Comatose
Posted in Original Fiction on March 3rd, 2003 by Peter K. Lam – Be the first to comment
By Peter K. Lam
As I lie in my bed asleep, I felt horrible because of the potent flu virus that I caught. I spent my entire day today just huddling in my bed because I was too sick to do anything else. I hate being sick because one of the side effects of sickness that happens to me is that I get really weird dreams. One time I dreamt about a falling action where I fell and fell continuously down into darkness. This is the type of dream I had when I had high fevers but not this time. This time something different happened to me.
I had just fallen asleep and usually I dream about nothing when I first begin to sleep. My dreams start to occur when I get half way into my sleep. The dream usually starts with me feeling a strange lifting feeling that affects my entire body. It’s as I had jumped out of an airplane and I started to feel the intense wind blowing against me as I fell. I continued to fall with increasing speed and the wind blowing against me would only intensify. My body started to feel like it was burning as the wind slapped every part of my body.
This part of the dream only happens for a little while but it felt much longer this time. I had never stayed in a dream about falling for this long before so I attempted to wake myself up. I started become half conscious because I started to hear my brother talking to my mom about my condition. Their voices were muffled and I could make out what they were saying. I tried to open up my eyes but they felt as though they were sealed shut. I tried to speak and lifting my arm up but nothing happened. It was as though I was a dead weight! I continued to launch into the darkness and the speed wouldn’t let up. That’s when I realized something was very wrong. I started to panic.
Sked’s eyes were closed as he slept but, every once in awhile, his eyes would twitch from one side to the other. This is rapid eye movement which is a characteristic of some who’s asleep. Sked laid in his bed, the comforters pulled all the up to his neck to prevent him from feeling cold. He has been sick for the past day now and has shown signs of recovering. He slept for most of the day and everyone thought it was pretty normal until he didn’t wake up.
When his mom and brother came in to check on him, they found him asleep peacefully. Sked’s mom used the back of her hand to feel Sked’s forehead to check and see if the fever has gone down. Earlier in the day the fever was nearly gone but now Sked’s forehead was so hot that it felt like it was aflame! Calling out to Sked, Sked’s mom and brother tried to shake Sked awake but he didn’t budge.
Sked’s eyes started to go through REM at a face pace and at closer intervals as though he were in some kind of fast paced dream. Sked’s mom didn’t know what to do. Touching Sked’s forehead again, she knew something was not right and quickly rushed for the phone. The brother continued to move Sked in an attempt to arose him awake but to of no avail. The brother started to talk to Sked calling him to wake but was met with silence. As the brother held Sked by the hand, he could see Sked’s eyes trying to lift open but appeared to be struggling. Sked’s eyes continued to jiggle indicating that he was still dreaming.