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Date Posted: 15:19:07 06/24/02 Mon
Chapter 50
Around 7am, Lami woke up. His anaesthetic had finally worn off. He faintly remembered people and voices around him but he was too groggy or too tired to get up. He tried to sit up and managed it, mainly through using the button which made the bed sit up. His hurt leg was bandaged from his thigh to his foot. He gingerly felt for it and still saw it was there, it hadn’t been amputated. He lay back in his bed with a little sigh, all he did tired him out a little. However that didn’t stop the memory of what happened yesterday from coming back. But he wasn’t the only one involved, he remembered Des!
Olamide: Des?
He remembered going into the hospital but getting separated as they had to prep them up separately for surgery. The last thing he remembered before the anaesthetic used took hold of him was asking the anaesthetist about Des. He couldn’t really remembered what the guy replied.
At that, he belled for his nurse who came in. Her name is Tania
Nurse Tania [as she came in]: Ah Mr Faison, I see you’re awake. How are you feeling?
Olamide: Tired but fine. Can you do something for me please? And one more thing, please call me Lami, I’m too young to be called Mr Faison
Nurse Tania[laughing out loud]: Okay Lami, what is it?
Olamide: The other girl who was brought here with me, her name is Deshone Parker, could you please find out whether she made it and where she is?
At that, Nurse Tania looked a little bit down. Olamide looked at her face and sensed something was wrong. He’d begun to panic as the nurse did not reply him
Olamide: W…w…what is wrong with Des? Is she okay?
Nurse Tania: Well…
At that point a voice answered from the other side of the curtain sectioning Lami off the bed before next to him on his right
Person: A yo dude, can I get some sleep without you bugging over me?
Lami looked confused
Lami: Des?
Des: Of course it’s me nigga, now can a girl get some z’s without you hollering my name?
At that, Lami began to laugh and Nurse Tania pulled the curtains back so that Lami could see Des.
And there she was, her middle was bandaged, so was her head cos when she fell, she hit her head on the floor. Pretty much the same or if not worse than Lami. He was so happy. She was alive! And even though she was all bandaged up, she to him was still the most prettiest girl alive, especially with that smile on her face?
Lami: If I could, I’d hug, kiss and squeeze you now!
Des: Yeah, yeah I know. I’d do the same if I could too
Nurse Tania: I’ll leave you two alone
Des: Thanks Nurse
Nurse Tania left and closed the door. It was just Lami and Des in this room
Lami: I am so sorry all these happened. I…
Des cut him short
Des: Shhh. Its ok. Ride or die remember? We in this together. It wasn’t your fault and don’t think I’ll blame u for all these ok? You didn’t ask the guy to shoot us! Its over now ok? We’re together and lets just concentrate on getting better. Together
Lami: Thank you Des
Des: Its ok. I’ll do this for you any day. Ok maybe not this serious, but as long as its with you, it’ll be worth doing. Now lets get some rest. We both look tired, and I have a feeling we’ll be having guests today.
Lami: Yeah true. But I wonder. Who tipped off CVG that I was in town?
Des: I’m wondering the same too.
Des closed her eyes and smiled. Lami looked over at her once more, smiled himself and went to sleep.
Nurse Tania came back in and with the help of some hospital aides, moved the beds as closely together as they could manage without disturbing the two sleeping beauties. “What a cute couple, shame this happens” she thought to herself.
The two moms, showed up around ten, and were sent straight to see the surgeons who did the operations. Des’ surgeon was Dr. Mike, Lami’s was Dr Andrew
Dr Mike: Hello Annette, Diane. Please sit down
Both women sat
Annette: We just want to thank you for helping save our children. Words cannot express how grateful we are for your help
Diane: Yeah cos if you didn’t help, we might be singing a different tune today
Dr Andrew smiled
Dr Andrew: It is okay, believe us. This is why we became surgeons, to help people.
Dr Mike: However, we have to tell you, despite the operations seeming easy procedures, it wasn’t as easy as we’d thought
Diane: What’d you mean?
Dr Andrew: Well, during the operation, both children died, twice.
Annette and Diane: What?
Dr Mike: Yes, which is something of a miracle that they could be brought back alive. The first time, Des died for 3 minutes. And half way into the op, she died for about 4/5 minutes
Dr Andrew: Same with Lami. The times he was dead was precisely the same as Des, but as we later found out when discussing the operations which were done in separate surgeries, when Lami died the first time, Dr Mike told me that Des died like seconds after, but both came back at what seems to be the same time, or barely seconds after one had regained life.
Dr Mike: It was like when one died, the other went to convince the other to stay alive, for him or her. We just wanted to find out- are your kids dating?
Diane: Not that we know of. Why?
