Nathan.
It was around lunch time when I reached the hospital. Instead, of
proceeding upstairs where the patient is. I dropped by at the OPD
Annex to say hello. When I got there, the office was closed for lunch
so I decided to go upstairs and pay him a visit.
The couple was there and baby Nathan just woke up. I greeted them and
handed the small gift. They were very happy with the gift and as
usual, we had chitchat. While inside the room, there were a few
doctors who checked up on the patient and according to them, baby
Nathan could well be discharged very soon. It's actually a great news
since he is already out of danger and can go back home. After the
doctors, there came in several nursing students wanting to see the
patient too.
When they all left, we went back to chatting. The mother asked me if
I am also POZ. To her surprise, I told her that I am NEG. She smiled
and told me that it is nice that I am helping out people like them
who are living with the disease. There was a minute of silence, and
if it extended, I would probably start crying. I told her that this
is just a small way of expressing my thanks to the Lord for giving me
another chance to life. She smiled again and when I looked at the
father, he was kinda teary eyed. So I shifted the conversation to
something light. After a while, I told them I need to go and do more
errands.
They thanked me and asked that if I could go back and visit them
again before they leave the hospital. I definitely said yes.
On the way to the parking lot, I suddenly felt hungry and decided to
have lunch at the hospital canteen. There were so many people! some
were even from Thailand. I guess they are visiting for some research
work of sort. Doctors, nurses, admin people. The place was packed.
When I was lining up to place my order. I saw Ate Anna, the nurse
from OPD Annex. She waved at me from the table. She was with another
nurse and just finished having their lunch. She stopped by and
greeted me. Asked me if I will drop by the office after lunch. I
said, no more since I have to rush and do my errands for the day. She
said we will see each other next week.
Minutes after, I saw Lando, the father of baby Nathan lining up
behind me. I called him and asked what is he buying. He said, "rice".
Then I asked him what is he having with rice. Lando, looked down and
said, "nothing, just rice". My heart just sank. Told him to take up
the line with me and I will buy him lunch. Their lunch. He was really
happy and ordered chicken adobo, beef nilaga, 2 rice and 2 banana-q.
After I paid for the food. He touched my shoulder and said, "Salamat
kuya". Again, his eyes watered and I felt mine did also. I smiled and
said, Go! the food might get cold.
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