Day Surgery and Superpowers
Two weeks til the bandages come off. She's been here before. This is the hard part, the next few hours, in and out of consciousness. Floating above the recovery room in an Atavan induced haze. At least this time it's just a nerve block or four. The spinal last time was a disaster, completely numb from the waist down, disembodied, powerless. Then the side effects- the spinal headache and projectile vomiting, mainlining straight morphine and oxy for 2 days until she thought she'd throw up the lining of her stomach.This is the last time. That's what the surgeon said. Mind you, he said that about the last three surgeries. Apparently her superpower is regrowing any and all bone removed from her body, at a ridiculously rapid pace. It could be worse, it could be terminal in some way. They could have to lop off a limb or find some inoperable tumour. After eight years of xrays and follow up she's waiting to see what side effects come her way. The irony. Oh joy. Then the atro...