Chapter 3 When All was Forgotten
Chapter 3
When he arrived at the hospital he saw Kaho's mom and dad walking back and forth outside the operating room. He walks toward them.
"Is she alright? He asked Kaho's mom nervously.
"We don't know. The doctor isn't coming out yet." Kaho's mom said as she sat down onto the chair near the operating room. Kaho's dad excuses himself to get something to drink.
He sat beside Kaho's mom while staring at the operating room's door. His heartbeat fast, he closes his eyes hardly and prayed through his mind.
GOD please save her. I don't know what will happen to me if she died. I can't live this life if I lost her again. Please save her. Please...
The door of the operating room opened and a doctor stepped out of it.
Kaho's mom stands and go towards the doctor, he just followed.
"Are you the patient's mother?" the doctor ask Kaho's mom. She nodded, he was behind her listening.
"Your daughter was injured in her head. She had bruises all over her body. The problem is that there's a clot formed in her brain. She's in coma right now."
Kaho's mom cry, his fists clenched.
"We did everything to save her. We need to have faith that soon she'll wakes up.." the doctor said "We'll transfer her in a private room for close monitoring. We shall hope for her recovery. Please excuse me."
When the doctor stepped onto his way, they wait for the operating rooms door open. Kaho's dad returned with two coffees on his hand and asked what the doctor had said, his wife manage to answer as she compose herself.
The operating room's door opened followed by a nurse then a stretcher where Kaho was lying. The other nurse pushes the machine where all the tubes that sustains Kaho's life.
They followed them in a private room and wait until the nurse's and attendant had finished transferring Kaho on the bed and checking if all the necessary management for their patient are done.
They walk to Kaho's bed; he felt a sudden burst of emotion. His tears fell as he saw Kaho lying in the hospital bed with so many apparatus in her body, also some bruises.
He just holds her hand as Kaho's parents stare at their daughter as sorrow was framed to their faces. After a few minutes staring at their daughter, they excuse themselves to give him time to be alone with Kaho.
He had controlled his tears not to fall down but his still sobbing.
Please wake up. He blurts out pressing Kaho's hand tightly. There's no response, Kaho looks like she was just sleeping and soon will wake up. He knew she's just really sleeping but he's scared that she won't wake up anymore, leaving him again and maybe this time when she gives up, it will be forever.
Don't give up Kaho. I haven'ttold you that I still love you.He said without taking his eyes off Kaho.
He leaned towards Kaho. He was just staring at Kaho for a long time until his eyes closed as he fell asleep.
Three days had past.
He was sitting beside her hospital bed holding her hand. He had been there for the past days.
Kaho's parents had become worried about him. He hadn't had much sleep. He doesn't even goes home to change clothes or take a shower. His father came to visit and brought some clothes for him.
His father and Kaho's parents urges him to take a bath, eat properly, and take a nap.
It had been hard for them to persuade him to do it. They had told him that if he won't eat they won't allow him to stay and that Kaho won't like it when she knows what he had been doing to himself. And he might also get ill and be hospitalized.
Her body might not be moving but I know she can still hear me. Days might pass by, but I won't give up believing that in time she will open her eyes and live again.
With this thought he falls on the so much needed sleep.
She can't feel anything. She heard a voice begging for her to wake up.
She wants to know who utters those words. She wants to know why it gave her the feeling of hope. She wants to wake up and asks some questions.
What is her name? Why can't she remember it? Is it Kaho? It's what that voice had keep uttering to her.
She slightly stirs in bed. Then she opened her eyes and immediately closed it again because of the sudden exposure to light.
She tries to open her eyes again, this time slowly. And when she did finally open her eyes she was greeted by a white ceiling.
She tries to slowly turn her head at her left side despite the tube that is in her mouth.
She notices that there's not only a tube but a wire as well that she thinks is attached to her body. It is connected to the monitor on her left side that she was able to see in her attempt to turn on her left side. 'I think I'm in a hospital. And based on what I'm seeing now, I think I've been terribly hurt.' she dumbly concluded. "I wonder what had happened to me. I feel pain now all over my body."
Now that she's actually conscious, the numb feeling she felt just not so long ago was replaced by pain especially in her head.
She also felt that something was in her right hand. She slowly turns her gaze at her right side and see that someone was indeed, holding her hand. Though, she can't see the face of the person. His face was covered with his dishevelled hair making it hard for somebody to determine how he looks like.
'But who is he? I'm sure he's been the one who had told her to wake up.'
Why can't she remember anything?
She moved her fingers in attempt to wake the man from his slumber.
He slightly stirs. Then finally he slowly raises his head. Blinks his eyes and looks at her.
Relief can be clearly seen in his face.
"Kaho." he uttered softly. "You're finally awake. Wait here for a moment. I'll be right back. I'll just call your Doctor."
She only stares at his retreating form blankly, his words hardly registers on her head.
After a few moments the door opens again and a man wearing a white coat followed by two women who also wears white enters.
And the man besides her before she woke up enters lastly.
The man she thinks her Doctor, goes to her and checks up on her monitor. He did some physical assessment on her.
"Her vital signs returns to normal now." he said.
"Hello Mizuki-san, welcome back." he added looking at her.
Since there's still a tube on her mouth she can't speak. She can't ask the questions that she had been trying to answer by herself.
The Doctor asks the nurses to remove the medical equipments attached to her.
When they're done removing it one nurse wheeled the used equipments out of the room.
Now there's only an Intravenous fluid attached to her.
"How are you?" the Doctor asks me while the man who's name still unknown to me resume his sit beside me.
"I ..." she tries to speak but her voice can't seem to go out. Her throat was dry.
The Doctor notices and asks the nurse to give her some water to drink.
The nurse reclines her bed so that she can drink appropriately.
When the liquid touch her lips and sips it she feels like she hadn't drunk any water for ages. When she cannot feel the dryness of her throat she returns the glass to the nurse.
The man and her Doctor carefully watching her every move.
"I'm okay, though my head hurts a little. What happened to me." she said.
"It's good to hear that your okay now. You've been on a car accident. Your head hits the steering wheel really hard. And you also got bruises from the glass shards of your windshield. You've been in a coma for three days. We can give you pain relievers to ease your headache."
By saying so the Doctor tells the nurse to get the said medicine.
"Do you feel anything else aside from your headache?" He asks.
"Hmm... None. Nothing else, but I've been meaning to ask some questions."
"Ask ahead."
"Who... am I? I can't remember who I am." she asks. Confusion is clearly written on her face.