Bleeding Out for My Husband's First Love
On the day I'm due for my labor, Chad Nelson's first love, Lucy Baker, who's diagnosed with depression, barges into the maternity ward. Without warning, she plunges the knife she's holding into my hip.
By the time Chad and the medical team arrive at the ward, I'm already lying in a pool of my own blood on the bed. The machine recording my vitals keeps screeching loudly the whole time.
But Chad crouches down next to Lucy, who has gotten shoved to the floor by a nurse earlier. It seems that her elbow has suffered from light abrasions.
"Dr. Nelson, your spouse is in critical condition. She needs to undergo a surgery immediately!"
Chad raises his head to glance at me. His tone is cool and professional.
"None of Caitlin's vital organs are hurt by the stab, so she can still endure the pain for now. Lucy, on the other and, has a coagulation disorder. Even though she has only suffered from abrasions, there's a chance that her blood flow can't be staunched at all. This makes her situation more critical than Caitlin's.
"Anyway, give the two bags of blood in the blood bank to Lucy."
When I get pushed away, I use all of my strength to grip Chad's white coat tightly. He just frowns at me in return.
"Lucy didn't do this on purpose. Her depression has gotten triggered, that's all. Since you're a woman of medicine, you should be more empathetic toward the patient."
After that, Chad digs out a letter of forgiveness from his pocket that he has already printed out in advance.