Wulan In Night Wound
Chapter 40 Go Not Back
In another part of Surabaya, a man was grieving. Adit had just walked into his room after a long day at the funeral. Today, Thursday, February 27, 2011 her son has passed away. Following the departure of the Mother who six months ago had preceded him...
**flashback On**
"Mas Adit, can today go home soon?" ask Anin to her husband.
"What's up, baby? Mas today is a bit much work" replied Adit answered his wife's request across the phone.
"This day Anin's head feels dizzy continuously. Last morning's tension medication. Anin forgot Mas Adit's info yesterday"
"Mas java ya. Don't forget to eat, yeah! Greetings to prospective children Mas in dalem" said Adit.
"Hmmm.. Be careful, my mom. Love you"
"Love you too, to the moon and back" Adit replied.
Adit hangs up the phone with his wife and returns to his job. Currently Adit works as an architect in a company of civil contractors and buildings owned by SOEs. I don't think the time has shown at 16:30 in the afternoon. Adit plans to go home immediately considering his promise to his wife.
It was almost maghrib when Adit parked his car in the yard. Home gifts from his parents as a gift for his marriage with Anin.
Adit went straight into the house and called his wife.
"Anne! Honey, we're home! Tumben didn't pick me up at the door. Usually heard the sound of the car Mas dateng you must pick up at the door" said Adit while walking to find the figure of his wife.
Adit did not find his wife in the living room or kitchen of his house. Finally Adit opened the door to his room, but also did not find his wife.
Where's Anin? Is it possible in the bathroom? Adit.
Slowly Adit went to the bathroom in his room. When he opened the door, something red was on the floor. And his wife was lying unconscious on the floor as well.
"Anne!" adit shouted in shock to find his wife covered in blood and passed out in the bathroom.
"Anin, wake up baby! Wake up!" His wife's cheeks were panicked. He tried to listen to his wife's heartbeat. Still ticking.
Without thinking, Adit immediately carried his wife and put her in the passenger seat. The seat bealt was installed and drove the car as fast as possible.
It didn't occur to Adit to call an ambulance. Adit forgets these hours are the hours people go home to work. The hospital he will go to is in the middle of the city and is a path where vehicles will crowd the road when the clock departs and goes home to work. Solid roads, creeping vehicles. If Adit had called an ambulance, Adit might have made it to the hospital sooner.
"Darling, Anin. Please survive. Don't stay in, dear. Maafin Mas, dear" muttered Adit while squeezing the hand of his wife who was sitting unconscious next to him. Blood was still dripping down the passenger seat.
TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNN
Adit began to get impatient and repeatedly pressed the horn. As if it could thus crack the density on the road.
After an hour more struggling with traffic jams, Adit finally parked his car in front of the ER entrance. Adit immediately carried his wife, and shouted to the doctor.
"Doctor! Doctor! Please my wife! Please save my wife!" adit shouted like a madman while still carrying his wife.
A doctor and nurse approached him.
"Please lay there, sir! Sister, please call Doctor Erna" a male doctor gave strict instructions.
Adit laid his wife on the bed appointed by the doctor. No matter the blood that had soaked his shirt.
"How long has your wife fainted?" ask the doctor while checking the reaction of the pupil Anin.
"I don't know, Doc. I came home from work, found my wife bleeding and passed out in the bathroom"
A female doctor came.
"How old is she?" ask the woman's doctor.
"Jalan 25 weeks, Doc. My wife and kids survived, right?"
"We try our best" replied the male doctor.
"Suster, prepare the OR room immediately" said the female doctor.
Anin was eventually led to the operating room. Adit ran to the bed of the patient who was carrying his wife, clasping his hands and muttering. He asked his wife to survive.
Moments later, a female doctor named Doctor Erna approached Adit.
"Don't break up your prayers, sir. The child in the womb of Mother Anin is most likely to be saved. For his mother, we try everything as much as we can"
Adit could only nod bitterly. Adit immediately contacted his mother and mother-in-law. They said they would rush to the hospital.
