"Ang sarap talaga ng kape." pag wawala ni Nika sa usapan dahil binigyan ko siya ng kaunting sermon dahil sa panggugulo sa kapatid ko.
Last year pa siyang ganito. It is okay for me if she likes my brother but the thing here is, she often forget her duties inside the hospital dahil sa panglalandi niya sa kapatid ko. And second, ako ay naririndi na sa paulit ulit na pagrereklamo ni Carl sa akin, na bakit parang kasalanan ko pa?
"Nika, I'm serious, pasalamat ka at ako talaga ang naging senior mo kung hindi patay kang bata ka." pagbabanta ko rito.
"Yes po Doc. Sorry na po talaga." agad din itong sumeryoso at yumuko.
Magsasalita pa sana ako nang tumunog ang cellphone ko. Agad naman akong tumakbo papuntang E.R pagkatapos.
"Anong nangyari?" tanong ko habang sinusout ang stethoscope.
"Car accident po Doc. Hindi po stable ang vitals niya, patuloy po sa pagbaba ang BP niya at dilated ang kanyang mga mata." imporma sa akin ng isang nurse.
Tumango naman ako chineck ang pulse at sobrang hina nito. The patient is a male and just Carl's age. Halos maligo narin ito sa sariling dugo.
"The guardian? we need to operate him now." tanong ko.
"On the way na po Doc." sagot ng nurse.
"Sige, prepare for the surgery na para ready na tayo once we got the consent." sagot ko.
A minute later, the parent came very worried, mag isa niya lang, single mother, I explained everything to her, the possibilities and the like, tumango tango lang ito, and once we got her consent, I gave her the assurance that everything will be okay.
We spend 6 hours in the surgery room, the operation is very complicated, one part of his brain is severely damaged and also his skull. Adding that we have a trouble maintaining his vitals due to his BP that keeps on dropping.
We managed to remove the blood cloth in his brain, tinahi narin namin ito together with the skull, hoping it would be fixed again. The operation is successful but the patient is still unconscious. It's not because the operation is successful, the patient is safe. We moved him to the ICU and I meet his mother again and explained what happened. She's crying too much pero wala akong magawa and I hate it. Kahit gusto kong sabihin na okay ang lahat ay hindi pwede, we all need to know the truth.
Pagod akong sumalpak sa couch sa opisina ko, I looked at the time and it was already 7 AM in the morning, urghhh, I really hate being on a night shift.
Di ko alam kong ilang oras akong nakatulog dahil nagising ako sa tunog ng cellphone ko. May tatlo na akong missed calls mula sa director ng hospital. I mentally cursed myself while wearing my specs and coat, I slipped on my shoes, I didn't even bother fixing my hair at nagmadaling nagpunta sa kanyang opisina.
"Doc I'm sorry, I was asleep, may surg---" I wasn't able to finish my sentence when I realized that he's not alone. Tangina ka Li.
The whole neurosurgeon department is here, but one thing shocked me. He is here.
I tried to clean my mind before looking at him again, hoping that I am only hallucinating but I am not, he's here, he's real.
