Entry 14

RESOLUTIONS Two weeks and counting, I am alive!! I had to do a little physiotherapy with a specialist and was getting quite attached to my walking stick when the player-hater-but-good doctor deemed me whole again. He said to ditch the stick and learn to walk with both feet [sigh]. Buh, there I was thinking I’d be the next Don Jazzy with my Mo’hits squad consisting of Nneka, Nneka, Nneka and Nneka! (who needs dbanj?) I refuse to believe that 4 weeks of my life just passed by like that, I refuse to believe that I was in a coma for all of that time. It’s their word against mine I choose to believe my side of the story. Bloody liars!! I was in an accident, I know. Out of 14 passengers (15 if I add the driver of the bus) only 4 of us survived! Myself, the driver, a child and her mother. The person that would have been the 5th bleed to death while the ambulance was stuck in traffic on its way to the hospital. To think that since the so called police were not that far off from the scene of the accident they would have found it a duty call to do something productive. Buh, did they send? They were too preoccupied with their 'egunje' collection After my 1st week in comatose state with no physical improvement, mother shipped me off to the university teaching hospital at Ibadan. She must have gone through hell. Poor woman. She didn’t ask me where I was going to, didn’t ask what happened to the exams I was supposed to be writing or why it was Nneka that came to see her after I failed to keep up with the deal we made. Seeing her tear reddened eyes and swollen face when I woke up was enough to make me pause. I have decided to change my way of life and live each day as though tomorrow is judgment day. I was invited for a NAG fellowship (I think is means New Age for G*d or something like it) next week. The Christian sister and brother that “ministered” to me were quite friendly and acted as though they were the personal guardians to the gate of heaven. My resolution for this second chance I’ve have been given to live is “NO REGRETS” maybe a little doze of communion and ‘alleluia’ praises would help me in my bid for a better self. - TABBY