Love In Butterfly Needles

Ciminos

Dena stared at the white bandage that wrapped her hands, felt a little pain even though she had taken the medicine given by the vascular surgeon after the surgery was completed .

Yesterday morning, for the first time in his life he entered the operating room which was so cold and gripping for him.

Although Cimino surgery is a small operation, but still all procedures are carried out like a large operation. Before the operation was done, Dena had first undergone the USG Doppler to determine the condition of blood flow and veins and arteries that will be united.

Dena remembers how her face was pale when her name was just called to enter the room without being accompanied by family. Anjani's mother and sister, who had just returned from her in-laws' house, accompanied Dena to the hospital that day. They encouraged Dena and prayed that everything would go well until it was over.

A female officer told Dena to come in and sit down to check her blood pressure, surgery can not be done if the blood pressure is too high. After making sure everything was stable, the female officer asked Dena to change her clothes with special green-colored clothes. He also asked Dena to remove all accessories such as necklaces, bracelets and rings

" How long has it been washing blood?", the officer finally could not help his curiosity to the beautiful woman who will run this operation.

"It's only been a month" Dena replied briefly

And some questions flowed from the female officer, Dena also asked a few things about the operation that she will undergo in a moment. It will not hurt, the officer said. Before the operation will be given local anesthetic injections around the area to be operated on. Dena was a little relieved to hear her, she had already imagined how horrified she would be in the room there.

Dena was escorted to the operating room by the officer, he saw several rooms on his right and left side which is also an operating room. There are those who undergo caesarean section, eye surgery, and other operations. Dena arrived at an automatic door that only officers could access. When Dena was allowed to sleep on an operating bed, she looked around. Already provided various operating equipment such as knives and scissors of various sizes, needles, injections, and various other equipment.

Meanwhile on top of it there are floodlights that are used as lighting. There are 4 nurses who will help the surgeon perform the operation and one physician assistant. While waiting for the surgeon to enter the room, the doctor's assistant cleaned Dena's hands with alcohol, then rubbed her with betadine.

He invited Dena to talk to reduce the tension that he could see on Dena's face.

" Young, why kidney failure?", the doctor's assistant asked Dena, who she thought was tired of hearing from anyone who first knew she was a kidney failure sufferer

Dena answered...

The room felt increasingly cold until it pierced to the bone. Dena's arms, which were red with betadine, felt so cold that she could barely feel her skin. A very old male doctor came into the room and greeted Dena very kindly.

" Are you ready, right?" asked the doctor.

Dena nodded tensely .

Then the doctor gave an aba to begin immediately, he led the Prayer to his team. Dena also closed her eyes, praying for the smooth operation.

One of the nurses began injecting local anesthetic into Dena's wrist, the doctor then pinched the skin on the hand to be surgically removed and asked if Dena could still feel her arm in the pinch. Dena shook her head, because she no longer felt what.

The doctor then made an incision in Dena's wrist 3 cm long.

Then the surgeons connected the vein with a nearby artery until a fistula channel was formed.

They all gave thanks, the operation went well. Before leaving the operating room, the doctor told Dena that the hands with cimino should not receive injections, blood collection, and blood pressure measurements.

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Dena's phone rang, the sound of incoming messages that were immediately opened by Dena.

From Mas Adam, scream Dena with excitement.

" Dena afternoon, how was the operation yesterday? Smooth right?" so fill in that message.

Dena did not reply to the message, but chose to call Mas Adam for reasons difficult to type the message with just one hand while her left hand still feels sore if too much is moved. Though of course it was just an excuse, Dena just missed wanting to hear the man's voice.

Mas Adam's voice was soft on the other end of the phone, saying he wasn't too busy. Dena asked many things, such as what things she had to do to take care of her cimino. Mas Adam said, one more week if the stitch wound is dry the bandage can be opened. But to use the cimino access takes at least one month, so for the next month Dena still have to undergo dialysis with femoral access.

Almost fifteen minutes they talked on the phone, Mas Adam ended his phone by telling Dena not to forget to eat, rest enough and always maintain health. Such a small thing always made Dena feel how much the man was paying attention to her. Every day when they send a short message, Adam never forget to remind it, repeat it every day. Making Dena accustomed to expecting attention from her, and increasingly put greater expectations.

" My man, I want to tell you about something that's kept me alive since our encounter"

" I want to be what can make you want to be longer".

Dena re-read the contents of her chat with Mas Adam from the first time Mas Adam sent a message, Dena did not want to delete the message. In his spare time, he always repeated the message that made his heart feel entertained.

" Why doesn't Adam ever call me at night?"

" He only sends or replies to messages in the afternoon or evening".

Dena murmured a question in her mind, then she made her own answer

" Maybe Mas Adam's at night breaks, so never send me a message or reply to my message".

*** I can't wait for Dena to wait for tomorrow, to meet the man. Meeting twice a week for Dena is the same as a "date", even if it's just a small talk.

Dena wishes Mas Adam a second time to take her to lunch again. But until now there was no sign Mas Adam planned to spend time alone with Dena outside of their schedule to meet at the hospital. Only Luke had offered to drive Dena home at that time, and he even took Dena to lunch and even asked Dena for permission to visit his home.

Dena subtly rejects all of Luke's wishes, but again the man is relentless in giving up.