Saturday, June 27, 2009

Sadden by a friend

I don't really know how to say this. I've gone to the hospital this afternoon. It was me and three other friends..

We reached at around 2 but didn't gone into the ward because visiting hours stopped at exactly 2 and starts again at 4.

When we did gone into the ward. There was a quota of two people per patient in the ICU. For medical reasons of course. Naimah and Azrin came in 1st. They looked devastated after seeing Nazirul.

I was paired up with Evelynn for that. The entrance for the ICU was surreal. It was like trying to go into a butcher shop. We had to wear this disposable apron and wash our hand vigorously just to be considered fine by the Nurses.

*Evelynn... Don't read this part*

Nazirul was the 13th patient of the ICU. Just as we started walking into the ICU Ward. I saw the 1st patient of the ICU. He was in a coma. I briefly scrolled my eyes to his health chart. He was in coma for 6 months. He gotten a stroke.
As we pass the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th patient. I saw the 5th patient was surrounded by Doctors and Nurses. When a whole team of Doctors and Nurses comes up to you, that has to be bad. Sadly, it was. He was going to be check-up by the Doctors, he doesn't look at good to me.
The 6th looks fine, 7th was a bit, lets just say when you see a man immobilized with his mouth opened fully is a touch weird. 8th patient was a kid. He was involved in an accident just like Nazirul but he wasn't that bad to me.
As we walked past the 9th, 10th and 11th patient. I whispered to Evelynn. Saying that the ICU vividly reminds me of Dead Space. Very vivid.
9th to 12th patient looks like they are going to have a long but steady road to recovery.
Then the reason I, Evelynn, Naimah and Azrin came. Patient number 13. PATIENT 13 - NAZIRUL AIZAT. That was in the tag of the front part of his bed.
There, my friend. A friend that held true to me since I was Form 1. The only dude I know in Form 3 that time. The Man that offered me a spot in Kadet Polis.
There he was. Laid on the bed like a man without a living soul. Breathing. In and out, in and out. That is the only thing he could do. Just being there, unconscious.
I was looking at Nazirul for while then turned my head to Evelynn. Her reaction was so clear. Shocked. She stood still for a while. I in the mean time was looking at his injuries. He's injuries are worse than expected. I couldn't even recognised him for a moment. I kept checking the Patient tag. Full Name check. House address check. Age check. School check. IC number check. Thank god his eyelashes were the only thing I could recognise him.
As Evelynn was still shocked. I was looking at his health chart.

*EVELYNN !! YOU SERIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO READ THIS LITTLE PART*

Judging from the injuries sustained by Nazirul, he has most likely touched the ground, head first. Nazirul's injuries to the head, that caused his brain surgery, was a Concussion. Blood was trapped in his brain. The blood levels that were trapped are almost fatal. Its normal for a concussion to be around 200cc-350cc of blood in his head but Nazirul's were almost touching 400cc as I read the health chart. He broke a few ribs. I think he also broken a few more bones from seeing his body. After realising this could make the 3 others go crazy in sadness. I blocked Evelynn from reading it.


Naimah looked like she took it the hardest. Azrin looks lost. While, Evelynn was dazed about his happening.

I took a long time to type this. Its really hard to type this emotionally. I guess I'm crying from the inside, not the outside. I was in the meanwhile, was trying to be the strongest of the batch. I tried help the three to let their emotions out easier.

I hate hospitals. I'm not against it from a being a site of recovery, its just a place where the worse would happen...

I warned him from riding the bike that day. Ahhh nevermind.. It happened any ways.. Can't change it..

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