I Had a Dream Last Night

Dream #20 - Final

Dream #20 - Final

"Here are your patients for today," the senior intern told me as she hands me the information of the patients that will be under my care for the day.

I took the folder from her hand and examined what's written on it for a short time. I didn't read them all.

"Thanks, SC," I thanked her, calling her with the nickname she really liked.

She gave me a big smile. "There are comatose patients I want you to handle for me. I have surgery with Doc. Miranda later."

I nodded and said good bye to go to my first patient.

I finished a lot of things before I finally went and did the tasks SC assigned to me. I had already finished recording some patients' histories, so I took the folder containing the information for the patients I needed to check. Most of these are comatose patients, as SC mentioned earlier, and I need to make sure they get the proper nutrition and so on.

"The next one is in the ICU. Those are all basic things, I expect you can do it on your own now? I still need to guide the other two intern," Marga said as she looked at the time from the wall clock, she's a physician assistant that was guiding me since earlier.

"I got this, Marga. Thanks."

I prepared myself before I went inside the ICU for my first patient. While I'm looking for his infos in the medical chart SC gave me, I already entered the room.

I checked the patient's medical record number right in his bed, and as a result, I saw and studied his documents.

My gaze was drawn to the patient's name. My eyes were drawn to the shape of his name because it was so familiar.

Kaiden.

That was the patient's name.

My heart began to beat faster, as did the ECG machine. But the longer I stared at the patient's information, all I could hear was my heartbeat. I froze in place.

I read the full name of the patient. Kaiden Carter.

And a memory came across my mind.

"What's your name, young man?" my mom asked Kaiden while she gave me a piercing glare.

I should have known that she was skipping work!

"Kaiden Carter, ma'am," he answered when my mom asked.

My mom's glare didn't left me, but she nodded at Kaiden. I'm in big trouble, aren't I?

It was an old dream I had. Kaiden came to my room at night when he was sick. We were about to leave the house in the morning when I realized my mother hadn't left the house and had caught us leaving.

My heart is racing frantically as I remain frozen in place. I placed the folder gently on a nearby table and took small, gentle steps towards the patient's bed.

He's been in a coma for 15 years! That's a long time, and Kaiden died exactly 15 years ago.

I closed my eyes when I realized I was standing in front of his bed. I opened my eyes slowly. I recognized a familiar face and a very familiar feature. With his growing stubble in his face, he appeared mature.

I don't know how long I stared at him. I didn't even realize tears were falling from my eyes. If it hadn't been for a nurse who went inside, I'd still be standing there, trying to tell the difference between reality and a dream.

She noticed I was crying and went over to ask me a lot of questions.

"Doc. Kei? Are you crying? What happened? Is the patient alright?" she bombarded me with a lot of questions but I stood there unashamed while still staring at Kaiden.