November,2012.
We had just left home;very early in d morning.
Haven't driven up to 10mins when it happened..I saw the ditch,we were just at d edge I was about to say"daddy,we're very close to d gutter o" but I never did because the car was already inside it.
It all happened so fast the way I was screaming Jesus! trying to climb out of d car,asking my brother if he was ok.
I looked at daddy,he was still in shock, then my brother started screaming"Jesus!Uche,see ur hand o".That was when I looked at my right hand,that was when the pains came,the smell of d blood from my hand,my face.
I was weak,my head felt heavy,my vision was fading then I fell I could hear people gathering,talking,screaming but I couldn't see them i heard daddy begging someone (a keke driver) to take us to d hospital but he refused."the blood is too much",he said.
A bike man later agreed(God bless him for me)My brother was carrying me while on d bike"You'll b fine",he kept saying.
Dunno when we got there i remember hearing mum crying She had heard about the accident by then & had come straight to d hospital"She kept saying"Uche,biko nu ooo, ato kwanu m o".
I fought to open my eyes i saw my sister crying,she was wearing her night top & a wrapper. They had all come immediately they heard, dressed as they were.
Then my eyes shut again. All I could say was"o nwero ife mee m,I'm fine".I wanted to say more to calm them down but the strength was not there.
All these while,no treatment had commenced ."The doctor will soon b here"they said, then the Doctor, came he said they won't b able to handle it he suggested we try another hospital(name withheld).
The same bike man(God bless)took us there with my brother carrying me, Mumsy was shaking too much to drive(I heard them saying).
Dunno when we got there i was lying on d bed,I was very thirsty, I wanted to drink water,I pleaded but they all refused to give me water,
I looked at my hand,I cud see the bone,my flesh scattered like shredded beef(hmmm)My brother's white polo was red and soaked my eyes closed again I took at least 2pints of blood everyday I never looked at my hand each time d nurse opens it for dressing cause I hated seeing it since the first time I did,but one morning,I decided to look.
The bone was white, the flesh around was black I could perceive the odour coming it, my hand was dying off,
I lost the will to live i told mum later what I noticed.
She complained to the consultant.
He said my hand was heavily infected Oh!I forgot to mention there was stagnant water inside that ditch that our car fell into.
Hence,the infection, There were still glass fragments in my hand even after the surgery.He wrote a referral letter for us,referring us to another hospital.
We didn't bother opening d letter.
He discharged us.
Mum decided to visit our family doctor b4 we travel d next day for the other hospital.
He asked to see the letter, He read it and told us the content, We had been referred for limited amputation head turned I told her there that if we had gone without reading that letter & I had woken up without hand,.....
To be continued......
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