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Rick's Dilemma Chapter 239
The Doctors came in to Debbie's room the next morning to go over the test results. Both Debbie and Rick were on pins and needles. Rick's heart was in his throat waiting to hear what they had to tell them. The lead physician began "We have the results of all of the tests and scans from yesterday." Rick said "Just tell us in plain language what is going on, please." The Doctor continued "From what we now know, Mrs. Green, your kidneys are failing. It seems that this issue is related to your recent pregnancies. Having not one, but two mulitple pregnancies can cause this issue. After your last delivery, it became an issue with your kidneys as your body started to heal. This is usually the case if the kidneys were overly stressed during the pregnancy. This time line is not unusual. What we recommend is first, you should go on kidney dialysis immediately. Secondly, as this treatment is not a permanent solution, we are recommending a kidney transplant when and if a suitable donor can
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The day that Lois, Howard, Heyward and his wife Jean arrived at Ting Gap was a special day for Lois. She had not seen her grand children in a while. She had seen them on video calls, and Debbie had sent her photographs of each of them individually as well as in groups. So Lois could hardly wait to hold them each again today. After they had spent an hour or so with the babies, Debbie took her mother out to the pool house. Howard and Heyward were roaming around the estate looking at all of the scenery there. Jean was in her room taking a nap. Rick was already seated when Debbie and Lois walked in. He had wanted to give them time to fawn over the kids as Mother and Grandmother. Now that Lois was here, Rick really could tell that Lois had changed a lot. She no longer had that superior swagger, nor was her nose stuck up in the air. Her overall demeanor was of a humble woman. How strange to see her like this. After sitting down and having Rick pour them each a cup of tea, Rick st
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Unbeknown to Rick and Debbie, Old Wilson had used his organizational skills to bring these people together. One, to show support for the Greens, and two, for them to volunteer for the testing phase. To that end, Old Wilson had also roped in the doctors and a few nurses to come and start the testing that very night! When the doctors heard about the call, and the number of people that planned to attend, they saw a golden opportunity to start the first phase when the volunteers were all together, but away from the hospital. It would have over whelmed the corridors of the testing lab to have so many people show up at once. So they came to Ting Gap. They set up a mini lab in the house, and started drawing blood samples from everyone there who wished to be considered to be a donor. Rick was the first to have his blood drawn. This lead everyone else to form a line. In the meantime, Debbie went down the line and thanked each one individually. She did not stop until she had spoken to very s
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The next morning found the four potential donors sitting around the table out by the pool. They were all anxious to hear the news. The worst part of all of this was the waiting. They chit chatted about something and nothing while trying to calm their own thoughts. Debbie came out after a while and said as she sat down "I want to thank you all one more time for what you are trying to do for me. No matter who is the best match, you all have shown me great kindness that I will never be able to repay." Just then, Rick's phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and said to the group "This is it folks!" He answered the call with trembling hands and said a simple "Hello?" The doctor greeted Rick, then told him the results. Rick's face fell a little, but soon recovered. He replied to the doctor "Thank you Doctor, I'll inform the others." Everyone was looking at Rick as he hung up the call. They were all on pins and needles to finally have an answer to the question running thr
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Debbie and Rick were driven to the hospital by Li Fan. They were accompanied by Alice and Lois. Everyone else had stayed behind to allow the couple time to settle in at the surgery center of People's Hospital Fing City. The best transplant team that could be found were to perform the surgery the next day. There were two teams who would be working on the pair. One to remove Rick's kidney, and the other to implant it into Debbie after removing her most damaged one. The operations were to take several hours to complete. On average, the donor's surgery lasts about three hours, whereas the recipient has to undergo at least a four hour or more proceedure. The surgerys were to begin at nine o'clock the next morning. Rick and Debbie had insisted that they were to be placed in the same room. The doctors at first rejected their request, but since they were husband and wife , they gave in to Rick's insistance. The pair had passed the night in Debbie's hospital bed, snuggled up togethe
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When the doctors left the ICU, they went to the waiting room. The family had returned to check on Rick and Debbie. The doctors had promised yesterday that they would give the family an update once the couple were awake. They walked into the waiting room to see a group of anxious and worried faces. Rick's doctor said "They are both awake and are feeling better. Mr. Green should be able to go home the day after tomorrow. However, Mrs. Green will need a little more time here. Her condtion is stable, and she has a long recovery ahead of her. But we see no problems at this time. We want to ensure her body's acceptance of the new organ before we let her go home. Now we suggest that only two of you see our patients today, as they are both still very tired. We don't want to wear them out entertaining visitors, now do we?" Happiness, relief and gratefulness was the only words to discribe the looks on the group's faces at this time. They thanked the doctors for all of their hard work. It
