He'd seen that the young ones died quickly. He'd heard the staff talk about it. When they were ready they let go. Not like adults. Adults took a long time. It was as if adults had built such a thick, petrified husk around them that this alone gave them the strength, the form to hold on. And by the transient revival that so often came to the dying, adults seemed to find a last little puff of life before the end. They had a term for it here at the hospital -- hui guang fan zhao, the reflected rays of the setting sun. Children were lacking in this. They went quickly. He watched as the DOWN light came on and the elevator door slid open. He had a fear that his life now was just an interlude of hui guang fan zhao, a brief moment before it all came back, worse. And for so long now he had been in this state by himself. He stared up at the digital floor numbers flashing, descending. Nicole Mones
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"You're in a hospital, the most dangerous place in the world. It's not that you're going to die. You're going to wish that you had." I feel this quote is very true. The hospital is a scary place and we all know it.

We all know we will see patients in ward who are suffering from life threatening diseases. But, what we don't realize is that we are all in danger in some way, shape or form. You may be suffering from a serious illness or injury and you might not even know it yet.

As children, we grow up with the idea that something bad will happen when we grow old but this is not always true. It is important to remember that there are many things out there that will harm our health and could put us into a hospital such as time, stress and alcohol.

Source: A Cup Of Light

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