Labour pains ran all over her anatomy
Lowering from her upper down her lower abdomen
Announcing her place among fertile women
Her labour noise was heard travelling along the lobby
Registering her voice around the ward of maternity
Calling her nurse to attend to a delivery
So her nurse hurried to calm her noise
Calming her not to make labour pains and noise worse
The vital stats taken stated a healthy status
But her blood count could not be accounted for
So her nurse made a dash to consult her superior
When she returned she had an order from her superior
To seek another’s blood to transfuse
Before birthing would be granted a berthing
However a quick check at the blood bank got her confused
For there was no ready blood to use
Her husband was the first to offer blood to donate
But hardly did his blood grouping prove to match
Many others who lined up to offer a pint
Could hardly offer up quality blood to donate
So a search team was sent to town
For that rare blood grouping to locate
One they brought from town
Was a real gentleman of no mean repute
A fact no one would dispute
No infectious disease could anyone impute
…to his blood
No debilitating defect could the routine test detect
…in his blood
Husband and wife and family had reason to shower
Tons upon tons of praises upon the generous donor
Therefore a bouncy baby was added to the number
Many years passed
Many years passed for symptoms to tell their own story
For mother and child
It was a stern warning issued each morning
Which gave them a serious cause for worrying
…certainly
Each morning was a wake up call to welcome a chain of malaise
A back pain or a neck pain
A headache or a stomachache
A bout of malaria
A round of nausea
A pound of diarrhoea
A mound of pneumonia
Each symptom served a reminder to visit a lab for a thorough body test
Each body test recommended an advanced test
Many tests crossed paths for diagnosis to tell the real story
For prognosis to point to a medical history
A history filled with the story of a transfusion of blood
…of years ago
When a donor of repute
Dispensed blood full of impurities
…without knowing
When a routine test recommended infected blood
…without knowing
Rife but reliable rumours in town had it all
That the donor they dragged from town many years ago
That donor of no mean repute
Was now a patient wasting away in a sickbay
Where his H. I. V. status was now not in dispute
