Nyra Volume II

By R. Chaitanya

""I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more." 

- Angelita Lim"

""I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more." 

- Angelita Lim"

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ukiyoto Publishing
• Release date: Jan 31, 2023
• ISBN: 9789360497309

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Nyra

Volume II

Ukiyoto Publishing

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Published in 2023

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Contents

Short Story by R. Chaitanya

Poetry by Krishti Khandelwal

Short Story by Himel Ghosh

Short Story by Biren Sasmal

Poetry by Padmakali Kar

Short Story by Juju’s Pearls

Short Story by Anamika Suresh Yadav

Short Story by Purnima Dixit

Short Story by Anju Chandna

Poetry by Spondon Ganguli

About the Authors

Short Story by

R. Chaitanya

The Seven Days

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OVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has had significant impact on the global population, causing widespread illness and death, as well as significant disruptions to economies and daily life. The second Covid-19 wave has engulfed millions of people. The words "hospital, beds, blood, oxygen, and deaths" were buzzing all around. The world has become a wasteland.

Because the institutions would be closed once more the following morning, Nyra was hurrying to complete all of her official obligations. She had a severe cough, which had left her feeling slightly fatigued, and severe throat pain. She called her son and requested him to fetch some cough medicine from the store. In the afternoon, she came back. She took the cough medicine after lunch and went to bed.

She awoke in the evening with a dreadful bodily ache. She struggled to finish her evening chores and at 9:30 she was in bed. Within an hour, she started groaning from a high fever and body soreness. By 11:00 p.m., her fever had reached 103-104. Severe headache and breathlessness seemed to be taking her life. By this time, the family had realised that the deadly virus had infected her and it was her turn now.

Her husband was rushing from one hospital to another in hope of a bed and finally it was the fifth hospital where they could get a bed. She was directly shifted to COVID ward after the confirmation of the virus. She was allotted bed number 2204. After all the formalities were completed,she was inside the room. It was a twin sharing room. However, bed no. 2205 was vacant. The treatment started on a very war footing.

There were strict instructions inside the ward. Nobody was allowed to enter the ward except doctors and nurses. No patient was allowed to meet his/ her family or friends. It was a total cut from the society. The patients could talk only through video conferencing.

In the hospital, Nyra was put on oxygen support as her lungs were badly affected by the virus. She was in isolation, away from her loved ones, and had to rely on technology to stay in touch with them. The doctors and nurses did their best to care of her, but her condition continued to worsen. She developed multiple complications and had to be put on a ventilator. The situation looked grim and her family and friends were devastated, but they held onto hope and prayed for her recovery. Two days passed. Nyra fought a difficult battle with the virus. Eventually, she began to show signs of improvement. She was taken off the ventilator and she was well enough to be transferred to the room. This is a positive sign that her body is starting to recover from the virus. Being shifted to a ward also means that she is no longer in critical condition and is well enough to be monitored in a less intensive care unit.

On the third day, her condition improved though not perfect. She believed that a low fever would help, but once the fever subsided, she developed severe life threatening conditions again. In the evening,she was uncomfortable, thereafter she was again on oxygen support.

Suddenly there were weird noises around 10 p.m. The sound of groaning was coming closer. The nurses were carrying another patient who was writhing in pain due to acute chest discomfort and high fever. He was given access to bed 2205. Nyra had barely gone to sleep when she was awakened by the events. She came to know that the patient had developed Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) caused by fluid build-up in the lungs which made it difficult to breathe. He has also developed sepsis, a severe infection that can be caused by pneumonia, which put extra strain on his already weakened body.

Sharing a room with a person with severe pneumonitis offended Nyra. She wanted the nurse to speak with the floor supervisor to voice her displeasure with this arrangement. She raised the concern that his pneumonia could make her condition worse.

She made every effort to convince the floor supervisor when she arrived, but the manager argued that there weren’t enough accommodations due of the pandemic. During this pandemic, setting up patient rooms was exceedingly difficult. He simply stated one thing to conclude the conversation: she should be thankful that she had a bed because thousands of people are losing their lives every day due to a lack of beds and medical care. She was unable to view the other individual because of how the staff had the curtain positioned.

Nyra had always had trouble falling asleep. She was never able to sleep at all while she was ill. She was