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This is funny. It’s no secret that most of my friends are no longer close to reach. They’ve left the city or are not in the country all together. Same with family. Hence, we are always communicating online.
I do remember a period when I fell ill and had to be admitted in the hospital. My mom never left my side and I had her relentless support however, my phone was still beside me. I despise boredom and even if my body was weak, I needed a distraction from all the pain I was feeling. The test results said I had a high degree of typhoid & Malaria and peptic ulcer. I remember that one of my legs got paralysed even.
The pain was too much and I needed to do something. I hadn’t come across Hive then and my cousin and friends were out of town. I had my mom but she had to go to her place of business on days too. Therefore, I was alone, plugged and with nothing to do but my phone.
I would play Word games or Kitchen Fever. I wasn’t a fan of movies then and I was too proud to call anyone I knew to come send me anime because I knew (or I thought I did) that I would just get turned down. I had a laptop then that was quite rubbish and Mom would bring it to me and I would keep myself busy watching what Anime I had.
Honestly, for the two weeks I was in that position, I had no idea how heavily I came to depend on those gadgets till the day I got home. I was admitted in a private hospital (thanks to family abroad who sent money for my treatment) and there was light 24/7 all through my time there. I can’t tell if I was deceived by that or I was still woozy from all the meds but I didn’t ask my mom to plug them in that night when she came because I thought “yeah I’m leaving tomorrow”.
I was fine and was walking with my leg - with some pain still. When we got home, all through that day, NEPA showed us shege from Eve and even into the next. That was how I had to use books and sleep to re-channel my boredom and then my friends got back and they came to visit.
For three days without light, I was surrounded by people and books. I think that has to be one of the most memorable times of my life.
This is my response to the Digital Lifestyle prompt 011
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