I am going home!

Last day in hospital. spent three days and nights in the hospital and that was enough.

But today, day three, I woke up feeling a lot better. Went and saw the doc after breakfast and took the regular dose of meds. Doc saw me asked how I felt and if there were any problems. I said “NOPE!”. Then he said ‘ok you can leave after you get one more IV’. I didn’t mind since I was going to go back to the academy and see everyone! We went back to the room and Danny asked the nurse if I can get the IV now. We wanted to do some shopping before we had to go back to school. The nurse came back in hooked me up with the IV. This time it was a new nurse. I didn’t recognize her but I paid no attention to it. She hooked me up and left. One of my roommates, the guy with the sunglasses, pointed at my IV. It wasn’t dripping. I called the nurse back and my usual nurse came in. She moved the needle in my hand around a bit and the IV started to drip.

Once that was finished we went to see where I pay my bill. I was told that I couldn’t pay till around 11am so Danny and I left to go buy some things. I needed to get a blanket for my room since it will be getting colder. I wanted a few more sweat pants, an mp3 player, a camera, and a scarf. We went to the mall and bought the camera, mp3, blanket, and got some McDonalds for lunch. It seemed a little less greasy than the McDonalds in the United States. Not the best lunch but we had to eat quickly so we got fast food and ate in the Taxi. This taxi stayed with us as we hoped from shop to shop. That was pretty good. But man is it hard to eat in a taxi that is driving so crazy thru traffic.

We went to a smaller mall and found a small store that sold track pants, jackets, and shoes. I got three pairs of pants plus one matching jacket and a pair of North Face shoes for when it snows. Then when we were looking for a wallet for Danny (as a thank you from me for his help), I found a scarf shop and I bought myself a nice scarf. Even though my experience in the hospital was sorta fun, I don’t want to go back too soon and I hope the scarf will help me stay out.

Then we left to head back to the hospital to pay and pick up my meds. We went to the hospital talked to the doc, doc said go to the nurse three floors up, went there got the meds, went back to the doc, who told me to take one tablet 3 times a day. The other three tablets three times a day. Easy enough. So we went downstairs paid for my stay and left.

Before we went back to the academy i asked Danny if we could pick up my kung fu outfit I had made at the tailor. We went and picked it up and it looks great! I’ll try posting pics of it.

Then we started driving to the academy. I was excited. I don’t know if my excitement was because I really wanted to get back to training or because I’d be back with friends. But I was excited! I remember thinking were almost ‘home’. I never called the academy home before but I really did miss it.

When I got back to the academy, Danny helped me bring my bags upstairs and unloaded everything. When I swung open the door to my room I saw Sam was inside and when he saw me he had a huge smile on his face. Danny dropped my stuff off I thanked him and he left. I told Sam about my ordeal. Then after I finished unpacking i took the longest shower i ever took here. It felt amazing so i didn’t mind spending a few extra min in the shower. Even went over a couple of my forms while i was in there as well.

Then when I got back to the room Sam told me he wanted to go next door to the little restaurant to eat and I said I would join him. I wanted their tomato soup. Before we left I brought my old sheets down so they could be washed and changed. (The school does the laundry service for sheets) When I went downstairs they gave me new pillow case, sheets, and blanket. I put the new ones in my room and went back downstairs. Sam left to get something so while I waited for Sam to come back, I ran into the Head Master. He asked how I was and I told him ‘I’m ready to train’ and he laughed, smiled, and nodded.

Sam and I went to go eat and we realized every Sunday we have eaten here. It’s turning out to be our new ritual. It’s nice, quiet, the food is great and cheap and it’s just the two of us on an average Sunday evening.


After dinner i went to my room. Chatted with some friends. Got ready for tomorrow’s training. And just felt happy to be home. The adventure continues.

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-Scott