Chapter 2

           Chapter 1

After finishing her lunch , her aama switched on the TV for her and went away for doing her work . the Tv was on and she was looking at it , her eyes were on the screen but her mind was somewhere else , lost In  the past remembering what had happened that day after she had told her friends about that numbness and examination hall incident.

La being the medical student looked at her in shaock and seeing her expression Nk asked

"La kya hua ???"

And she turning her face towards Khushi with disbelieving eyes asked

"Khushi tera haath numb ho gaya tha' tujhe kuch feel nahi ho raha tha right ???"

And Khushi not understanding anything nodded her head , La was also good in studies just like Khushi she was also a topper and had passion for medicine.

La took a deep breathe and said

"Slow poisoning '"

"Kya ???" both Nk and Khushi spoke together.

La looked at Khushi and then at Nk and cupping her face in a serious tone said

"Hope ka ki mai jo soch rahi hoon' woh galat ho' lets hope that I am wrong.."

Khushi was not understanding anything she stared at La's face blankly' thinking that now she will start laughing and will say that she is joking' but La's expression didn't change and so she slowly asked

"Slow poisoning kaise ho sakta hai ??? Maine na hi poison khaya hai aur na mujhe kisi ne khilaya hai." [But how can it happen neither I have taken poison nor anybody has made me eat anything poisonous.]

La nodded her head and getting up from the bed hung her side back and holding Khushi's hand said

"Chal Khushi hume 2 test karwane honge'" [Come Khushi we have to perform to tests.]

And Khushi and Nk got up . They did the required blood tests and after two days the report were delivered and it showed positive (+) result.

And now after seeing the reports La was sure about it .  Khushi knew how good La was in medical , but then she was not a doctor yet , but then the next day again the same thing happened with her and her hands became numb again and so she decided to go back to Lucknow to her parents to her home.

Her parents always wanted her to become a lawyer , or rather seeing her merit and her passion for Law they wanted her to become India's one of the top lawyer , but only she knew that the disease she was having will never allow their dreams to get fulfilled. Before coming back to Lucknow , she has done a lot of research on the disease and have also read many books of lavanya regarding it , and the informations she has collected about it had shocked her and had made her disheartened. She had read how slowly slowly the full body gets poisoned because of this and then the organs stop coordinating leading to a slow and numbfull death, and how till date there is no cure available to it. But the thing that broke her was that after the first symptoms of it are seen , the life span of the patient gets limited to a maximum of 6 months. She had also read that it generally happens in people above the age of 55 , but then it is not like that , it never happens below and ya it happened with her proving he to be one of the unluckiest person.

She came back to Lucknow and had told her parents about how her hand went numb and she was not able to write anything . Her , aama had told her that perhaps it was because of the exam and study pressure , because of stress and all . Khushi had looked at her aama's face and had wanted to tell her  the truth , that soon it will happen with her other hand , then her legs and slowly with her full body , but she could not gain the courage and tell her mom  , while her  bauji had said that they will go for her check up once and she had nodded .

Next day they had went to the doctor , and as predicted the doctor had not understood what had happened to her and had suggested few tests to be performed. As she had read the name of the tests , she knew that these were those same tests that La had made her go through. She had not told anything to anybody and had simply gone through the test.

After 5 days , it was the day for her reports to come and as decided , she had went to Doctor uncle's chamber along with her bauji and aama. She sat in the middle chair with her parents on either side , and from the doctor's talking way she had understood that he was yet to receive the report. Soon she was taken to the other room for some checkup , when a worker of the pathology had come and had delivered the reports to her doctor uncle. He had slowly opened the reports and Khushi had noticed how his face had changed its colours . She was good in reading expressions and had noticed quiet well how his normal face had turned into a shocked one , confirming the results to be a positive one.

Instantly doctor uncle had called someone and after giving certain instructions had turned to face her with a sorry look. Khushi knew what he would say and so smiling a sad smile she had started

"Doctor uncle mujhe pata hai , mujhe kya hua hai'. And mujhe yeh bhi pata hai ki mera aab bachne ka koi chance nahi hai' and yeh sab maine hostel mein rehte hi pata kar liya tha' bas mai aamma aur bauji ko khud se bata nahi payi'. Aap pls unko samjha denge please'." [Doctor uncle I know what has happened to me , and I also know this that I will not be able to survive it' and I have got to know about it right from the time I was in hostel' but thing is I didn't have enough courage to  tell amma and bauji about it.. so please you tell them and make them understand it.]

And the doctor had nodded slowly and lovingly had kept his hand over her head. He was almost their family , he used to check her right from the time she was 5 , and today after seeing the reports , he couldn't believe that this was happening with her , with a girl like her , sometimes how cruel the world and its creator becomes and thinking this along with Khushi , had entered his chamber.

Khushi's bauji and amma both had noticed the worried look on his face and they had understood that something was terribly wrong. The doctor had taken his seat and Khushi too and after that he had broken the news and had described things about this disease. More or less everything the doctor told she knew except one fact that the full name of the disease was Slow poisoning of Tissues '.. She saw her bauji getting shocked and leaning back on the chair , while her amma had started crying holding her hand and Khushi had sat their all motionless , still as a statue . Her phase of crying was over and moreover she have to be strong atleast infront of her parents.

The doctor had informed them that every details of her has been sent to India's best hospital i.e ICB hospital in Delhi , and also there was a specialist there , who deals with this type of diseases and moreover who is currently researching on it with some US top branch for finding any cure to it.

Khushi knew there was no hope still she had moved back to her home giving her parents mental support that everything will be fine . And she was able to give this mental support as , the doctor has not mentioned to her parents that the disease was non curable . She after reaching home had called her college back in Bangalore and had  described everything and had left the college and her dreams.

She was still lost when she heard the landline ringing and heard her mom shouting from the kitchen

"Khushi' beta zara phone toh utha'" [Khushi pick up the phone.]

She came back from the trance of her thoughts and looked at the Tv screen where some song was being played with the hero romancing the heroine, She switched off the Tv and slowly went and picked up the phone and said

"Hello !!!"

"Hello Mam can I talk to Miss Khushi Gupta." Came a reply from the other side

"Ji'. Hum hi Khushi Gupta hai aap kaun ???"[Yes its me but whos this ?]

"Miss Gupta I am calling from ICB hospital Delhi' we have received your file from Dr. Sharma and have called to inform you that our specialist doctor have seen it and have decided to have a talk with you , in case if he can help you.. and so have asked me to pass his mail id , so that you can contact him. So mam please write it down"

"Ya.. ek minute"

And she tore a page from the newspaper and took out a pen and said

"Ji boliye'"

 arnavsraizada@gmail.com

"Ji sukriya'"

"Your welcome mam'. Hope it will help you someway.. have a good day mam'" and as she was about to disconnect the call Khushi almost shouted

"Ek suniye'"

"Yes Mam'"

"Kya aap please doctor ka naam bata sakte hai'" [Can you please tell the name of the doctor.]

"Sure mam.. its Doctor. Raizada' Arnav Singh Raizada."

"Thank you.."

And with that the call was disconnected.

Khushi sat down in the near sofa and looked at the mail id and then at the name of the doctor and then she walked to her room and took out her laptop and started writing a mail.

She completed her mail , and before pressing the send button something struck her mind and minimizing that screen she opened Google and typed

Dr. Arnav Singh Raizada

And pressed an Enter.

I am late as well as its a short update.. but I guess usual updates will be of this length only...

Do let me know what u think... and do comment...

(*) The DISEASE and everything related to it , is just FICTIONAL , my IMAGINATION.