Her Family (1)

Lina was the child of a single mother. She was a premature baby with congenital heart anomalies. Starting from right after her birth she was incubated and had gone under treatment ever since. The doctors tried hard to save her.

Lina had to take surgery when she reached 7th months of age.

On that very fateful day, Lina was going under the surgery inside the operation theatre. Her mother, Isha was not allowed to enter. She was worriedly waiting for outside.

Suddenly she heard commotions coming from the second operation theatre. The nurses were going in and out in no time. The OT stuffs were busy with making calls. Urgency was written all over their faces.

Isha previously noticed another man eagerly walking back and fro through the passage. The man tried to talk to the nurses but they all ignored him.

Suddenly she heard a doctor coming out and telling the man ".... I'm so sorry Sir. We could not save your wife. And about the condition of the baby.. we are not so sure about her... "

The man completely broke down there. It seemed his whole world suddenly shattered.

There was a newborn. Her mother died while giving birth to her. And the child is in danger now.

The doctor tried to comfort him " Sir, it's not the time for mourning. Your daughter needs you. She is in need of blood. Her blood type is rare too. If We cannot arrange the blood in the mean time it will be too dangerous for her."

"Sir what is your blood type? It's O negative blood for her. She needs you sir. please co-operate with us. Please tell me what's your blood type?" The doctor tried to make the man steady who was on the verge of fainting.

His wife died. And now his daughter too. The man was unable to control his emotions.

"I don't have. What should I do now? My daughter...." The an began to cry like crazy.

Just like Lina the baby was a premature one. She was badly in need of blood transfusion due to some congenital complications. But her blood type was a rare one. The hospital had no supply of it that time .

Isha was sitting there waiting for her daughter to come out. But she couldn't keep calm at the scene. She heard their conversation and tried to find out more about the situation.

Just then she heard the doctor saying the newborn needed O negative type of blood. And the father didn't have that. The man in front of her had already went nuts losing his beloved wife in front of his eyes.

The hospital had no supply of the blood and the man if kept yelling like crazy the situation could turn bitter. Witnessing the scene Isha decided to step in. She couldn't bear the scene anymore.

Luckily Isha had the same blood type. She came forward to donate. The girl reminded her of little Lina. The doctors started operating on the newborn immediately.

By the time Isha came out completing the formalities, Lina was just coming out of the Operation theatre. Leaving her own daughter behind in that crucial time Isha was anxious as hell.

Seeing the closed eyed Lina on the stretcher Isha felt her heartbeats rising. She worriedly walked over to her and kissed her forehead. Isha looked at the doctors with eyes full of concern.

The father of the baby girl had just came back to his senses. He went after Isha to thank her after seeing his daughter sleeping soundly.

He had lots of things in his mind. But first of all he wanted to thank the woman who saved his child's life.

The man was about to call her when he saw Isha slowly approaching the stretcher in weak legs. He stood right at the spot.

He saw his daughter's lifesaver kissing a child who just came out of OT. The woman kissed the child and looked at the doctors for confirmation. As if she was ready for any harsh reality that was waiting for her..

The doctors came forward and shook hands with her.

He heard them saying " Congratulations Miss Ray. Your daughter is a fighter. She made it. "

The woman hugged the child and cried. It seemed to him that all her piled up emotions were finally seeing the daylight.

The man had never thought of something like this. An unknown woman whose child herself was undergoing a major surgery, selflessly went to donate blood for his child without even asking. The woman who might have been under pressure and traumatized by her own daughter's condition said nothing but just donated blood and saved his daughter's life.

But despite being the father himself could not do a thing for his baby. The father was internally torn. He couldn't bring himself to thank her or to speak to her.

The man retreated from the site without saying anything. He couldn't stand the heart-rending scene and decided to thank her later.

He went to the OT where his daughter was still lying. He kissed her and left for the morgue.

His wife had signed for donating the organs after her death. So, immediately after her death, the team at the hospital had started to collect them for immediate transplantation.

By the time his daughter came out of the OT safely, the man was informed about transferring his wife's body to the morgue as the removing process was completed.

The patients' families who received her organs came to look for him and thanked him endlessly. But the man just sat there like a statue. He didn't budge a bit untill the light of the operation theatre of his child's was put off.

His soulmate was gone. So was his soul. The man sitting on the passage of hospital floor had became a soulless body. Nothing in this world mattered to him anymore.

The man slowly dragged his exhausted body towards the morgue. His beloved wife was still waiting for his last goodbye.