*Shelby*

“Good news Shelby,” the kind nurse with curly black hair said as she walked into my hospital room.

“I get to go home today?” I offered, hoping she was coming in with my discharge paperwork.

I had been promised I would get to go home today as long as I didn’t show any worrisome symptoms during the night, which I hadn’t. I couldn’t wait to get home and let my family and friends know that I was still in one ...