Maung Moe Thu - Death Day

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The chief of staff, a hunchbacked man in his sixties, paused halfway up the stairs to catch his breath. It was a hot day. Dr. Keldish's office was on the first floor, so he had to go up. The chief of staff's name was Jermaine Paul, but everyone called him Uncle Jerry. Because Uncle Jerry was one of two chiefs of staff in the town. Like him, Dr. Keldish was one of two doctors in the town.

Uncle Jerry was standing in the doorway of the doctor's office, his old man's heart beating fast. Dr. Dish's skinny nurse pretended not to notice Uncle Jerry's whining, and Uncle Jerry...

"Actually, I don't need to come here. I don't want to do the lab work. It would be great if there was a hospital or a lab in this town. That way, I wouldn't have to climb stairs on such a hot day. What about my asthma?"

The nurse echoed... "Yes, sir... How's your asthma?" Dr. Keldish came out of the room... "Hey, man... don't worry, you'll live with that asthma until you're 90."

Dr. Keldish is a thin, 70-year-old man, and he continues...

"If you lose a little more fat, you'll have more than that, come on... it's cooler in here."

The doctor took Uncle Jerry into the room. Uncle Jerry followed, complaining that he didn't quite remember the girl the doctor had mentioned.

“To be honest... I don't even remember the girl's name.” “The doctor's room is actually cooler than the outside room. It's a dark, old-fashioned room.

The doctor...

"Sally Dillman, please."

"Dilman... ah... ah.. okay, the Dilmans don't have much contact with me."

I just said what I had to say. Uncle Jerry wasn't sure, he was old, his memory wasn't very good. He took a snuff bottle out of his pocket and sniffed.

The doctor...

“Ha... It’s a really bad habit. I think you’re the only one who has a habit of sniffing in this era. Aw... Sally doesn’t seem to be old enough to be a habit. This girl smokes a lot. She’s only 23 years old. Her father was a railway engineer, and her mother was from the Uni-Berrian tribe, I think. Now they’re both gone.”

"Leave these things alone... the important thing is that you gave the test, right? I'll tell the girl about it."

"There's nothing to say at all."

"That's... your idea, my idea is that this girl is going to die, so don't tell her."

"How did I get that?"

"Ha... This matter is a matter of life and death. You were the one who did the test. You have to be by my side as a witness while I'm talking."

"Information, well... if there is an information, it is an information."

Just then, the nurse came in and said... "The girl has arrived."

The doctor sat down in his chair, very calm. At that moment, Sally Dillman entered the office. Sally... Dillman was a girl with brown eyes and brown hair.

She seemed excited. Sally was listed among the top 10 most beautiful people in high school. The two old men were more unhappy with Sally's life than her beauty. .

Uncle Jerry was speechless, searching for words, and asked, "Are you two related?" The doctor went to Sally.

"I'm not a native, but I gave birth to Sally myself. Aw... This is Uncle Jerry, the doctor who diagnosed Sally's disease. Wait... How many months ago did he give birth to you?",,

Sally bit her lip, "In April." "Oh... that's right, now... now... sit down."

Sally sat down like a child listening to her father.

The doctor took a sip...

"This is... Sally."

The doctor stopped talking, not knowing what to say next, and Sally couldn't help but...

"Tell me the truth, quickly, child."

"Tell me... I'll tell you, I've also called Uncle Jerry to be strong. You're very sick, Sally. Your liver is enlarged, and your gallbladder is swollen. Uncle Jerry needs to take a careful look at these."

"I'm old, but I'm not very good at it, so I'm trying it myself."

"Yes, sir... just tell me what's wrong with me. I have a lot of extra money. Should I stop working as a teacher and go to the hospital? Tell me."

"I don't think I'll go to the hospital either."

"Sir... So my illness is..."

"Blood-damaging disease"

"Sir..."

"Yes, girl, your blood is slowly deteriorating."

"It's slowly deteriorating"

The doctor looked at Sally in pain and then turned to Uncle Jerry. Uncle Jerry was sniffling again, his face hot. Then, unhappily... :

"I think I'll go back to the shop too."

"Wait... Wait, I have that disease, how do I treat it, and when will I get better?"

"I'm just hiding it."

"Say... tell me"

The doctor didn't look at Sally's face...

"It can't be cured with medicine"

Uncle Jerry sighed..

"I... I... I thought, there's no one in the shop."

As soon as he spoke, Uncle Jerry got up from his seat and left the room. The doctor didn't stop him.

Sally sadly...

"So I'm a chronically ill person, and who would take care of a creature like me?"

"This disease is not like that, and it's not like I'm just talking nonsense now, so Uncle Jerry ran away."

Sally tried to keep her composure as best she could...

"So I'm going to die"

"Yes, Sally."

"Is there no hope left..."

"No more hiding"

"Surgery..."

"I can't hide."

"What about taking medicine?"

“No”

Sally was strong. She forced herself to suppress her desire to cry...

"So, "How long will it take to die?"

"This is something I can't say for sure. It could happen in two or three months, or it could take five or six months."

"So I won't have to stay longer than six months."

"It's hard to say, Sally. According to the medical books I've read, that's what it says. I even asked a doctor friend at Rochester Hospital about it, and that's the answer."

"It's impossible that something is wrong, right, sir?"

“It’s a bit difficult to answer, Sally. All I found was this answer, so you can do what you need to do in advance.”

"Sir..."

"Yes... What will you do with your future..."

"You... my future..." .

"Well... I know you're going to be very upset, but whatever, don't rush into making any decisions, just wait and see, or maybe meet with the preacher and talk."

"Who are you?"

"Hello... you went to church too, didn't you?"

"My father and mother are not of the same religion. My father had a fight with my mother and took me to church, but since my father passed away, I haven't been going to church either."

"So let's start again now."

Sally was breathing heavily and shallowly. Her whole body was spinning like a potter's wheel. Suddenly she stood up and...

“I am going”

"Hey... oh... little girl"

Sally rushed to the door and ran outside, not even seeing the nurse.