His heart pounds in his chest, and it feels tight while he tries to catch his breath. His wife tries not to appear concerned as she watches him across the breakfast table. But she soon frowns, gets up and touches his arm.
“I’ll call an ambulance,” she says and takes out her cell phone. He assures her the pain is due to indigestion, and it is nothing new.
“It will eventually go away like it always does,” he says and tries to smile.
But she doesn’t believe him, and she makes the call. An ambulance equipped with a stretcher, oxygen and intravenous equipment immediately arrives and takes him to the emergency department of a local hospital.
“Mr. Smith,” a voice shouts as he lays on a stretcher. “Can you hear me?” But the voice fades away as everything goes dark, and he takes his final breath. He begins to float…higher and higher.
Looking down at what appears to be his body, he sees that his gown has been removed and his chest exposed.
“Stop,” “Has no one heard of the word privacy?” he shouts. There is no response. Staff are too busy pumping his chest.
Minutes pass and then hours before he finally wakes up. His wife is by his side. Again, he can feel his heart beat.
“I’ll call an ambulance,” she says and takes out her cell phone. He assures her the pain is due to indigestion, and it is nothing new.
“It will eventually go away like it always does,” he says and tries to smile.
But she doesn’t believe him, and she makes the call. An ambulance equipped with a stretcher, oxygen and intravenous equipment immediately arrives and takes him to the emergency department of a local hospital.
“Mr. Smith,” a voice shouts as he lays on a stretcher. “Can you hear me?” But the voice fades away as everything goes dark, and he takes his final breath. He begins to float…higher and higher.
Looking down at what appears to be his body, he sees that his gown has been removed and his chest exposed.
“Stop,” “Has no one heard of the word privacy?” he shouts. There is no response. Staff are too busy pumping his chest.
Minutes pass and then hours before he finally wakes up. His wife is by his side. Again, he can feel his heart beat.
