Halimatu Sadiat Bello
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Wri 101-8 Cause and Effect Essay
7th November, 2012. A Lost Treasure Losing someone very important in your life can be like losing a delicate part of your body memories of some person held at a very high esteem can be heart breaking. I reminisced the last day of school so eager to get back home to the very person you want to see, touch, hug and are ready to have fun with that special person and just for you to get there and behold that person is long gone, taken away from you by one thing you hate so much and are scared of like hell, Death.
I remembered that very day when Dave walked though that very door into our home, looking so healthy. So interested to know who he was seeing him for the very first time in my life, so I walked up to him and introduced myself to him as Halima and from that moment I made a new friend. We became so fond of each other and did everything together, so I asked him who is was to us on a fateful day when we both went swimming at a hotel close to our home but all he did was to ignore the question which I asked him, but I still maintained for an answer and I finally got one from him saying that he was my far distant cousin through my maternal side. Though I was aware of a long time cousin of my but to my greatest surprise it was Dave I was short of words at that very moment so I asked him what was the call of visit, and he was silent for twenty minutes, and then responded with a sad mood all over his face saying that he came for a two weeks check up with our family doctor because he was diagnosed with cancer of the liver for about two years now. But with the help of some medications and regular check up with the doctor and specialists from different health institutions, he could sustain a stable healthy condition and continue with his regular day-to-day activities and life as a young growing man. But at this point in time his medical state had become a critical matter, which required a professional medical attention from an expert. I was so scared for him and what might be the outcome of the result from the test he was going to do tomorrow.
Finally the day came for him to go take the test we were both nervous about it but he had to be strong and I also had to be strong for him too. After I waited for some hours for Dave, lastly he came out. The an expression on his face I could not interpret at any point so I decided to ask Dave what was the doctor report, and he said that they had to undergo an operation in the one week from now. So we went on informing both parents about the outcome of the test and his parents decided that he should go on with the operation, if that is the only possible solution for him now but he was so scared to death thinking about the different possibilities that might happened if he underwent with the operation, which were if he was go for the operation would he survive it or would he give up the ghost during the operation process. But we gave him a positive thing to think of, which was he was going to for the operation and come back for his welcome back home party after the surgery.
The day came for the surgery and he went in for the operation, while we all waited out for him to come out. We waited for over six hours for him and finally the surgery was over and he was out from the surgery room and taken into a ward room from special patient. He was still on bed for four days in a row and on the fifth day he woke up saying “I love you all” and went back to sleep but this time did not get back up from the sleep. Then the doctor informed us that he has passed away. All members of the family were going through a hard time trying to believe that Dave was no more. There was mourning, grief, pain and trauma in the entire family. Dave’s parents had lost a precision one and a wonderful child at the same time it was too much to bear for them. His mother had a heart attack when she heard the news of her son’s death, making everyone worried about her health condition. As for me I didn't know what else to do at that point in time I was lost trying to find myself and put everything together back. I felt as if I had lost everything my missing treasure was nowhere to be found. Weeks past, Dave death was trying to wear off from the family as a bad memory and bring in all the wonderful things he had done in his life. But for me I could always keep him as if he was still living and close to me at all time.
Reality is one thing everyone has to face in life, which I have come to realize and also accept the fact that he is gone and gone forever. Death is what empties a big filled space in you or rather takes someone very special away from you. No matter what happens in life we all must face death and lose someone who is important and has great value to your life.