The Writer’s Workshop

I chose number 4 – allergic reaction

I was having a twenty minute operation on my right wrist for carpal tunnel. Easy Peasy according to the doc. They had applied a beir block – “A Bier block (intravenous regional anesthesia) is a safe, effective, and short-term anesthetic technique for arm or leg surgeries, involving an intravenous injection of local anesthetic into a limb isolated by a tourniquet.” When the quick op was done apparently the anesthesiologist let the tourniquet that held back the lidocaine loose too fast, went straight up to my heart and stopped it. All I remember is sitting straight up all of a sudden, and then falling back. I died there for a few minutes and then woke up with a bunch of equipment and a mask which I tried to remove – of course I’m claustrophobic- and my sister in law pushed it back on telling me I had to have it. I really didn’t know what happened until hours later. This is the first time I died so my family thinks I’m immortal…

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This Week’s Writer’s Workshop Prompts – February 24, 2026