I jumped on my bed like a pulley dropped me on it. I was so tired after I was in the class for over three hours and was even the course lf a lecturer I don’t like at all. Zainab and Chinaza, my friends were surprised that I got to the hostel before them.
Babe, where are you? Let’s go to the hostel, Chinaza asked me on phone.
I’ve gotten to the hostel. I went to rest because I’m not feeling too well, I said back to her and hung up the call. I guess she might be angry that I dropped the call but I didn’t just want to do anything and because of what I’m going through.
Immediately my friends got home, the began to prepare for Alex’s party. Alex lost his grandmother and there was supposed to be a party for the final burial which was scheduled for night.
My friends wore the uniform dress we all bought but they were surprised to see me sleeping when I was supposed to be getting dressed for the party.
Babe, are you not going for the party anymore? Zainab looked at the back, saw me laying on the bed while she was drawing her skirt up and asked if I wasn’t going to the party.
I’m going but I need to rest a bit so maybe I’d join you guys later, I said back to Zainab without waiting for a response. I slept off.
My friends left the hostel for the party and I slept but woke up around 10: 00 pm and was surprised that my friends were not back. I guess the party was very interesting that they chose not to come back on time. I wanted to stand up to pee and that was where the problem started. I couldn’t stand up, I couldn’t pee nor do anything.
I was feeling nauseous and that was when I knew that my condition has just gotten worse. It felt like something strange might happen to me so I ordered a ride, took some new notes I got from the club in my purse and waited for the rider to come.
I got to the hospital by 11:00 pm and the rider had to carry me into the reception. The nurses were shocked and immediately, they called the doctor on seat. I went to his office, they ran some tests for me and I eventually got admitted into yhe hospital which was after two hours of getting there.
What’s wrong with me?, I asked the doctor after he had passed the drip into my veins.
You’re having gonorrhea, he said to me.
I was so scared and very angry I could get that from my boyfriend. I called him that night to tell him and didn’t even wait for a response because I was very angry. My friends called to ask me where I was but I hung up too because of the anger.
I kept on receiving injections, drips and drugs at the hospital till the fourth day when I was asked to go home.
By then, I was looking very lean and if I go to the hostel, I may not be well taken care of so I just went home.
When my mum saw me from afar, she was shocked because I was looking very lean and slim.
What’s wrong with you?, my mum asked but I told her it was a bacterial infection because of the water we drink in the hostel.
Sadly, my dad got a mail from his insurance company that I was at the hospital for four days but didn’t disclose what happened to him.
That was how my parents knew I spent four days at our family hospital without calling them to come check on me or stay with me.
My parents never believed me when I said it was a bacterial infection causef by the water I drink.
My father says all the time that there are skeletons in the cupboard because it’s strange for a lady who’s still under there care of her parents to be at the hospital for four days without reaching out to her family members.
Even some family members called to ask what was really wrong with me because all the though was that I was pregnant and maybr aborted it. Well, I never told them the real thing till now including my closest family member.
Till today, I never told them that there is a skeleton in the cupboard.