Alone

Anxiety Attack

It's been a day since Tommy left me. He tried to call me on my phone but immediately I pressed the end call button.

The nurses have been checking up on me from time to time. Most of the visits, they have been changing the bandages on my leg and checking my vitals. One of the nurses told me, while she was changing my IV, that a social worker was going to come here and talk to me about what was going to happen once I leave here in 2 days.

I told the nurse that I wasn't going to stay in some government owned house and live with people who are just going to abuse me again. I'm not going with them.

Just the thought of being taken away causes my heart to beat faster. My breathing starts to become out of control.

Oh God! Not now! I'm starting to have a panic attack.

Tears start to fill up my vision and threaten to spill out at any second. My hands start to become ice-cold and soon, become numb to the touch. My entire body starts to shake like a violent earthquake. My breaths become useless as I am breathing in more than I can take.

The heart monitor picks up my panic attack and a few seconds later, a nurse and another person comes into the room.

"Cassy, sweetie, you need to calm down honey."

My body doesn't listen, my mind is still in a panic.

"It's okay sweetie your safe now."

Safe. Am I really? Am I going to be safe once you let me go with this person? This stranger?

The nurse starts to hold my arms down. I try to resist.

"I NEED SOME HELP IN HERE!!!", the nurse calls out. Soon, two other nurses come in and try to help her. My body is still shaking as one of the nurses takes a needle and puts it into my IV.

"Relax sweetie. It's okay. Your safe."

Suddenly my body starts to relax and my breathing calms down. My eyes start to grow heavy as the nurses let go. My mind starts to go fuzzy as darkness surrounds me.