Damon slowly came out of the never ending darkness he was drowning in and he heard voices around him that he recognized. Amongst them was one that caught his attention. His mother's voice. Her voice was unmistakable.
He had not expected that his mother would actually come to help him at all. As he laid there, he heard their voices but whatever they spoke about he didn't hear clearly.
He knew he was conscious since he could actually feel that people were around him and he could hear them speaking but he could not move any part of his body or open his eyes.
His body felt so heavy and so did his eyelids too. He also felt the sharp pain in his chest. That one hurt like crazy as it tried to heal. The pain was almost similar to the pain of being poisoned and he felt so uncomfortable though this was still bearable compared to the pain of being poisoned. That experience as traumatizing.