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Racsan
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04-09-2004

Monday, January 16, 2006 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Racsan a private message Print Post    
My grandson, Joey, who is only going to be one this Saturday, has night terrors at least 3 times a week.

Has his doctor been told about these night terrors. A former co-worker of mine had an 8 year old son who had had night terrors since he was a toddler, and was on medication for them.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, January 27, 2006 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Last night, I allowed the heat to be turned up past 60 (without sneaking out and turning it way down). It was a cold night. Problem is, there is no humidifier in this house and no, I haven't set out pans of water as I should. So the air is getting uncomfortably dry.

Anyway, that dryness found it's way into my dream last night.

I've been retired 3 years now, but last night I dreamed I was back in my job--as a marketing writer (and sometime ad layout designer). In this dream, it seemed that overnight, the Systems people had replaced everyone's PCs, without any notice. I was furious after discovering the new PC had fewer capabilities than my old PC. No amount of talking to them did any good, so I went up in an elevator to my boss' office to let her know what was going on. (It was a boss I liked, who had left her job before I did, btw.)

On the way, I inadvertantly walked in on some VP who was ordering the spray be turned on. The spray? Well I figured out quickly it was some kind of tranquilizer--making all the employees behave like sheep. I actually started calling out that I couldn't breathe and was struggling--when I awoke, having trouble breathing because of the dryness in the air.

I really was having trouble breathing through my nose--and got right up, washed my face and turned down the durn thermostat. Heh. Think I'll put pans of water out today!

Resortgirl
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09-23-2000

Friday, March 10, 2006 - 6:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
I just now found this thread... very interesting stuff. I have had many recurring dreams since I was a kid. One is of a house that I know like the back of my hand although I have never been there in my real life. It's victorian and has many rooms and stories. Usually someone is chasing me through the house and I know of a secret attic that I make my way to and hide. Another is drowning. I'm usually in a car and go over an embankment or bridge into a river or lake. Sometimes there is ice, sometimes not. The car submerges and soon the water is over my head and I must take a breath. Ick! I hate that dream! I've also had dreams about things that have come true. I dreamed of Bobby Kennedy being shot the night before he was. I was 8. I dreamed that my grandma died the night before she did. I dreamed of a huge wall of water coming toward us from the ocean and trying to find higher ground before the tsunami. I probably have dreams of nice things happening that come true but I don't seem to remember those...

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Friday, March 10, 2006 - 10:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
About a year ago, talking to my younger brother who lives several states away from me, that we have a very similar recurring dream. When I was telling him about my dream, he stopped me and almost exactly filled in where I left off. Spooky!

I(we) dream of being in an old house with lots of stories and hidden rooms and cubbie holes. My dream is exciting as I find treasure boxes and cabinets filled with antiques and some kind of treasure. When I wake up I feel disappointed because I don't have those items I found in my dream.
My brother dreams of a very similar house, hidden rooms, cabinets, etc. but when he reaches the top floor, the whole house starts to shake and tilt, like it is going to come crashing down.

My brother and I have also bought the exact Mother's Day Cards and Birthday Cards for our Mother in the same year...more than once! And with him living in a different state, he mails his card, then I go over to my Mother's to visit, give her gift and card. While she is opening my present and card, she shows the one my brother mailed (since she sees him only on Christmas), I look at his card and just wait until she sees mine. Like a lot of elderly people, she doesn't throw away even greeting cards ever...I showed my brother her box of cards this past Christmas, and he nearly died laughing. I think little things like this have brought us closer in the last few months. That's a good thing!

Max
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08-12-2000

Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Oldtex, sounds like you and your brother are very close. I've heard of twins having these kinds of experiences, so I guess it's not that different with siblings.

Every now and then I have dreams that really bother me. The theme is the same -- it's like a dream within a dream. I feel like I'm in that half-sleep state right before drifting off to snooze-land. I then feel a presence in the room and feel someone either standing next to the bed or sitting on the edge or climbing in next to me. I want to wake up, but can't. I want to move, but can't.

