That was the first one to come to her head because she had seen it in a medical tv documentary she had watched a few days earlier.
She learnt that pancreatitis was an inflammation or injurious process to the pancreas, an organ in the upper abdomen responsible for producing chemical substances that aid digestion of food and regulation of blood sugar. It was a condition that could occur suddenly and last for a few days or occur over a period of years.
Although it had other causes such as infection, injury to the abdomen and smoking, alcohol was the major cause that concerned her, especially with what happened the previous night. The doctor in the program had explained that if pancreatitis was mild, it could go on it’s own but severe pancreatitis could be life threatening.
After a long embrace with Jeff, she hurriedly ran to the bathroom to shower and prepare for work as she was running late.
Jeff spent the rest of the week applying to different companies for both jobs that existed and those that didn’t but nothing seemed to work out for him, he found himself being forced to stay back home doing nothing most of the time, he had tried to apply for loans but most of his loan applications were rejected.
“Everything is going to be fine” Lara would always assure him when she returned from work, “this is just a phase, it will pass”, but he didn’t see how any miracle could possibly happen, it was getting to the end of the month and there were bills to be paid.
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