Chapter 26

This is to all the cancer sufferers out there <3

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Me: hallaa

All: ahlaain

Marya: ha sh9ar, I mean when will you start

I explained to all the girls what the doctor told me w then kl wa7da ra7t bait'ha lainw9alt seeda r7t el maylas knowing that my family will be there…

Me: el salam 3alaikm

Omy w obooy: w 3alikm el salaam

Me: wain 3adel

Omy: Fe '3orfeto

Me: ok lazem a7ky ma3akm b mawdou3, I'll go call him
I went to his room and called him down to the maylas

3adel: 5airr??

Me: ok you know how I've been going to the hospital to visit cancer children

Obooi: yes and

Me: ok please esma3oony im very serious, fe wa7ad who got very close to me esma 7abeeb w 3mro almost 11, kteeeeer mree'9 w el doctors are saying he'll probably die in a few weeks if they don’t find a donor, his whole family tried blood tests and known of them got matching results (I think 3adel found out what I want as he exhaled deeply and as his face switched yellow), they all gave up on him and no one even visits him anymore

Omy: what's your message layan?? (I think she found out too)

Me: ana sawait a blood test w im the only matching donor, w Im going to donate whatever he needs next week

Obooi: (wgaf) SHOOO?!? ENTYY MAJNOONAA??

3adel: layan fe 5a6ar kbeeeerrr 3alaa 7ayatkkk why would you want to risk your life?!?!

Me: please hadoo, baba please sit down (he sat back down and exhaled deeply) he's only 11, lessa ma 3ash 7ayatoo w he needs too, w a9lan ana 7aket ma3 el doctor w 2al el 5a6ar not a matter of death, I might get sick more often for fatra 9'3eera w ba3dain 7akoon mnee7a, I'll be perfectly fine pleaseee, I can't watch him die (a tear involuntarily rolled down my face)

Omy: 7abybty, I understand you, w I have nothing against it at all, bl 3aks, kteer far7ana w fa5oora feeky, 3afya 3alaiky 7abybty

3adel: mama enty sam3a shoo bt2ooly?!?!?!

Omy: 7abyby calm down, as she said, she might get sick a few times bas that won't harm her much. Layan 2aweya w she'll be able to handle this

My mum tamat t7awel ta8ne3 3adel w obooi yr'9oon, thank god she understood me!! After a while finalyy they got convinced so I said

Me: ok so 3ndna appointment at 4:30 3ashan tejoo w twa83oo a few papers, ba3dian I'll have to do some tests 3ashan they make sure ana mafeeny eshy and we'll start next week

Omy: ok ana baroo7 bajahez el '3ada, everyone on the table at 2:30 please (and she went)

R7t 7jrty w ga3at 3al laptop shwy w kalamt d3y, he made fun of me in the beginning yaza3am ena 3abaly im a hero w film Hindi, bas kan yt'3ashmar w he was proud of me, bs bgaa agool 7ad adam, I know he'll be totally against the idea in the beginning, bas I think he can imagine 7alat 7abeeb w akeed byr'9a, I heard my mum call so I went to have lunch, when we were all done ga3adna 3al t.v shwy w then we got ready and went to the hospital…

Me: ok bdkm tshoofoo 7abeeb or straight to the doctor??

Omy: mnroo7 to the doctor ba3dain mnshoof 7abeeb 3ashan el wa2et

Me: ok yalla (mshaina to dr.salem's office, I knocked the door and we went in)

All: el salam 3alaikm

Dr.Salem: w 3alaikm el salam, so entaw ahl layan?

Obooi: eee, shlonk doctor (he sounded weird la2na may3rf ygoola in a ba7rainy accent :p)

Dr.Salem: el 7amdilla b 5air, enzain layan shar7atlkm wa'93 7abeeb 9a7??

Omy: ee na3am, she did

Dr.Salem: enzain what layan doesn’t know( 6ala3ny, sta'3rabt??) ena 7abeeb's kidney just an hour ago stopped functioning…totally… this was his  last kidney, my point is, layan,(6ala3ny again) ely shara7tlch ya mn sa3a ma bkoon mna fayda etha ma3nda a kidney, w since you’re here I just wanted to ask you if you're willing to may-(ga6a3ta)

Me: of-course im willing, I said I'll donate WHATEVER he nee-

Obooi: shoooo?!?!? Umm doctor can you give us a minute??

Dr.Salem ofcourssee of course (w 6la3 mn el 7jra)

Obooi: layaaan, majnoonaa??? Shoo kidney, you need it!! And no msta7eel a5aleeky to give away your kidney, you need both, do you know how dangerous this is???

Me: baba please understand!! El walaaad bemoooot, im the only one with his blood, he needs me baba pleaseee

Obooi: 3adel fahmhaa!!

3adel: baba el 9ara7a ya3ny, maba3rf I think what she is doing is alright, ya3ny ehya t3eesh with one kidney wala n5aly walad ymoot while we know we can save him

Obooi: mabasd2kmmm!! Majaneen entoo, laa msta7eel, mafyyy kidney dontations

Omy: Ayman efham, fe walad bemoot, would you kill him??

Obooi: im not killing him!!! Cancer is

Me: (3a9abt mny) babaaa!! Cancer is killing him but we can kill that cancer if you just let me help himmm (tears were flowing through my eyes uncontrollably) please babaa pleaseee!! I can't let him die

Obooi (exhaling deeply): bdy ashoof 7abeeb, ba3dain ba8arer

I was kinda relieved, I know my dad if he sees 7alat 7abeeb akeed byr'9a, I wiped my tears w st2athana mn el doctor 3ashan nroo7 nchoof 7abeeb and I lead them to his room, dahsait el 7jra w I didn’t find him there, 5ft so I went to ask the nurse

Me: excuse me where is 7abeeb

Nurse: we sent him to a private room

Me: where is he exactly, she lead us to his room w dashaina

Omy: (inhales deeply)

3adel: (shocked face)

Obooi:  (his face was indescribable, chna chaf ghost jdama)

Me: he got worst (a tear rolled down my cheeks, he was now attached to so many wires, and he had that beep beep beep thingy , which means he can die any second, 7abeeb is officially in a coma, ma2sa kan he was like a bone, ga3at 3ala ta5ta

Me: 7abeeb??? (I held his hand and started crying loudly, I couldn’t see him like this) 7abeeb please wake uppp?!? 7abeeeeb please, don’t worry im going to help you, 7abeeb don’t give upp, pleasseee (but there was no respond)

I looked at my dad and he was still in the same spot with the same face

Me: baba??

Obooi: bsr3aaa yallaa bsr3aa emshoo 2odamyy

Me: babaa pleaseee do-

Obooi: layan there's no time to talk we need to go sign the papers

I jumped of his bed and hugged my dad so tight, and then we went back to dr.salem's room

Obooi: umm doctor can you please explain the consequences of the donation

SHIIIIT a5aaf he changes his minddd :s :s  :s

TO BE CONTINUED