Sometimes the presence (for lack of a better word) seems to simply be watching over me. After those times, it feels like my dad was there just checking on me. Other times, the presence seems to be more . . . menacing. Not in a scary movie kind of way, but more in a way that I really don't want this presence around. When I wake up from these times, it feels as though my ex-husband was there.

The menacing dreams are very disturbing to me. I wake up feeling paranoid and disturbed. I had another of these this evening when I took a nap (I had to be up early this morning and I have a cold, so I took a nap in the late afternoon). The dreams are very vivid and include things being moved around in my room. I feel as though the presence is telling me that I will never be free, that 'he' will always be there and there's nothing I can do about it.

A week or so ago, I had a similar dream. I dreamed that a friend was in the house with me and I took a nap. During the nap, the presence came and was very threatening to me. While I was still actually sleeping, in the dream, I woke up and was scared by the presence. I went to find my friend, only to find that there was furniture and nick-knacks moved in front of my door. When I got past them, a few pieces "followed" me down the stairs. When I found my friend, who was in the garage for some reason, she saw the same thing and we then saw my ex-husband's name appear in some dust. It was very creepy and seemed real -- to the point that when I woke up today, I thought, "I need to call my friend and tell her it happened again." Then I woke up the rest of the way and remembered that the other experience was also a dream.

I've had lots of experiences like this through my life -- especially that feeling of being paralyzed and unable to wake up. It's really disturbing and even more so because when I had surgery once, I experienced that feeling when coming out of the anesthesia. I remember being in the hospital room and my parents were there (they had come to take care of me during my recovery). I was still paralyzed by the drugs, but I could hear them talking -- arguing really -- about whether to wait for me to wake up or just go back to the apartment and come back in the morning. My father was adamant that he was going to stay until I woke up, while my mom wanted to go. All I wanted to do was tell them it was okay, that they should go to the apartment because I was out of it, but I couldn't move, couldn't even open my eyes. It was very, very disconcerting and it's exactly how I feel in the dreams.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, March 13, 2006 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
early this morning i had a dream that cathie came to visit me. i was really excited, but i had to go to san diego to see my son. she decided to go with me. she slept the whole way down--i don't know if she drove here from texas or was just tired.
we got to my son's and he lived on a little stretch of sand in a semi-decent trailer. don't know if there was beach nearby and i have no idea why he wasn't in his apartment. i said, 'amie's gone?' and he said she was but didn't know if it was all over.
then he said he bought a coffee shop. he took us to see it. it said "jacks bar and grill" in neon across the front. my son said he was getting a new sign. we went inside this corner building and it was dark and dingy with a big bar. i asked my son if he was getting some little tables and chairs and he said mostly people would get their coffee to go. i told him he still had to have some place for them to sit or put what they wanted in their coffee or eat their bagels, etc. i went to buy some bistro tables. when i came back, there were some teens drinking coffee and eating cake. i asked my son if he had change to give out when they paid. he told me he wasn't charging them. i asked if it was an intro special and he told me when he got his license, the county told him he could not charge minors. i was thinking that was really strange and then my son told me the clincher, "and i can't serve adults". i was like, "for God's sake! don't you realize if you can't charge kids and you can't serve adults, you can't make any money?!!"
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then i was naked in my north house backyard but all the houses around me had big open fields, not pine trees. i heard my mom call me and i told her i was fine and could find my house easily. and then turned around and damn, but my house was gone. i called out to my mom and she didn't answer. i saw men plowing and hid behind a wood pile. someone had left a man's black coat on a stump, so i put it on and was wandering around trying to find my house.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, March 13, 2006 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
serate, i was thinking maybe 'sam's son' is all the american youth fighting for their country. we have an 'uncle sam', so perhaps 'sam's son' is for all the sons (and daughters) of our country.


then i wondered if you had a post of mine somewhere where i mentioned living in the bronx when david berkowitz as "the son of sam" was shooting/murdering young couples as they went on dates.

dreams are so strange and so hard to analyze sometimes! i know the one about my son is because he is so naive some times. he just gave his debit card account number to some kids who came door to door for the san diego newspaper (supposedly). his bank called to tell him his number had been used to order videos and things online and a ring had been broken up at a high school. the kids were going door to door selling fake things to get credit and bank account numbers. maybe that's why i dreamed that he was such a goof about not making any money for his investment!

