When Rohan came to senses in the recovery room, the hushed whispers of the medical staff felt like the far-off echo of a dream. His body ached from the surgical intrusion, his senses overwhelmed by the sterile hospital environment. Dr. Kumar, his countenance etched with fatigue, moved towards Rohan with an inscrutable expression. His face bore the tired lines of a grueling surgery but was also clouded by an enigma that Rohan couldn’t decipher. With each word the doctor uttered, the room seemed to spin erratically around Rohan, the gravity of his condition threatening to pull him into an abyss of disbelief.
The terms – “twin”, “fetus in fetus”, “unprecedented case” – swirled within his mind, melding into a disorienting narrative that challenged his perception of reality. This couldn’t be true, could it? Could he have been living with an undeveloped twin within him all this time?