Moving On (KathNiel)

Chapter 55

LUKE's POV

I woke up with a little discomfort on my left hand and a different smell. I guess, I'm on a hospital.

I opened my eyes and roamed it around. Puro puting kulay ang nakikita ko. I also have dextrose on my left hand connected with the IV fluids. I have a bandage on my forehead. What just happened? All I can remember is I'm having an asthma attack while driving. Then, I got into an accident.

My eyes went into the sofa. Nandito sina Mama at Papa, Seth, JC, Lester and Katsumi.

"Ma...Pa..." I called out someone I can remember.

Napalingon si Mama sa'kin at naluluhang tinignan niya ako. "Thank God!" she hissed silently. "Anong kailangan mo anak?"

"T-tubig.." namamalat ang boses ko. She handed me a bottle of water. Pinahiga muna ako ni Mama saka tinanggal ang bagay sa ilong ko before I drank the water. Uhaw na uhaw ko 'tong ininom. I was like dehydrated.

"Anong nangyari sa'kin?" I asked them.

"Naaksidente ka. Buti nalang nadaanan ka ni Seth kaya naisugod ka sa ospital. Isang araw ka ng hindi gumigising. The doctor said if hindi ka pa nagising in 48 hours, you will be declared as comatosed." paliwanag ni Papa.

Sana hindi nalang ako nagising, that's what I wished for. Kasi kapag nagising ka, mararamdaman mo ulit ang sakit. The real life hits you big time.

"Grabe ka J," Katsumi snorted. "Pinag-aalala mo kami. Natigil pa kami sa trabaho para puntahan ka."

"Oo nga. Akala namin mawawala ka na. Hindi ata namin 'yun kakayanin." sabi naman ni JC na nakatanggap ng batok mula kay Lester.

"Gago ka Jace! Ginawa mo ng patay si J!"

Pero marami pa ring nag-aalala para sa'kin. People sorround me now, cared for me. The thought vanished.

As on cue, biglang bumukas ang pinto at iniluwa ang doctor. Everyone greeted her except for me, I'm doctophobia, I'm scared of doctors pati na rin sa hospital. Natatakot ako sa mga sasabihin nila.

"Good Morning," she looked at me and smiled. "Good Morning, Mr.Alvarez. I'm Dr. Alyanna Montes"

"So, what's up with me?" I asked.

"I have many things to say," she said. "First, its good that you woke up. Kasi kapag hindi, hindi properly dadaloy ang dugo papunta sa brain mo causing seizures that can lead to comatose. Second, I found out that you have an asthma at naatake ka na ng severe asthma attack once. So, I run some different tests for you and I found that asthma holes gets bigger. Hindi ito maganda, to be honest. Due to fatigue, stress and depressions, lumaki ang hole na 'yun. Asthma holes formed in your lungs that may affect both heart and lungs. Third, dahil sa aksidente, specifically your chest hitted the sterring wheel directly on the area of holes in your lungs, causing to bulge on your arteries from heart to brain, we can also call that arteriosclerosis. Well, its not really really good, Mr. Alvarez"

Narinig ko ang pagsinghap ng lahat. They we're shocked, also me.

I looked at him pissed. "Can you tell us the direct truth?"

"W-what can we do doc?" Mama said while sobbing. It hurts, seeing her crying. Eh ako nga, I'm not crying because of my disease, its because I want to get out from this painful scene.

"There is no cure for this. Kumbaga, out of 10 having this kind of illness, 2 only will survive. I will medicate some medications to avoid asthmas. Pero may isa pang solusyon, and that's surgery. We can cut out the arteries and placed out something for the holes. Pero 10% chance only ang maka-survive sa operation. This is very crucial, Mrs. Alvarez." sabi niya.