Nightmare

Writing 101 – Day 3, Commit to a Writing Practice

Everything was working as expected, then her blood pressure dropped, I could not feel her pulse. It was hell and I knew the reason… it was just that I had no idea how to fix it.

He came to me and asked me what was wrong, I looked at him and panicked. My hands were shaking, I felt the room turned around me.

I started doubting myself. My mind told me that from the beginning everything was a mistake: I had taken an impossible task for which I was not prepared, my surgical skills were not enough to save her life.

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Background song: Nightfall by Yasuharu Takanashi