A Dream Impossible!

After I Had Published My First Book A First Step - Understanding Guillain-Barr Syndrome It Occurred To Me That The Dream Sequences Described In That Book Would Make For An Interesting Read On Their Own As A Collection Of Short - But Impossible - Stories.. Thus Were Sewn The Seeds For This Publication. The 'Postscripts' That Have Been Added Are Included To Assist Readers Who Have Not Read The Earlier Book And Who Therefore May Not Have A Full Understanding Of The Circumstances I Found Myself In.. During My Seven-Month Confinement In Intensive Care On A Ventilator For Breathing Assistance Diagnosed With Severe Acute Chronic Guillain-Barr Syndrome - Sometimes Referred To In Its Abbreviated Form As Gbs I Experienced Many Dreams And Hullucinations Some Of Which Are Described In The Book. The Medications I Was Taking The Inability To Distinguish Between Night And Day Being Thrust Into An Unfamiliar Environment Or Something Inherent In The Disease Itself May Have Been The Cause. Although These Dreams Are Not Necessarily In The Sequence In Which I Dreamed Them It Is Possible To Connect Them To Certain Events Or Phases Of My Illness.. Initially I Was Paralysed From My Toes Up To My Eyebrows. This Did Not Appear To Inhibit My Mobilty In Some Of The Dreams Though. One Moment I Was In A Wheelchair The Next Flying An F16 Fighter Jet Even Though I Had Never Flown Before Other Then As A Fare Paying Passenger.. I Found These Episodes Much More Intense Than The Garden-Variety Dream. In Fact Most Seemed So Real That Sometimes It Was Difficult If Not Impossible To Separate Them From Reality. Every Effort Has Been Made To Keep The Original Story Lines. It Must Of Course Be Understood There Were A Few - Although Very Few - Grey Areas And Only In Those Situations Have I Linked Different Parts Of The Story By The Logical Threads Suggested By Circumstances. For The Most Part My Recall Of These Dreams Was Total.. Except For My Relatives The Names Used To Identify Characters Are Fictitious And Used To Enable The Reader To Follow The Thread Of The Story. In These Sequences Any Similarity To Any Person Living Or Deceased Other Than In The Case Of The Exception Noted Is Entirely Coincidental And Unintended.. I Hope You Enjoy Your Read.. The Author.