2018-08-30

I left the hospital seven days later but remained bedridden at my home for the next two months.

Someone who is bedridden is so ill or disabled that they cannot get out of bed. 

And, up to this point, I had been right. Many times during my career I had encountered life-threatening incidents: midair collisions in another parachute; uncontrolled descent in a minisub; nearly falling hundreds of feet off an oil rig; getting trapped beneath a sinking boat; demolition that exploded prematurely; and countless more—incidents where a split second decided the fate between living and dying. Each time I had somehow managed to make the right decision, and each time I was physically fit enough to overcome the challenge before me. Not this time.

A split second is an extremely short period of time. 刹那; 瞬间