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, March 13, 2006 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
max, whenever i nap during the day, i feel like i am paralyzed or underwater and fighting to come up out of sleep. a monster or murderer could be coming at me, and i cannot force myself to fully wake up or move. it's also at this 'frozen' time that i have had psychic events occur. i have seen people wearing clothes they didn't buy yet, i have seen people i haven't met yet and know their names and then meet them and they are exactly who i saw in my dream. the real people meets occur with in a few hour to a few days of when i see them in my half-awake stage.
now, i don't sleep during the day if i can help it. i hate that drugged feeling where someone could walk right up to me and i'd be helpless to move and if i can yell, it comes out as almost nothing although i feel i am trying to shout.
at least the people i really meet in person later are good people or those i knew i would meet; for example, a new friend's brother coming home from the military or something. i haven't had to meet any of the bad guys from my dreamstate.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Sunday, April 02, 2006 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
I had 3 extremely vivid bad dreams in a row this morning. It has really punked me out. So I have the windows open, taking in the clean, cool breeze, trying to ease the creepies out of my system. (I can't believe I slept so long today!)

The first dream was a take on Anne Frank--which I read in the sixth grade. I delivered an oral book report on the book that year.

(About me: Though my father was Jewish by birth, I was not raised in any faith. What I grew up with was a pronounced need to speak against hatred and bias of any kind. Sounds weird saying it like that, but that is exactly how I felt, even at a very young age.)

Anyway, I should know better. I had a mixed drink while waiting for our dinner to be served at a family restaurant. With the meds I take, I rarely drink. They don't mix well. By the time I got home, I was very sleepy. So sleep came easily.

I know it was morning when I dreamed this dream--time enough for the alcohol to work its way out, you think. Ok. Enough lead up. Here's the dream.

I was working at my old job (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware). But we lived there, and worked from our bedrooms. I was Jewish and so was my roommate. (Turns out only Jews roomed with Jews.) That day, an email notified everyone that all Jewish employees should change into uniforms provided. They were light flannel with a vertical grey stripe on white. And girls (I was a girl in this dream though I worked) wore nightgowns while boys wore pajamas. The next day, a gold, embroidered Jewish star was sent to each Jewish employee. We were told to pin them on our nightgowns. The next day, we were told to report to the 'hospital' in orderly lines when a bell rang. Everyone somehow 'knew' we were going to be gassed there, yet no one discussed it or talked at all. No one seemed distressed. I saw sadness on the faces of the Jewish children and mask-like faces on all the other children.

The next day, when the bell rang, all the Jewish children went out their doors, unprotestingly to the hospital and death--in a kind of trance-like state. All that is, except me.

I sensed the unworldly air. So, I too, talked to no one about the edict, not even my roommate. Instead of going out the door to the hospital when the bell rang, I went to my closet, which somehow had been emptied of all content except my shoes. I lifted a panel in the floor and slipped below, pulling the panel back in place. I remember being able to raise it a bit to be able to see just a bit. I saw the whole room being emptied and cleaned.

I waited under that panel for some amount of time--not sure if it was days or weeks. Never thought about food or drink in my dream. But I do remember leaving my hiding spot to use a hall bathroom occasionally. Never ran into anyone. Then I'd slip back into my hiding place.

Eventually, I chose a day when I would try to leave the building. I walked the halls and floors to find the exit door and ran into a few people who didn't react to me at all. The minute I got to the door leading to the outside, a bell rang and everything locked up tight, keeping me inside once again.

And that is all I remember of this dream.

