In Fear and Trembling

On the second day of my rehabilitation (though I thought it was the third day), I could move better but was still having a lot of pain. My right leg was especially painful and one of the night nurses, his name was Cheng, was nice enough to explain to me the reason for it. He said the sciatic nerve to that leg had been cut during the surgery and that was where the pain was coming from. I was in terrific pain all that night and the ice pack they used on my leg did help some. That was the worst pain I can remember having. Cheng said that night had been the crisis period, and from then on, the pain in my right leg should decrease day by day, which it did, but very slowly.

During the night, along with the pain in my right leg, or maybe due to it, I had another spell of hallucinations. Of course, as it was happening, I was convinced it was all real.

I was lying in bed and suddenly it felt like there was someone under the bed pounding up on the mattress. The bed seemed to bounce from some unseen force underneath. It startled me at first, but then I realized that Satan was up to some of his tricks.

"Satan and all your demons," I whispered,"stop it right now and go away. You have no right to be here. I belong to Jesus Christ, and in His name, I command you to leave!"

The pounding on the mattress stopped! It happened two more times, but after telling Satan to leave the third time it never happened again.

Besides the leg pain, I was wearing a plastic back brace which was very rigid and was to be worn 24 hours a day, so my movements were quite restricted. As I lay there trying to find a comfortable position, I could hear the voices of two men coming down the hall. I could tell that they went into the nurse's station and sat down and began going over the patient's charts. It sounded like a doctor and one of his assistants.

I could hear rather well as they were talking, but didn't pay much attention until I heard my name mentioned. Then my ears tried to tune into every word.

"Well," said the first voice, in a nasty tone, "let's see what Sybert is doing to this one."

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