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I donated my kidney to my son. That’s what any parent would do for their child, right? But I never imagined the secret behind it was a plan carefully constructed over months.
Three days after surgery, he showed up with a stack of papers, evicting me from my own home. The emotional pain cut deeper than any surgical wound. Then a doctor burst into the room with fury written across her face and said something that made my son’s face go white.
I woke up to the sound of machines beeping. For a moment, I didn’t know where I was. The ceiling above me was white and stained, and fluorescent lights buzzed like angry insects trapped behind plastic.
Everything smelled sharp and chemical, like bleach mixed with metal, and it burned my throat. Then the pain hit. It started as a dull ache in my left side, then exploded into fire, like someone pressed a poker directly against my ribs.
I tried to move, but my body wouldn’t cooperate. My arms felt like wet concrete. I turned my head slowly.
To my right, a machine beeped in steady rhythm. Green lines danced across a black screen. An IV drip hung from a metal pole, the clear bag shimmering under the harsh lights.
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