a ten year old boy frm lower midl cls..in hospital fr more dan 2 mnths nw..fuc of orbital cellulitis with temporal lobe abcess..nw with persistent fever.. bma reported few atypicl cells ..biopsy was dne fr frder diagnosis..its been 5 days since n final report hs nt cm yet.pathologist says "provisional AML....oh no no its reactive nt d tumor... oh wait cnt b figured out nw, let us stain fr tumor markers den only we'l tell u d final report...it still cn b AML" ...days goes by n i see d lil kid in diff light every day..smtimes with pain , hpelessness...den with joy..agn cnfusion.. n irrespective of wats happening arnd i find him just d same everyday..smiles d same way wen i go fr daily notes..turns his head in shy manner wen i say hello..n cries sheepishly wen i put ivs n take out samples..he doesnt seem to care wen all d docs surround him during rounds n discuss abt his future..its lyk wat he is n what he wil be go on parallel n i cnt cnnect d lines..cnt put dem toghether.... final report will cme tdy ..m really praying dat our dear pahologists provisional report was messd up..my consultants anticipation ws rubbish n it ws nthing bt reactive pathology n d boy wil go hme afta 1 mre week f iv antibiotics and wil nt bear d lyf lng burdn of cancer :))
Touched my heart.
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