Amos Nyirenda

Tragedy Thriller Children

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Amos Nyirenda

Tragedy Thriller Children

A DIFFICULT DECISION I MADE

A DIFFICULT DECISION I MADE

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   Jane was happy again, after a long time of losing her beloved daughter. She had a newly born bouncing baby girl to call her own. Whenever she looked at her daughter, whom she later named Erica, her heart would blossom with great joy and happiness. Jack, her husband, made sure that every necessity she was provided with.

    As beautiful as a flower she grew up, so beautiful and eye-catching she was that everyone admired her. As usual some had to cast an evil eye because of jealousy.


    After four years of birth, Erica began going to school. Her mother always took her to and from school every day. When she was in her sixth grade on the holiday of the second term, she was supposed to go for a holiday and her parents were yet to decide. Jane said to her husband, "dear, grandmother really wants to see Erica this holiday, besides she never saw her since she was born."

"Yes, and I think this month I have nothing much to do, so if we can prepare today tomorrow we can depart for the village," Jack said.

That very moment, Jane informed Erica's grandmother that the whole family will be visiting them the following day.


   The next morning as they were about to start off, Jane had a sudden headache and decided not to go. So jack and his daughter started off. Seven hours later, they arrived safely at the village. Upon seeing Erica, grandmother rushed and hugged her with great joy and a big smile on her face. 

 "What a beautiful daughter you have, I am glad that you brought her with you," she said to her son Jack.

Since it was late evening, she prepared a delicious meal for her granddaughter. They all ate together until their bellies were full. It was a wonderful evening.


    Not long it was morning, grandmother told Erica that since you are here with me, I will teach you how to do house chores and how to be a good girl. She was happy and ready to learn from her grandmother. As days went by, her grandmother taught her everything she needed to know to become a responsible young girl. No sooner had they realized the holiday came to an end, she did not believe it because she really enjoyed her grandmother's company. This time around she had no option but to go back to her hometown because she needed to report for school.


   While Jack and her daughter were traveling back home in their personal vehicle at a speed of one twenty kilometers per hour (120 km/h), they encountered a curve. Just after the curve, Jack and her daughter heard a loud bang like that of thunder. The next thing Jack noticed was that he could not move a single muscle of his body but he could smell the scent of blood he was lying on and then he saw his daughter laying unconscious, bleeding like a tap set free then he saw total darkness. Jack and her daughter were in a terrible accident. They were taken to the nearest hospital where they received their treatment.


   The doctor called Jane to inform her about the accident using Jack's cell phone. Upon learning of the shocking news, she was aghast. Without wasting any time she rushed to the hospital, where she met the doctor who was giving treatment to her husband and daughter.

 The doctor said "they are both not yet out of danger, when the accident occurred they both lost a lot of blood, we have tried to look for someone who can donate blood, but unfortunately we couldn't find anyone and currently the blood we have in our blood Banks does not match the blood group of both the child and the father"


Jane asked " what is the way forward?"

"We have to take a sample of your blood to the lab, and see if we can find something good", the doctor replied.

Jane's blood sample was taken to the lab for testing to see if the blood group can match with that of her husband and daughter. After a few minutes the doctor came in the waiting room, were Jane sat, devoted in prayer. The doctor called her and said " there is good news and bad news, the bad….."

She interrupted and said "what's the good news doctor"


In a saddened voice the doctor said " the good news is that the blood sample we took from you has matched the blood group for both your husband and daughter. And the bad news is that you can only donate for one person. You have ten minutes to decide".


Jane was shattered " whom should I choose, whom should I donate blood to, my darling Erica or my dear husband. I can't afford losing them both." She thought as she cried hopelessly.

Before she came to a final decision the ten minutes she was given were over. Then the doctor said "madam we need to start the blood transfusion before it's too late, whom have you chosen, you daughter or your husband?"


There was a moment of silence, then she said while sobbing "my flesh and blood, my daughter" 

The doctor left in silence to go and perform the transfusion. After an hour the doctor came to her and said "well.., the transfusion was successful but we have lost your husband, he is no more"

She was so heart broken that she cried her breath out such that she passed out. After regaining conscious she continued crying, was it a right decision I made ??.



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