WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 1 – 10
EPISODE 9
Jane walked into Jeffery’s office and what she saw wasn’t so appealing.
He was reclined in his chair, eyes closed, massaging his temple with both hands. He looked really stressed out and exhausted. He had eye bags, has he been sleeping at all? She didn’t think so.
”Well don’t just stand there, do come in and let’s start immediately”
‘I’m sorry, it’s just that you don’t look too….”
”Handsome?”
”No, that’s not it, I meant you don’t look too well”.
”I take it I still look handsome to you then, can I still charm you?”
He was really trying hard not to fall flat on his face. She was right, he wasn’t feeling too well, but he wasn’t about to admit that to her. Hopefully the meeting won’t take too long, all he has to do is sign the documents and he would go home and rest. He has really been getting short hours of sleep these days and it was beginning to affect him.
”You are sure you are okay?”
”Yes I am fine, now let’s get down to business.”
He was on the final page of the documents and everything seemed to be going well until he wanted to sign the documents. He picked up his pen but it seemed too heavy to hold. So he decided to use another pen and that too was heavy.
”Jane do you mind passing me your pen?”
”Sure”
She took out her pen from her handbag and handed it to him. He tried to take it from her but he was missing her hand. At first she taught he was playing some sort of game with her, his third attempt to take the pen and he was still missing her hand. Then she knew something was wrong, Was he having issues with his sight?
Then he slumped and fell off his chair. Jane quickly stood up from her chair and ran to his side, his face was so pale and his skin temperature was burning high, she had to scream for help.
His secretary and some of his staff rushed into his office. At the sight of their boss on the floor they panicked.
”What happened?” one of the staff who looked more matured and calmer than the others asked.
”I don’t know he just slumped”.
”Someone call an ambulance”
Sandra quickly rushed off to call an ambulance. Jane tried to see if he was still conscious, so she knelt close to his ear and whispered his name.
”Mr Jeffery can you hear me?”
In response he held her hand, this calmed Jane at least he wasn’t totally unconscious.
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 1 – 10
Few minutes later Sandra rushed back into the office.
”The ambulance is here” she announced.
The paramedics trooped into the office to carry him into the ambulance. Jane tried removing her hand from his grasp but he held on even tighter. One of the paramedics noticed this and asked her to come with him to the hospital.
”It’s obvious he wants you to come with him”.
Jane sat beside him in the ambulance, watching the paramedics take his vitals. She felt so scared and confused. What if he dies, would she be blamed for his death? After-all she was the last person to be seen with him. She can’t even bring herself to think of him dying. She has come to really like him a lot; if she would be honest with herself she was falling for him already. Tears started to run down her eyes, if only she had her sister here with her then she would have told her what to do. Her elder sister always has the tendency of remaining calm in the face of storm. Unlike Jane who always cried whenever she was confronted with difficult situations.
She decided to do what her sister always taught her to do. She prayed.
His parents arrived hospital the moment they were told what happened to their son. When his mother saw Jane after speaking with the doctors she bombarded her with questions.
“They say you were with him in his office when he fainted?”
“Yes ma”
“Did he complain of anything, like headache or something?”
Jane could sense fear in the woman’s voice, so she tried her best to answer all her questions even if it’s the same questions the doctors asked her when they first arrived the hospital.
“No ma he didn’t, though I noticed he was looking stressed but he assured me he was fine when I pointed it out”.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes ma”
“What of…”
“Ronke that’s enough question already, you are scaring her.The doctors will be out soon to let us know what is wrong with our son”.
His mother resumed pacing the hallway silently praying for her son. His father just remained calm while he sat on one of the chairs in the hallway looking at nothing in particular.
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 1 – 10
Thirty minutes later the doctor came out Jeffery’s ward with a gloomy look on his face.
”I’m afraid we have bad news”.
Jeffery’s parents stood fixated to the spot both saying nothing just looking at the doctor. Tears steadily streaming down his mother’s eyes. His father’s eyes were red, obviously from fighting back his own tears.
What could the bad news be, what terrible thing has happened to their son?
”Mr Ademola, are you with me?”
”Yes of course, what was it you were saying?”
”Please come with me to my office”.
Mr Ademola lead his shaken wife to the doctor’s office, he tried to assure her everything will be fine. His assurance did nothing to pacify her; instead she only cried the more. He couldn’t blame her; he doesn’t even believe everything will be fine himself. What if their son was dead?
Jane couldn’t help but wonder what the bad news was. Why didn’t the doctor just say it in her presence? How long would she have to wait? The more she waited, the more agitated she became. Nurses kept going in and out of Jeffery’s ward none saying a word, they all wore a grim look.
