Echoes In My Heart

Traumatizing

The next day, Gema woke up early to prepare breakfast for her mother. Before he saw his mother's condition in the room and made sure his mother was better than yesterday. Actually his mother was advised to be anonymous, but his mother refused and wanted outpatient only. His mother did not want to trouble Gema later, if his mother had to open the name then Gema would not be able to go to work. At first Gema forced her mother to be hospitalized, but her mother continued to refuse due to trauma with the incident when her father entered the hospital until he died. Echoes can not say anymore when it comes to his father. Although he never met his father, he still loved his father and always prayed for him.

*Flashback

When his mother was pregnant, Gema's father, who worked in a yarn factory in the Sleman area, was sent out of town to send samples of yarn to be used by a textile factory. On the way back to Jogja suddenly the car driven by Gema's father had an accident. The car his father was driving with the factory owner was hit by a truck that suddenly ran through a red light. People who were crossing the street immediately helped, some called the police station and some called an ambulance at the nearest hospital. After police cars and ambulances arrived the victims were immediately rushed to the hospital, including Gema's father, the factory owner and the truck driver.

When the incident occurred, Gema's mother was contacted by a police officer and reported that her husband had an accident in the border area of Jogja. Because Gema's mother already has no relatives, then she set out alone to the hospital with feelings of unworthiness, sad fear and trembling into one. But her mother had to be strong, she didn't want anything to happen to her husband because they would soon have children. On the bus, her mother arrived at the hospital, she saw several police and witnesses of the accident. Her mother trembled slightly asking one of the policemen where her husband was.

“Sorry Mr Police, I am Nani, wife of Arya mas who was said to have an accident at the border of Jogja?” echo's mother told one of the policemen in front of the IGD.

“Oh yes, Ms. Nani, I was the one who contacted mom because your husband had an accident. Let me drive you to the front of the emergency room. Doctors are still checking him inside” the police said as they drove him to the IGD front. Not long after the doctor came out of the emergency room and spoke to the police there. The doctor informed him that the truck driver and the factory owner could not be saved, while Gema's father was in critical condition and had been transferred to the ICU room. His mother, who heard the doctor's words, was relieved even though there was a little bit of worry in her heart. At least Gema's father can still be saved, he ceaselessly prayed that Gema's father would go through his critical period immediately. She said goodbye to the police who had contacted her and headed to the ICU room where her husband was being treated.

Ibu Gema is not allowed to enter and can only wait from outside the room. She sat in a chair and unceasingly recited do’a for her husband. She hoped her husband would wake up soon and be able to accompany her during childbirth later.

“Yaa Allah, I beg you to save my husband, may he go through his critical period soon. Give me the strength to accept this exam” said mother Gema while wiping tears that she could not bear after seeing the condition of her husband full of bandages and hoses in the room. He is trying hard because it will also affect the fetus in the womb.

After a week of coma, Gema's father has passed his critical period. He had regained consciousness from his coma and had been transferred to a regular inpatient room. Her mother was unceasingly grateful and faithful to accompany her husband who would soon become a father. According to the estimates of doctors, in two weeks their child will be born into the world. After feeding her husband that morning, Gema's mother painstakingly cleaned her husband's body that had been without water for a week. She changed her husband's clothes and combed his long hair. She was so relieved that her husband had finally come to his senses from the coma.

“Alhamdulillah mas, finally you have realized from the coma. Hopefully quickly recover yes, so you can accompany me later on” said Mother Echo who never lost a smile from her lips.

“It is my duty to accompany you, because soon you will become a father. So you have to be healthy. So that you can accuse him after birth later”

“Aamiin. Oh yes how is Mr Burhan?” ask Gema's father inquisitive.

“Sorry I didn't tell you earlier mas. Mr. Burhan could not be saved after receiving treatment from a doctor. She was immediately buried tomorrow” explained mother Gema who made her husband sad.

“Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi roji’un. What about the family he left behind? Had we not been out of town then it probably would not have happened like this” Gema's father regretted and immediately shed tears in memory of his kind boss.

“It is already a mas, all has become the destiny of God. His family has been sincere to even visit you when in a coma. They will finance your treatment until healed later” said mother Gema while rubbing the back of her husband's hand that is still wrapped in the infusion hose. Gema's father and mother never break up to be grateful for all the wonders God has given them. Until two days later Gema's father was allowed to go home, but when his oxygen hose was released suddenly he experienced severe shortness of breath. He was transferred to intensive care again because of narrowing of the heart blood vessels to the lungs, resulting in shortness of breath. A few hours later Gema's father became more critical and eventually died. Her mother, who was waiting outside the room, was shocked because her husband's condition had improved this morning until he was allowed to go home by a doctor. After hearing the doctor's account that her husband was dead, Mother Echoes suddenly unconscious.

A few hours later Gema's father had been buried in the funeral home and her still unconscious mother was taken away by an ambulance. After waking up, his mother was endlessly crying, as if she could not believe what had happened before her. When she was so happy with her husband's recovery, suddenly the happiness disappeared in an instant without any premonition and changed with deep sorrow. How will she raise her child without a husband?

*Flashback off

After her husband's death, her mother became the sole parent of Gema. Luckily Gema grew up to be an independent child and diligently helped her mother. Although he is a boy he is also no less deft when in the kitchen. An hour in the kitchen he had prepared dishes on the dining table in their humble home. Echoes immediately call his mother for breakfast, he helps her to stand up and walk towards the dining table. The echoes of his mother's gratitude began to recover and were a little fresher. She enjoyed eating breakfast with her mother and wanted to spend the day with her mother because she happened to be on work holiday today.