Love Vania

episode 36 Brain Cancer

The next day Ditya left for a large hospital with more sophisticated medical equipment. He took a series of tests that have been suggested by doctors.

The doctor performs a physical examination of Ditya, especially examination of the nervous system. Among them are by testing muscle strength, checking the body part that feels stiff, tapping the knee with a special hammer to test reflexes, checking eye conditions, and evaluating the patient's ability to carry out commands, read, and read, or writing.

After the physical examination is done, the doctor still has to run a supporting examination to determine whether the patient has brain cancer. These include blood tests, which include a complete blood count, kidney function tests, urea and electrolyte tests, and tumor and chemical marker tests.

Doctors also perform CT scans, MRIs (imaging tests that are best for detecting brain cancer and PET Scans. Doctors can scan the brain with these methods to find out the location of the tumor and the extent of its spread..

The next examination is a brain biopsy, which is taking tissue samples to be examined using a microscope, to determine the type of tumor and its treatment.

Various series of examinations have been followed by Ditya until the afternoon. Doctors detected tumor cells developing in Ditya's brain. However, to find out the next development Ditya was asked to wait a week for the test results to come out.

Like lightning strikes after the doctor delivers his results. Ditya's parents limp in hearing the results of the examination. Especially Ditya's mother, she was no longer able to withstand her disappointment. His body felt weak in the chair he sat in so unable to maintain balance. Her husband quickly held both of his wife's shoulders. Ditya just fell silent thinking about his fate later.

"quiet first mother, patients can still recover as long as they want to follow the examination and treatment recommended by the doctor.we will see first after the test results come out. So we can determine what steps to take" the doctor said, calming them down

"and you ditya mas, you have to rest a lot and should not be stressed" he added

Ditya just nodded. Then he told the doctor to go home.

*****

Tonight Devan arrived at the homeland he longed for. His departure schedule was ahead of planned. A smile of happiness emanated clearly from Devan's face. Happiness can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the capital met with his friends and also the woman of his dreams.

Devan wore a white t-shirt with trousers and a jacket draped over his arm. A handsome face with clean white skin and an athletic body makes perfection for women who see.

He grew up to be a handsome and handsome man. No wonder when walking dragging his suitcase many of the girls eyes looked at him in admiration.

Arriving at the airport he was picked up by his father and mother who were waiting for him. He approached his parents and hugged them.

Arriving at home, Devan went straight to the room and laid his body tired from such a long journey.

"Aden didn't eat first?" ask bi Sumi when she brings Devan's suitcase to her room.

"Devan is still full bi, had already eaten on the plane"

"yes already aunty came out first if that is so" said bi Sumi who was embraced by Devan.

Devan pulls out a flat object from his pants pocket to send a message to his best friend.

Devan: "go home"

shortly thereafter the whatsapp message he sent was read by Andre. Andre also replied.

Devan: "can't believe me?"

Andre: "okay tomorrow I'm the same kid to the house"

Devan locked the screen of his phone and put it on the nightstand. Without taking a long time, he fell asleep on his soft bed.

*****

A week passed. Today Devan and his mother will go to the hospital to see the test results.Ditya father can not come because he has to work.

Arriving at the hospital, they waited anxiously in the queue waiting in front of the doctor's room.

Shortly thereafter, the nurse called Ditya's name. He was welcome to come in with his mother. They shook hands with the doctor and sat in a chair facing the doctor.

"the gold, huh?" ask the polite doctor

"yes, right doc"

The doctor breathed a heavy sigh before opening the test envelope. Ditya and her mother who saw the doctor's expression as if they could guess what to say.

Ditya's mother had shed tears, she clasped her son's hand tightly. Dita looked at her mother with a sad look.

"how's doc?" ask Ditya

"this is Ditya's mas, mother." said the doctor hanging

"based on what I said yesterday that there are tumor cells developing in your head, and the test results say that you already have stage three brain cancer. We need extra treatment for you, considering this cancer cell is very fast spread. We will do various series of treatment including therapy and others. You could say we're a little late. But the miracle of our God no one knows, we are only able to try and pray that this cancer cell can be lost and ditya can be healthy again as before. maybe if from the beginning mas Ditya feel symptoms such as headaches and so you immediately check health, from us also the handling can be fast and will not continue like this. My advice is we follow the existing procedures to do the therapy as I have explained" said the doctor

Ditya's mother's crying increasingly broke hearing the doctor's explanation. He could no longer cover his grief.

"roughly how much does it cost to do all the therapy the doctor?" ask Ditya slowly

"if the cost problem, maybe you already know that the cost is quite large. But if you have not been able to for it, you can use insurance from the government in the form of BPJS so as not to be too heavy"

"well doc thank you very much" Ditya said as he stood up for his farewell. Ditya's mother also stood up, but still crying

"sama, remember to take care of your health and do not stress, if there is anything contact me at the number written on this envelope, next week I hope you have started therapy" the doctor said, handing Ditya a white envelope of test results

Ditya took the envelope and walked out of the doctor's room while embracing his mother's shoulders.

He returned home feeling quite chaotic, waiting for the bus at a stop near the hospital. He had expected all this to happen. From the beginning he decided to go on public transport.