Temptation 10

EPISODE TEN
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Ben let out a loud scream.
He never anticipated to meet her in a worst state such as this.
He rubbed his eyes with his palm as reality hit him.
He turned back to look at Doctor richard whose expression was indifferent.
Ben returned his gaze back to his wife.
She layed on the bed motionless, but one could notice she was breathing. As her chest heaved up and down slowly.
He bit his lips bitterly in regret.
Had it been, he didn’t fell into clara’s trap, perhaps, she wouldn’t be layed there.
He stood numb watching her keenly as though, his stare could wake her up.
He knew he was the cause of the ill-luck that befell her.
“oh! No!”
he remembered their lovey dovey days.
They were the latest couple back then.
They just returned from their honey moon.
He had promised to love her till death do them apart.
She would hide a love note in his wallet, while he would send her a love text message for no reason.
Their marriage was a blissful one until clara showed up and ruin everything.
Clara, the she-devil, she was.
He became angry as he remembered clara.
He tightened his fist and squeezed his face like someone who find it hard to defecate.
Only, if he could see clara. He would bury her alive.
Doctor richard clears his throat to get ben’s attention. He knew ben was lost in thought.
They had stood for long.
Ben was jolted from his world of thoughts.
He looked back with the fury in his eyes.
Doctor richard heart froze, he saw the burning fire in his eyes.
His glare could kill.
What a nasty glare he gave him.
Doctor richard stepped back in fear. His feet trembling while he was unsteady.
“s…s..she…..is fine”
doctor richard stuttered out of fear in a quivery voice.
Ben chuckled inwardly but his expression was saying otherwise.
He continued to stare blankly at Doctor richard who trembled at his stare.
Ben wished it was clara standing right before her, he wouldn’t hesistate slaying her.
Ben quickly let out a brief smile.
Doctor richard heaved a sigh of relief as he was at ease.
He couldn’t decipher what made him have so much fierceness in his eyes.
“are you okay?”
Doctor richard quickly asked to know whats wrong.
“am fine, but how about her?”
he asked pointing to Nancy who laid on the bed.
“her predicament is very critical but be rest assured that she’s fine”
Doctor richard explained to him, while he looked at a small sized screen which was hung on the wall, above her head. Showing things, he couldn’t decipher.
“but, what is that for?”
Ben asked pointing at the monitor.
“the monitor above the bed help keeps track of things like her heart rhythm and blood pressure.
While the ventilator that was stucked to her nose, help with breathing or totally breathe for her”
Doctor richard expatiated for him to understand well.
“but, do you mean, she can’t breathe on her own?”
ben asked.
“she can, but the ventilator would help her breathe well, the ventilator brings oxygen into the lungs and helps get rid of carbon dioxide from her body. Even the monitor and the ventilator are equipped with alarms. Each of the alarms will alert a staff member, if a change has taken place in her condition. Often, when an alarm sounds there is no great cause for concern. The problem may correct itseld and this will be monitored from the nurses.”
Ben became tired of his lecture and was about walking out on him but he had to respect his old age.
“how long would she be hooked up to the ventilator?”
he asked again.
Doctor richard took a deep breath to the question which he asked.
“well as you can see, she is in a semi-conscious state, you might thought there were no signs of recovery but she is improving, and most importantly, there is no precise limit. Some patients may survive for a long time, but she has a respiratory failure. But if no success in weaning from the ventilator, a tracheostomy should be performed relatively soon.
Some patients may remain ventilated for years, i mean home ventilation, as long as no other complications arise”
“wait, you mean she would be here for months?”
Ben ignorantly asked as he was afraid as doctor richard disclosed the real truth to him.
“Simply, yes because she would undergo many operations and would spend the maximum of five months, if luck is on her side.
“Oh! My… My!”
Ben exclaimed in disbelief.
TO BE CONTINUED