I felt as though I immediately dropped into another dream, though I am sure that is probably unlikely. This was so long, I will keep the others to myself!

I simply have no idea what sparked this dream. Why now?



Oldster, my (previously estranged) sister and I bought my mother the same cards so often it was eerie--both when we lived in the same town and when I lived in a different state. I always thought that was pretty amazing.

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Sunday, April 02, 2006 - 9:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Herck, do you watch "Lost"? That part about everything being locked tight at the end reminded me of the recent eipsode of Lost, which was re-aired Saturday night.

Also, as I stated in my 3/6 post, my younger brother and I, living in different states, often get my Mother the same Birthday and Mother's Day Cards! Isn't that weird?

BTW, you certainly do have vivid dreams. Hope you havw good dreams too! Sometimes they are just plain fun.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Sunday, April 02, 2006 - 10:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I had a vivid dream about 3 nights ago.
I think reading about Katie Holmes sparked this next one..LOL I was very heavy with child and I couldn't walk. There were lots of people helping me with it. I knew it was a boy.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 2:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Hahhaha, Twigs. That is a happy one!

No, I have never watched Lost. But I was watching that Jennifer Garner movie, something like, 13 Going on 30 and saw a scene where she went into a closet just before I fell asleep.

Oldtex, sorry, I misspoke and called you Oldster. (Foot in mouth!) Yes, I was speaking to you, as I read your post.

I have had good dreams, too. (Um, the ones I recall revolve around flying. Red faced HP.)

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 7:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cablejockey a private message Print Post    
Herckle, your'e dream was so weird. Do you often have dreams with this much detail in them? I wonder if your'e feeling 'persecuted' or targeted at work? Or have you recently been in contact with someone from you past, to trigger that dream. At least you showed a good sense of self preservation in your dream and did not follow blindly to your doom like the others.
I have been having bad dreams for weeks--yet I cannot remember them--which leave me with a bad feeling in the mornings like I have just escaped something really bad, so bad that my mind won't let me remember. It may have something to do with the fact that I am going to have surgery at the end of the month. This will be the third one in three years and sayings like "three times and you're out" are going thru my mind. Plus it feels like that movie Final Destination, where some teens get off a plane one has a psychic flash about and save themselves only to have death chase after them because it didnt get them on the plane! I'm so tired this morning, I hope I'm making some kind of sense.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 8:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Hi, Cablejockey. No, rarely that much detail!! And no, I am retired and have no one around me who is persecuting me. (Unless it's my dd, who watches my diet when she's here. Ha.)

I think everyone's dreams are that detailed, it's just that most times we can't recall them. For this one, I awakened suddenly (Hercules made a 'yip' sound) and everything was 'still in my head.' That's my guess why I could recall those finite details, anyway.

I wouldn't now be able to supply anywhere near the amount of detail for the two dreams that followed. In fact, I can't even recall the 3rd one at all now. I still remember the fact that it was negative, though. I felt extremely stressed when I finally hoisted myself out of bed. I felt as if I had been hallucinating rather than dreaming. Weird.

The 2nd dream was silly-bad, in that the topic was superficial--I vaguely remember that I was putting things (I think they were beanie babies--and I don't own a single one!) into piles. I was having a problem with fussy people who 'owned' the piles. Nothing earth-shaking, certainly, but for some reason, it really disturbed me. And this was all BEFORE a small hiccup in the otherwise smooth estate resolution following my mother's death--about a surprise topic. (I didn't even attend the meeting on Sunday because I was so rattled by my dreams!) Ed went in my place and explained what had happened we he got home. (I am probably reading too much into the dream on that one.)

And, I can't recall one dream from last night! Didn't stop to think about my dreams this morning, though. Sometimes I reach back in my head and TRY to remember and pick up bits and pieces. Didn't do that this morning, so nothing to report today.

