Last Prayer

ICU - Critical Herb

"Umi, abi why don't you wake up?" asked Aris to me whose sobs are still heard.

Hearing Aris ask, this tongue feels faint to answer. I just rubbed Aris' head gently.

"Russia ... Sorry mother. Sorry mother. Sorry mom ..."

My mother-in-law kissed Heru's forehead. His face is really sad. Expectantly. Like really miss the figure of Heru mas.

"Russia ... Mama's sorry! I've wasted time being happy with you, Heru. Mama's sorry! Conscious Heru! Heal, son. So that you can make amends for your mistakes. Hmu ..."

My mother-in-law's crying is getting louder. His voice is very audible. While I saw Aris whispering something in Heru's ear. I don't know what Aris whispered. Before long, I felt the fingers of Heru mas I held moving. I quickly lowered my face to look directly at it. Is correct. Jemari mas Heru is really moving. Still very weak movement.

"O Allah, Alhamdulillah ... Ma'am, Heru's moving his hand."

"You're serious, Wulan? Alhamdulillah! Heru ... It's mommy. You heard me, didn't you, Heru?"

"Navis ... Arise ..."

Mas Heru called out Aris' name. Although the disturbance was very slow and weak, it was quite clearly heard in the ears.

"Abi ... I'm here, abi. Abb ... Awake, abi ... Open abi's eyes. Look at me, abi. I'm here ... Abbj ..."

"Navis ... Aris can pray for abi. Don't cry on. Abi is saddened to hear Aris cry"

I rubbed Aris's head with my left hand, while my right hand held Heru's.

"Umi, can I teach you here, umi?"

Aris's face turned towards me. Looking at me with a hopeful look. His puffy eyes made his face framed poignant.

"Can, son. That will help abi's recovery greatly. Aris taught me what Aris can do."

Aris did not know the letters hijaiyah, but he was able to recite verses of the Quran. The people who teach it every day. He hoped that one day Aris would truly become the hafis of the Qur'an. Not only able to pronounce it, but also able to practice it.

I heard Aris chanting Surah Al Ikhlas, which then continued Surah Yunus verse 57, this verse which he read over and over again.

"Yaa ayyuhan-naasu qad jaa'atkum mau'idzatum mir rabbikum wa syifaa'ul lima fis-suduuri wa hudaw wa rahatul lil-mu'miniin"

Aris's voice as she chanted Surah Yunus verse 57 was trembling. I do not believe, mas Heru with all his body soul is able to make Aris so eloquently recite the Quran. I am really amazed and proud of Heru and Aris. I don't feel my tears coming back.

"Wulan, I'm so proud of you. Aris is very smart, thanks to your upbringing. All this time, I've been a complete fool for blinding my eyes for not blessing you."

"Already, mom. Don't blame yourself too often. Heru's current condition is the most important."

"Yes, Wulan. But still, I feel like a stupid parent. The eyes of the new mother's heart are open at this moment. Son-in-law as good and as sholeha you've been a wasted mother."

"Mother ... Already, don't overdo it. Aris is like this because of the upbringing of Heru, ma'am. Mas Heru who had made Aris a very sholeh child. You should be proud of Heru, not me."

"Mom's proud of you. I'm really proud, Wulan."

Then my mother-in-law lowered her head, approaching Heru's face. He started talking like a whisper, but it was still very clearly heard.

The fingers of Heru mas that I held now felt tightly gripped in my grasp. I see his face, his tears are getting louder out of the end of the eyes of Heru mas which until now is still closed. The feeling of anxiety again enveloped the increasingly tight chest.

'Oh Allah, what happened to Heru? Please strengthen and save Heru, God. Please God ... Mas ... Survive, mas! You must be strong! Survive, mas ..."

Heru's body twitched. His breath is getting stronger. Very heavy when you breathe. The sound of heavy breathing and tightness sounded so painful. Mas Heru was like he was struggling with the difficulty of breathing that increasingly faltered.

"Mas ... Mas Heru! Mas ... Astagfirullah, mas ..."

"Heru! The strong, son. You must be strong, Heru ... Give me another chance to make you happy, Heru. Hmu ..."

"Abi ... Abi why? Abi wake up, abi ... Abi wake ... Umi, abi why, umi ... Tell abi to get up, umi ..."

"Wulan, call Maya's doctor! Hurry, Wulan!"

The situation in the ICU room is increasingly concerning. Everyone was crying, including me. I was told by my mother to call the doctor Maya, even fixated. Bad thoughts are in my head that make me more unconscious.

"Wulans! Hurry along!"

Mother's voice made me realize in a bad daydream about Heru mas. I saw Heru mas who was still lying down with his breath and body twitching. I'm in a hurry to get Maya's doctor.

"Doctor. Please, doc. My husband is critical, doc!"

Maya doctor who was then examining the patient files, immediately ran to the nursery room Heru.

"Doctor ... What's the matter, doc? Why is it twitching like this?"

"Abi ... Awake, abi ... Wakeup ..."

I see Aris still hugging tightly the body mas Heru. Really, it made me even more powerless to hold back the crying. It was very sad, seeing Aris crying over Heru. He did not want to take off his embrace, although Maya's doctor told him to stay away a bit because he wanted to check Heru mas further.

"No want! I don't want to go. I want abi. I want to accompany Abi here. Masian abi, umi ... I want abi!"

"Navis ... The doctor said yes, son. Abi wants to be examined first. Poor abi, son. Abi should be examined. Here, Aris was the same, yes!"

"But I want to be here, umi ... I don't want to go out. I want to be here to see Abi. Abb ... Wake up, abi ..."

"Son Aris ... The doctor did not ask you to come out, you can stay here to accompany your abi. But, you're a little far away, yeah. Because the doctor wants to check your abi. Aris doesn't want abi why? (Aris shook her head slowly). Then Aris should be subdued. Yea?"

Slowly Aris released his embrace from Heru's mas. Stepping away and approaching me who was standing at the end of Heru's bed lying down.

"Name ... Abi wouldn't do anything, umi?"

"InshaAllah abi is okay. Aris pray for abi, yes! Abi needs our prayers!"

"Yes, umi"

Assisted with the sisters, the Maya doctor examined Heru mas spryly. I saw Heru continued to twitch, his breathing became more stingy, his condition worsened. Bedside monitors start to show irregular curve waves. The sound from the monitor which was originally a normal distance, is now increasingly roaring. It makes my heart beat fast. My body trembled watching the circumstances I saw before my eyes. The mother-in-law grew louder and wept over her face with both hands in the corner of the room, lamenting Heru's increasingly critical condition. While Aris hugged my body tightly while crying.

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