The Love That Is Taken

Valentina's Leg Paralysis

The wife swallowed. He tried to say calmly, "Today I took Valentina to the doctor to get vaccinated. Then the doctor was surprised to see that his legs did not move like a child his age. He then did a thorough examination. The results come out tomorrow. Um..., will you accompany me to see the doctor tomorrow night, Mas? Let us both know the diagnosis. Valentina and Bi Sum we invite too. How's it?"

Jonathan glared at him. "Why don't you train Valen's legs?!" he asked in an accusatory tone. "What's the intention, to take care of it? Do I need to find a baby sitter to take care of her? Just frankly speaking!"

Theresia's tears were soaring. Her husband's heart rippled a little to see her. Feelings of pity arise, but hidden closely. He kept a fierce face. Very prestigious if it looks like he put his pity on the wife.

"I train him every day, Mas. Many times without fatigue. Please crosscheck to Bi Sum if you do not believe. He helps me often. If Mas feels that everything I have done to Valentina has been less than optimal, it is Mas Jon's right. What matters is that I did my best."

The woman's words were like a sledgehammer hitting her husband's heart. Have I been too hard on There all along? the man was a little sorry.

"Regarding the baby sitter," continued the wife later. "If after hearing the doctor's diagnosis tomorrow night you feel you need the help of a baby sitter to babysit Valentina. I can't ban it."

Next Theresia turned her body around. She walked away from her husband with her face down and her tears growing louder. Jonathan who was watching him from behind felt even more guilty.

***

Doctor sighs. It was hard to express his diagnosis in front of the parents of the patient sitting in front of him. However, as a medical officer, he is obliged to reveal what really happened.

After a long sigh, the man said calmly, "I'm sorry, Mom and Dad. The news I'm about to say is less than encouraging...."

The married couple in front of him became tense. The woman bit her lips.  A sign of how upset he feels right now. Meanwhile, the man stared intently at the pediatrician before him.

"Princess Father and Mother.," continued the doctor later. "Had a disturbance in the spinal cord. The brain and other parts of the body function normally. But both his legs are paralyzed...."

"Yes, God!" cetus Theresia closed her open mouth. My son is paralyzed? Did ya? Wh why? What mistake? the question is in the heart. He did not accept his innocent child to have such a big ordeal.

"Sorry, Doc," asked Jonathan who was better able to master his feelings. "How can this happen to my child? Did he get a virus, a rare disease, or something else that triggered paralysis in both legs?"

Doctor sighs. He then explained, "Valentina is not exposed to a virus or a rare disease, sir. Disorders of the spinal cord that is a congenital disorder that is not detected at the time of pregnancy. But based on information from research journals that I studied, the abnormalities experienced by your daughter usually occur when the mother is pregnant."

The man then asked Theresia, "Did you ever experience spots or even bleeding that causes having to undergo bed rest? Try to remember. Probably during the first trimester of pregnancy...."

Theresa looked nervous. She did not know how to explain to the man that she was not Valentina's mother. Suddenly the voice of her husband said softly, "Mama Valentina was once severely stressed and bleeding when pregnant young, Doc. He was hospitalized for two days...."

Theresia jerks. He saw the husband not believing. Karin ever been in the hospital with bleeding? When's? How did Jon know? his mind is full of question marks.

The doctor breathed a long breath. "It seems we already know the answer, Father and Mother. Yes already. All that has passed. No need to regret. The important thing now is that we try our best to give Valentina the best. I suggest...."

***

Arriving at home, Bi Sum was asked to put Valentina to sleep in her room. The parents of the baby were talking in the other room.

"The doctor was wrong, Mom!" shouted Theresia while shedding tears. "I can't believe Valen's leg is paralyzed. Tomorrow we look for a second opinion on another doctor. If you need to get to Malaysia or Singapore! There are many doctors who are much smarter and more thorough when examining children."

"Don't you learn from experience, There?!" jonathan snaps up blood. "How many doctors did we meet to have children? In Malaysia, Singapore or Malaysia? Everyone says the same thing! You're barren. I can't have children!"

"Mas Jon!" the woman was hysterical. "However you said it! I am barren. Be sterile! The whole world probably laughs at me! Satisfied you are now? Satisfied?!"

Jonathan's emotions grew bubbling. He pulled the top of his wife's blouse until she whimpered in pain. But the man doesn't care. His face was red so angry.

"Do you know how much I wanted to kill you at the doctor's office? You are truly a doom-bearer, Theresia Hidayat! I'm sorry I made you my wife! Basic women are cynical, selfish, have no feelings! You heard, I told the doctor that Valentina's mother had bleeding and was hospitalized for two days?"

Theresia nodded in horror. She was afraid she would be beaten by her husband whose anger was overflowing.

Jonathan gritted his teeth. I want to beat this woman. He's the one who hurt Valentina! The fruit of my love for Karin, her mind is sad.

He looked at his wife's eyes with a fierce. For some reason his heart suddenly melted to see the tears of Theresia who poured non-stop. Finally released the woman violently until pushed back.

The woman breathed a sigh of relief. She was not beaten by her husband.

Jonathan took a long breath. His heart hurts so much. "The bleeding accident happened shortly after I left Karin's house. When she broke off our relationship on the grounds that she was back dating Eric...."

"Lied!" his wife couldn't believe it. The woman was hit hard.

Jonathan looked at her bitterly. He nodded his head. "That's what really happened, There. There's witness. Mimin...."

"Mimin?" tanya Theresia was curious. "How could he possibly know?"

"Mimin is dating Eric without Karin's knowledge. When Karin asks Eric to pretend to be her boyfriend to have a reason to break our relationship, Mimin comes to Karin's house to accompany her."

Theresa was weak at once to hear her husband's words.

Jonathan continues his story, "Mimin hid when I came to Karin's house. He heard all our talk. He also witnessed how heartbroken Karin was when she was forced to lie to break our relationship. Mimin was also the one who took her to the hospital a few hours later due to bleeding. Mimin was also the one who visited him often when Karin exiled in Sidoarjo to avoid me...."