"So Maine, how are you feeling?....you still have a low-grade fever...."
"....bored na bored na ako Doc!.....pwede bang kahit 1 phone lang?"
"Hahahaha! Okay...sige....."
"Salamat! Salamat!"
"Eh doc, ano po ba ang results nung tests?" Nanay Maryann asked.
"Kaya sya nag-collapse is because of fatigue....then, yung fever is because of a virus.....humina yung resistensya mo kaya ka nagka-virus....I'll have them run some tests again tomorrow and if your fever goes away soon, you can go home in 1-2 days...."
Maine just nodded. She was busy checking on her phone.
"O ayan...narinig mo si doc....wag ka na makulit, okay? And please....pahinga naman....uso yon anak...."
"Opo...."
"Hello Maine, anak....kamusta pakiramdam mo?" Daddy Rich visited Maine that afternoon.
"Good afternoon po, Tito....mas okay naman po ng konti...."
"May sinat pa rin...." Nanay Maryann added.
"Ahh....pagaling ka...."
"Thank you, Tito....uhmm...si Rj po?"
Daddy Rich looks at Nanay Maryann who shakes her head a little.
"Bakit po?"
"Uhmm....may sakit din sya....."
"Sakit? Ano pong sakit?
"Flu....dala ng tonsilitis at stress...."
Maine looks at Daddy Rich and Nanay Maryann sadly.
"....nasa kabilang kwarto sya, actually..."
"....kwarto?"
"Oo....naka-confine din sya....since yesterday..."
"Dinala namin sya sa ER the day before kasi ang taas ng lagnat at nag-ch-chills....."
"....nay?....."
"Hindi ka pa pwedeng bumisita sa kanya....pareho kayong mahina pa ang resistensya....."
"....pero...."
"Oo anak....wag muna....besides, pinapa-recover muna sya sa lagnat nya....tapos sabi ng doctor nya, kailangan nang tanggalin yung tonsils nya....sobrang maga na raw....tapos, mahina talaga immune system nya...."
Maine nodded then looked far away.
"Di bale, anak...sasabihin kong nag-usap tayo....maybe in a day or two, pwede ka na bumisita...."
"...takot sa hospitals at needles yon e...." Maine said quietly.