She tried asking one of them what was wrong with him and she wouldn’t say anything; instead she just gave Jane a weak smile and walked past her.
She would have to wait for his parents to come out of the doctor’s office before she can know what has happened to Jeffery.
She took to pacing the hallway herself, hoping it will help to calm her troubled nerves. Her phone rang and she picked; it was Vivian.
Jane had called to inform her the situation of things on their way to the hospital.
”Jane any news, how is he?”
”I really don’t know Vivian, the doctor is talking to his parents right now, hopefully when they come out I will know the situation of things”.
”So sorry dear, I really hate that you had to be put in this situation”
”It’s ok Vivian, none this was your fault”
There was a pause.
”Maybe you should go home and rest you really sound tired”
Indeed she was tired; her back aches really badly from sitting in one position for long and she could really do with a bath and a change of clothes.
”I will go home, but first I need to know the situation of things here”
”Alright dear, do let me know of any new development okay?”
”Alright, thanks Vivian”
Jeffery’s mother sat in the doctor’s office looking at him but not hearing a single word of what he was saying. She sat there remembering how she sat in a similar office thirty one years ago with her husband awaiting the result of the test that was carried out on her. She had been feeling sick and constantly throwing up; so Adams suggested they go see the doctor. She remembers the doctor sitting on his chair with a wide smile on his face.
”Congratulations Mr and Mrs Ademola, you are 4weeks pregnant”
Their joy knew no bounds, after having their first child Erica three years ago, the young couples were glad to welcome another child into the family. Nine months later she gave birth to Jeffery. She remembers her husband embracing her and filling her face with kisses.
”Thank you for birthing me a son” he said with a broad smile on his face as he looked adorably at the tiny bundle of joy in his crib.
The contrast now is no one was smiling, the doctor’s face held no emotion; it was as if he was trying hard to hide his emotions. He was flipping through the files before him as if trying to find a better way to break the news to them.
”Doctor please go straight to the point what is wrong with our son?” His father asked.
”Well with the series of test conducted on him, it shows that he has cerebral malaria”
”How can he have cerebral malaria? Cerebral malaria is not something you just go about having like that”
His father was trying to wrap this information around his head, their son lives in one of the best houses in the suburb part of the island in Lagos and it is well protected against mosquitoes. How come he now has cerebral malaria?
”Well cerebral malaria is a severe illness caused by complication of infection by the malaria parasite”
This information panicked his mother all the more; she has heard and seen people die from having cerebral malaria. What if her son ends up being one of them??
”But he was fine until recently, how did this happen?”
”Well sometimes some parasites can remain dormant in the liver for several months after one has been infected before manifesting.”
”Will he be alright, do we need to fly him out of the country?”
”There will be no need for that, we have everything under control, good news is that his organs are still in good shape so we can still fight it”
”Thank God, can we see him?”
”Well you can, but the thing is..?”
”The thing is what doctor?”
His mother was beginning to dislike the doctor’s approach of dropping the information bit by bit; he should tell them everything so they might as well know what they are up against.
”Please calm down madam”
”Ronke calm down, our son we be fine, put your mind at ease”
Her husband knew she was beginning to lose her patience with the doctor; he is her only son after all so he couldn’t blame her.
”The thing is, he is in coma”
”He is in what?”
”Will he wake up anytime soon?”
”Well it all depends, some patients come out of coma after a few hours while others take a bit longer”
There was silence in the room no one was saying anything, both parents were processing what the doctor just told them.
They followed the doctor into their son’s private ward, where he lay on the hospital bed, there was an oxygen machine fixed to help him breath. Different electrodes were attached to his scalp which recorded his brain’s electrical impulses. The doctor checked his pulse and decided to leave his parents to have a moment with their son.
”Do you think he will be fine?” his mother asked, looking to her husband for reassurance.
He put his right hand on her shoulders and gave it a tiny squeeze.
”He will be fine, he is a fighter remember?”
”I have heard of how people don’t wake up from….”
”shh…. Ronke don’t say such negative things, be positive remember?”
”I’m trying, I just don’t know how we got here, what if something happens to him?”
”Nothing will happen to him, except he will wake up and recover from this”
She said nothing in reply only nodded and placed her head on her husband’s shoulders and let the tears she has been holding since on seeing her son in such condition fall freely down her cheeks.
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Let’s pray for Jeff, he needs our prayers.
Get well soon Jeffery.
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 1 – 10
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