Missing blood bags

Lisa then went ahead to tidy the house, and after that, she came to check on me. The moment she got into my room she couldn't believe her eyes, I was rolling on my bed, holding my stomach, groaning, and vomiting blood. She rushed to where I was lying, confusion made her lose focus, she began to shake me vigorously and tried to make me sit straight, which wasn't necessary, the more she did that the more I could feel the pain.

(Shocked to death) "Tasha! Tasha! Can you hear me, what is wrong, what happened to you, why are you vomiting blood, what did you eat?"

She was holding me in her hands, shaking my body, and wiping the blood with her bare hands. She was wasting time and also spouting nonsense, if I wasn't in agony, I would have slapped her. Her questions were falling on deaf ears and her voice felt like it was making too much noise to me, I tried to speak but I wasn't able to utter a single word, the more I tried, it felt like the pain was increasing and it was so much unbearable, I could hear death knocking on my door.

As much as I had always wanted to cut my life short, I doubt if I ever wanted to make it that painful, I could feel like a million needles were used to pierce my intestines, and I was making a silent prayer begging God to make the pain the stop but it kept increasing every second. I began to have trouble breathing, gasping for air, that's when it occurred to Lisa that the situation was getting worse and beyond control and she called the ambulance, in about 10 minutes the ambulance arrived and the nurses rushed inside before they took us to the hospital, they did first aid and I passed out after that.

Lisa couldn't hold her tears, she kept on crying silently to the hospital. The moment the ambulance arrived at the hospital, the stretcher was let out, she couldn't let go of it, she helped the nurses to push it up to the emergency room.

"May you please wait outside ma'am we will give you an update once we are done examining her," said one of the doctors who was kindly preventing Lisa from entering the room.

She couldn't compose herself; she began to pace up and down, wiping her tears that were flowing non-stop on her cheeks. She felt like everything was just a dream and she could wake up any minute, she tried pinching herself trying to wake herself from that kind of nightmare but reality hit her the moment she felt pain. She decided to go out of the hospital for some air, the situation was suffocating and her mind was spinning 360 degrees. As she walked through the corridor, she bumped into doctor Flo who had just come out of her office.

"Hey Lisa, Lisa, hey wait," she said trying to stop her and rushing towards her.

Lisa didn't hear her; she was so drowned in thoughts and had almost forgotten that Flora works at Francis Hospital. The moment she was about to approach the exit door that's when she felt a hand touching her and a familiar voice.

"Hey, Lisa you good? I have been calling you and you didn't respond; you do not look so well what's wrong?"

Lisa stopped and looked at Flora, she couldn't answer at that moment, she could feel like something was blocking her voice box and the flow of her tears increased. Doctor Flo took her hand and led her to her office. She helped her sit down on the chair that was in front of her desk and she sat on the one that was behind the desk.

"What is wrong Lisa?

(Heavily breathing and finding it difficult to speak) "It's ah…its, ehm, what was your question?"

"I think you are having a panic attack (handing her a bottle of water that she had bought during lunch break) here have some water."

She received the bottle and gurgled all of it without stopping.

"Now sit straight and make yourself comfortable, (gesturing the breath in and out process) I also need you to breath in and out slowly, okay."

Lisa nodded and did just as the doctor had instructed. After a couple of minutes, she was a bit composed and seemed to be better than before.

"Okay, what's your name?"

(With a low voice) "I'm Lisa Mero."

"Do you know where you are right now?"

"Yes, Francis hospital."

"What brought you to Francis Hospital?"

"It's Tasha… she…emergency room…(terrified and screaming, she had forgotten to wash the blood off her hands which escalated the situation ) BLOOD, BLOOD, MOUTH, BLOOD!!"

(Without losing patience and getting more friendly) "It's okay calm down, (taking her by the hand) Come and wash your hands."

She followed without making any objection, she looked like a kid that was following her mother's instructions.

(Helping her to wipe her hands) See there is no blood anymore just relax okay. (Helping her sit on the chair and rubbing her hand in assurance) Take your time, step by step, tell me what happened to Tasha?"

"I…I..came with Tasha, she is in…in..the…emergency room."

"Okay Lisa thank you; you did a good job; you do not look so well so I am going to get you admitted for this whole night until tomorrow okay."

