Chapter 18

Reem: heey sh9ayer wein ray7een??

Me: lazem nroo7 el mstashfaa

Reem: ooohhh

Marya: yup!

We waited for 15 mins until 3adel reached us, and then it took us almost 10 mins to get to the hospital, by that time kant el sa3a 3:50

Marya: yallaa your tooo slow

Me: enzain enzain

We rushed our way to the cancer section to find D3y already there waiting for us

Me: hallaa d3y, sorry we’re late

D3y w Marya ma salemaw, they never do anyways bs 5azaw ba3a'9

D3y: ahlaain, why are you this late, nthba7t w ana an6rkm(5az Marya when he said that…again)

Marya: wee laa 2asfeen wayed ena theba7naak

D3y: Marya la t3-

Me: (ga6a3ta) guys we are in a hospital mb el7een, please, yalla 5an dshh

They walked inside the first room which 7abeeb was in, I looked at d3y's face w kan mn9dm, it was his first time, he  had exactly the same reaction me and Marya had, kl wa7d went to a kid w ana 6ab3an awal shay r7t 7ag 7abeeb

I sat on his bed and said: hallaa 7abeeboo.. sha5barrk?

He tried with all his energy to smile, I could see how much he struggled to, but he was a strong kid, and he managed to give me a smile and say: anaa zain
He got worst! I could barely hear him, I felt so sory for him and went to his nurse as2alha what’s going on with him

Me: umm excuse me??

Nurse: yes ma'am how can I help you

Me: umm you know 7abeeb, in room 1,cancer section?

Nurse: ya ofcourse I do, is there something wrong??

Me: ya actually I came to ask you whats wrong with him , I visited him a couple of days ago and he didn’t seem this bad

Nurse: ya ma'am, he has leukemia (blood cancer) and unfortunately we cant find any donations with the same blood type, even his family…

Me: what do you mean ?? so what are you gona do whats  gona happen to him ?? (my voice got louder as I finished my sentence)

Nurse:  ma'am we received habeeb in a very late stage of cancer, we expected this(what the hell did she mean 'this') if we don’t find his blood type in almost 2 months, im afraid he'll be gone

Me: WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'LL BE GONEE??? YOU CANT JUST GIVE UP ON HIM LIKE THAAT!! YOU CANT DOO THAAT !! HE WONT DIEEE

Nurse: ma'am please calm down we are in a hospital, there is nothing I can do about it, even his family gave up

Me: I don’t care about his family, you cant just sit and watch him diee… you know what, check me.. please I'll donate for him, check my blood or something maybe I have his bloodtype

Nurse: yeaa great idea follow me, you'll just need to sign some things

Me: umm yea ok sure, I'll just go tell my friends and I'll come back to you

I ran back to the room Marya and D3y were in(they were in the second room now)

D3y: wein re7taay??

Me: sm3aw ana baroo7 ba5eth blood test, fe wa7d bemoot in 2 months etha may7a9loon his bloodtype for donations, ana baroo7 shwy w bared

Marya: 3afya 3alaich looloo, roo7ay roo7ay

D3y: 3afya 3alaich

Me: alla y3afeekm, yalla be right back
and I rushed back to the nurse, they made me fill out a form and sign some things…

Nurse: right this way ma'am

My heart started beating, my biggest fear is needles, mt3a8da mnhm, when I was a kid, kanaw bya36oony 2braa la2na knt wayed mree'9a w the needle nksr inside me hand, since then ive never taken an injection , w hay mb bas injection, sa7b daam ba3ad ya3ny a5as, I was so scareed, bs I'll do it for him

Nurse: sit down here please

Me: sure
I saw another nurse come with this huge needle, shiiitt shnooow thyy w why is it huuge , I looked at my hands w I was shivering, shiit w ethaa ynksr mara thanyaa??!?! Omg omg omg

He tied something around my arm and pulled it tight

Me: will it hurt??

....: only if you want it to, just forget about it

Haaa?? Shyguul thyyy shnow if yu want it too?!?!? El7amdilla wl shkr! omgg shiit!! I watched the needle go inside me, pulling my skin towards it directions, I felt something tingly inside, it wasn’t much of pain, just tingly ..AAAY SHIIIIT nooow it hurts, I looked and the tube and it was getting filled with maroonish red blood , no wonder why it hurt, I felt something cold was squeezing my veins, so weird how you can feel that, sb7an alla

..: ookaay all done

Me: umm when can I know the results??

…: in a week almost

Me: A WEEK?? Cant you do it earlier

…: sorry ma'am but that’s impossible

Me: umm, okay thanxx

..: our job ma'am

I went back to Marya w d3y and to my surprise, they were actually not fighting but just talking to eachother, madry sh9ayrlhm?? They were walking towards the private rooms

Me: haa sh9ayrlkmm?? Shloon le7een 3aysheen??

Marya: 7adch sa5eefa t3arfeen??

Me: hahhahahaa

D3y: emshaw emshaw el7een

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
(this was the only room we didn’t enter last time, I think he was doing tests or something)

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Nurse: no no, this patient doesn’t like visitors

Maryaa: what? Why?

Nurse: he's new here, I mean he just found out he has cancer and is still trying to accept it

Me: no but we are here to help them

D3y: yaa we are going in, we'll make him better don’t worry

Nurse: ok whatever you think

D3y: shakla ma brd 3alaina 5an dsh

Me: la laa shnow ndsh, may9eer

Marya: laissh may9eer 3adyy shda3wa dshy dshy

Me: uff fine

Dashait… WHAAAT!!  LAAAAA LAAAA LAA THISS CANT BE HAPPENINGGG!!! SHNOOOW??!! ARE YOU SERIOUSSS!!! MY HEART FELL TO MY STOMACH, I CONULDNT BELIEVE ITT!! I COULDN’T FEEL MY BODY MADRY SHLON BS SHAYART WITH MY MOUTH OPEN, I was totally numb, my body was firing up like I was going to just burst any second!

Marya: laayaaan shfeech?? Mn da5el, shfeee waychh yt'3ayar alwanaa?!?

D3yy had exactly the same expression,a rainfall of tears where uncontrollably falling from my eyes, I couldn’t handle this!!! PLEASEEE tell my im dreaming!!

TO BE CONTINUED