It’s not as easy as normal but I do get myself undressed and get into bed. Taking my last dose of medication before settling myself into my much sof...er bed. The medication does its job and I feel the pain easing before I doze off and fall asleep.I have no sense of how time has passed when I’m stirred awake by the noise and sense of someone coming into my room. “Robbie? Are you awake?” My sister calls out to me. “I am now!”“I’m sorry I just had to see you and wanted to check on you.” She says. Her senior manager had toldher that the patient’s husband was threatening legalaction and wanted to make a formal complaint. It was upto my wife to write a groveling letter of apology andtry to persuade him otherwise. She was totallydistraught and was in no position to put together such aletter, so I offered to do it for her, and asked her togive me all the details of what happened. It was an easy, if not bad mistake to have made, butnonetheless I wrote on her behalf, a detailed account. ” “Tim, I have been coming here for years. I don’t want to ruin our friendship by dwelling on what fell out of my mouth.” “So you didn’t mean it, then?” Hurt flashing across his eyes and then something different. Tim stepped closer, invading my space. “Well?” he presses the issue. “Tim, I am the girl that sits at your bar, watching you pour drinks, flirt with the ladies. I know how this works. Maybe a one and done, and then I have to find a new bar.” I step back from him, feeling. " She spoke softly to the officer at the door for several minutes. Their conversation so low I could not make out a word, though I was only 10 feet away.Linda gently closed the door. Tears running down her cheeks. "He said there are reports that thousands are dead, maybe as many as 10 thousand." She was in full crying mode. I still had no idea what she was talking about. Seeing my confusion she turned on the TV. "Take that dress off and get cleaned up, NOW!I froze. I was unable to comprehend.