How Would You Feel

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It's been a week since the surgery and unfortunately, Tres didn't wake up within the given time frame so he was put under indefinite coma. Doc Vic assigned Dev to be his cardiologist since she was the one who's there the day of the surgery and she knows where all of these started from. Si Eli dapat but Dev insisted na siya na lang.

"How is he?" Bianca asked Dev who just came from the ICU.

"Still the same. Unresponsive." Dev answered then sighed deeply.

"He'll be fine." Bianca said.

Dev sighed again and slumped back on her seat, "How many more times do we have to convince ourselves that he's going to be okay, when in reality, we only hold on to a 5% chance of his survival?" She said.

"Are you giving up?" Bianca asked.

"No, but.." Dev said.

"But, what?" Bianca asked with her forehead creased. "Dev, that's Tres. How many times have you told all of us that you love him? Tas ganito maririnig ko sayo? You don't give up on someone you love, Dev.."

"I'm not giving up on him!" Dev said at napaayos ng upo. "But, it's so hard for me to see him on that state every single day. Do you think I'd let him go, just like that? Sabi ko nga sayo, before I cry on his funeral, I'd cry doing everything just to save him. But, you don't understand then pain I'm feeling everytime I see him so weak and almost lifeless." She said and looked up to prevent herself from crying.

"So, ganun na lang yun, ate? You'll give up on him just like that?" Yvonne said.

Bianca and Dev didn't notice that Dev's office door is slightly opened so Yvonne heard their conversation.

"Sorry, I don't mean to eavesdrop on you two, but I can't let you do what's on your mind." Yvonne said. " We won't give up on him. Hindi kami susuko sa kanya hangga't alam namin na lumalaban siya. Sana ikaw rin, DRA. LAZARO. Isang linggo pa lang naman yun." She said and left the room, mad at what she heard.

Bianca can only shake her head at the scene she just witnessed. Si Dev naman, lalo lang napaiyak.

Papasok na kasi si Yvonne dapat pero dadaan siya sa office ni Dev para ibilin sana na walang maiiwan kay Tres kasi yung mommy at daddy niya, may kailangang asikasuhin sa business nila tas si Lolo Al at Lola Au, hapon pa pupunta. Pero, ayun nga yung narinig niya kaya hindi na niya nasabi.

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"So, ano pong pwede nating gawin?" Rome asked ma'am Mari.

Andito silang tatlo sa shelter kasi ngayon yung schedule dapat ng home visit ulit ni Tres kaso eto nga yung situation kaya sila na lang muna ang nagpunta.

"Well, the one who signed in foster papers can still continue the procedure naman." Ma'am Mari answered. "It's sir Tres' cousin, right? How old is she again?"

"She's 21." Cheska answered.

"Medyo bata pa, pero pwede naman. You can tell her to go here to continue the process of the foster." Sabi ni ma'am Grace.

"Ma'am, what if parents na lang niya? Kakauwi lang kasi nila from the states. Pwede po bang ilipat na lang sa kanila since sabi niyo naman po, medyo bata pa rin si Yvonne for this." Wes said.

True to what they said, umuwi na ang parents ni Yvonne nung araw ng surgery ni Tres. It was not the homecoming that they expected, but they have to deal with it.

"That, we can't do. Siya na kasi ang nakalagay sa papers and like what we've told sir Tres before, pwede lang mabago yun once he gets married and his wife decides na gusto na rin niya ampunin ang bata." Ma'am Mari said. "Pwede namang i-assist na lang nila yung pinsan ni sir Tres pero yung actual name and all the signatures proving na she's the other foster parent, hindi na pwedeng palitan lahat yun."