Healer

Kabanata 2

The One Who Got Away

"The patient is now under anesthesia, Dr. Menaid" Tumango ako sa anesthetologiest.

"Let's start now, Scalpel."

I open his abdomen. As I expected there's a lot of blood. Maraming dugo ang nawala sa kaniya.

"We need to stop the bleeding first, Dr. Del Reel please do the suture. I will find the bullets." Tumango ito bilang sagot.

"Suction." He said.

"What am I doing here? Mukhang hindi naman ako kailangan." That brute spoke, I look at him.

"There's a bullet two cm away from his left chest, you need to take care of it." I said.

Hindi siya sumagot.

"You can't do that?" I can sense mocking on his voice.

"Hey, Dr. Parkers, shut it. Let's focus!" Si Dr. Del Reel na ang pumagitna.

I sigh.

I successfully remove two bullets from his lower abdomen and one on his liver. Kung sino man ang bumaril sa kaniya ay isa siyang tanga. Bakit ba hindi niya nalang binaril ang bumaril sa kaniya? Is he a fool? Hindi pa ba sapat ang pag-train sa kaniya ni Papa? Why can't he protect himself? Kahit okupado ang utak ko ay ginawa ko ang lahat para makuha ang mga balang 'yon.

"Change position." Dr. Del Reel said.

Nagpalit kaming dalawa, he step out. Si Parkers na ang doktor na katabi ko ngayon. Before he start he let out a deep breath, hindi niya alam na boyfriend ko ang nasa operating table ngayon.

"Scalpel."

I handed it to him. I saw how the blood follows from his small incision on his left chest.

"Sponge stick."

"Hemostat."

"Gauze, please." He finally see the entrance, may nakita akong maliit na bleeding, mula iyon sa balang tumama sa kaliwang dibdib niya. May dumurugo ring major vessel dahil doon.

"Tie." I said, mabilis nilang ibinigay iyon sa akin. Mabilis kong pinigilan ang pagduro niyon nang biglang tumunog ang machine.

"Bp is falling!" Napapikit ako at tiningnan nang masama si Parkers. Kapag may mangyaring masama kay Mat. Hindi ko alam ang gagawin ko sa kaniya.

"Rapid flow! Increase the level of his oxygen. Please give some shots also, this may could lead to cardiac arrest!"

"Did you remove it?" I asked him. He stiff.

"Y-Yes, kindey bowl please."

"Tie it up!" I hissed. "How's the blood?"

"500 CC, doc."

500 CC? Ganoon ka dami? Wait.

"Did you check his left chest before opening it?"

"Yes." Mabilis na sagot niya.

"There's bleeding right?" Tumango siya.

"Where it come from?"

"Major blood vessel, why are you asking me that?"

"It looks like there's another bleeding. Let's check it again." I remove the suture. Nang nabuksan ko ay mabilis na bumulwak ang dugo mula sa dibdib niya. Hindi ako nakagalaw agad. Para akong nabingi sa nangyari, lahat nang boses nila ay naging silbing guni guni ko lang. I can't hear their voices, it's echoing and I barely move. Still recovering.