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OPERATING HER.

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 I spent that night in her room again, on her bed. Before closing my eyes I recollected moments from our happy days and prayed to God to heal her. And so another day in my life passed in prayers, hope and anxiety.

  The next day was pretty much like the previous one. Dad, ritik and I were at the hospital by 10.30 a.m. aman told us about the doctors’ plan to operate on her  jaw that very day. According to them, she was in a better condition now and thus they were going ahead with the surgery. We were asked to replace a jaw-plate at the hospital bank, as the doctors were going to use one while operating it. we had to arrange four blood donors for replacement as approximately four units of blood was going to be used for the operation.
I didn’t know about this blood-replacement principle earlier. Dad told me that whenever a blood unit is used for a patient, the same amount has to be replaced by the attendants of the patient, usually within twenty-four hours. It was not about getting some certified blood from a blood bank—what we needed was people who would donate their blood in this hospital’s blood donation center.
So we are now supposed to search four donors whose blood groups are B+ and are willing to give us blood in the next twenty-four hours?’ I asked Dad. I knew that, in her entire family, only her Dad was B+ and everyone else was A+, even me.

  ‘No, for replacement, donors can be of any blood group. The only condition is that an equivalent number of units needs to be donated. And we already have arranged the donors,’ aman clarified.

  ‘Who are they?’ Neil asked

  ‘Two of Susant’s close friends.

  ‘Even I can be a donor. We can ask one of Susant’s friends to stay back,’ I said.
Everybody is here by now and we should judiciously use persons from our family to donate blood. There can be worst-case scenarios any moment, where we might not find others to donate blood on time. Remember, if you donate blood now, you can’t for the next three months.’ He had a point. I just wished that the worst-case scenarios would not arrive.

  ‘I will go with Susant’s friends to the blood bank and after that I will leave for home. Need to have some food before donating blood,’ he said and went off.

  My cellphone rang, then. I looked at my watch while taking the cell from my pocket. It was 11 and I knew this was mom’s call. She would ring me twice everyday to get an update about our discussions with the doctors.

Mumma,’ I said, moving out of the crowded hall.

   beta. How are you?’

  ‘I am fine. How is your backache? Any relief?’

  ‘It’s the same as before. It becomes troublesome at times, but I am fine. Any update on avni’s condition?’
I told her about the doctor’s decision to operate on avni today and the blood replenishment thing. She expressed concern about the operation and I tried to comfort her, saying it was because avni was better today that the doctors could take this decision. As usual, she also asked me about avni’s mother and rest of the family. Before hanging up, she consoled me, as always, saying that God is great and would take care of her
Yeah, I know she will be fine. You take care and I will call you again in the evening.’ With that, I hung up and moved back to the attendant-hall to locate Dad and ritik.
They are going to start the operation at 1.30,’ Dad told me.

  ‘Do we need to do anything else for the operation, apart from the donors and the jaw-plate replacement?’ I asked.

  ‘I asked but, according to the doctors, we don’t need to do anything else at our end.’

  The operation began on time, that afternoon. I was told that it was going to take at least three hours. We all were now sitting in a different waiting-hall on the 1st floor of the building. In front was a door with ‘OT’ written on it and a red bulb above it which was switched on.
The anxiety and the chill were back in me and I think it was the same with all of us. We were scarcely talking. Stranded between fear and hope, pacing up and down the waiting-hall. Time stood still. Minutes passed like hours, hours like days. And all along, there were our fears and hopes, battling with each other, winning and losing at different moments.

  I stood at the window, watching the traffic outside and the weather which was changing drastically. All of a sudden it was getting dark. Black clouds hovered in the skies of delhi. It was going to rain heavily. I was still looking through the window when my phone rang. It was dd. I picked up his call.

  ‘Hey! Dd.
  ‘Hey! How is my brother doing and how is my bhabhi now?’

  ‘They are operating on the fractures in her  jaw. It’s going to take two more hours.’

  ‘But when I last called, you said the doctors were not going to operate on her so soon?’

  ‘Yes, but this morning they said that she was in a better condition to be operated now.’

  ‘That means she is improving.’
I hope so. I just want to see her well yaar,’ I said in a low voice.

  ‘Oh, come on, buddy. She is going to be absolutely fine. See, she has shown some improvement, that’s why the doctors have gone ahead with the operation. It’s just a matter of time and we will be dancing together to the beats of bhangra at your engagement … What say?’ He tried to console me and make me feel better.
Yeah,’ I said. ‘I just need her so badly … every damn thought is shaking me inside and … You know how madly I love her. I feel so lonely in this crowd just because I am not able to talk to her.’

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