Dr Andrew: Cos this sort of thing rarely happens and it just seemed like fate or so have their destinies mapped together
Annette sunk back in her chair
Annette: This is so weird
Dr Mike: We had to tell you, as it is procedure to let the parents know of anything we as doctors observed during the operations
Diane: Thank you very much
Dr Mike: Its ok. I hope this wasn’t too disturbing for you
Annette: Oh no, its just a lil weird that’s all. I guess its up to us and them to make sure they’re alive this time and stay alive
The doctors smiled.
Dr Andrew: Ok then. You can now go on to see your children. Any other visitors expected for them?
Annette: Yeah, about 9 teenagers. They’re all friends I understand with Des and Lami
Dr Mike: You could please ask them to go easy on the two, as they are still recovering and all effort should be made not to antagonise them in any way. We do want them to have the best and easiest recovery possible
Diane: Yeah will do so. Thank you very much doctors
Dr Mike: Its our pleasure. Alright now, bye!
The two moms: Bye!
And they left closing the door behind them.
Annette [as they were walking along the corridor to where Lams and Des were]: This is so weird. They died twice?
Diane: I know! But thank God, they’re alive. Together. I’d hate to think if one died and the other made it. There would be no true joy for either one of us
Annette: I know. Lets go see our babies, my arm’s starting to hurt
Diane: That’s cos u packed enough food to feed China!
Both women laughed.
They got to the room and opened the door quietly, Des and Lami were still sleeping, like little angels, except with the tubes stuck into their arms. Annette and Diane crept into the room slowly and went to stand beside their child’s bedside.
Annette [calling quietly to Des]: Dessie? Des honey, wake up its your momma
Diane looked at her in amusement
Diane: Lami baby, wake up honey bun, guess who?
Neither child woke up
Annette [to Diane]: I’ll sing and you’ll see what always happens
Annette [singing]: See my days are cold without you and I’m hurtin’ while I’m with you, and my heart can take no more I keep on runnin back to you
At that, Des opened her eyes
Des: Ma, how many times I done told ya, you can’t sing! Torturing my ears with them vocals!
Annette and Diane began to laugh
Annette [ to Diane]: See I told ya it always works [to Des] my baby girl! U okay?
Des: Yeah Mom, I’ll be okay eventually
Diane: Now I gotta wake up sleeping handsome here [to Lami] You look jus like yo daddy when you is sleeping! Get up baby boy!
Lami opened his eyes with a groan
Lami: Ma, please don’t call me baby boy, especially in front of females
Diane: Why not? You’re my baby boy, and I sho am glad to see you again!
Lami rolls his eyes as he hugs his mom
Des: Did she really wake you up Lami, or was it my mom’s screeching…oh I mean singing that woke you up?
Lami: I don’t know to be honest…oh Des have you met my mom Diane?
Des: Have you met mine Annette?
Both moms crossed over to greet the other child
Des [ to Diane]: Hi
Diane: Hey Des very nice to meet you. I’m the unlucky woman God chose to bear that child!
Lami: Hey!
Des laughed
Diane: Anyways, how are you? I wish we met under better situations, cos according to your mom you are the perfect child and I now see why.
Des [shyly]: Thank you. Its nice to meet you too. I have to duck tape Lami’s lips to get him to shut up about you
Diane: Uh Uh
Annette [to Lami]: And I’m Des’ momma
Lami: Nice to finally meet you. I can now see where she got her looks from
Annette [to Diane]: You’re right, he is a charmer
Diane: I told ya. I gotta beat the girls off him with a stick!
Lami [to Des]: She lying, don’t let her change your mind
Diane: About what?
Des: Its nothing
Annette and Diane look at each other knowingly, and as if on cue, Lami and Des roll their eyes
Lami: Des told me you’re a high profile lawyer
Annette [smiling]: Hmm I do my best
Diane: Girl please! Don’t be so modest. Its good to see a single black female making it in the world! Not only Halle Berry got talent!
Annette: Yeah you’ll join me at the top when this crisis is over and I call my people in NYC about you.
Diane nodded her head understanding what Annette meant
Lami: You represented P. Diddy in the case last year right? Right? What kinda guy is he?
Annette: He’s madd cool. He’s not as crazy as everyone thinks he is, he’s a very family dude and I know for sure, he did not carry the gun or even own the damn thing!
Des: I guess cos he’s a celebrity, everyone wants to tear him down
Diane: He’s a black celebrity that’s even worse sometimes.
The moms went about opening the window, setting up the TV in the room, fluffing pillows and all
Lami: Do you know if anyone else is coming?
Annette: I know Cat and the others are coming for sure, maybe later today
Des: All of them?
