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Bedmates Soulmates novel Chapter 594

She forced herself to finish half a glass of strawberry slushle but couldn’t handle the wholewheat bread

Do you not like the food?Elsie saw her set down the glass

The food’s fine. I’m just full” 

But you’re eating for two now. Elsie fretted. If you don’t eat, the baby will starve. Please, Young adam, just have a bit more.” 

Kita sighed and picked up the borad again

She forced down another half of the banana walnut bread

Maybe we can save the rest for lunch,she said in the end

Or moming tealElsie’s eyes lit up. I know just the tea that will go with banana bread. Wait, you can’t have tea. It has caffeine I’ll go call my sister and ask 

Kira was relieved when Elsie left the room 

She whiled away the morning by doing assigned readings for the new semester

She would be staying home, but it didn’t mean she couldn’t keep up with the school’s lecture progress

But, try as she might, she couldn’t concentrate

Hereyes kept flicking towards her phone 

She was watching it like a pot that never boiled

Two hours passed, then three

Moming teacame and went, followed by bunch and dinner

No news from Austyn 

Kira spent the night browsing news websites, dreading to see words like crash or plane hijacking

The moment she opened her eyes in the moming, she checked her phone

Nothing 

The day was pretty much a repeat of the day before, the only change being Elsie’s dishes

Kira begged oft aftemoon tea

She took a napon the sofa

he thought she was dreining when she heard her phone ring 

But the buzzing in her pants jolted her back to reality

She snatched her phone from her pocket and answered it, breathless Hello.

Kita.Austyn sounded tired. The plane just touched down.” 

She breathed out. Okay

Iman my way to the medical centre right now. I’ll call you when I know more.” 

Okay. Be careful,” 

Twill. And the same to you. If you need anything, ask Elsie to get it for you. Stay home and take care of yourself. Can you do that for me?” 

Yrs. Don’t worry about me. Elsie and Tare fine.” 

She Hopes Charlotte Can Pull Through 

Okay. I’ll call you later.” 

He hung up

Kira gripped the phone

Her heart was slightly at ease, but worry niggled at her mind

Austyn must be exhausted, but he had no time to slow down and rest

Kira prayed everything would work out fine

She returned to her textbook and forced herself to focus

She’s Not Going To Survive Past This Month 

How’s she doing Austyn rode down the hallway on the second floor of Sunway Medical Centre 

alph Burton had to jog to catch up with him. Madam’s condition has stabilised. She’s sleeping now. Dr Manning is waiting for you in his office.” 

Austyn picked up his pace

Ralph was sweating, but he did not dare slow down 

As the fulltime assistant for Mrs McCarthy, his job had been easy

Charlotte was bedbound most of the line

She had a teen of doctors and nurses to tend to her medical needs around the clock. 

Ralph just needed to an occasional errand forher

MeMcCarthy paid well

It was a cushy job

But Ralph had grown.complacent

He wasn’t in the poom when Chaste fainted

In fact, he wasn’t even the hospital

He had decided to take the afternoon off. 

When Mr McCarthy called, he was just coming out of a bowling alley

Ralph tried his best to keep up with his boss 

He hoped he would still have a job by the end of the day

Austyn stopped outside the TCL You’re third.” 

Ralph’s bead snapped up. But, Mr McCarthy, 1- 

Kal.Austyn didn’t rumback 

Kai Scott stepped up. Ralph, come with me

But I‘ 

Ralpha caught the man’s wrist. ‘Don’t make a scene.” 

Austyn had to change into an isolation gown before he was allowed into the ICU 

Charlotte’s Immune system was severely compromised. 

The most benign germs could be fatal to her

Austyn stood in front of his mother’s bed

Charlotte McCarthy was fiftytwo years old, but looked closer to seventy 

She was emaciated, practically a bag of bones

Her scalp was shaved

The rise and fall of her chest were almost imperceptible

had an oxygen mask over her face and an needle in her left arm

Eight years ago, she was diagnosed with MODsmultiple organ dysfunction syndromes, but the doctors had no idea of the underlying cause

They speculated that it could be due to sepsis, orphysical trauma like a car accident, or pancreatitis, or ingestion of a tosic substance

The syndrome affected more than just her organs

Her hematologic system, iminune system and endocrine system were all impacted to warying degrees

She didn’t need to live inside a plastic bubble, but neither could she step foot outside the highly sanitised and sterilised ward with a double door 

She survivedena steady diet of antibiotics and vasopressors

When she slept, she had to be put on a ventilator

Despite all the advances in medical science, MODS remained poorly understood

When he first came here to visit his mother seven years ago, the doctors at Sumayedical Centre bold him that without a clear diagnosis, prognosis was all but impossible 

In other words, they had no idea how much time Charlottehad

They could only treat the symptoms if and when they are, but they couldn’t stop her organ from slowly shutting down one after another 

Austyn stood by Charlotte’s bedside for a long while

Sereyestemained closed

She had wanted him to visit, but now that he was here, she was unconscious 

She’s Not Going to Survive Past This Month 

Austyn bent down and planted a gentle liss on Charlotte’s wrinkled forehead

He left the room quietly and went to Dr Manning’s office

The nephrologist was in charge of the sixmant 

sixman team taking care of Charlotte

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They had a cardiologist, a pulmonologist, a haematologist, an immunologist and an endocrinologist

Sometimes, they’d bring in diagnosticians from outside to consult 

But seven years later, no progress had been made

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