Act One Scene One
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A few minutes later, Doctor Benjamin visits Esmeralda and her baby.
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Hello! How are you feeling now?
It seems to me that you are still overwhelmed with everything.
~Doc Benjamin
Yes, I am a doctor.
I mean it feels so beautiful holding my baby in my arms finally, I could not trade this moment for anything in the world.
~Esmeralda
Oh! No! You shouldn't, Congratulations to you and your husband.
Well, speaking of your husband, have you shared the good news with him?
~Doc Benjamin
Not yet doctor.
I intend to do so once I am done taking this drip, you can see it is preventing me from doing a lot.
~Esmeralda
That is true.
Hurm! I believe it should be over in less than an hour, judging from its setting.
Lady Esmeralda,
I understand that you are still emotionally and physically exhausted from the whole delivery thing, so I would excuse myself so you could have some rest.
I will see you later, take care.
~Doc Benjamin
Alright doctor,
thank you and bye for now.
~Esmeralda
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Doctor Benjamin makes his way out of the room and a female nurse walks in shortly after.
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Hello! Mrs Rodriguez,
How are you feeling? I hope you are much better now emotionally and physically.
~Nurse
No! I am having a rest just as you instructed,
but I was not expecting you to check on me shortly after Doctor Benjamin's visit.
~Esmeralda
Oh! Good to hear that there has been a doctor here, so my revisit here should not be surprising to you beautiful lady Rodriquez.
~Nurse
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The nurse makes an exaggerated simper at Esmeralda.
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Believe me am still very much lost here, is there a problem somewhere that i need to be aware of? Because your presence here is starting to make me a little unease.
~Esmeralda
Calm down Mrs Rodriguez, there isn't a big problem here at least not yet. I just want you to cooperate with me, okay?
~Nurse
Am not sure i can trust you right now and secondly you starting to stress me, say whatever it is that you have to say because am tired of hearing you prevaricate.
~Esmeralda
My bad Mrs Rodriquez, I did not mean to perturb you.
I have been asked by the female pediatrician to bring your son to the operating theater for examination.
~Nurse
Examination! What examination?
Why? Is there anything wrong with my son? Answer me, nurse.
~Esmeralda
Please stay calm. I did not say anything was wrong with your son, I was only asked to bring him over to the theater room.
I believe the doctors will have a better answer for you on this, which is why I am a bit confused that Doctor Benjamin never mentioned any of these to you.
~Nurse
No! No, he didn't.
Nurse you are here now and i believe you must have a little awareness of what is happening, so please speak to me.
~Esmeralda
Am sorry but unfortunately i don't but please stay calm for now, like i said earlier the doctor will answer all your questions when she comes to visit you in a while.
~Nurse
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The nurse proceeded to carry Esmeralda's son and made her way out of the room.
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Oh heavens!
What could be wrong with my son? I pray his fine, he must be fine.
~Esmeralda
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Esmeralda dwells on the cause of her son's examination but her musing is soon interrupted by a knock on the door.
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Hello! Good day.
You must be Mrs Esmeralda Rodriguez, aren't I?
~Doctor Evita
Yes! I am Mrs Rodriguez.
Judging from your white coast i can tell you are a doctor too, even though i have never seen you before.
What do you want and where is my son?
~Esmeralda
I see you are having a tough time holding your peace mrs Rodriquez, well you should because am not a bearer of bad news.
I examined your son and I am going to be one hundred percent honest with you here, your son is fine but he is not healthy.
~Doc Evita
He is fine but not healthy? What is that even supposed to mean doctor??
~Esmeralda
Evita! The name is Evita.
And about what my statement means, your son according to my diagnosis your son has a heart weakness known in the medical term as cardiomyopathy.
~Doc Evita
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There's a sudden expression of shock from Esmeralda.
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Oh God! How!
How is it possible? My son was fine and breathing well when I delivered him, so what happened? I don't believe you, I need my son, Bring me my son now.
~Esmeralda
Please take it easy on yourself, remember you are not yet physically fit.
Your son's case is not that bad yet, I mean it is good we discovered this early so now we just have to commence treatment on him so it does not get worse.
~Doc Evita
Oh! I cannot believe this.
Please tell me the truth doctor, how serious is this health issue?
~Esmeralda
Forgive me, but i cannot tell you more than this because of your own health. It would be very unprofessional for me to disregard the fact that you just delivered, and enfeeble you with these information.
I know I'm not your doctor but please you need to have control over your emotions right now, Like I said luckily it is an early discovery so we are going to start an early treatment and monitoring.
~Doc Evita
Are they going to bring my son back to me Doctor Evita?
~Esmeralda
Of course! The nurse are attending to him for now, once they are done he will be sleeping right beside you again.
~Doc Evita
Could you please inform Doctor Benjamin that I want to see him? I know he should still be in his office because he doesn't leave early.
~Esmeralda
Of course! I will do that once I walk out of here.
Well i guess that is all for now from my side and yours too, so i love to take my leave now.
Please remember what i said, this is the moment where you have to be strong and in full faith because that is all you would be needing in this journey.
Have a peaceful day Mrs Rodriguez.
~Doc Evita
I will remember that, thank you very much, Doctor Evita.
~Esmeralda
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Doctor Evita makes her way out of the room and Esmeralda returns to her musing, this time around in a woebegone manner.
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Act One scene Two
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Troubled Esmeralda puts a stop to her reverie and wrestles to grab her phone from the side table but gets interrupted by the entrance of doctor Benjamin.
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Hello!
Good day, Lady Esmeralda,
I believe you are much stronger now and well-rested too, am I right?
~Doc Benjamin
No! You are very wrong.
Am sure you are aware of my son's health issue, so just go straight to the explanation because whatever that doctor Evita was singing earlier wasn't sinking into my head.
~Esmeralda
I understand how you feel Lady Esmeralda but please you have to calm down, you are still not completely fit.
~Doc Benjamin
You understand how I feel? Hell No!
You do not understand how I feel Doctor Benjamin Murray, you absolutely do not understand.
~Esmeralda
I still maintain you need to take control of your emotions, please.
~Doc Benjamin
How dare you! How dare you try to tell me how to react.
You are my doctor so you should have known about this earlier, you should have prevented this earlier but no you did not.
~Esmeralda
I understand that it is a very difficult moment for you and that you are heartbroken by the news of your son's health issue, but I assure you that these things are most time beyond our control.
Your baby was fine throughout your visitations and if there was at all any chance of future medical problems I would have known.
Please I'm sorry.
~Doc Benjamin
Or maybe you weren't just competent enough to discover? And that i should have listened to Mateo by making use of his family doctor instead.
What sort of song and dance stories are you telling me, Doctor Benjamin?
I entrusted my life and that of my son into your hands and you disappointed me, so now what exactly should I tell Mateo? That his long-awaited son is a dying one?
~Esmeralda
I honestly don't think you should be using such statements, Your son is sick but that doesn't mean he is dying.
The doctor has commenced treatment on him so i believe he will be fine, you just have to be strong.
Please calm down.
~Doc Benjamin
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Doctor Benjamin tries to console Esmeralda as she breaks down in tears.
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I assure you that I am going to do my best to me sure that your son gets well, I'm asking you to be strong, please.
~Doc Benjamin
I don't want to lose, I cannot afford to lose my son my son Doctor Benjamin.
~Esmeralda
Lady Esmeralda, you won't lose your son, please have some rest now else your health might get critical.
~Doc Benjamin
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After successfully getting Esmeralda to be calm Doctor Benjamin heads back to his office.
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