Han was exhausted he wanted to just lie back and go to sleep. Some how his bizzare dreams kept waking him. Giving up the hope of good sleep he slowly got up and looked across the room. The stench of medicines in hospital the noisy beep from a machine next to the patient bed reminded him of the horrid times in his life which he wanted to forget desperately. Twenty years back it was his mother- his only light of life was struggling with her dengue . He saw his Ma fading into darkness,after which his life was never the same. Han closed his eyes shut, scolding himself for comparing his Ma with his wife.Wife, whom he married for many things but for love, affection or companionship . Sighing deeply he succumbed to deep sleep while trying to find a logic behind his presence here with his wife whom he didn't even like. The answer popped into his mind She has no one else ,just like him.
Why he got concerned about his wife whom he conveniently chose to ignore all this while, he didn't understand. All of this didn't make any sense. He just prayed that she should regain her health. He was woken up by suddenly noise. When he opened his eyes he saw his wife was having an episode of epileptic attack. He stood up to his feet right away making him light headed. He held the wall tightly and rushed near her. He pressed the emergency button all of a sudden two nurses rushed to their room and pushed him away to calm her down. The room door kept swinging trolleys with medicines was brought in the nurse pricked a needle and put her on iv drips again. A lady may be in her mid age came in. She began to speak to the nurses in hushed tones. She asked something and the nurses fervently nodded their heads and pointed their finger towards him. The lady just came towards him and extended her hands to introduce herself "Hi, I'm Dr. Shivani, I was notified and called upon emergency basis about the patient's epileptic seizure. I need your time and some details here. " she pulled out an writing pad with sheets of paper attached to it. Removing a pen from her bag she started questioning Han. How is the patient related to you.? Han was bit nervous now, blinking away his fear he said "She's my wife. " Dr. Started scribbling her notes without looking at him her questions started." Oh , great May I know both of your names, age, medical history How long have you been married? "My actual name is Rohan Joshi, 32 years old, my nickname is Han. My wife's name is Devi, 25years old. I occasionally get panic attacks and other wise fit. About my wife she's illiterate, so no point in conversing in English. She is deaf and mute .apart from that I don't know anything about her. We are married for almost two years. " The doctor looked at him and took a deep breath. She spoke to him about Devi's health condition. Look Mr. Rohan , Devi's health is very critical. She's had epileptic seizure because of high fever. Which might be due to infection. We need to run blood tests and Eeg to conclude our diagnosis. Are you alright ? Han replied "Dr. do whatever is required to save her. I had an accident one week back, still recovering from it." The doctor gave her instruction to the nurses and wished speedy recovery to Han and Devi. After all the arrangements Han slowly walked to Devi .He watched how small her frame was. He hesitantly touched her wrist. Han thought she's too thin her palms were blazing hot. Out of his usual habit he just palpated her forehead. She is having high fever he thought.
Last few days were maniac may be that's why he was acting the way that he was. He was convincing himself for his outburst of emotions. He felt sorry for Devi ,despite his so thought apathy , All he knew was that she didn't deserve his cold behavior,anger and his disappointment towards her. She groaned and tried feebly to move her legs and hands. She was trying to open her eyes . She started to clutch her head and started to cry in her sleep. On watching this Han gently pulled her hands away from her head and held it. But her tears were rolling down to her temples. He took out his hand kerchief to wipe her tears . He sat beside her. He was folding his kerchief to keep it inside his pocket suddenly he noticed blood stain.He checked his plastered hand he was alright.He checked Devi's hand and his hand .Devi's hand had blood stain. He checked he checked her hand. Her hand was not showing any sign of damage. Instinctively he reached out to touch her head,on touching her head Devi flinched away with a groan. It then clicked to him that may be her head is having some injury. He rushed out to call the nurses. When the nurses examined her head, they immediately called Dr. Shivani.
On observing the hustle bustle he realized that the problem was more grave than expected. Slowly he started chanting in a state of numbness "Please God let her be alright, I will take good care of her. Please God let her be alright, I will take good care of her"
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