Fear Of Loss

"Mummy what is the matter, are you okay?" Sophia frantically shook her mother who was lying on the bed. "Mummy can you hear me?"

"Sophie I think we need to take her to the hospital" Jumoke suggested, when she noticed Sophia's mother wasn't responding to any of their calls.

"Why is she not responding? what is wrong with her? why is not answering me?" Sophia panicked, as she continued to shake her mother to wake up.

"Sophie, we need to take her to the hospital"

Jumoke's voice was loud enough to make Sophia quickly jump off the bed, and picked up her phone from where she had discarded it on the bed. Their family doctor lived close by, and it was weekend, hopefully he should be home.

Sophia had to call him severally before he picked up.

"Hello Sophia how are you doing?" from his voice, Sophia could tell he was probably napping when she called.

"Good afternoon doctor, please you need to come down to my house now"

"What is the matter is someone sick?"

"Yes doctor, it's my mother"

"What's wrong with her?"

"I don't know, she just start breathing funny, and all of a sudden she stopped talking, I think she passed out or something. Doctor please you need to come down now" Sophia's voice broke as she spoke.

"Alright, I need you to calm down, I'm on my way okay?"

The doctor sounded so calm, making Sophia wonder if he heard any of what she just told him, how can he ask her to calm down, when her mother could be dead?

"___can you do that?"

"Sorry doctor what was it you said?"

"I said you need you to feel for her pulse"

"Oh okay" Sophia bent over her mother, and felt for her pulse, she didn't know she was holding her breath until she let it out, after feeling a pulse.

"Did you feel a pulse?" The doctor asked.

"Yes doctor"

"Good, I will be there now" Sophia could hear the sound of a car moving at the background, indicating the doctor was driving down already.

"Is there any other thing I should do doctor?"

"No, just keep an eye on her, you will see me soon"

"Is he coming?" Jumoke asked after Sophia had ended the call.

"Yes, he will be here soon"

Sophia went to her mother's side, and held her hand. "Please don't die now, I can't afford to lose you too" she cried.

Jumoke went to her, and pulled her into a hug. "Everything will be okay, don't cry"

They both remained in that position until, the housekeeper came to tell them the doctor had arrived.

"Please let him in" Sophia wiped her eyes with the back of her palm.

The doctor came in and examined Sophia's mother, and administered some treatments to her. While Jumoke and Sophia waited outside.

"How is she doctor?" Sophia asked as the doctor came out of the room.

"She is fine, she is already awake, thank God you called me when you did"

"What is wrong with her?"

"She just fainted, it seems she has been stressing herself too much these days, with the medication I gave her, she should be fine, I will be back to check on her later in the evening"

"All right, thanks Doctor"

Jumoke and Sophia both walked the doctor to door.

"Oh my God it's all my fault I shouldn't have allowed her to argue with my sister, this would have been prevented" Sophia said to Jumoke after the doctor had left.

"No none of this is your fault"

"I need to call Ifeoma, she needs to know what happened"

She took out her phone from her pocket and called her sister.

"Sophie if you are calling me to talk about what happened, please just forget it I said what I___"

"Mother fainted"

"What did you just say?"

"You heard me, she fainted after you both had an argument"

"Is she okay? where is she? Oh my goodness what have I done?"

"The doctor just finished examining her, and he said she will be fine, she is at home. I just thought I should let you know"

"I'm on my way right away"

"Sophie I need you to calm down, everything is going to be fine" Jumoke squeezed her hand.

"Thank so much for being here Jumoke, I don't know how I would have managed the situation if you weren't here"

"You would have managed just fine, you are stronger than you give yourself credit for"