[ WP ] You 've been dead for 67 days . You awake to the entire world watching the first human revival . Your revival .

One eye open. Two eyes. How long have I been asleep? I remember the hospital room. The bright white lights that made time into perpetual day. The doctors muttering and the nurses with fresh bedpans. That was a lifetime ago. Or was it minutes? Sleep can do that to a person, though. 
 
 `` Jerry?'' The sound of someone's voice. Only an echo, maybe a thought. `` Jerry?'' No, definitely a voice. It's to my left... I think it's my left. 
 
 `` Yes, hello?'' The words do n't come out. I try again, but my throat feels weak. Incredibly weak. I move my hand to massage the muscles. But I do n't. The arm has n't lifted. My hand has n't budged. My mouth flops like a dying fish. My tongue rolls across my lips. Was I anesthetized? 
 
 `` Jerry, blink if you hear me.'' The voice again. It sounds urgent. I squeeze my eyelids together with tremendous force and fight to reopen them. I'm in a panic. What is going on? What is wrong? With an exhausting effort I finish my blink. I hear uproarious applause. The voice again. It's behind me now. `` He's returned!'' The cheering is louder. 
 
 In a rush, I suddenly remember. The beeping of the heart monitor. The shouting that faded to gray with the faces that surrounded my operating table. It was a heart attack, I think. Or a stroke? I turn my head to the side, but the only thing that really moves are my eyes. More applause. I must have been dead for minutes. Maybe an hour- Did the doctors beat some kind of record? 
 
 `` The first successful resurrection of a cadaver by the medical community.'' Papers are shuffling by my right ear. I ca n't see who is holding them. `` And he was a corpse for 67 days! Incredible.'' 
 
 My stomach drops. 67 days? Two months? I was dead for *two months*? 
 
 `` 67 days, 11 hours.'' Another voice concurs. `` Incredible.'' 
 
 My throat releases a weak groan and the applause rebounds. I can feel the tears welling in my eyes as I understand. But how do I tell them? How do I explain to the world? 
 
 I am only back from darkness.
