The Single Parent
Glimmer of Hope
Arif stepped into the ICU room, wearing a special shirt and headed towards Rinda who was still lying there.
Rinda's been there for three days.
Sitting on a chair beside Rinda, Arif kissed Rinda on the forehead.
"By my face wake up baby, don't leave me alone with our daughter, I promise I'll always be with you 24 hours if you realize Rin" whispered Arif.
Arif took a chair and sat down beside the patient bed, holding his wife's fingers in an erratic feeling.
A few moments later there was a small movement of Rinda's fingers that Arif was holding.
"Rinda.
Arif took off his hand and stepped over to the nurse there.
"Mbak..my wife just now fingers her hands move slowly, look," said Arif while pointing at Rinda.
The nurse immediately walked over to Rinda along with Arif.
Rinda's eyes began to open slowly staring at her husband's face.
"Mas... Where is rinda?" rinda asked in a soft voice but still heard by Arif.
"You're still in the hospital baby, hang on, our daughter is in good health" Arif said with teary eyes.
At that moment Arif prostrated himself in the Icu room, grateful for his wife's consciousness.
Then he went back to see his wife who was being examined by doctors and nurses.
"Sir.. his wife is aware, but it still takes a few more days to heal, hopefully his condition continues to stabilize, we take his blood to see the health condition of his wife" said the doctor.
The nurse handed the paper to Arif to sign it as a sign of approval for the blood sample.
"Rin. hold on," said Arif smilingly looking at his wife.
"What do you feel?" ask Arif.
"Rinda's body feels very weak" said Rinda.
"You just rest Rin" replied Arif.
"Mas, can Rinda see our son?" ask Rinda.
"Later, you rest, you have to recover" Arif said.
Rinda nodded her head slowly.
"Rin, the big time is up, I want to go home first," said Arif and softly kissed Rinda's pale-looking forehead.
Rinda smiled looking at her husband.
Arif with a heavy heart left the conscious Rinda in the ICU room.
Arif was sitting on a bench around the ICU room not coming home immediately, worried if health workers were looking for him.
While sitting in front of the ICU, a female nurse approached him.
"Mother Rinda's family's father?" the nurse asked as she stood in front of Arif.
"Yes... What's wrong? what about my wife's condition?" asked Arif with a worried face.
"Get in first sir, let it be explained by the doctor himself" said the nurse.
Arif followed the nurse from behind and back into the ICU room and into the Doctor's room.
Sitting in a chair facing the doctor who treated Rinda with a feeling of well-being.
What's wrong with Rinda, I hope she's okay.
Arif did not meet with Rinda because the doctor's room was close to the entrance while Rinda was lying on the patient's bed at the corner.
Seeing Rinda who was already sober makes Arif have a glimmer of hope to knit love together with Rinda.
When the nurse came to him, Arif's face was sad again, especially the Doctor was calling him to tell Rinda's condition.
May the good news I have, Arif.
"What's up Doc? tanya Arif opened the conversation.
"Sir.. from the results of the blood test, his wife hb low so need blood transfusion while O blood is exhausted here," said the doctor.
"It just so happens that my blood is type O Sir, let me as a donor to my wife," said Arif.
The doctor nodded his head and waved to the nurse who had met Arif.
"Mbak, already have a donor, please bring this father to blood donation," said the doctor.
Arif stood up from his chair and followed the nurse into a room still in the hospital.
Checked by a father who was in the room.
"Father can do blood donation today please Mr go up there," said the father while pointing at the patient bed.
Arif climbed into the patient's bed, measured his blood pressure then injected a needle into his pulse to draw his blood.
Blood comes out through the hose into a special bag.
Moments later the Father approached Arif and removed the needle in his hand.
***
The next day Arif returned to the hospital to see his daughter and his wife who were still in the hospital.
His daughter was actually able to get out but Arif temporarily asked for help from nurses to take care of his daughter there until his wife recovered and was taken home.
Arif entered the ICU room approaching the patient's bed to meet Rinda.
Rinda's face was not as pale as yesterday, there was a blood bag that flowed from the infusion tube into his body.
Yes, my blood yesterday now flows into the body of my beloved wife.
Smiling looked at my wife and gently kissed her forehead.
"How are you doing Rin?" ask Arif.
"So much better, my daughter, what does she look like? look like you or look like me?" ask Rinda curiously.
"Unfortunately enter here should not bring a cell phone, quickly recover later can meet our daughter, she is very beautiful and adorable dear," replied Arif.
"Where is he now?" ask Rinda.
"Still in the hospital here, I asked the caretaker to take care of Rin until you're healthy and can go home, if you're in the ward, you can see our daughter, I haven't given a name either" replied Arif.
Rinda looked at Arif with a loving look.
"Mas, I used to name Vano there is your name, I hope that one day I can meet you, because until Vano was born I can not forget you, that time my thinking, was, let your name be eternal in my son's name even if I don't meet you, uh now be your wife" said Rinda and smiled.
"Our daughter Mas gave her a name" Rinda said later.
Arif's face was thinking.
"Rin, have you ever read about a beautiful place in the Netherlands, in the village of Giethroon?" ask Arif.
"Oh....the village whose transportation uses the boat? the village is surrounded by a river" replied Rinda.
"Yes Rin, I want to name our daughter Vanesia" Arif said.
"Yes, I agree" replied Rinda.
***
Seven days Rinda was treated in rumsh sick.
Rinda's condition is getting better. Rinda was allowed to go home this morning.
Rinda gets out of the hospital in a wheelchair, Arif pushes her, a nurse walks behind Arif holding his daughter, Rinda gets into the car with Arif and the nurse hands her daughter over to Rinda.
"Thank you Ma'am" said Rinda with a happy smile.
"Be careful Mom, always be healthy, don't forget another two weeks here to immunize her daughter" the nurse said.
"God willing," said Rinda.
Arif closed the car door and opened the steering wheel door up inside, closed the car door put a seatbelt then turned on the car heading to Arif's house.
