Society Killed Her

On The Verge Of Death !

The 7th standard started and soon came the summer vacation. I still remember each and every thing that happened at that time.

It was the last day of school before the summer vacation so all of us decided to celebrate the day. In the lunch break Helen and I went to the canteen and informed Garry and Martin to meet us in the canteen. 

It was 16th day of May, 2013.

As Martin and Garry came we bought a roll for each of us and enjoyed an ice-cream at the end. Then, when I reached home my stomach was aching but after a while it was all okay. In the evening I forced mom to make Maggie because I was not interested in dinner. After having my Maggie,  I went to sleep. Again my stomach ache started. I came out f my room and told mom about it. 

" Mumma, my stomach is aching a lot. Do something ! " I said shrieking. 

" Tell me what have you eaten all day long, Veronica ? " mom asked me.

I told her everything, even what I ate in the canteen. She was sure that it was either the Maggie or the canteen stuff which made my stomach upset. But somewhere I knew, this pain was not at all because of this reason. There was something fishy.

The whole night I was suffering from pain. When the pain became unbearable and tears automatically came flowing my cheeks, dad took me in his arms and ran straight to the nearby hospital. The doctors said it was nothing much and everything would me fine by tomorrow.

The next day also, the pain remained constant. Dad was boiling in anger and was almost going to kill the doctors who said everything would be fine but somehow controlled his anger as he was more focused on my condition.

Around a week passed and no doctor was able to do anything. I had my ultrasound done and nothing came. It was passed as NORMAL. When our neighbor came to know about my condition, they told us about their family doctor. Dad took me to the the doctor. Dr. D K Charles.

HE IS THE ONLY REASON THAT I AM ALIVE TODAY. And it was then that I decided to be a doctor.

It was 24 May, Saturday. Dad took his motorbike and we then reached his clinic. Dr Charles was late in arriving his clinic as he was handling some serious cases. 

"Dad, lets go. I don't think he will come today. Also, I am feeling totally fine now." I said.

"Veronica, just stay here with me. It doesn't matter if your pain is still there or not. You must get a checkup. Its for your good only." dad ordered.

I just nodded my head in acceptance.

Soon Dr Charles arrived, we went straight into his clinic and told him everything. He got a little worried soon after doing a little check up. We didn't had money at the moment as we just hurried to meet him. Dr Charles was kind enough to do the diagnosis without charging any fee. He asked us to have an ultrasound again and this time we went for the ultrasound from where he had recommended. As it was an emergency case, they soon gave the reports. Though the reports were in our hands, we were not the professionals to give any opinions.

As we got the reports, we ran straight to Dr Charles clinic. After studying the report for a while, he told me to wait in the waiting room. I felt something is wrong but they said everything is okay. But the point was if everything is fine, then why the hell they asked me to wait out.

I was worried. After about 15 minutes of their discussion, dad came to me in a hurry and took me to the hospital. It was a total mess. I was going mad. Nothing was clear, everyone was running here and there. Suddenly dad broke out. He started crying. I was almost crying but when I saw him crying, I started shedding tears.

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WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO VERONICA ? WHY HER DAD WAS CRYING ? 

WAS IT SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS THAT EVEN THE DOCTORS GOT SCARED ?

WAS IT THE END ?

OR THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING NEW ?