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Debbie was finally released from the hospital. She was still very weak, but no longer needed dialysis. This was the best news to all of her family and friends. She would have to take drugs for the rest of her life, but that was a small price to pay to even have a life. As she went into the playroom, her boys came waddling over towards her with their hand up in the air for her to pick them up. Sadly, she was unable to do this per her doctor's orders. All she could do was sit in a rocking chair and have them handed to her to hold, one by one. Aunt Alice was on hand to supervise the children and to make sure that they didn't cause any trouble for Debbie. Rick stood in the doorway and watched as the kids swarmmed their mother. He was smiling ear to ear to see such a sight. He had not been sure a month ago if he would ever see this sight again. After a while, Rick took Debbie by the hand and walked her out to the pool area to relax a bit. Li Fan brought out a pot of tea for them and
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The Port of Durban was the fourth largest port in Africa. It handled both commercial as well as cruise ships. The RBG entourage arrived at the port city in early afternoon. The hotel was nice, but not the level that most of the group were used to. This was necessary for several reasons. Old Wilson did not want to expose Rick and company to unwanted attention that staying in a high end hotel would naturally put on them. Tourists that stayed in those hotels were often targets for the local criminal elements around town. Staying in a nice, but not too nice, a hotel was also acceptable because there were no women this time around. The idea was to get in, and then get out as soon as possible, without drawing too much attention to themselves. Since there was still time left in the work day, they decided to call at the RBG Shipping office first thing after settling in to the hotel. Old Wilson had informed the local office to expect them at anytime. When they arrived at the office, the Man
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It was a sad day for Rick. Today, he was to bury his beloved mentor, Old Wilson. Old Wilson had been frail, and his health had declined slowly. If someone didn't see him every day, they would notice a vast difference . But since Rick would go down to see his old friend regularly, he did not realise just how bad Old Wilson had gotten. It was on such a visit that Rick found Old Wilson sitting in his favorite chair out in his back garden. At first Rick just thought he was asleep, as Old Wilson would nap out there almost every day. But after sitting down beside him, Rick finally realised that Old Wilson had passed on. It broke Rick's heart. Old Wilson had left instructions as to what he wanted done after his death. He asked that Rick bury him next to Ruth, his wife, and their son, Christopher. It was out in the countryside, north of Fing City. Rick had made all of the arrangements, and that morning, he and Debbie headed out. He had made the announcement of Old Wilson's death to the com
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After the kidney transplant, Debbie's health improved tremendously. She had regained her strength and stamina to the point that she was able to resume her duties at RBG LLC. Over the years, she had expanded offices in all of the major cities in the south. Every big company clamoured to have RBG LLC handle their accounting needs. It became a status symbol to have Debbie work for them. After such a huge expansion, Debbie and Rick had set their sights in a more global presence. So they started with Cairo, Eygpt. Since Anita had done such a good job organising that pharmaceutical office years ago, it had become the premier branch of RBG Pharmaceuticals. So it was a natural place to start the global expansion of RBG LLC. Rick and Debbie spent several months in Cairo setting up the branch, and even acquired a residence in Eygpt. It was an expansive villa right on the banks of the river Nile. Larry had designed it to reflect the location and local culture. The villa was named 'Alhudu
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As time flew by, Lois had been in Jelang and had been doing very well with her shop 'Second Chance'. The local population had, for the most part, forgotten about her sordid past. She was a valued member of the business community. Last yesr, she had been nominated to run for the local Chamber of Commerce Chairman. She was of course flattered to be nominated, but was very surprised when she actually won the position. It was the peak of her life to have been given this post. Never in her wildest dreams did she ever imagine that she would reach such a height in her life. Even though it was just in a small village such as Jelang, the fact that she was overwhelmingly the popular choice humbled her even more. Rick and Debbie both were just so proud of Lois, and even came to her investiture ceremony, along with all of the rest of the Thomas family. Howard had really been putting his all into the Thomas Shelter. Along the way, he met a very nice lady, who had come in for an interview fo
