Heyyyy, friends…… miss you…. It’s me Rina Sivaguru back with one shot story again after so long……Happy Friendship Day my dear friends…… Do read and give comments……
It’s been 5 years since I had the heart transplant….. … Now I’m perfectly fine from physically and mentally….. 10 years ago I’m just a broken soul who was counting the days……… Who am I now is just because of her only, my Elaine…… My sunshine……
10 years ago
I am Esther….. I faint suddenly while playing volleyball….. I had been admitted in Hospital…. I don’t know what happened but it’s already one week I had been admitted but no one tell me what happened exactly…….even my parents keep avoiding answering my question….. Whenever I ask my father why I haven’t been discharged they just avoid answering it….. When I ask my mother the same question her answer was just one “you are so weak…. So you need to be hospitalized”………
I just spending my time at hospital…. Two week passed….. I missed my classes…. My teachers and friends got visit me in that period of time….. First week I couldn’t move from bed because of the drips…. The second week I free and able to move…. It’s was so boring staying at hospital…. I walk around and there was I meet her…… Elaine….. She was sitting on a bench….. She smiles at me when I walk pass her….
Elaine: hai!!! What happened to you?? Why are you staying at hospital she asks me with a smile playing in her lips…..?
Esther: hai!!! I’m esther! What’s your name???
Elaine: Hai!! Nice to meet you…. I’m Elaine…. What happened to you?
Esther: Nice to meet you too…. If you ask me what happened to me, even I didn’t have the answer for it…… I faint when I was playing volleyball….. It’s already 2 week I have been admitted but I don’t what happened…. My parents also didn’t tell me…… But I can guess it’s something wrong …….
Elaine: Don’t worry whatever it is…. Just take it easy….. Maybe your parents don’t want make you worry… so they didn’t tell you…..
Esther: yes…. I think so… that’s why they didn’t tell me the reason…..
Elaine: Heyyy….I forget to ask…. How old are you??
Esther: hahaha….. I’m 15 years old….
Elaine: Wow…. Same as me…. From now on you are my best friend…. She told me with a beautiful smile….
Esther: hahaha…. You are so funny and cute…. I loved to be your friend…… Hey, you haven’t told me why are you at here?
Elaine: I have leukemia….. Today I came here for treatment………but I need to be hospitalized because my health getting worst……. I hate hospital but its ok…. Because of this hospital only I get you as my best friend……
Esther ‘s monologue….
I was numb…. I don’t know how to react with her statement….. While I was having difficulty want to talk what with her…. My mother’s voice interrupts our conversation….
Mother: Esther, what are you doing here? Let’s go you have check up……
Esther: Mom, meet my best friend Elaine…..
Elaine: Hello, aunty….meet you again….
Mother: hai dear….. Nice to meet you again… Sorry dear need to bring Esther for check up couldn’t chat longer with you……
Elaine: It’s ok aunty…. Meet you another day….
Esther: Elaine, you know my mom?
Elaine: yes, I meet her before at canteen…..
Esther: ohhh… I got to go… meet you soon….
Esther’r monologue
I went to check up with my mom…. After the check up….. I ask the doctor when I will discharge again…..The doctor finally told me that I having hole in my heart and in a serious stage and need to undergo transplant….I couldn’t undergo the operation till I get another heart….. Not a lot of people are willing to donate their heart nowadays…… I was totally broken… I never thought I will face this kind of situation in my life….. What will happen to me?? Am I going to die soon? What will happen to my parents? There was a lot of thing running in my mind at that time….
2 week passed since I know about my disease ……still I didn’t get another heart…. In those 2 weeks I get closed to Elaine….. We spend our time together……. We do a lot of thing together like watch movies, reading books, chatting and so on…… it’s was very hard for me but due to Elaine I accept the truth and fight with the disease….. She encourages me a lot….. Deep inside my heart I know that she is really a best friend of mine….. She is really a God gifted friend for me…… I really hope there is some miracle so she can be cured….. I know if I have a heart transplant I will be cured but in her Elaine case she couldn’t do anything….. Still she was so strong and keeps smiling…. I don’t know how she can be that strong and makes others happy at the same time….. I learned a lot from her…..
One day, the doctor came and told me that they got heart for me so will do the transplant immediately…. I was so happy….. I couldn’t even share the news with Elaine…… I was completely fine and have a fast recovery after the surgery…. In those days, I never meet Elaine once…. I ask my mother too….. But she didn’t tell me anything…. I missed her lot…..
At the day discharging, I went to meet Elaine without informing my mother…..When I reached her wad, I saw another women lying there….. I didn’t found her for my disappointment…… So, I went and ask the nurse who always take care of Elaine….. Her answer really makes me stop breathing…… “Esther, I’m sorry… she is no more…..”
I don’t know what happened…… When I wake up…. I just now that I was in hospital……my mother ask me worriedly “Esther, how are you?”
Esther: I’m fine mom….. Mom….. Elai…ne….. She is no more….. I start to cry…..
Mom: Esther, shhhh….. I know dear….. I know….. She assures me with hugging …….
Esther: Mom, you know! Why you didn’t tell me…..
Mom: Doctor told us that you can’t hear any shocking things which is not good for you….because you just went through surgery….. So, I planned to tell once you are really fine…..
Esther: it’s ok mom…. I understand ……..
Mom: not that only dear…… She is the one donate her heart for you….. So, you need to stay fine for her…..
Esther: What!!!!
It’s already 10 years since everything happened….. It’s just a short span I knew you but the thing you done to me are unexplainable……Now I’m a top surgeon of heart transplant and bone marrow transplant ……At the same time, I’m doing a lot things which bring awareness of organ donation among society.I know this is your ambition, so I full filling it for the best friend who loves me unconditionally without any consideration……
“Elaine, I met you as a stranger……Took you as a friend….I thought of you everyday…..but that’s nothing new…… I think of you in silence…..I often speak your name…..All I have are memories and a picture in a frame…….Your memory is a keepsake from which I will never part……God has you in His arm…..I have you in my heart………I hope we meet in heaven…..Where our friendship never end…..I love you……”