PACKAGE FOR LOVE! WHAT A DETRIMENTAL SHOW!

My name is Arup and my wife’s name is Sima. After two years of courtship, we got married and since then we are having our conjugal life with bliss for the last seven years. But the only thing which keeps us in distress is the absence of a kid which we are unfortunately not yet endowed with. We consulted number of gynecologists and undergone with numerous medical tests, but with no avail.

Once we are attracted with an advertisement in a famous daily about an infertility clinic which guaranteed with positive results, we eventually visited there. The receptionist instantly arranged an appointment with the concern consultant after quizzing me about my financial ability whether I can afford the treatment, as the required cost for the treatment is astronomical in figure according to me. I, being an ordinary clerk in a government department felt pretty embarrassed after coming across the required fees for the treatment, but surprisingly she told me that they have the easy installment facility for them who cannot pay in whole sum, which made me utterly surprised, that even in case of having a child there could be a potential business!

However, I love my wife very much and at any cost I wanted to make her happy. When we consulted the concern doctor, he assured me that we will be having a baby followed by series of medical tests and some costly injections he prescribed. While undergoing his treatment my wife being subjected to severe pain owning to medication, subsequently conceived which brought immense pleasure to both of us. We were hoping our dismal days are over and counting for the final day when we will be fortunate to see the face of our coveted baby. The doctor ultimately declared about the tentative date on which we my wife will be admitting in a nursing home where under his supervision she will be going for a scissoring baby.

We two were literally marooned with happiness as we are expecting to taste the fruit of our intense love after long waiting and just counting our days excitedly. Just ten days prior to the scheduled date being fixed earlier by the concern doctor, suddenly he made a call, intimating us that he had to attend an international conference which will be held outside the country and he intend to make the delivery on the next day followed as he will be not available for the next three weeks. We followed his instruction and accordingly made my wife admitted on the very next day. In the morning the day followed my wife were taken to the operation theatre while I was waiting anxiously along with my friends and colleagues outside the operation theatre, yearning for a baby’s cry from outside. Every moment seems to be an hour to me!

After half an hour the concern doctor suddenly rushed out from the O.T. followed by his assistant. Thereafter, the assistant only came to meet with us and expressed his deep sorrow for us as they claimed that my wife has delivered a dead child. I was utterly crestfallen for such unexpected news. My friends and close associates started to console me and blaming my fate for such unwanted incident! After I came out from such gruesome state of mind, I immediately enquired about the condition of my wife as I could evidently realize her plight and fearing how she will eventually cope up.

Time is truly a great healer as in due course of time I faced the harsh reality when I cremated my new born child, clearly bearing the testimony of sheer negligence of the doctor or his incompetence, not allowing the baby to see the light of the Earth, as well snatched the delight from us.

After bringing my wife from the nursing home, I truly felt extremely sad for my wife’s face revealing the unbearable pain she is feeling. I don’t know the language to soothe her. I never have seen such messy situation in my life. I am utterly at a loss.

I wondered how extremes of love reached to such height and that too associated with immense pain, surely aspiring something positive to gain and instead of reducing the pain with soothing effect, how greed of business or love for money by few, aiming to gain profit only accelerated with unrestrained pace resulted such fatal impact aggravating the pain to its extreme too!

Two polarized love, one for satiating mental peace and one for material gain contradicted each other with different magnitude and resulted one to stay while other may experience obliteration! I am now utterly engulfed with chaos, losing my strength to combat the situation where more love and affection only required for my wife to bring solace to her mind and bring her into normal state. Though I am passionately trying to soothe her, but I cannot rule out I almost in a bankrupt state of mind too and following like a mechanical device, a mute spectator of such grave situation and expecting miracles to bring change to my influx of life.