Dr. Cabell smiled happily and said, "Exactly! We've already confirmed that Ms. Amelia's blood is compatible with Abner's. And, she has volunteered herself to donate her blood!"
"Oh, my goodness!" Savannah murmured. At this time, in her eyes Amelia was indifferent from a knight in shining armor who was here as a life saver!
Under the pressure of such intensified gaze, Amelia could not help clearing her throat awkwardly. She then asked Dr. Cabell, "What should I do next?"
Dr. Cabell pointed at an empty bed and said, "Could you please lie on the bed?"
Amelia was about to follow his instruction when she thought of the remote control plane that she had specially brought for Abner. All this while she had been holding it in her hand.
She casted a glance at Abner who was lying with his head titled to one side on the bed. He must have lost his consciousness.
Amelia shook her head secretly. Apparently her plan to flatter Abner with his favorite toy failed.
After all, she had brought it all the way here. Amelia placed it on the cabinet next to Abner's bed so that he would see it the moment when he woke up.
"Ms. Amelia, what are you doing?" Savannah glanced at her in confusion.
Amelia explained softly, "Oh, it seems like Abner cherishes it a lot, so I had decided to bring it over for him. I hope you don't mind."
Upon hearing this, Savannah began to look at Amelia differently, "I'm surprised to know that you're such a kind and thoughtful person. Of course I don't mind. I'm not even sure of how can I express my gratitude right now."
Amelia replied with a shy smile before she followed Dr. Cabell's instruction. She took off her shoes and lied down on the bed. She then asked, "What's next?"
Dr. Cabell then said, "Ms. Amelia, could you please roll up your sleeve?"
"Alright." Amelia did as she was told so.
Dr. Cabell finally said, "You can leave the rest to me. All you need to do is to close your eyes and rest."
"No way!" Amelia exclaimed in her heart.
She was not going to close her eyes! She could not bring herself to trust the doctor in front of her. He might have drained all her blood when she was asleep. In that case, she would be suffering great loss.
She wanted to stay awake so that she could stop him in time when she felt that she had donated enough of blood. After all, she was a pregnant lady. She could not cause any harm to her baby simply because of her plan!
Dr. Cabell did not say anything when he caught her eyes opening wide. In the end of the day, it was her freedom to do so.
Fifteen minutes later...
Seeing that there was a transparent tube with each side connected to the arms of Abner and Amelia respectively, it all made sense to her now for the method that had been told by Dr. Cabell. It was indeed an effortless and simple way of transfusing the blood.
It did not take long for the transparent tube to be filled with Amelia's blood. At this sight, she was not sure if she had in fact feeling pain or not. It would be too dramatic for her to consider it painful. Yet this was the blood that had been drained off from the body that she had been taking good care of so far. It could not be possible to mean nothing to her.
Glancing at Abner's pale face from the side, Amelia prayed that her sacrifice was going to be worthwhile in exchange of the profit that she had been asking for.
It was after some time that Amelia began to feel the soreness and numbness of her arm. Right at this time, Dr. Cabell answered a call before he hurriedly opened the door and left.
"Eh! Dr. Cabell!" Amelia was startled. She was about to ask him if he could remove her tube right before he left the ICU room!
Amelia's exclaim had drawn the attention of Savannah who was staying beside Abner's bed all this while.
Amelia was exactly Abner's blood bag right now. Savannah thought that it would be appropriate for her to concern Amelia.
"Ms. Amelia, you can let me know if you need anything."
Upon hearing this, Amelia smiled at Savannah and said calmly, "No, there's no need..."
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