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                                                                                                        It’s three, or is it four-ish, in the
                                                                                                        morning? After a month or so

                                                                                                        of endless hours convalescing
                                                                                                        in between surgeries, the time

                                                                                                        of day becomes somewhat
                                                                                                        irrelevant. Especially if you
                                                                                                        haven’t given up your dreams of

                                                                                                        running marathons, flying and
                                                                                                        being an entrepreneur. However,

                                                                                                        immobility made me an easy prey
                                                                                                        to depression and apathy, sisters
                                                                                                        to the main predator. That wasn’t

                                                                                                        an option. Adjustments had to
                                                                                                        be made on that super high-tech
                                                                                                        hospital bed. A horizontal bar on

                                                                                                        my left side, the side of my only
                                                                                                        functioning limb, did the trick.
                                                                                                        Pull-ups: 1, 2, 3, 100, 1000 - who

                                                                                                        counts when a lifetime dream is
                                                                                                        at play?







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