Adit feels very guilty. Had he not played down Anin's complaint, and gone home as soon as Anin called her, it would have been impossible. Adit rubbed his hair rough.
From the beginning, Anin's pregnancy was problematic. In the early days of pregnancy Anin's blood pressure was always above normal. It even approached the 150/100 mark when the controls last a week ago. Ibrahim's doctor said Anin's pregnancy should be closely monitored.
Nearly two hours of surgery took place, finally Doctor Erna out of OR. Both Adit and Anin's parents arrived an hour ago.
"My wife, Doc?"
"My son, Doc?
Ask Mama Anin and Adit at the same time.
Doctor Erna shook her head sadly.
"I'm sorry. The bleeding that occurred when it got here is not controlled"
Adit and both of Anin's parents immediately sat down limp. Crying sobbed as if not believing that Anin was called by God so quickly.
"The baby was born weighing only 1550 grams. We will try our best. We're taking him to the NICU" now"
Adit felt his world collapse. Blaming himself for his stupidity. His keteledor. If only. If only. So much 'if' that Adit thinks.
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#Six months later#
After Anin's departure, Adit hardly ever returned home. Go home just to shower and change clothes. After work, Adit comes home for a while and then goes straight to the hospital, where Aluna struggles between life and death. Aluna, the name Anin chose when she learned that her child was a woman.
Aluna's condition is getting worse. His weight could not increase significantly. Aluna is currently suffering from pneumonia.
Adit had just completed his design drawing for a new project as his phone vibrated, and popped the name "Mama" on his screen.
"What's up, Ma?"
"To the hospital now, Dit! Aluna's condition has dropped dramatically" Mama said from across the line.
Without many words, Adit immediately asked permission from his superiors who were immediately allowed.
Adit drove the car like a doormat. Arriving at the hospital Adit ran along the hallway that felt very long towards the NICU room. Arriving at the NICU adit room directly wearing sterile uniform and disposable hair net, disposable face mask.
Adit approached his son. Touching those fragile little hands. Aluna's chest rose and fell rapidly. It's like racing with a grim reaper who wants to pick him up.
"Aluna, hang on, son. Poor Papa. Papa is no longer accompanying" said Adit sniffled.
Aluna's breathing is getting faster. Adit could not bear to see the condition of his daughter who was getting tired.
"Son, would you like to see Mama in heaven? If that's what's best for Aluna, Papa's sincere. Sorry Papa, son. Papa can't be a good father to Aluna"
At the same time, Aluna's chest stopped moving, and a heart monitor that monitored Aluna's heart activity showed a long line.
Tiiiiiitttt
Aluna has caught up with her mother.
*Flashback Off*
Sudah hampir tengah malam. Tadi Adit berada di pemakaman Aluna sampai matahari condong ke ufuk barat dan nyaris tak terlihat. Aluna dimakamkan tepat disisi sang Ibunda. Setelah dari pemakaman Adit menyempatkan bertemu dengan para pelayat yang menyampaikan ucapan duka dan bela sungkawa.
Adit lay in his room with his arms covering his eyes. His shirt was wet with tears.
He took his phone and opened a gallery. He looked at the photos of himself and Anin. Resurrecting memories, making his heart slice again.
Suddenly Adit realized there was only one photo of Aluna in his gallery, a photo when Aluna was born. He saw a photo of Aluna lying with various tools attached to her tiny body prematurely. Adit realized, he did not have a photo with his little daughter. Adit cried full of regret.
In this place, a man was crying and losing his daughter and wife at almost the same time. A princess he had not even gotten to.
Elsewhere, a woman was struggling to deliver a baby boy.
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~ *PDA stands for Patent Ductus Arterious, a condition of heart defects caused by problems with heart development.
~ Sepsis, a life-threatening complication of infection.
~ NICU stands for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, an intensive care room in a hospital that is reserved specifically for newborns who have health problems.
~Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs caused by an infection*.