Annette: Yeah even that one Talib or what’s his name? He looked a lil odd to me
Lami: As how?
Diane: He seemed even more in shock than everyone else, and Annette was saying it was too much shock, almost like guilt. You’re still going out with him Des right?
Des: Technically yeah. Really? No
Annette: I figured so. I don’t know, he didn’t seem like the others. He’s not involved in any gang is he, or with them people who did this to you?
Des: Not that we know of, no
Diane: He jus look too guilty even for my liking, like he knew something and he wasn’t telling
Annette: Or like he was involved in it?
Des and Lami looked unsure and a lil blank
Diane: I guess we just have to see how he acts today around y’all. It could be nothing but our motherly instincts working overdrive at the moment
Annette: Or we really could be on to something
Des: I guess we’ll see
Now where are those Magnificent 9? Everyone did meet at 11am as promised and for once, they were all on time! Together! Now this is the roll call for all of them- Cat & Jiz; Mal & Jackie; Lib [looking a little green]; Krys; Cashmere; Mia and Tyra.
Cat: Aiight then! We all here, this is nice. So we go in and no one misbehaves or pisses them off, cos if anyone upsets either Lami or Des, I personally will beat your ass!
Jiz [kissing Cat]: I love it when you take charge baby
Cat: Uh –Uh, even you baby, mess up and you gotta answer to me!
Jiz: Yes ma’am
Jackie: Now can we go in? by the way, what room are they in?
Krys: I don’t know, but why don’t we ask at the reception?
Cashmere: Yeah.
As they all began to walk into the hospital, Cat stopped them
Mal: What now drill sergeant Cat?
Cat: Has everyone turned their phones, pagers and all electronic communication methods off? We’re going into the hospital and you know it ain’t allowed. I for one I’m not going to kill Mr Johnson, cos my pager went off!
Jiz: Oh right! By the way baby, who’s Mr Johnson?
Cat: Don’t ask baby, just go with the flow.
That had everyone turning everything they got off, before they finally went in.
At the reception. Jiz and Cat walk up to the desk while everyone stood behind a little
Nurse at Desk: Can I help you?
Cat: Yeah, hi we were wondering whether you could tell me the room our friends are in
Nurse at Desk: And what are their names?
Cat: Deshone Parker and Lami…what’s his surname again?
Jiz: Faison. Lami Faison
Cat: Yeah that’s it
Nurse looking into computer
Nurse at Desk: They are here at the moment in a private ward, but I can’t give it out since this is outside visiting hours
Jiz: Please?
Nurse looked at Jiz, he was cute, a lil too young for her but cute
Nurse: I’ll call someone who can help you
Jiz [giving her his best smile]: Thanks
Cat notices this and pokes him in his ribs, Jiz grimaces in pain. The Nurse sees this and chuckles a little, and hailed the next nurse she saw walking, and it happened to be Nurse Tania, the nurse in charge of Lami and Des
Nurse: Tania, these kids want to see your patients?
Tania: Which one?
Nurse: You know the two teenagers who came in yesterday, the one the press were hounding? Des and Lami?
Tania: Oh yeah, the cute couple in the Sidney Poultier ward?
Nurse: Yeah that one
At the mention of the word ‘couple’, Lib and Krys ears sprang up, the others looked a little bemused but said nothing.
Tania [to the crew]: Yeah. They have to be the cutest couple ever, you shoulda seen the boyfriend Lami when they were brought in, even though he was bleeding and in pain, he refused to let his girl go and we had to give him a double dose of the anaesthetic before he could calm down for surgery, but according to Dr Mark Lami’s anaesthetist, he didn’t’ stop asking for her, until the drug took over. So sweet!
Cat: Yeah that’s Lami, a regular Hercules
Tania: You must be their friends, I think I saw you yesterday. I’ll take you to them, just be quiet and don’t stress them, they’re still recovering
Jackie: Yeah, Cat already had that pep talk with us before we entered.
Tania: Aiight then lets go, be careful as we walk along these halls, don’t want Mr Johnson having a stroke from thinking we’re being raided, again
Jiz: You have a Mr Johnson here?
Tania: I don’t know any hospital that doesn’t have a Mr or Mrs Johnson as a patient
Cat smiled and said nothing. They all followed Tania, all thanking the Nurse at the Reception.
They got to the ward to Lami and Des’ room, Room 121, and Nurse Tania knocked lightly before opening the door
Nurse Tania: Guess who I found y’all
Des and Lami looked up, their moms also stopped what they were doing
Cat: Hey y’all…
And that’s it for now, will have Chapter 51 out soon and Angie, if you’re out there, let me know what the deal is and when you’ll be back. Miss ya!
Ade
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