A Prior Engagement
“And found himself in a private room in a military hospital at Bagram.
His prayers had been answered.
He stretched his fever-weakened muscles, relishing the clean, scratchy cotton against his torso and any damn mattress, even this serviceable hospital one, cushioning his body. Frankly, he needed the sensory reminder that he wasn’t lying on a dirt floor, scratching fleabites while his belly squirmed with dysentery.
The comfortable bed allowed him to close his eyes, confident he wouldn...’t be kicked into consciousness, and helped him bypass those terrible waking seconds when he thought, I have to survive another day. And later, when he’d given up all hope of rescue—What am I surviving for?
Opening his eyes, he scanned the simple prefab hospital room, luxuriating in the peacefulness. Closed his eyes and reveled in the lack of pain.
The Americans who’d found him had been kind, treating him with brisk efficiency.MoreLess
His prayers had been answered.
He stretched his fever-weakened muscles, relishing the clean, scratchy cotton against his torso and any damn mattress, even this serviceable hospital one, cushioning his body. Frankly, he needed the sensory reminder that he wasn’t lying on a dirt floor, scratching fleabites while his belly squirmed with dysentery.
The comfortable bed allowed him to close his eyes, confident he wouldn...’t be kicked into consciousness, and helped him bypass those terrible waking seconds when he thought, I have to survive another day. And later, when he’d given up all hope of rescue—What am I surviving for?
Opening his eyes, he scanned the simple prefab hospital room, luxuriating in the peacefulness. Closed his eyes and reveled in the lack of pain.
The Americans who’d found him had been kind, treating him with brisk efficiency.MoreLess
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