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Beatrice lay in the hospital bed with her eyes covered with a white cloth,
holding her daughters hand she recalled the event that led her to the hospital seven months ago.
It happened on a saturday morning when she was doing her weekend cleaning,
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she went into her husbands lab room to do some cleaning when she mistakenly spilled some chemical and it got to her eyes. How it happened, she couldn't tell she remembered the excruciating pain she felt, she screamed in pain and wished she
could pull her eyes balls out. Her husband rushed in immediately on hearing her screams, as a learned scientist he took note of the situation and brought water to wash the chemical off her eyes before rushing her to the hospital.
Laying on the hospital bed exactly 7 months ago, she recalled hearing the doctor declaring her temporarily blind.
“ Your wife is temporarily blind and we can actually find a neutralizer for the chemical in her eyes, the doctor said stroking his chin. It's a good thing you rinsed her eyes with water immediately, because if you had brought her like that she would have lost her sight permanently ”.
She was in total darkness for months, she felt like a burden to her family as they had to help her with almost everything. She thanked God for giving her a thoughtful daughter, she recalled her daughters words the day she was declared blind.
“ Mom stop crying, it's not permanent. Remember when i was afraid to sleep in the dark, you brought light to me and comforted me. Now am going to do the same, I'll be your beacon and I'll comfort you mommy”, she said joyfully.
She was only 8 but behaved like an adult, she was like an adult trapped in a childs body. Holding her daughters hand firmly, she waited for the doctor to remove her blind fold. Her husband and the doctor worked together and provided a cure to neutralize the chemical in her eyes. Her husband stood by her side and watched the doctor remove the white cloth. Beatrice eyes were still closed, she was afraid to open them. She got some motivation from her family and finally opened her eyes, she saw beacon everywhere for the first time after seven months of total darkness, her eyes
were blinking uncontrollably.
At first everything was blurry, but as she blinked some more everything became clear, she was able to see her daughters face again. Tears ran down her eyes as she hugged her husband and daughter tightly.
“ Will you still clean my lab now you've gotten your sight back ?”, Beatrice's husband teasingly asked her.
She gave him a wicked look and everybody laughed.
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The End.
a terrible experience that the mother suffered, fortunately it was only temporary blindness. I liked the joke at the end of the story.
Thanks for sharing.
Good day.
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I am glad that she overcame the blindness. The thoughtful daughter indeed was the beacon. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Hehehe.. Whaoo..
Going partially blind for that long month will have taken a troll on her.. A lot would change after she opened her eyes.
Also her husband was a funny man
Alot has been learnt as short as it is,So glad she was able to gain her sight again.
Nice read,thanks for sharing
This is a tender story of a tragic accident and the love of a family, and especially a daughter, who see their mom/wife back to health with her eyes after a lengthy 7 month period. There is a break in logic unfortunately that pulls the reader out of the intimacy of the story as it is not possible to neutralise chemicals in the eyes 7 months after a chemical burn and have sight restored in that way. Be sure to research your stories carefully if you are wanting to rely on medical or scientific facts as the backbone to your story.
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