Lost Identity in the Operating Room

I woke up during my own surgery and heard the surgeon say my name isn't on any hospital

records. They kept operating while I screamed inside my paralyzed body.

When I finally could move, I ripped out my IV and found my chart.

Someone else's photo. Someone else's birthday. But my surgical consent signature. The nurse who prepped

me wasn't on shift that day according to the board. My insurance was billed to a procedure

I never agreed to. Security footage from pre op was corrupted. I'm standing in

a hospital gown with stitches I can't explain and an identity that doesn't exist in

their system. They're telling me I'm confused from anesthesia but I know what