Lisa just nodded and doctor Flo went on and got her admitted. This was because she had noticed that Lisa had a blood phobia. After all, the moment she talked about blood, she looked way more terrified, and her screams were not normal. This was also the reason the panic attack was increasing and she seemed to be forgetting what she wanted to say. After attending to Lisa she then went to the emergency room, she couldn't get inside since that would disturb everything that was happening in there. After an hour of waiting, a male doctor then came out of the room.

"Doctor Scar, how is my friend doing?"

(A bit confused) "She is your friend, since when?"

"It's a long story, how is she?"

"Not good, she has been poisoned, and we can't determine the type of poison yet, we are still waiting for her report…"

(Shocked and couldn't believe what her ears had just heard) "What! I…can I see her?"

"No, not yet maybe after the operation..."

" Huh! How come you want to operate on her without full information about the poison that was in her system?"

"Some of her intestines were corroding, so we want to fix that as well as save her life. Also, the poison is no longer a threat, we have managed to remove all of it from her system. I think I just saw her family member minutes ago, tell her to sign the necessary documents as soon as possible we can't delay." He said moving forward.

"Wait Scar, she can't do that now. She just had relaxation therapy and she will wake up tomorrow, let me do it."

(Surprised) "But you are not related to her how can I let you do that; you know the implications right if anything happens or if her family sues you?"

"I know, just trust me and if anything happens, I am willing to take the fall."

(Worried) "Doesn't she have anyone who…"

"Scar, please we are wasting time, she has me now and I am the only family available, let me do this and whatever happens I will face it."

(Helpless) "Oh…o-k-a-y, you may go ahead and once you are done, we will commence the operation at 9 pm."

"I owe you one, thank you so much, one more thing, may I have the report."

"Sure, I guess it will be ready in about 30 minutes from now."

Doctor Flo signed the papers, after 30 minutes she received the report, it didn't look so good and at 9 pm the operation commenced. The process was a bit long and it took about 3 hours meaning the process finished at midnight. The operation seemed successful and after witnessing the whole process and checking on Lisa she then retired for the day and headed to her house. Early in the mourning, she was woken by an unexpected call.

"Hey stupid doctor, sup?"

(Sleepy) "Don't ruin my day, it's still early in the morning."

"That's your nickname from now on till I'm satisfied. By the way, I have been trying to reach Lisa and Tasha but it seems like their cell phones are switched off. I am having a bad feeling about this do you have any idea what could have happened to them?"

(Stunned)

"Hey, stupid doctor!"

(Sounding suspicious) "Huh, wha…what did y…you say, I'm so sleepy."

"Something about your voice is off, what happened to Lisa and Tasha?"

"What's going through your head Anne? Nothing is wrong with them; I spoke with Lisa yesterday evening and she seemed fine. I think they just need some time to bond…"

"Stupid doctor you need more lying lessons, anyway, help me find out if everything is okay with those brats, get back to me as soon as possible."

"Roger that ma'am, I will, where are you right now?" She said changing the subject.

"At the airport connecting to another flight."

"Okay, safe journey bye."

"Thanks," (Hangs up the call)

(Thinking out loud) 'Christ that was so close.'

After that call she couldn't sleep anymore, she began to prepare for the day and wait for her shift, as she was about to leave her house she received another terrifying call.

"Doctor Scar, good afternoon ."

"I'm afraid nothing is good about this afternoon."

(Confused) "What do you mean doc?"

"It's your friend, the one we operated on yesterday.

"What happened to Tasha?"

"We are losing her."

(Surprised and getting angry) "What! Are you insane, aren't you supposed to be trying by all means to save her?!! Why are you calling me?!!"

(Guilty) "That is so wrong of me but you need to calm down and hear me out first and as I speak, please hurry to the hospital."

(Burning with anger and rushing for the hospital) "You better give me a good explanation otherwise; I will sue you for neglecting your duty."

"I understand, well, I didn't neglect my duty, the top doctor is attending to your friend right now, her situation has gone worse. The thing is she had a serious reaction today and we noticed that someone changed her blood bag…"

(Agitated) "Idiot, I'm losing my patience go straight to the point."

"Please calm down, her blood group is O-negative and someone changed the O-negative and put the A-plus bag…"

"What! How could that happen right under your nose? Heh, where were the security guards huh, what in God's name are you even doing in that hospital!? Also, why can't you get rid of the blood in her system and add more of the blood O negative?"

"That is exactly what the top doctor is trying to do but there is another problem…"

"Spit it."

(Hesitating to speak) "All...th... the blood O-negative bags that we had in the storage have gone...m...m...missing?"

"WHAT!!"