"Some days I want to
spit me out, the whole mess of me
but mostly I am good
and quiet"

....
Chapter 9 - The Day.

Time - 7 p.m

Bring a crash cart in here.

Charge to 100.

Charge to 150.

Charge to 200.

You need to live, don't die on us.

Charge again.

Again.

Just breathe

Please

Flashback

Time - 9 a.m

It was 9 a.m and at 10, one hour later they would take her for the operation. Discussing everything about the case after every 10 mins they kept going on and on to save her. Navya's  parents had arrived and when they looked at Nandini another round of
Crying session went on.

Time 10 a.m

At 10, her stretcher was being moved to the operation theater by 4 doctors, Manik, Cabir, Raj Malhotra and Mukti.
Manik bent down pretending to fix something and softly whispered in her ears "You'll be fine. We will be fine."

12:00 a.m

Raj Malhotra - Manik, how long will you take? 

Manik - I have removed the blood clot from the left side but the right side is all damaged . I'll need time , 3 to 4 hours more because even a slightest touch to another nerve she may never... Never wake up.

Raj nodded and turned to Cabir

"Cabir what's your status ?"

Cabir - I have fixed her ankle, she is going to be in a lot of pain when she gets up, 3 weeks of complete bed rest. She has a fracture in her left leg and her 3 ribs are broken. I...  I am trying to fix it.

Raj nodded moved out of the room to inform Navya and her parents.
The media was going crazy outside the hospital to get even the slightest of news about her. There had been candle marches held outside the hospital and even in India outside the India  Gate and Red Fort. There were prayer meetings held, all over each one prayed for her recovery, for the recovery of someone who had somehow saved hundred of lives and is yet to save thousands of them.

At 1 p.m

Manik sat on a chair sighing. Standing for 4 straight hours and doing one of the most crucial surgery of his life till now, he needed a breather. He was a doctor and often people make a mistake to see them as god. He was no god. He was just a man , a man who knew who to treat.  He was no god who could eradicate illness from people's life but he was a man who could at least treat the illness . And a man is bound to do mistakes.

He yet had a few hours to operate on her, according to him, he was doing everything as per the plan and everything else too was going accordingly.

Alya had Confirmed that there were not any kind of sexual assault done to her and that was the only good news they had received in 9/10 days.

But they took the good news too soon, they didn't realise while treating her wounds was that there were deeper and darker wounds in her soul, in her mind. There was no sexual assault but lots of mental assault ,something that will take months if not years to overcome.

3 p.m

Her pulse is dropping, Manik stop, said Dhruv panicking.

Manik - If I stop now, things will get worse .

Dhruv - You don't stop, she will die.
Manik stop. Don't move. We are loosing her.

Manik-Give me 1 min please, if I stop then she might never be able to walk again.

Dhruv-if you don't she won't even breathe. Doctor Malhotra, please take the charge we are losing her.

Dr Raj Malhotra - Dr. Manik stop.

Manik - I can't Doctor.

Raj - You have to move now .
Manik - Just a min. 1 min.

Raj - NO. MOVE.
he said with so much authority and strictness that everyone else tensed.

Manik - I CAN'T DAD. I CAN'T. SHE WILL NEVER FORGIVE ME . I CAN'T AND I WON'T. SHE WILL LIVE. SOMEONE PLEASE BRING A CRASH CART IN HERE.
he shouted at everyone and no-one is particular. Manik never, never called  Raj "dad" in front of anyone in the hospital. But he did today. With certainty, begging him to understand.
Was he right in his judgement?
Remember he was no god.
Manik - Done.

Cabir - We are losing her.
Bring a crash cart in here, he shouted loudly.

While Manik stood there unmoved. Was his class wrong?  If he did stop then she might have been paralysed for life but what if that one minute cause him her life.

Charge to 100.

Beep....

Charge to 150.

Beep...

Charge to 200.

Beep...

You need to live, don't die on us.

Charge again.

Again.

Just breathe

Please

Charge to 250 said Manik, moving to her side, he closed his eyes and charged.

Beep.

Again

Beep

Don't die.

Charge...

Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep.

We have a beat. We... We have a beat.

He said, sighed and moved out of the OT in an instant. He had made a call and he still had no idea if it worked or not.

Simply put,

He either have saved her
Or
Ruined her life.

He was no god, just a man with instincts.

And for now she was breathing
But what about healing?

“I’ve seen a lot of beautiful things with a heavy heart.”

Published on -16th Feb 2021.
Short I know but something is better than nothing right? 

P.s - I AM NO DOCTOR SO PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR MY MISTAKES.
Next update -
I don't know, but this month only.

I am so so so sorry for being this late but to be very honest, I have so many things in mind to write but I don't feel like writing. However I can't leave a story in between and this particular one has a long and interesting way to go.

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Till then stay happy and stay blessed.
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