Last Prayer

Critical Times That Passed

"Toot. Tut's. Tut's. Tut's. Tut's. Tut."

The sound coming from the bedside of the monitor caused the doctors and nurses to panic. So did me and my mother-in-law. I saw the wave curve getting more and more uncontrollable. My mind's getting messed up.

"Yes Allah ... Please help my husband, God! Save the Heru ... Please, God! Astagfirullah ... Allahuahaw!"

Aris, who saw me crying and screaming, made her cry, called Heru.

"Abi ... Huhuhuh ... Abb ... Doctor, please heal abi, doctor. I want abi ... I want abi ... Umi ... Please abi, mi. Poor abi, mi ... Abb ... Huhuhuhu."

Hearing my cries and Aris, the nurse who helped the doctor Maya handle Heru came up to me, asking me to stay calm.

"Mother, adek Aris. Please calm yourself, yes! The doctor is trying very hard. We're both trying, you guys are enough with prayer, it's already helping us here."

"Tut tut tut tut tut tut tut tut tuuuuuuuutttt"

"Suster, please get me an AED!"

AED is an Automated External Defibrillator or commonly called a heart shock device. Tools that are shaped like irons are very functional that can help patients who experience cardiac arrest.

Hearing the sound of bedside monitor that no longer pauses, also the curve that is only a straight line on the monitor screen, immediately my cry screams.

"Mas Heru ... Mas ... Oh, my God ..."

"Russia ... Don't stay with me, son!" my mother-in-law shouted that suddenly was already beside me and Aris.

Do not waste time, Maya doctor who has held AED in his hand directly attached it right on the chest mas Heru.

"Bismilahbornrahmaanirrahiim."

DEEEGGGG

Instantly Heru's body was lifted due to the shock of the stun. The first surprise was no reaction, the monitor still showed a straight-line curve.

DEEEGGGG

Heru's body was lifted back up. The second surprise was not much different, only a straight line curve that was still scratched on the bedside screen of the monitor. Makes me who was holding my breath, more anxious.

DEEEGGGG

Back again, the shocked stun made the body of Heru mas lifted. This time something was different, his mouth was like making a sound like it was beating.

"Tut tut tut tut tut tut tut tut tut. Tut's. Tut's. Tut."

The third surprise made me cry. The sound of the monitor was now roaring with a pause. I saw the curve on the monitor screen that had come back bumpy. Really, right now the happy crying that I let out.

"Alhamdulillah. Sister, immediately turn off the tools that are not needed. Mr. Heru's heart condition is stable. After that please check the normal settings on the bedside monitor."

"Alhamdulillah .." I said along with Aris and my mother-in-law.

After successfully helping Heru, the Maya doctor immediately approached me, mother, and Aris.

"Mother Rani, mother Wulan, and Aris. Thank God Mr. Heru has passed a very critical period. Since it is too late now, and the condition of Mr. Heru who still needs further examination, I hope you understand for a while to go home first. Because, if there is no obstruction, tomorrow morning Mr. Heru will be in surgery."

"Yes, doc. We understand. Please let me know as soon as possible if there is any news about Heru. At dawn, we will immediately accompany Heru who wants surgery."

"Of course, mom. I will definitely contact my mother immediately if there is the slightest thing about Mr. Heru."

"Yes. Equally, mom. It is my duty and responsibility to my patients."

"I'm sorry, doc. Assalamualaikum."

"Getishalight."

*****

"Aris stayed at grandma's house, yeah. Grandma's house is close by. Let the rest faster, grandma is also sleepy if you have to anter Aris and umi to Aris' house first, grandma so back and forth. You want it, Aris?" said my mother-in-law. His eyes remained focused forward and his hands were cool with his steering wheel.

Aris, who was offered to stay overnight, immediately turned to look at me. His eyes asked my opinion. I nodded my head with certainty. A smile on Aris' lips was seen. He was so happy to stay at his grandmother's house. Since long ago, Aris really misses the figure of the grandmother in her life.

"Yes, grandma. Want. I'll sleep with grandma, okay? I've never slept with grandma. Can you, grandma?"

"Can. Aris can sleep with grandma whenever Aris wants."

The mother-in-law smiled, the other hand rubbed Aris' head, while the other one remained at the wheel. Aris laughed while holding her head that was in the middle of my mother-in-law's stroke.

I exhale. Feels so free. Seeing what was happening in front of my eyes made me smile. I happy. Very happy, seeing my mother-in-law like this. I really did not expect, the years I saw the haughty attitude of my mother-in-law, now gone.

"But, mom. Aris and I have no change of clothes for tomorrow."

"You're wearing mom's clothes. I have a dress that you can wear. For Aris, mother had bought new clothes this afternoon when she wanted to go to Aris hospital. I don't know if she's gone home Arisnya. It's still in my bag."

"Yes, ma'am, then."

Throughout the trip we talked a lot. Until it did not feel the car we were riding had arrived in front of a large and high fence. My mother-in-law's house is big and luxurious. It's just a matter of fingers I put my foot in here. When first introduced mas Heru as his future wife, also several times every year during the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Although never accepted, I still force myself to make peace when Eid al-Fitr arrives.

"Name ... I'm thirsty." said Aris who was already sitting on the soft sofa that was in the main room of this luxurious house.

"Just a minute, umi get it."

"No, Wulan. You just rest. Let Pastri get you. All the same snacks for you, must be tired and hungry, right?"

I who stood, sat back. I saw Aris's face that instantly turned pale. His breath is like a snail. His hands were unceasingly holding onto his chest. My hunch is starting to get a little bad. My worries returned. I approached Aris who was leaning on the sofa.

"Navis ... You why? Aris's face was pale. Her chest hurts again?"

"No, umi. I'm not papa. Just thirsty."

Speech weakens. My eyes see the dew. Like I was holding back pain. Aris must be lying, she won't see me worried about her situation.

"Don't be like this, Aris. If it hurts, say it hurts. Don't hold. Does Aris want Umi to be increasingly worried that Aris suddenly has to be treated again for enduring the pain? Is Aris going to make me cry again?"

"No, umi ..."

"Lohs. This why? A wulan? What was? Why is Aris you angry?"

"No papa, ma'am. Aris is just a sopping. The doctor did advise Aris not to force yourself too much if it is exhausted. Maybe because of the incident while in the hospital, too tired to cry, Aris so tight like this."

This time Aris cried without a sound. Her tears had already run down the river on her cheeks. When lastri came with a drink. Immediately I took pain medication and tightness for Aris. I lay her body on the sofa. Slowly her eyes closed, Aris then fell asleep.

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