Chapter 14

When I entered , I just tried my best to swallow my tears , the view was heart breaking, they were all in such bad and sick states … I looked at Marya w her eyes were soo teary , her face was red , bas she tried to keep the biggest smile on, so was I …

There were children everywhere w they kind of all looked the same, I went to one child w Marya went to another 

Me : hellooo , whats your name

.. : (his or her – I coundnt tell- voice was very shaky ) 7abeeb

Me: halla 7abeeb sha5baar ?? ( his eyes looked like they were puched in his face , his teeth were all yellow and craked , he had absoloutely no hair , and his head shape was reallyy weird , there were blue circles all over him, his lips were dry, craked and bleeding in some areas, I didn’t even know how he had the strength to talk …)

7abeeb:  ana zain, bs wayed 3a6shan 3ndch maay?

Me: ee ofcourse I doo ( I got a bottle of water and handed it to him.. he looked like a social kid)

7abeeb : (with a broken smie on his face) shkraan , enty shsmch ??

Me : 3afwan 7abeeby ana esmy layan (I gave him a smile , he was soo sweet , I realized he couldn’t get the bottle to open , he was to weak , ) 5alny asa3dk ( I opened the bottle and I gave it too him)

7abeeb: shkraan (he drank almost half the bottle), umm enty mn, are you a doctor , ya3ny enty shla yaya mnee

Me: hhh la 7abeeby im not a doctor , ana w rfeejty yena nzoorkm, w nag3d wyakm w nsoolf wyakm , ya3ny chii

7abeeb( he had the biggest smile on his face , he seemed so happy , and this was my aim)9ij?? Hay awal mara a7ad ysawy halon, ya3ny your my friend el7een?

Me: ofcourse im your friend , w you know what , I promise you I'll visit aloot ( I gave him my pinky , he gave me his , he was shaking, I joined our pinkies and we shaked )

7abeeb: bs layan I wont be here everyday

Me: laish you switch rooms?

7abeeb: laa we don’t , bas ya3ny madry mta bamoot ana

Just hearing a small kid say that was the worst thing ive ever heard , magdrt,how could a small kid say that, mashallaa 3alaa hes strongg , a tear came out of my eye, with his small shaky hands, he wiped it off my face, like he was used to this happening, used to people crying on his bed…

Me: 7abeeb enta ma btmoot, ya your sick, bs you have to stay strong, w 5aly eemank b alla stronger , a9lan choof 3a'9alatk (he smiled when I said that and looked at his arms) , 7abeeb you'll make it out of here ,and you'll continue your life , 9adegny

7abeeb: t3arfeen ench enty awal wa7da glteely hal kalam(7asaita a grown up ga3d ykalmny),thankyouu layaan!! ( he tried with all his energy struggling to lift himself off his bed to hug me)

Me: la la 5alek ( I pushed him down gently w I leaned over to him and hugged him , again I started crying silently, I sniffed whipped away my tears and sat down on his bed), enzain bagoulk, do you like cookies??

7abeeb: eee wayed

Me: enzain would you like some

7abeeb: (he smiled again ) eeee

I handed him some cookies, said bye and went to the next child, Marya did the same, for the rest of the kids I managed to hold my tears, as much as I loved all of them,7abeeb really touched my heart, he was the sickest one of them all w also the kindest w cutest…

Marya : (as we were walking towards the private rooms) omg layaan!!! Shnow thee masakeeen !! ana magdrt wayed 97t

Me: ufff w ana ba3ad

When we were about to enter one of the rooms …

Nurse: umm excuse me ma'am's, this patient went to do some tests because he's new , you won't find him

Marya: ohh thanks

And we moved to the next room, we stayed in the hospital for almost 2 hours, then we left…

(in the car)Marya: layan shraych nroo7 el ritz bacher, mn zman ma r7na w last time we were supposed to go..umm .. t3arfeen

Me: eee good idea .. tabeen morning or afternoonish ?

Marya: laa akeed afternoonish, ma bakoon ga3da in the morning

Me: hahha ee w ana ba3ad
wa9altha el bait then I left home …

TO BE CONTINUED …