Occupational Hazards

The father and his sons went home and found their princess sleeping. It had been a really eventful night for all of them but she must have had the hardest time of them all.

The men dispersed as each went to their own rooms. Edgar walked into his daughter's room and found her in deep slumber. He pecked her forehead and tucked her into bed as he left for his own room.

Max came in next and checked her pulse. She looked restless in her sleep but her temperature was just right. The family doctor left the room to go to bed too.

He felt thoroughly exhausted as he got ready to go to bed. The moment his head hit the pillow and his eyes closed , his phone shrieked waking him out of his very much anticipated plan to sleep.

The person on the other side of the phone sounded frantic as they spoke. Max walked out of bed with his pajamas on. With the phone held on to his ears he moved down stairs where he retrieved his car keys.

The moment he sat behind the wheels, he turned his phone off as the engine came to life under his command. He speed off towards the hospital. In no time the car came to a halt as he rushed out of the car.

The hospital reception area looked crowded as people laid around with minor injuries unattended to. There was an accident which happened between a bus and a truck. The truck driver was drunk and unaware of his surrounding.

He had drove on the wrong side of the road and caused the accident. Out of the fifty passengers who were travelling in the bus, forty managed to retain their lives as ten died on the spot . Twenty of the remaining forty were critically injured while the other were the people who were currently occupying the lobby and the reception area.

That was why even though he was still on vacation he was given a call. He needed to operate urgently on a pregnant woman who was on the verge of death. The operation was meant to rescue the baby before it suffocated in the mothers womb.

He cleaned up and changed into his scrubs before walking into the operating room. Lying on the table kept alive by a life supporting machine was a woman who looked to be in her early twenties.

The surgery started immediately and two hours later the baby has been safely removed from the mother's womb. Unfortunately, the woman had passed away immediately after the baby left her womb. It was as though she was holding up to the last minute until her baby was saved.

Max held the little baby in his hands as he felt tears prick his eyes. As a doctor who witnesses all kinds of deaths he was supposed to have been used to them by now but the truth was, no one could get used to losing a patient.

He held the baby to the nurse who took him and was immediately placed in an incubator. Max left the theatre to go and wash up. He stayed in the room for sometime to get his emotions under control.

He had the responsibility to break the bad news to the woman's family. A few minutes later, he walked out wearing a lab coat over his pajamas but found no one waiting . This was a strange occurrence. May be the woman's family lived far away from where she was , he thought.

He stayed at the hospital taking care of the patients. He continued his work as the head surgeon until the wee hours of the next day. He felt completely drained but it was one of the hazards of his occupation. He was about to doze off at his desk when he recalled the little angel that they managed to save .

He stood and walked towards the incubation room. As he neared the place, cries of new born children could be heard. This was another hard thing about his work. He was a kind hearted man who had a soft spot for children. He hated hearing the cries of women and children.

His heart ached as he walked inside the room. Reading the tags , it was easy for him to Identify the baby he saved. He stood watching the baby boy leak his little finger. His eyes were shut closed as his skin appeared wrinkled. This was the normal appearance of babies after birth .

His heart went out to the baby who will never get the chance to meet its mother. He inserted his hands into the incubator and gently held the baby's hand with one while the other traced its face. He couldn't help but wonder about the woman's family. A nurse come in shortly.

Max used that as an opportunity to ask about the woman's family. His heart sunk deeply into his chest when he heard the information that they received. Both the baby's parents died one in the accident and another on the operating table. The two had grown up in the orphanage and had no extended family who would look after their little angel for them.

His eyes filled with tears once more. This was a very sad thing to happen to a baby. How could the little guy survive this cruel world without parents and relatives.? He recalled his sister and what happened to her. If she had relatives and a normal family, she would have been protected from those monsters and probably be in a better place.

Jasmine's state was enough and he wouldn't wish for a similar thing to happen to the baby. This only increased his resolve to adopt the little child. He was a surgeon and would be at the hospital most of the time but he knew someone who would gladly help him take care of the little guy.

He was eager to sign the papers but needed to hear his families opinion before he took the decision.

He knew and acknowledged that his family will be directing involved in caring for the baby due to the type of work he does. For that reason everyone should agree and be on the same page with him. He left the baby after taking a long look .

Max felt his sleep deprived mind become vigorous once more. The thought of having someone who would call him dad appealed to him a lot. He couldn't hide his excitement as he took his car keys and drove home. He was physically and mentally tired hence drove slowly to avoid causing another accident. I hope you will accept the little angel, he thought as his car drove into the mansion.