HOPE FOR TOMORROW
Episode 9 (Second to last episode)
Sofia broke down in uncontrollable tears and Fred hugged her even tighter. “It’s ok, stop crying” he said as he wiped the tears off her eyes. “I thought you stopped loving me” she said sobbing, “I love you everyday, and I’m going nowhere, we are in this together, it’s me and you against the world” Fred said.
They made new commitments and promised to always put each other first in everything they did and decisions they took. Their marriage took a good direction and things gradually became better.
They adopted a male child from the orphanage home, a child whom they named Isaac.
A year later, one morning, Sofia started feeling feverish. She thought it was just the normal symptoms of malaria, she took some malaria medication, Shortly after, she fainted, Fred became very scared and didn’t know what to do. He rushed to where she laid and shouted her name severally but there was no response. He started panicking and quickly got dressed to take her to the hospital, he rushed unconscious Sofia to the hospital and many medical tests were run on her to find out what could be the problem.
Few hours later, Sofia was conscious, the doctor walked into the Hospital room to give Fred and Sofia the result of the the numerous medical tests run on Sofia.
“Hi doc” Fred greeted
“Hello Mr Fred, the test results are out” The doctor said calmly
Sofia stared speechlessly
“I hope all is well” Fred asked nervously
“Congratulations Mr Fred, your wife is 3 weeks pregnant” the doctor said. Sofia almost collapsed from the hospital bed she laid. “it’s not true!” She shouted, “It is true” the doctor confirmed.
Sofia almost ran mad due to how she was feeling at that moment. “So I can carry my own child, Oh God! God I don’t know how you did it but thank you” she said crying as she took the result from the doctor.
On the other hand Fred had been speechless, The news of Sofia’s pregnancy hit him so hard that he couldn’t utter any word for few minutes. He was dumbfounded and doubtful as he kept asking himself if it was a joke. He couldn’t believe that Sofia was pregnant with his child. It was a whole lot for him to take in and it made him break down in tears.
“Doctor please are you serious?” He finally asked after keeping silence, with tears in his eyes, he looked into Sofia’s face “Yes baby, it’s true, I’m pregnant, take a look at the test result” Sofia replied instead, she was sobbing too.
It was a very emotional moment for Fred and Sofia as they kept crying. Fred has never been more happier in his life, he couldn’t still wrap his head around the fact that he was going to be a Father soon. It was truly a dream come true for them.
They wasted no time in informing thier two mothers about their bundle of joy that was on the way. To thier greatest surprise, their mothers were both so happy over the phone, they urged Fred to take care of Sofia, “Fred, watch sofia closely, please take care of her as I don’t want any stories, please my son” Sofia’s mother pleaded on the phone and Fred’s mother urged Sofia to take care of herself and her unborn grand child.
Sofia had to take a break from work in her oil company, Fred had to take charge of the company and other stuff. He pampered Sofia and made sure she didn’t lift a pin.
Everything went on smoothly until one fateful day,
Sophie was having a slight cramp all morning and she thought it was normal,
At that time, Sofia was already 7 months gone. Few hours later, Fred had left the house to thier oil company, when the cramp became a severe pain, Sofia breathed in and out to relieve her of pain but it was as if the pain was increasing instead as she breathed in and out. She got up to pick her phone to call Fred but fell down in the process.
Fortunately, thier Domestic staffs walked in at that moment and found her in pain, lying on the floor. They panicked and quickly alerted Fred who rushed back home and
Sofia was rushed to the hospital and the doctors tried all they could to relieve her of pain but it wasn’t working. The doctors figured she was in a state of premature labour so they quickly induced her for the baby to come out quickly, Sofia was going through hard labor, 24 hours later she couldn’t deliver her baby on her own. She became too weak and she lacked energy to push the baby out
She had been screaming but when she became weak, her voice was down and Fred was confused, worried and scared as he didn’t know what he could do to ease his wife’s pain.
End Of Episode 9
To Be Continued
A Story By Christabel Nwoko
HOPE FOR TOMORROW
Episode 10 (Last Episode)
The doctor quickly alerted Fred of what could be done for his wife,
“What’s going on?”Fred had asked the doctor,
“your wife needs to be operated on, the labour is not progressing and she is in much pain, we are afraid that she and the baby may become weak and that’s dangerous” the doctor replied. Fred was told to sign some papers and then the doctor asked him to leave the room for them to properly do their job.
