'Til Infinity Runs Out [COMPLETED]

Chapter 36 - Bad News

'Alam na ni Sky.. Yung tungkol sa bata..'

'Alam na ni Sky.. Yung tungkol sa bata..'

 

'Alam na ni Sky.. Yung tungkol sa bata..'

 

Paulit-ulit na naglalaro sa isipan ko yan. Alam na ni Sky.. Anong sasabihin ko sa kanya? Bakit hindi ko nga ba kasi sinabi sa kanya? Ano kaya ang naging reaction nya? Galit kaya sya dahil hindi ko sinabi sa kanya? Galit kaya sya sa akin? Alam na din kaya ni Zoey?

Napalingon ako sa may pinto ng marinig ko na parang may nagpihit ng door knob.

“Miss Lexi?” sabi nung pumasok na lalaki na nakaputi.

I half smiled.

“Hi, I’m Dr. Lim. I’ll be your attending physician from now on. We just have some questions for you, if it’s okay?”

I nodded.

“Uhm. The last time we checked you kasi, we noticed some unusual bruises all around your body.. Normal ba un sayo or napansin mo na din ba yun?”

Napaisip ako.. “Lately lang po.. I thought it was just because I’m too clumsy.. Pero nung napaparami na yung mga bruises, nagtaka na din po ako, pero I haven't had any check-ups before about it. Nung bata din naman po kasi ako, ganun na din.. Is there something wrong with me?” blank lang yung expression ng face nya kaya hindi ko din alam kung ano ba talaga.

“What else, iha?” sabi nya habang nagsusulat sa hawak nyang board.

“Fevers? I know sakitin ako pero lately I’ve been having unusual fevers. Yung parang kahit po wala akong ginagawa, sumasama pa din pakiramdam ko. I feel tired lagi. Nagchichills din ako. Was it because of my pregnancy?” napailing yung doctor.

“Iha, we ran some series of blood tests on you while you were unconscious, actually I asked for your parents permission to do the tests.. Results says na your blood contains too many white blood cells, which is not normal. What we need now is for you to take some x-rays, ct-scan, and mri. Para malaman kung ano ba talaga ang sakit mo.” Hinawakan nya ang kamay ko.

“Iha, prepare lang yourself ha.. Kasi based on the symptoms that you were experiencing, we’re suspecting a case of ALL, or acute lymphocytic leukemia.." Leukemia? It's cancer diba? And walang cure ang cancer.. "It’s a type of cancer that starts from white blood cells in the bone marrow then invades the blood.” Bigla akong nanigas nung narinig ko yun..

“Some people doesn’t experience any symptoms, hanggang sa maging malala na lang ito. Hindi pa natin alam kung tama ba ang hinala namin, kailangan pa natin makita yung results ng scans mo.. Hindi pa din natin malalaman kung anong stage na ng ALL ang meron ka, kung sakali.. Wag naman sana. Mali sana ang hinala namin.. Pero, with this kind of illness, the immune system of your body may not work well. And base sa sinabi ng kaibigan mo sa akin kagabi.. You have a low immune system since you were young.. Hindi naman sa tinatakot kita ngayon, iha. I’m just saying na you better prepare yourself sa kung ano man ang maging resulta ng tests mo.. We just hope that we're wrong..”