
Third day
The development of Adrian and Dena's baby so far has been very good.
Although not much has changed since Adrian first saw it.
But nurses and doctors who handle, say from today their tiny baby can already be given milk because the fluid in his digestive tract is clean of dirt.
" Sir, can you prepare breast milk for baby father? The milkman was put in the storage bag" said a nurse when Adrian that day visited his baby.
" I'm sorry, my wife is currently in a coma in the ICU room so can't give ASI. How about replacing formula milk?", said Adrian.
" Preferably ASI sir, because the baby's gastrointestinal tract is not stable if given formula milk. Fear of infection or allergies. But if it is the situation as you said earlier what can be done, we give formula milk only".
" Well, I'll bring formula milk to my baby".
Adrian opens the glass cover in the incubator, holds the tiny finger and lets it grip Adrian's index finger.
" O little hero Papa, what's a pinter again?", Adrian invites to talk his baby who is now no longer closed in his eyes.
" The prayer in mama ya Noah, let mama quickly wake up from her coma and can see Noah", Adrian gave Noah's name for his son. I don't know what his full name is, he hasn't planned it yet.
The tiny baby seemed to be looking for the source of the sound he heard, his eyes flashing with flashes hinting that he heard Adrian's voice.
Although the ventilator has not been removed from his face, Adrian can see the baby boy was so handsome.
Adrian only briefly invites Noah to talk, because he has to share time with Mother who also wants to see her favorite grandson.
Mom took turns with Adrian to get into the room. Actually, only the parents of the baby are allowed to enter, but on the grounds of Dena who is in a coma so Mother is allowed to enter to see her grandchildren.
The sight that I met in the room made her just like Adrian when she first got there, unable to resist crying.
Mother also said prayers of prayer and hope to the tiny baby in the struggling incubator.
After visiting his baby in the NICU Room, Adrian's turn to visit his wife in the ICU.
This time Hasbi and Mom also visited Dena.
The mother who first entered, she wanted to see her daughter immediately. All the equipment attached to his daughter's body, showed how bad things were
The middle-aged woman wiped her eyes many times, remembering how she had treated Dena from infancy to adulthood and had to face the harsh reality of the doctor's verdict on her illness.
" Conscious boy, your baby needs you. Your husband is also incessantly crying, he loves you", Mother kissed his daughter who still could not receive any stimulation from the surrounding circumstances.
Mom was only there for a while, Hasbi and Adrian were waiting in front of the glass room to take turns to see Dena.
Adrian lets Hasbi in first, because Dena's younger brother hasn't seen Dena since she fell into a coma.
Who can withstand the cries of seeing his loved ones lying with a trunk wrapped around his body to support the work of his vital organ organs in order to survive .
The sound of a heartbeat on the monitor screen sounded terrible to Hasbi.
" Sister Dena, this is Hasbi. Hasbi came for Kak Dena, sister quickly realized yes. We all miss Brother Dena".
" Hasbi was sure Kak Dena could fight all of this", Hasbi grasped and kissed her brother's hand.
He then gave Adrian time to meet Kak Dena.
Adrian is actually not strong every time he enters this room, Dena did not show any progress according to the doctor. No response to any stimuli.
He sat next to his wife, and he looked at her face as if it was frozen.
" Dear, are you crying?", Adrian found a tear in his wife's blind corner.
Adrian rubbed the water in the corner of that eye with his hands.
" Can you hear me?", Adrian whispered in Dena's ear. There's no response whatsoever.
" Dear, show me that you can hear what I'm saying".
Still quiet no response.
"Can you move a little bit of your finger, if you can hear me?", Adrian stared at his wife's finger but still there was no movement.
" Why do you keep shedding tears?".
" Are you sad?"
The question kept Adrian saying, but the same. The body does not move at all.
*****
Deep in Dena's subconscious.
He was walking somewhere, somewhere he didn't know it at all.
Dark, there was no hint of anything that led him to go where.
Dena was crying, scared alone in the dark.
" Dear, where are you? Help me", she tried to seek help by calling her husband.
There was no sound at all, the atmosphere around him felt different.
He felt cold, the air was wet and humid and there was no illumination around him. He kept walking, not knowing where to go.
However his steps came to a halt, he heard a faint voice calling out to him.
" Dena, you need to stay excited about living your life. Promise me you'll always be fine", Dena is no stranger to that line.
There was no answer, the voice was still faint.
Dena continued walking, to the right where she felt the source of the sound was there.
" Dena, you're a strong woman. I'm sure you'll be fine. Keep promising me that you'll always be happy" the voice came back.
The more Dena walked closer towards the source of the sound, the more distant it sounded.
" Dear, where are you? I'm scared", Dena's crying.
" Is that you Adrian?".
There's no answer.
" No, no, that's not my husband's voice".
" That's Adam, he who always said that phrase".
Dena walked again.
" Oh Adam, are you there?"
" Help me Mas, I can't see what's here. Tell me where to walk. I want to go home, my husband is definitely waiting for me".
There was another faint sound.
" Dena, where's your butterfly brooch? Why don't you wear it?" said the voice.
Dena felt the clothes she was wearing, in the dark she looked for where the butterfly brooch she used to wear.
Nothing, on his shirt. In fact, he was also confused what kind of clothes he was wearing because there was really no lighting there.
" Butterfly? where's my butterfly brooch?", Dena confused.
****
Meanwhile, in the ICU.
Adrian had to get out of the room because time was running out.
But Adrian undoes his intention to leave the room, as he wants to say goodbye kiss his wife's forehead he faintly hears his wife's lips say something.
It sounded soft and smooth because it was covered by a ventilator that helped him to breathe.
Adrian brought his ear closer to the ventilator.
" Dear what are you talking about?", Adrian still heard that soft voice. It is unclear what his wife said .
" Sister, nurse.please come here", Adrian called the nurse who was standing guard in the room.
The nurse approached.
" What's wrong sir?".
" Sus, I can open this ventilator a little bit. My wife seemed to say something", Adrian pinta.
The nurse nodded then opened the ventilator slightly, making a gap for Adrian to hear Dena's voice.
Adrian is closing in on his head.
" Butterfly.."
" Butterfly...
" Butterfly...
The break-up of the sentence was heard, but Adrian could hear it.
Only Butterfly he said, the nurse then called the doctor to tell him that the patient showed a response by making a sound.
The doctor examined his eyes with a small flashlight, but there was no sign that he was conscious.
His breathing reflex did not exist, he still had to use the tool.
Doctor shakes.
" Dok, my wife said butterflies" Adrian said.
" Maybe in his subconscious there are clues that lead to the words he said. You may be able to continue to give stimulation to your wife" said the doctor.
Adrian was busy thinking, what did his wife say about butterflies.
" Did he remember washing blood with a butterfly needle?", Adrian's mind.
All the way home, he did not stop thinking.
" Why didn't Dena mention my name?".
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Can Adrian find any clues about Dena's words??
Should Laras finally be honest with the butterfly brooch that Dena has been wearing??
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