That Fateful Night - KAYA SS - Updated Part 5 Pg 5 - Page 5

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Part 5

The roads were desolate as usual at this time. He flew his car like wind in the bright moonlight as he remembered his past. He was in no mood to slow down as he was just minutes away from his destination but all of a sudden lost control his car. It spun round in circles as the tyre screeched, went off the road in tangent and hit a tree on the side of the road with resounding crash.

Kabir lurched unconscious on the steering wheel with his forehead bleeding profusely. Darkness descended in front of eyes and he imagined Ananya's presence before he passed out.

An unconscious Kabir lay listless on the bed as someone inserted an IV into his vein and the cardiac monitor led on his chest as someone drew blood from his veins. The doctors were also discussing to get a CT scan of his head as it was badly bruised and they could not neglect the chances of it being a major head injury.

There was a huge commotion near the Operation Theater (OT) as Kabir was being rushed in on a stretcher. It was a serious case of internal hemorrhage and the doctors in charge knew the seriousness of his injury. They all knew that even the best surgeon could sometimes not save a life if excessive internal bleeding had occurred.

"Doctor !" A nurse walked over, "The blood banks does not have two units of O negative blood". The doctor was petrified to know this and asked the nurse to accompany him inside the OT for discussion.

"Yes may I help you?" a nurse on duty greeted the young lady as she walked inside the blood bank.

"I want to donate blood" she was out of breathe and came straight to the point without wasting time

"Are you the family member of any patient here? What happened? " Nurse bombarded her with question

"That accident guy who is in surgery" She tried to explain politely

"Oh. That O negative guy? Our blood bank has only one unit of O negative blood but he needs two units, right? that talkative but friendly nurse asked

She pleaded the nurse to take her blood without wasting the time as she was also O negative with urgency in her voice. The nurse agreed but had to check the blood type and haemoglobin before she could draw blood from her while she sat there with a serious look on her face.

"I KNOW I AM O NEGATIVE!" She was panicking now

The nurse advised her to be patient as she is just following the protocols. She then squeezed her shoulder and reminded her that they have already given one unit of blood and 10-15 minutes delay now would not make much difference.

Nonetheless, she was no ready to hear anything now and all she wanted was that guy to be out of danger. She did not have the nerve to sit patiently and wait for the nurse to follow the protocol...she would do anything to save her love.

"I love you Kabir and I won't let anything happen to you" she said to herself

The sister overheard her statement and smiled to herself realizing the importance of that injured man in the life of this young lady.

The nurse came back and sat across her, "yes you are O negative too but we can't take your blood."

"WHY NOT?" she shot back.

"Because you are anemic and your hemoglobin levels are very low at the moment. It should be at least 12 for donating blood" The nurse answered.

She repeatedly begged to let her donate blood otherwise that man would lose his life. His life was more important than her condition.

The nurse finally gave in to her request but asked her not to tell the hospital authorities about this. She hugged the nurse and lay on the bed obediently as she advised her to regularly take vitamins and iron tablets from now on.

She had bitten her finger nails down to the nail bed as she waited anxiously outside the OT. Silently, she had recited all the mantras she ever knew in her mind 100s of times - her mothers had always told her that at moment of distress, it was only prayer and God who could help them. No medicine or surgery could match the power of prayer.

"He is out of danger" Those were the sweetest words she had heard in a very long time

"He is lucky he survived...it was a close call" The doctor heaved a sigh.

Tears welled up in her eyes as the very thought of the alternate outcome sent a shiver down her spine.

She tossed and turned in bed. Her bedside alarm clock glared 2 am. She was worried about Kabir - he was all alone at the hospital. Even though the doctors had reassured her that he would be well taken care of by the staff, she felt the urge to be with him that night irrespective of what had happened in their past.

She got up, changed quickly into something comfortable and draped a shawl around herself. With a faint smile on her face, she picked her bag and walked out into the cool, breezy night. The moonlight guided her path towards the hospital as the memories of the moments she had spent with Kabir came rushing to her mind.

She entered his room quietly and sat next to his bed. He was fast asleep from all the medications. The same nurse from the blood bank entered right then to give him his next dose of pain killers.

Ananya was happy to see that friendly nurse while she teased her making sweet remarks about her impatience regarding this patient.

Kabir stirred a little as the voices in the room disturbed his sleep.

"Sir..I am the nurse and I am here to give you your medicines" the nurse replied.

"Hmm" he drawled and fell asleep.

Ananya caressed her arm gently as the nurse injected medicine into the IV in his hand. His arm flinched slightly as the medicine stung his veins. She massaged his arms with her warm hand and squeezed his hand to comfort him.

Kabir surprised her by tightening the grip of her small hand in his large palm.

"A..Ananaya?" he moaned. She was startled that he recognized her touch.

"No..Why and how will she come here? He muttered softly in his sleep... Sister you hand resembles my Ananya. She doesn't like me sister but. But I do. I wish I could tell her how much I love her. But she hates me sister. I broke her heart. I could not gather the courage to tell her the truth that night. I was scared to lose her.. I wish she had stayed back to listen to me. I would have told her everything. I wish she was with me but she will come back to me...Never. She also left me alone like all others did." His voice cracked, his eyelids heavy from the influence of the painkiller running down his veins.

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