365 more days with you...

Chapter 9

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 "Beep... beep.." My heart monitor slowly beeped while I laid in bed, shallowly breathing. It's funny... just a few minutes ago I was sleeping peacefully at my friends place. But what am I going to do? I don't have the money to pay for my hospital bills... and my insurance isn't doing anything either. It's always something with me and bad luck. Bad luck is obsessed with me.. why me? Whatever, I'm going to die soon anyways, and death isn't really a big deal! I can handle it. Just a painful process through the way, but everything will be okay! Right..?

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Somebody knocks on my hospital door. It's Nya.. and Kai? "Hey girl, I went looking for Kai, but turns out he was on the way here as well. He.. uh, has some bad news. to share with you..." Nya says, while wiping a tear from her face.

Kai looks at me and looks away. "The test results came in.. turns out you have Olfactory Neuroblastoma, brain cancer.. good news is that we have a surgery for it. Unfortunately, the surgery won't cure you completely. You will still have nosebleeds, major headaches, having trouble breathing, etc. But, if the surgery goes right, you will have 5 more years at most. If your cancer is severe, one year. But if the surgery goes wrong, 3 months. If you don't do the surgery now, you will die before daybreak tomorrow... if you don't have the money for surgery, I will pay for it. I'm not just your doctor, but I'm also a friend. Normally Olfactory Neuroblastoma isn't one of the worst tumors, but in some cases such as yours, it spreads rapidly and aggressively. You somehow managed to survive which is incredible! But the tumor almost took over your entire half side of the brain."

I blush at the last part of what Kai says, and Nya coughs. But then again, I'm sad. I'm going to die, and I know when. Usually when people die, they won't know whats coming for them, but I'm scared... I don't know if I want to go through this...

Nya speaks up, "hey, Kai? Is there some way that Winny can get a transplant? If I'm a match, I'll gladly trade my brain with her's. I don't care about my life, but Winny must live longer."

I smile, and so does Kai. "Unfortunately that won't--"

I cut Kai off, "Nya, I won't accept that. Even if it's possible, I will not risk someone else's life for my own."

Nya looks at me with flooded eyes, "excuse me, I'll let you and Kai talk. You should know more about whats going on..." She runs out of the room.

There's an awkward silence between Kai and I. "Well, as I was saying, transplants for this kind of brain cancer aren't possible. And even if you did get one, it's very risky and you could die. Plus, you would lose most of your memories, unless you're willing to pay for a memory transplant, which is even more risky. The doctors and I have written you a prescription, but if you want to live, now is the time to start the surgery. I just need you to sign this, and don't worry, the cost is already taken care of."

I start to cry, "thank you so, so much for everything, Kai." I pull Kai towards me and hug him, he pats my head with a chuckle.

Kai backs away from me, and his face is red. "R-right." He hands me the clipboard, and I sign it. 

Doctors rush me out of the room and into a surgical room. And thats when it really begins...