It's my best friends birthday tomorrow. She's turning 20. I've known her practically my entire life. We've been friends since we were like 4. And for every birthday that we've known each other we've always seen each other. When we were little, it was a birthday party and a sleepover afterwards, and after we both reached about 13, it was just sleepovers. Sometimes, we attended each other's birthday dinners with family.
Earlier this month, she was taken to the hospital and then admitted to the ICU. She had a lung collapse, her pancreas was in narcosis, and she's suffering from a gallstone issue. Her resting heart rate has been at 130 instead of the 60-100 it's supposed to be. 3 days ago, they had to sedate her and place her on a ventilator. She's in a medically induced coma.
Normally, when I'm upset, I can call or text her, and we'd talk about how I'm feeling and break it down and work things out together. She's in the hospital, and the reason I'm upset, but I feel like she's the only person that I could talk to. It fucking sucks. We're 20, we are supposed to be worrying about college and grades and our future careers but now I'm worried if I have to write a eulogy for my bestfriend.
