Okay.. This is another sad story that I read..
I’ll tell the whole story in here.. leaving out the details.. I recommend you all who like to read novels to pick this one up.. I think it’s really good story.. with a very sad ending (hikz…Hikzz..)
I’ll start from here..
There is this family, having two children, an older son, Jesse, and youngest daughter, Kate. But, their sorrowfulness started when Kate was 3 years old and was diagnosed with acute leukemia, which is a cancer of bone marrow or blood cells, which usually immediate treatment. Kate was predicted by Dr. Chance, the professional doctor in that area, to die by the age of 5. Her mother could not accept it and looking for any possible way in order to let her live. The parents were so focused on Kate that they forgot about their life. They start to forget to have fun, and became ignorant to Jesse as the mother think that her daughter needed her the most. Everything they do was always for Kate.
So, they had an idea to make a design baby that has Kate’s trait, so that the baby’s blood will be compatible to Kate and allows Kate continue to live. The mother did not even think about the future when she did it, even when she was 7 months pregnant, she did not even thinking about the baby’s name. And well, the baby was girl called Anna. The first day she was born, the mother give the baby to the doctor as soon as possible so he could take her blood to donate to Kate. As time goes, Anna grows older and older but she never stops donating her bodies part to Kate, from her blood, bone marrow, leukocytes, anything that Kate lack of. When Anna was young, the mother always tells her that it would not hurt her, and it is to help her sister, so indirectly it was like forcing her. And when Anna was hospitalized receiving pain from donating her body parts, the mother did not even accompany her.. she looked after Kate instead. Anna and Jesse felt so lonely as they grew older.. until when Anna turned 13 years old, and she shattered the family’s hope by hiring a lawyer to sue their parents for using her body. She refused to donate anything to Kate anymore. That time, Kate’s kidney was severely damaged and need replacement, and if not, she will die.
The mother, who left her career as lawyer, fight her way as a mother and lawyer to get Anna’s back and keep on saying that this matter was not serious and that Anna was only looking for attention. But, the mother was wrong, Anna never allow their parents to convince them anymore, even though it actually hurt her, by hurting their parents and even Kate, but she could not stand it anymore. Because of that, she was not allowed to sleep over her friends house, she was not allowed to take parts in sports, not allowed to go to a party as she was always needed by their parents in case Kate suddenly collapse and need her platelet. Because of this, Anna move out from her home and stay in her father workplace. Her father was a bit more understanding than her mother and he could see why Anna done that to them. He did not blame Anna for that, even though he was also thinking hard about Kate.
But, in the court, Anna refused to be testified by her lawyer. She never let people know what exactly made her do it. Until one day, she start to think that her mother have to know why she did it and agreed to be testified. So, she told the court that actually Kate herself that convince her to sue her parents and she thanked her for that. She did not want Anna to donate her kidney to her. She knew that eventually she will die too even if Anna donate her kidney and that will only hurt Anna in the future. If Anna get older and her kidney is not functioning well anymore, she would need another spare to save her, but it would not happen if Kate take it from her. She also was tired living like that and was ready to be taken away by God, only if her mother let her. The mother was so shocked to hear her statements and could not fight anymore. The judge finally let Anna to decide for herself, to make decision for her own body, and make decision for herself medically. And that was the end of the fight between them.
By the time, Kate was coma as her kidney was failing. Anna need to sign a paper with her lawyer to certify her medically for her body. But on their way, they had accident. The lawyer was safe but Anna gave a very weak pulse and did not responding to any treatment. By the time she gets to the hospital and helped by machine, the doctor said that her brain is already dead and only the machine that keeps her alive. The parents were so sad and they are the one that had to switch off the machine to let her go. The lawyer said to the doctor to donate her kidney to her sister Kate.
Well, Anna died.. Kate received her kidney and was able to live until 10 years later. She was healthier even though the leukemia was still there, and it all thanks to Anna. Anna died in her place..