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The day dragged on as George frantically looked for his missing man. Since the man had no pockets, he didn't have his cell phone on him. So he could not call the general to tell him what was going on. He had all of his contact numbers in his phone, so he had not bothered to memorize any of them. After a long afternoon of being interrogated by the police, they at last let him make a call. He decided to call the resort, and if nothing else, he could leave a message for his boss. After this was done, the jailer put the man in a cell to wait for further instructions from the police Chief in charge. George finally went to the front desk to ask the desk clerk where the nearest police station was, thinking that it was a place to start looking, and to file a missing person's report. The desk clerk then remembered to give him the message that had come in for him, and it just so happened to be from his missing man. George went and sought out Matthew and Rick to accompany him to the p
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After ensuring Su Ma had everything that she needed, the group left to return to the yacht. They were to spend the next few days at sea. Everyone was back on board, then they set off for their next port of call, Manilla, Philippines. It was an exotic port, and nothing like anything any of the group had experienced before. They had a wonderful time seeing all of the sights. Then they set sail for Singapore, Malaysia. This trip was a smorgasbord of many different cultures and sights, not to mention landscapes. Singapore was a bustling city, full of high end shopping centers with branded stores, as well as the local cultural sights. Museums, art galleries and the like. The kids especially liked the Singapore Zoo. It was filled with all of the animals that they had studied in school. The adults were partial to the Singapore Botanical Gardens and the National Orchid Garden. They all enjoyed the trip to China Town. It was a taste of home for them, but in a different way. There was really
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The years had flown by. The Greens had expanded their businesses in every direction. The most profitable were the ocean shipping company and the pharmaceuticals. Medical supplies was running a close third. Rick was planning a big suprise for the kids' ninth and tenth birthdays next month. They had grown so much, and still all of them got along so well with each other. Li Fan had gone on to be a managing director of one of Rick's local offices, and he was proud of his work. His son, Ricky, was looking more and more like him every day. Alice was a very good mother. Ricky had grown up with the Green children, and seemed more like one of the siblings, rather than just a cousin. George and Anita's daughter Leah was also part of the "tribe". Since George paid close attention to the security of Ting Gap, Leah had grown up in the house as well. It was an exclusive daycare that Rick and Debbie were proud to provide for the two kids. All of the Green kids were very protective of them
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General Han gathered all of the evidence that he had collected and called his friend at the police station. They sent the fraud investigation team over right away to go over the documents. They agreed with George that this was an embezzlement case, cut and dried. After informing Debbie and Rick of their findings, Debbie called a meeting of those involved. The head of personel walked into the conference room, stopped dead in his tracks and turned to flee. He was stopped by the security guards at the door. He was made to sit down and shut his mouth. Next, the other two culprits walked in together, chatting with each other. They sat down across from the upper managment team and waited. George introduced everyone. "Mr. Waits is the head of personel, this is Mr. Floyd, head of accounting, and that is Mr. Grooms, the managing director. Gentlemen, this is Mrs. Green, CEO of RBG LLC. The man next to her is Mr. Green, Chairman and owner of the RBG Group. Then we have Mr. Moore, Vice Pr
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The crowd outside the venue were so excited to see their favorite stars and public officals as they arrived at the gala. The men dressed in tuxedos and the beautiful gowns that the women wore were worth standing in the night air to see. All of the attendees made use of a step-and-repeat banner set up for press photos. These glamour shots would been seen all over the media in the coming days. But the most stunning had been Debbie in all of her finery. Her jewels shone like the stars in the heavens. They cast a glow around her like nothing else could. The evening was filled with surprises, and a lot of money was raised for the Green Children's Foundation. Brandon was thrilled with both the turnout and the donations total. It had been a very successful night. The day after the gala, everybody at the Green villa slept in late. They only got up in time for a scumptous brunch prepared by Chef Matthew. It was well worth dragging themselves out of bed for. Then everyone started to get
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Once again, the Thomas family came together for a family weekend. The highlight of the weekend was of course the gala for the Green Children's Foundation. Since Jonathan and Betty lived in Beijing, they were to be included in all of the festivities as well. Rick and Debbie loved having their family around them, and this weekend was no exception. Rick and Debbie's Beijing villa was not as big as Ting Gap, but no less opulent. After all, Larry had done the design work and supervised the work himself. It was large enough to hold most everyone coming from out of town. Lois, Rebecca, the Old Thomas', Howard, Heyward and his wife , Aunt Alice and Li Fan and of course Matthew and Brandon. So the Green mansion was full to the brim. Matthew decided to cook on the first night of the gathering. Dinner on that Friday night was a master piece of culinary delights. Matthew rarely got to indulge himself in the kitchen of late, so he went all out to prepare a meal fit for a royal banquet. His dish
