Possedilo [C]

[Capitolo 42]

Beberapa bulan kemudian...

          “Faster!Hold her hands!”

  Aidan yang mendengar kekecohan itu segera menghampiri wad Aurell.Kelihatan Dr.Samuel sedang menyuntik sesuatu ke lengan Aurell yang sedang meronta-ronta.

  Seketika,Aurell mulai melemah.Dr.Samuel menyelimutkan Aurell lalu melangkah keluar dari ruang bersaiz sederhana itu.

  “Sedative?”Aidan bertanya.

  “Yes.”Dr.Samuel mengiyakan.

  “Let's go to my room.I've something to talk about.”Bahu Aidan ditepuk perlahan.Aidan mengikut langkah doktor pakar itu.

  “PTSD.”Kata Dr.Samuel apabila Aidan sudah melabuhkan duduk.

  “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?Why?”Aidan meletakkan lengannya di atas meja.

  “Yes.Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.PTSD is a psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster,a serious accident,a terrorist act,war and combat,rape or other violent personal assault.

  And..your wife's already through one of it.Violent personal assault.

  People with PTSD have intense,disturbing thoughts and feelings related to their experience that last long after the traumatic event has ended.

  They may relive the event through flashbacks or nightmares,they may feel sadness,fear or anger and they may feel detached or estranged from other people.

  People with PTSD may avoid situations or people that remind them of the traumatic event,and they may have strong negative reactions to something as ordinary as a loud noise or an accidental touch.”

  “So,what happened just now?”Dia teringat akan Aurell yang meronta-ronta sebentar tadi.

  “She rampage cause she didn't saw people that she knew.”Aurell mengamuk?

  “It's that normal?”

  “Yeah.Kinda.”Dr.Samuel bersandar di kerusi empuk berodanya.

  “Any other effects that she will get?”
 
  “According to the American Psychological Association (APA) and the NCBI,Post-traumatic Stress Disorder can causes short-term memory loss and can have long-term chronic psychological repercussions.”Terang doktor itu.

  “Memory loss?You mean..amnesia?”Risau.Itu perkataan yang sesuai untuk menggambarkan perasaan Aidan ketika ini.

  “Yes..but not all the people with PTSD will get memory loss.Maybe they will have a problem with communication.”

  “They can become mute?!”Terkejut Aidan dibuatnya.Tidak dapat dia bayangkan jika Aurell menjadi bisu.Isterinya membisu separuh hari kerana merajuk pun dia sudah hampir gila.

  “No.It's not mute.It's just like..they will be less talkative.”

  “Huh.”Nafas pendek dilepaskan.

  Tok!Tok!

  Ketukan pintu itu mengganggu perbualan mereka.Mereka berpaling ke arah pintu melihat si 'pengacau daun'.

  “Sorry for interrupting but Mrs.Dylan want to meet her husband now.”

  “Okay.You may go.”Jururawat itu beransur pergi.