When the last of the autumn skies shine blue the way they did this year, it takes me right back to Coronary Care.
20th of May I got wheeled in there. I spent the first night looking out the window at the lights of Whangarei and in particular the traffic lights right below — green yellow red green yellow red, over and over — determined to keep my eyes open lest I dropped off to sleep and never woke again.
I woke to a beautiful sunrise and for the next couple of weeks, that was my view: a window up high looking out across the city to day after day of beautiful blue skies. The staff were all kindness and care and full of explanation of what had happened to me, except for why it might have happened.
