"It's a 50/50 thing, the chances of survival are slim", Doctor Caelum said looking into James' eyes.
This response left James weak as he looked hopeless, James held his striped Tee shirt almost about to rip them apart, as the tears dripped down his eyes.
He walked quietly into the reception hoping for a miracle to happen and then he began to sing "I need an angel song by R. Kelly" immediately he went down on his knees shamelessly praying to God to send him an angel.
Whenever he sights the Doctor, he stands up and before he would reach the Doctor, it was as though the Doctor had disappeared into thin air.
His heart keeps beating fast, and this time it was as though the prayers weren't enough or it wasn't working.
He begins to pace up and down the reception and peeps through the small hole in the theatre room door. His hands were shaky and sweat had soaked his shirt. He was too anxious to be at peace with himself. It was as though he should see the outcome instantly before his very eyes. The whole ordeal was messing with his mind.
A man watching him closely for over thirty minutes walked right to him, " Hello Mr., I see you're tensed, I don't know who is right in there, but obviously, the person means a lot to you, but I want you to know that all will be fine".
James looked at him and he held this man, "She's my world, if anything happens to her, my world will crumble".
" I am Donald, and you are?", stretching his hands forward toward James, "I am...James(sniffed a little)James replied.
" So who is right in there?" Donald further questioned.
"My beloved.." Almost about to give a response to Donald's question..." Ha!!!!!!!!!!!", James screamed as he placed his hands on his head indicating a life of hopelessness, the excruciating pain James was going thru was like handwriting written all over him.
Donald interrupts him, " You have to calm down, talking to me might just make you feel a little better and probably distract you for a while", "Who's right in there," He asked for the second time.
"My beloved wife is right in there, she's pregnant and the doctor told me her chances of survival are slim, I can stand losing the baby because we can make another one, but if I ever lose my wife, I am doomed for life!.
See, Anita is her name and she's all I have in this world, I am an orphan, with no sibling, no parent, I lived as a loner all of my life and then Anita showed up, she showered me so much love that I've never gotten in my life, she became my everything, my family, my friend, my lover, and my hope, she made me realize that life is beautiful, I came to know and love this woman with my very last breath, she like the air I breathe, the only one who lights up my world and now, I am on the verge of Losing the one soul who meant everything to me, where exactly do I start from?" James poured out his feelings to Donald in these exact words as he was still crying profusely like a baby.
Donald was weak too as he saw how a grown man cried like a baby, obviously if anything happens to Anita, James' survival is not guaranteed. He fixed his eyes on James' eyes speechless for about a few minutes, being an empathetic person, he gave way to tears too.
"Look here James, I can't say I understand how you feel because I've never been in this situation before, but I believe a miracle will happen, God has seen your heart and he'll grant you your wish, hold my hands and make a wish please" He locked his right palms into James' palm and then used the left hand to cover it up. "go ahead James make a wish, your faith will work for you".
James immediately made a wish, " I want Anita to live lord, possible I want both of them to live, my baby and my wife, but if having this baby will take Anita's life away, please lord, I choose Anita over the baby."
He kissed Donald's palm. "That's it, I've made my wish."
"May God in his infinite mercy grant you your wish my dear" Donald said to him.
About five minutes later, the cry of a baby was heard from the Theatre ward.
James looked at Donald, " Is that, my baby?" He smiled for a second, "Donald, is my wife still alive?" His look changed immediately, his heart was already shattered without waiting for the doctor to come out, he sat in front of the theatre ward calling "Anita, Anita, I know you can hear me, if you ever leave me I'll die, please don't do this to me."
Immediately, the Doctor came out from the Theatre ward, James rushed off to him, "Doctor, how is my wife?"
The Doctor looked at him for about two minutes without uttering a word and then he broke the silence.
"Congratulations, you're now a father. James' interrupted him, "that's fine, how about my wife?" This time his hands were on the Doctor's shirt, about to display the scene of a broken man.
"James," Patting him, the Doctor said, "Your wife is... Your wife was lucky enough, I guess the prayers worked, it was a miracle, both your child and wife are doing okay, she'll just need enough rest".
James took a breath of relief and wore the wildest smile ever, he immediately turned back to share the good news with Donald, but on looking back, Donald wasn't there anymore.
" Was that the angel I prayed for? how did he leave without me noticing?" He soliloquized.
"God is wonderful, sent me an angel in human form to comfort me In my hopeless state." He whispered.
"Can I see my wife?", James asked the Doctor, "yeah sure," Doctor replied as he walked right into his office. James quickly rushed into the ward to see Anita, the only woman who meant the world to him, and to see his baby too.
James' wish came true, his wife and baby were alive, and now he has two people who he can call home.