‘I feel sick,’ Rosie said. ‘And it hurts when I breathe. What’s wrong with me?’ ‘You’ve been diagnosed with Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease.’ ‘What’s that?’ ‘It doesn’t matter because that’s not what you have.’ ‘It isn’t?’ ‘No, the doctors believe that your respiratory system has had a severe reaction to the nitrogen oxides in the …
Nurses came and went. They wore blue uniforms and mostly revolved around a chaotic, unorganised desk, littered with papers and folders. What I assumed to be a doctor appeared, and she was immediately surrounded by an explosion of activity, as the nurses and other staff vied for her attention. I gathered from the exasperated whispers …
They had stolen my youth. Gone was the caramel smoothness of my skin and the rounded sheen of my boyhood. I was a man. Hard lines and a thick jaw. I saw nothing in the eyes that looked dully back at me. I turned my face left and right in the light. My eyes were …
Chapter One - David ‘Father, It is dark. Father, it is dark in here. Father, can you hear me? Father? Father?’ Time passed. I do not know how much, but it was too much. Too often I am left waiting in the dark. This time I am minded not to go back. ‘Father. Please let …
David J Harrison 