…My cries seemed to fade into the background, swallowed by the indifference around me. But deep inside, an overwhelming fear clawed at my insides—a primal terror that knew something was catastrophically wrong. I lay there, looking up at the clear blue sky, a cruel contrast to the chaos within me.
Minutes passed, or maybe it was just seconds, as I lay helpless, the world spinning around me with indifferent speed. Then, as if in a distant dream, I heard the wailing sirens, a lifeline thrown into my turbulent sea of despair. Relief mixed with my fear, creating a volatile cocktail of emotions that left me breathless.
When the paramedics arrived, their expressions immediately shifted from perfunctory professionalism to grave concern. They started asking questions, their voices calm yet urgent, grounding me in a reality I desperately wished to escape. I tried to answer, to articulate the inexplicable void where sensation in my legs should have been.
