My Dad Turns Out to be Eyes

53

"The burns are quite severe Mr. Andersons. And I'm a little worried about saying it."

"Say what, Doc?"

"The condition of his legs, I don't think this will be good."

"So it seems" Robert let out a long sigh after hearing that little explanation.

Having made it through difficult times with his daughter, Robert is currently standing in the middle of the corridor, right in front of the door of his child's nursery. Both of his hands were folded in front of his chest and his fingers were twitching his chin.

Robert stood in silence. The middle-aged man tried to pay attention and listen seriously as the man in front of him tried to explain his son's condition using English, while continuing to read something from his clipboard. 

While listening to the doctor's words, Robert peeked into the room where his daughter was being treated. For a moment his heart felt trenchant as he looked at the girl who was sleeping soundly right now.

The more the doctor explained, the more his heart felt pain.

"He was given an injection because the wound was quite open, which means it would have become very susceptible to infection. We've treated him and also bandaged his wound" the doctor said.

Robert nodded in understanding after listening to the doctor's words.

"This time he had also been breathing steadily after previously experiencing mild shock. Thank goodness we didn't have to take him to a bigger hospital. We also do not need to do skin graft surgery. I can say that you succeeded in stopping the burning on his body. And your alertness can prevent it from causing more damage to the skin. I assume that you must have acted quickly and precisely before."

"I know you're disappointed in yourself. But you need to know that what you are doing is even successful in preventing worse things from happening. And what you've done has also prevented more damage" the doctor tried to explain to Robert. 

"But I think there will be scars. And this incident could cause his legs to not look as normal as before again. We'll take care of him over here first for another two or three days. And then you can take him home. He needs a lot of rest and you have to make sure he always changes the bandage" said the doctor.

"Of course," Robert nodded his head. "But..he's gonna be okay, right?"

"The bad thing that can happen is that the nerves in his legs may be damaged. But I hope not" said the doctor. "In addition, I don't think there's anything to worry about more than that."

"Then thank you, doctor" said Robert.

"Don't hesitate, sir." said the doctor. "Then I go first. I'll be back later in the afternoon."

After the doctor's departure, Robert stepped into the nursery of his daughter. She sat down on the chair next to Jessica's bed.

Robert looked at his daughter's face and he was well aware of what he had to do at the moment. She should call Jessica's mom. Want to not. His ex-wife must know the condition of his daughter.

Robert breathed slowly. He could even imagine what bad things would happen when he contacted his ex-wife later.

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