to make informed decisions about all aspects of your life and treatment.
Support. Working towards wellness is up to you. However, support from others is essential to maintaining your stability and enhancing the quality of your life.

Educate Yourself
Leaarning everything you can about bipolar disorder is the step toward managing the disease. Become an expert on the illness. Study up on the symptoms, so you can recognize them in yourself, and look in to all available treatment options. The more informed you are, the better prepared you’ll be to deal with mood symptoms and head off major problems.

Get Involved in Your Treatment
Be a full and active participant in your own treatment. Using what you’ve learned about bipolar disorder, collaborate with your doctor or therapist in the treatment planning process. Don’t be afraid to voice your opinions or questions. You may find it helpful to draw up a treatment contract outlining the goals, and your provider have agreed upon.

Other Tips for Successful Treatment:
Be patient. Don’t expect an immediate and total cure. Have patience with the treatment process. It can take time to find the right program that works for you. Communicate with your treatment provider. Keep the lines of communication open with your doctor or therapist. Your treatment program will change over time, so keep in close contact with your provider.
Talk to your provider if your condition or needs change and be honest about your symptoms and any medication side effects.
Take your medication as instructed. If you’re taking medication, follow all instructions and take it faithfully. Don’t skip or change your dose without first talking with your doctor.
Seek psychotherapy. While medication may be able to manage some of the symptoms of bipolar disorder, therapy teaches you skills you can use in all areas of your life. Therapy can help you learn how to deal with your disorder, cope with problems, regulate your mood, change the way you think, and improve your relationships.

Take Charge of Your Recovery
To live fully and freely with bipolar disorder, your focus must be on more than jus symptom reduction. A Wellness Recovery Action Plan is a personalized plan for total wellness and recovery. It includes strategies for achieving and maintaining emotional health. Developing a wellness toolbox is the first step in creating your recovery plan. A wellness toolbox consists of coping skills and activities you can do to main a stable mood or to get better when you’re feeling “off.”

Schizophrenia: Screening and Diagnosis

SCHIZOPHRENIA: SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS
Date updated: January 31, 2008
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When doctors suspect someone has schizophrenia, they typically run a battery of medical and psychological tests and exams. These can help rule out other problems that could be causing your symptoms, pinpoint a diagnosis and also check for any related complications. These exams and tests generally members or close friends may be asked to provide information about your symptoms.

Diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia are:
Presence of at least two of these: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized or you may be diagnosed with one of the five subtypes of schizophrenia.
The five subtypes are:
Paranoid, catatonic, disorganized, un differentiated, residual
Talk to your doctor about which type of schizophrenia you have so that you can learn more about your specific situation and its treatments.