My five husbands by Loren rivera (classic novels for teens TXT) 📗

           A nurse barged into my office unannounced. I do not like people who barge in without permission. 

Nurse: Dr. James, I cannot find Dr. Sam anywhere and there is an emergency. A pregnant lady has had an accident. 

James: Is there no other gynaecologist available in the hospital? 

Nurse: No sir,Dr.Sam was supposed to be here but he is not. And no one is able to contact him.

James: I will treat the lady. Where is her room? 

Nurse: 5th floor, O.R. no. 5. 

James: Nurse, when you do get in touch with Dr. Sam, tell him that he is fired if he does not have a reasonable excuse. 

Nurse: Okay, Dr. James. 

          I rushed towards the 5th floor. I saw a girl crying outside the operation room but I did not pay any attention to her. My main focus was to save the life of the person in the O.R. 

         I went inside the operation room. There were nurses trying to keep the situation stable. I checked the woman's condition. She was 33 weeks pregnant. I would have to perform a operation on her to save her and her baby both. But for that, I need the signature of her relative.

James: Nurse, do you have the signature of her relative? 

Nurse: Dr. there is no emergency contact in her phone. 

James: Any friend or anyone? 

Nurse: No doctor, just the girl who brought her here. 

James: I will go and talk to her while you get things ready for the operation. 

            I went outside to find the same girl that was there. And she was still crying. 

James: Excuse me, do you know the pregnant lady? Is she your friend? 

Nora: No. I don't know her but I brought her here. 

James: Okay, see the lady in there needs an operation to be performed and her family is untraceable. 

Nora: Please save her life doctor. I know you need the sign of a family member. I will sign her papers as a friend. 

James: You don't need to do that. 

Nora: But if you perform the surgery without anyone's signature, they can take away your doctorate, so I will sign it. 

James: If it saves someone's life, it is worth it. And you don't worry about me. 

Nora: Please save her. I beg you. 

James: I will do my best. 

           I went inside the operation room and started performing the surgery. 

After an hour: 

          Thank God,the surgery was successful. The baby and mother both are fine. It was a cute little girl. That's the part I love about my job,these little bundles of joy.The baby will have to be kept inside an incubator for a week or so. But they both are fine. The mother will also gain her consciousness after sometime. After cleaning myself, I went outside to inform the girl who was with the patient. 

           I saw the girl crying and some old women was yelling at her. Why was anyone yelling at her? I felt something in my heart when I saw that someone was yelling at her and I did not like the feeling at all. When I went closer, I heard the old lady say. 

Old lady: If anything happens to my daughter and my granddaughter,I will sue you. And who do you think you are to sign the papers? The document states that it will not be the hospital's responsibility for what happens to the patient, and you signed it, meaning if anything happens to any of them I will held you responsible, it will be your fault, you....

James: Stop. 

         Both of them looked in my direction. The tears in her eyes pierced my heart. She stood up and walked towards me, then held my hands.

Nora: Please tell me you saved her..

James: I did baby, you don't need to cry anymore. 

         I said and wiped the tears from her eyes. The old lady also walked towards me. 

Old lady: My daughter and the baby are alright? 

James: Yeah, they are perfectly fine. The baby will be kept in the incubator for observing for a week but other than that everything is fine. 

Old lady: Thank you, thank you so much doctor. I can't thank you enough. 

James: The person you are supposed to thank is her, she brought her on time, if it had been any later, it would have been a serious problem. 

          The old lady turns toward the girl. 

Old lady: Thank you dear. And I apologize for the behavior earlier. 

Nora: I understand. 

          She said in a hoarse voice after all the crying. 

James: You can go in if you want. 

          I said gesturing to the old lady. A wonderful smile beamed across her face and she excitedly walked towards the room her daughter was in. 

Nora: Thank you so much doctor. 

           Her voice was still hoarse and throaty. 

James: Its my job. 

          I shrugged. But still the appreciation in her eyes was clearly visible. 

James: Come on,follow me. 

Nora: Where? 

          I just started walking not answering her question. I looked behind to see she was following me obediently. I took her to my office. 

James: Have a seat. 

         Once she sat down, I went to get her some water. After all that crying, she might have dehydrated. I handed her the water and she drank the water in one go. I too sat down in my chair across her.

James: Why did you sign the papers despite me telling you not to? 

Nora: I didn't want anyone to lose their job because of me. 

          Her voice was sweeter than any melody I have ever heard. 

James: Baby, first of all this is my hospital,so I won't lose the job. And what if something had gone wrong with the operation, you would be in deep trouble? 

Nora: That's why I signed the papers. I can't let anyone else bear the consequences of my mistake. 

James: How is it you mistake? 

Nora: Because my boyfriend was looking at me when he was driving the car, the car stopped at the right time but she fell down unfortunately. 

James: But it's not your fault, if anything it would have been your boyfriend's fault. So you didn't need to take the risk.