just a dream?

I'm breathing fast.
I have shortness of breath.
I'm burning up.
I feel paralyzed.
"please be a dream", I say.

Gasp. I wake up.
"oh good, just a dream"

I'm in a hospital bed.
I look around.
I look at the machines next to my bed.

He's there.
It's the reeper.
And he's about to pull the plug.