Bose had passed out after screaming and there was blood everywhere. The blanket was soaked and Bose’s hands still clutched her tummy. Uncle BJ came in as well. Bola was crying as she tried to wake Bose up…she said she had heard Bose groaning all night and each time she asked what the problem was, she said she was fine.
Aunty Mary was scared stiff; she picked Bose up and was shouting at her husband to go start the car. 20 minutes later they were at the hospital…Bose was still out cold and their family doctor and the nurses was doing everything to bring her back. The family was kept outside and everyone was scared…Bola was sobbing hard.
The Doctor came out later and asked to speak with Aunty Mary and Uncle BJ. Aunty Mary said he could say whatever he wanted to say as Bola was the younger sister to the patient.
He said Bose was most likely pregnant and had taken some unorthodox but toxic medication to get rid of it. He said Bose’s life was hanging in the balance as she had lost a lot of blood and they needed to transfuse her immediately. They also needed to do a Dilation and Curettage procedure to fix what was happening inside her uterus.
Aunty Mary was dumbfounded and speechless for a while
“How could she be pregnant?” She finally asked the doctor
“That is impossible…how? When? Where?” She kept asking
The doctor said they should leave all of the questions till when Bose came round. He claimed to have seen something like this before and that’s why he wasn’t taking any chances. He told them of a young girl that denied being pregnant and how they lost her while wasting time trying to get the truth from her…the girl later admitted to everything but it was a little too late.
They made arrangements for 2 pints of blood and Bose was moved into the theater. The doctor came back after about an hour and said there were some complications; as whatever Bose took had done more damage than expected. He said she was yet to regain consciousness but was sure she would pull through…he asked Aunty Mary and Uncle BJ to come into his office.
Aunty Mary was still thanking the doctor for his help when two nurses rushed in and said there was something wrong with Bose. They all rushed towards the theater but the doctor told them to stay back and let him do his job.
Aunty Mary was pacing up and down…she was edgy, confused and crying. She kept praying to God to save Bose. She said she would make sure whoever got Bose pregnant suffered for it. Uncle BJ was acting really weird…he would go out and come back in like every 15 minutes. Bola just sat there crying…she had not said a single word since they got to the hospital.
The doctor came back, this time he looked really dejected…he said they had done their best but Bose was still unresponsive, her pulse was very weak and she was simply hanging by a thread. He said it was in God’s hands now and advised them to keep praying
Aunty Mary asked if they could see her, the doctor said they could but not for too long because she would soon be moved to the intensive care unit.
When they saw Bose, she looked really pale and lifeless…Aunty Mary kept calling her name.
For a minute, it looked like her eyelids twitched…Aunty Mary started asking
“Who did this to you? Please tell me...just give me the name”
“It’s Uncle” shouted Bola with tears flowing from her eyes…
© 2015 Lanre Olagbaju All Rights Reserved
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental
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