Awww, about your insistent dreams these past weeks. I think that is a very healthy way to resolve your fears. (And don't put any faith in those old sayings, btw.) Have you thought about a happy ending to that dream BEFORE you go to bed. That's what some people do and it works for them. They find a way to escape that well-hole by deciding that 'THIS' is what will happen in their dream. See if that works tonight for you!

And, good luck with the upcoming surgery. I take it that it is rather serious? (Don't explain if you'd prefer to keep that private.)

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cablejockey a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the advice, I'll try that tonite. As for seriousness and surgery--I'll have to be knocked out while they repair something that connects to my left kidney which is blocked. It should be simple, and I wasnt too worried until I saw a story which stressed that everytime you are under general anasthesia, there's a chance you wont come out of or die while under--something that has me worried now. I'm sure it will all work out fine. Just too many trips to the hospital in the past three years.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Dreams are so interesting...those of you who share yours are very brave! This site has been posted in the Starting Over thread, but I thought that I would repost here as well. I find it interesting and thought that some of you might as well.

*Michael Lennox* is a dream expert, whatever that means. I especially enjoy reading the dream dictionary. ETA: But I take all of this with a big grain of salt.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 10:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Racsan, sorry I didn't get back to you about JOey's night terrors. We did tell the doc about them just a few weeks after I posted above. He said to just keep an eye on him.
He has been having them less and less, but he did have one last night. We just hold him for awhile and put him back to bed.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Cool, Cablejockey. Let us know if it helps.

Well, I think there's more danger in driving your car on any highway than there is from the administration of anesthesia.

Ask the doc before he puts you in la la land if he will be playing any music--and if he sings along to it. Bet his answer will surprise you and put you in a more lighthearted frame of mind. I am sure it will go just fine. Do let us know the date so we can 'gather round your hospital bed' in a cyber kind of way! Be sure to post as soon as you get back home then, too.

Vee, thanks, gonna check it out now! (I take everything with a grain of salt.)

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cablejockey a private message Print Post    
Thanks Herckle. I love that picture you painted of people gathering round my hospital bed 'in a cyber kind of way'!
I didnt look at all the posts here, so I'm sorry if this question has already been asked and answered--Has anyone had a dream that actually came true?

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Vee, I am home momentarily and finally checked out that site. I thought it was wonderful! The little I read really had me looking at this latest dream in a whole other way--those 3 levels--never stopped to consider what he calls the 'universal meaning.' Very cool.

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 3:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Herck, you can call me Olster, but only you! Just kidding.

But gee thanks...I'm just about to leave and will be on the highway!

Cable, I've also had too many surgeries in my life. And for me, the worse part is being put out and waking up...except for the last surgery I had. I woke up feeling pretty good, different doctors, hospital and such! I now try and speak with the anesthologist (sp) and explain any problems I've had in the past with being put under.

I'll be thinking of you and am sure everything will be fine. Count me in on the cyber circle around you.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Glad you liked the site, Herckie. I recently had a dream about writing a list on paper with a pencil that had no eraser. Believe it or not, all those things are discussed in the Dream Dictionary. It was intriguing and did allow me to analyze my feelings about some life issues with more clarity than I might have otherwise had.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 8:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    

Please count me in on Cablejockey's cybercircle! :-)
(I have been looking for a good excuse to use this gif... wink)

CJ, everyone here was great and helped me through a scary time when my dh had hernia surgery last Fall.

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cablejockey a private message Print Post    
Thanks Oldtex,I'll be happy to add you to my cyber bedside. We'll have to trade 'war stories' sometime.

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Monday, April 03, 2006 - 9:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Cable, I love trading 'war stories'. We cyber folk do like talking about ourselves...wonder what that means psychologically (sp).

Once I woke up in the surgery room, NO NO, don't get wrong idea, surgery was over, waiting to be taken to recovery, but a nurse saw I was awake and asked me "What do you think you're doing? Go back to sleep!" And I did. She obviously told surgeon about it because he asked me about it later, and if I was aware where I was and what I thought was going on. Surgeon was very surprised and said he had never seen this happen.

Well, one story down...a few more for later.