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While thinking about it, there was a knock on the door. His secretary came in.
”Doc,someone wants to see you privately. He said his name is Mr. C. He is waiting at the Hailey's Pen procedure room. ”
Mr. C?Waiting at the procedure room?Why not here in his office?Anyway,he was already alone. His in - laws,the three Waynes and his research team had already left.
Bothered by this odd request,he stood up and walked towards the procedure room. Looking ahead,he saw him wearing a mask but his built was too familiar. Sensing his coming,he called out.
”Please call me Mr. C.” He smiled as he removed his mask when he saw that Dr. Aijohn locked the door.
”Mr. C! ” Dr. Aijohn laughed.He felt tickled by his odd behaviour.
”Dr. John,promise me that it would just be between you and me. I come here to request you personally to check the severity of this illness. ”
Dr. Aijohn's smile totally left from his lips. For sure,he was not joking. This was just too astounding, there's no way he couldaccept this!
”Why,Mr. C? What are you feeling right now? ” Dr. Aijohn asked in a quivering voice.
”I have been diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, eight years ago. My mother died because of this also.In fact, you know that this length of survival is already a miracle. I have been into treatment and fortunately,I have been into a remission stage. I thought I have been already completely healed. I have been taking Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, the drug of choice for CML but because I have been so busy lately,I always skip it. ”
He added. ”And lately,I have been taking high doses of pain relievers. ”
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) isa type of cancer that starts in certain blood-forming cells of the bone marrow.
”My goodness,Mr. C! Why are you so late in coming to me? We have been treating people,how can you be silent with your own nightmare?Don't you want to live?How about your children? Your wife? Your family?How can you allow yourself to leave them? You know that you could have avoided it. Why do you want to die, instead? ” Dr. Aijohn already broke into tears. He could just not accept the fate of this special person in his life.
”My wife doesn't know about this and so my whole family. Promise me,Dr. Aijohn that you won't steal the allocated products of these ongoing batch just so that you could give it to me. ” He said calmly.
”Just take these remaining bottles. I will find ways to get the extra bottles from other branches in order to complete your treatment course.”
”Don't do that. It's my fault. Do not break the agreement you yourself had implemented. It will harm your reputation. ” Mr. C warned.
”Whatever it takes!I don't care about the harm of my reputation if it would save a loved one.”
While Mr. C lied down under Hailey's Pen, and Dr. Aijohn looked into the severity of his illness through the monitor.Dr. Aijohn shook his head as he broke into a sob again.
”I hate you, Mr. C!You have such a poor prognosis now! ”