Among The Wolves

Humans!

The next day was probably the slowest and most boring day of my life. I was up and ready to go by 4:45 in the morning but there was nothing to do and no one to do that nothing with. I ended up building a tower out of pessaries and syringes that I found in the drawer. Shortly after eight o'clock, Dr. Mee came to visit me and give me a checkup. She checked my leg and drew some blood. She left with the statement that the leg was still very swollen and that I needed to work harder with elevating it more. Yay... something to keep me busy. So later that day, I played a bean toss game of sorts. I used cotton balls and alcohol wipes due to the lack of bean bags.

The day after that I disregarded her instructions when I found a stack of disposable toilet hats underneath the sink in the bathroom. I placed one on my head before grabbing the toilet plunger and thrusting it forward. "Arrr, if you want to use the restroom, you have to go through me." I swung the plunger. "Beware of Captain No-Relief! The dreaded pirate of the porcelain throne! ARRR!"

The third day I spent most of the morning reading from a medical book that Dr. Mee let me borrow. She only brought in three options.

Medical Insurance

Male and Female Reproductive Systems

Comprehensive guide to Foot and Paw Diseases

I stuck with the third option. I did not read so much as I did look at all the pictures. Who knew that fungus liked feet so much?

Day four didn't seem so slow, Dr. Mee deemed that I no longer needed that big ol' heavy boot and replaced it with a smaller brace. I proudly strutted about the room without the knee scooter. Ahh, it truly does feel good to have both legs back.

"Why don't you hold on to this?"

I gazed back and forth between Dr. Mee and the knee scooter. "But I don't need it anymore."

"Think about it," Dr. Mee tried to reason with me. "You probably are going to be here for a couple more days and you could use this to make time go by a little faster." She winked at me. "If you know what I mean."

I nodded. "I understand but-"

"WONDERFUL! Just think of all the fun you could have and woo, it is alright to act like a kid every once and awhile." She sat on the scooter and pushed it before lifting her legs up.

I watched the doctor sail across the room. "WEEEE!" I scratched my head. Okay...?

When she was done, she asked if I wanted a turn. I smiled but shook my head. "Thanks, maybe later." I sat on the bed and began inspecting my new brace. It was so much lighter and more comfortable than the ol'boot. I kept quiet as I scratched at the rigid material. Yet I would miss the other one. Every time the Theta visited me she would put a sticker on it so I had 37 shiny stars on it. It made this brace look boring. She probably visited me more than she needed to. I looked at a lone smiley face that was down by my ankle bone, or the fibula. Why did I let her convince me to put a happy face on this one?

"Are you alright, Kejyta?"

I looked up at Dr. Mee, seeing that her face was just about in mine again. I am really starting to think that you are nearsighted. I pursed my lips whilst nodding.

"Are you admiring that beautiful sticker?"

I let out a small laugh at the sight of Dr. Mee's gleaming smile. "Yes doctor, I am."

Dr. Mee winked.

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The next morning, I woke up to some noise but was not entirely sure what it was I heard. The noise was no more. After a few minutes, before I concluded it was nothing I heard it again. Giggling, and it was followed by a patter of small feet behind my door.