As Fred was in the waiting room, he couldn’t sit down. He was restless and kept walking to and fro. He picked up his phone to call Sofia’s mother and told her everything that happened. Sofia’s mother was there in no time and they both waited together in the waiting room.
After about an hour, the doctor came out of the labour room with a tensed look. “Doctor how’s my wife?” Fred asked nervously, “Things aren’t looking too good” the doctor said. Fred was tensed and scared at that moment and asked the doctor what the problem was. “Your wife and your baby is too weak” the doctor said.
Fred was trying so hard to put himself together and not lose it.
“What are we going to do now?” Fred asked, “We are going ahead with the C- section. You have to pray for both of them to come out alive, because if things get too complicated and critical, one person might not come out alive” the doctor said and hurriedly walked away.
The doctor’s words almost gave Fred and Sofia’s mother a heart attack. Fred’s mother almost collapsed at the other end of the phone when Fred told her everything that was going on over the phone.
Fred kept replaying what the doctor said in his head and when he couldn’t hold it any longer, he burst into prayers. “God I know I’m not perfect, I know I don’t pray or read my Bible like I should, I know I haven’t served you sincerely as I should, I know that I go to church occasionally, I know I complain alot but please God, don’t let death take away my wife, the only person that gave me a reason to be a better person, the woman that has changed my world. God please help my wife because she is so tired at this point as there’s no more strength left in her and my baby, help Sofia
, Lord” Fred prayed with tears in his eyes.
After about 6 hours, the nurses came out of the labour room smiling. Fred was anxious and wanted to know what was going on so he tried to ask one of them, but they politely told him that the doctor was coming to attend to him. Sofia’s mum was restless but she waited patiently for the doctor.
Finally, the doctor came and Fred rushed him. “Doctor how’s my wife and child?” He asked, the doctor smiled and said “I have good news, the good news is that your wife and your children are alive and healthy”
“Children?” Fred asked
“Yes, congratulations, your wife delivered two babies, twins , a boy and a girl, and they are healthy babies not premature and she delivered on her own while we were busy preparing the theatre for the caesarian section, it was a Vaginal birth! It was a miracle” The doctor replied excitedly
Fred was so happy, “thank you Lord God” he whispered and then he asked to see his wife and children. he couldn’t contain his excitement seeing Sofia laying on the hospital bed with two babies wrapped around her. Fred walked to where she laid and hugged her from the side and kissed her head. Tears of joy kept flowing from thier eyes.
“Baby see our children, the ultrasound I had was wrong, it was two babies all along not one but two” Sofia said with a big smile on her face. Fred was so emotional at this point and rested his head on Sofia’s head as he cried. “I love you so much and I thought I had lost you” Fred said sobbing. Sofia stretched her hand and touched his head, “You are my strength and my hero, I love you forever” Sofia said with tears on her eyes. Sofia’s mother couldn’t hold her emotions and didn’t know when she started tearing up too, she regretted standing against thier union. “They love each other so much” she thought.
Fred’s mother screamed of joy over the phone when she heard that Sofia gave birth to twins.
Write stories about your life. The difficulties you have faced, all your faults and fears. Write as well your dreams, prayers, hopes and your masterpieces ..
Your life is like a book and every pages of it is like the beats of your heart… The quintessence and Essence of your life lies behind the scars, your victory and its purpose …
Life is a wind that blows up and down
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you,if you do that you’re in control of your life, If you don’t, life controls you..
Don’t take life too seriously, you will never get out of it alive”
Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb but how well you bounce.
Your mates are married with children, your mates are very successful and very wealthy, don’t forget that your mate are also dead, be thankful, live one day at a time, don’t allow anyone to rush you, when I mean anyone, including yourself, don’t rush yourself.
We should live our life happily cause we dont know what will happen tomorrow. learn from yesterday… live for today..fall in love, marry who you love, Love doesn’t needs to be perfect, Love only needs to be true! Pray always and hope for a better tomorrow. #HopeForTomorrow
#I am a writer but God is my author
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