Nkazimulo Ngidi (South Africa) was born in 1998 in Durban, South Africa. A young narrator and author who grew up in a family of hard workers, educators, and intellectuals. He grew up with the mindset of learning to train ones mind and working as twice as much to reach a certain destination in life. He believes that upcoming generations in a family should be more qualified than past generations in every family.
In this short story, the narrator tells the story of a wealthy family of four: Mr. Simon Locksmith, Mrs. Terry Locksmith, their two children, Jay and Selena Locksmith, and the family dog, Teddy. Simon is suffering from the rare sickness of a heart murmur.
* * *
(At the hospital.)
Nurse 1,2,3,. again, 1,2,3, it looks like we are getting our patient back, one more
time!
1,2,3. it looks like we have him back (Doctor Ridge showed relief)
Nurse please change the patients drip, I'm going to look for his family
* * *
(In the waiting room.)
(Mrs Locksmith stands and rushes to the doctor before the Doctor says anything)
Doctor, Is everything okay? Is my husband alive? What happened?
Mrs. Locksmith, please calm down, unfortunately, your husband is in ICU and we all are still running more tests on him but he will be okay, your husband is a fighter. We and other medical specialists are doing the best of our capability to
In ICU?!, If you are doing everything enough
(Mrs Locksmith breaks down in tears before she can proceed)
Then (Pause) Then Doctor why is my husband sleeping like a corpse in an ICU hospital bed? Why isnt he here with his family? Tell me
(Terry cries even more.)
Mommy, please calm down, the doctors are trying, dad is going to be okay and
please stop crying you are scaring Selena, please calm down, Jay said
Mrs Locksmith replied in a low voice, with hiccups accompanying her voice.
Okay, Im sorry. Doctor Ridge, please continue
Dr. Ridge Continues,
As I was saying maam, we are working to support your husband despite his critical condition, which is that he has a diastolic cardiac murmur. A diastolic cardiac murmur is a sound produced by the hearts rapid, choppy (turbulent) blood flow. Examples of these sounds are whooshing and swishing. Thankfully, there is a solution to assist your spouse. We can carry out a procedure known as cardiac catheterization, which is defined as replacing the damaged heart valve. This procedure is vital because if it is not completed as soon as possible, we may lose your spouse permanently
Terry questioned, So, doctor, whats stopping you from replacing his heart valve as soon as possible?
Its not easy, maam. Weve determined that a transcatheter aortic valve replacement is the best course of action, but regrettably, weve also discovered that your spouse lacks health insurance. Notwithstanding that the process is well known to be highly expensive, Dr. Ridge replying to Terry
(A deep sigh from Terry.)
Jay, go buy ice cream with your little sister, Mrs. Locksmith reached for a R100 banknote and gave it to her son, Jay.
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