Stars for Earth
Critical Time
"Babe, wait here yes, I go in first, bismillah dhikir aja let calm down, later I follow again to enter together," said Ardi.
"Yes Mas" said Najma just according to her husband's orders.
Ardi and Yudha went into the baby room. Apparently doctor Aldo is fighting to save baby Icha.
"Where's Doc?" ask Ardi.
"His pulse is weakened, this I have tried with drugs, we observe again, Doctor Ardi." said Dr. Aldo.
"Yes Dok" said Ardi with a sad face.
"Prepare for the worst possible, it is not easy to care for premature babies" said Dr. Aldo.
Ardi sighed, he saw Najma who was in the waiting room, somehow explaining it.
"Are you confused how to explain to Najma?" Ask Yudha. Ardi nodded.
"First you have to be strong first, I know you are sad about your baby's condition, but if you are not strong, how do you look after Najma, how do you support his shoulders, and keep trying to think positively, he said, hang all on Allah, throw prayers to the sky as much as possible" Yudha said.
"Okay Yud" said Ardi, then got up and approached Najma who had been waiting.
"Where is Mas? Can I come in?" najma asked her husband.
"May, but you heard me speak first, you must understand that everything that happens in this world is the will of God that has been written in the far reaches of Mahfudz" Ardi said, and Najma heard it carefully.
"Baby Icha is not very good right now," continued Ardi, holding Najma's hand.
"Yes, but I can still keep asking God to save our daughter, right?" said Najma trying hard, although his heart was broken hearing the situation of his little daughter who was critical.
"Yes, babe, of course," said Ardi.
"Can I go in and see it?" Ask Najma.
"Yes, we're going in, yeah" Ardi said, pushing Najma's wheelchair.
"This is her mother?" ask doctor Aldo after Ardi and Najma are inside.
"Yes Doc, this is my wife" said Ardi.
"His baby this morning had a weakened heart rate, ma'am, we've been working with drugs through infusion, we'll wait, I help with prayer, yes" said Dr. Aldo.
Najma just nodded. He saw a very small baby in the incubator, shirtless, wearing only a diaper, with electrodes on his chest, also on his feet attached to a device connected to a vital signs monitor.
"Can I hold Doc?" ask Najma.
"May, please wash your hands first with a hand sanitizer," said Dr. Aldo. Najma then cleaned her hands according to the instructions of Dr. Aldo earlier.
Najma then put her hand into the hand hole in the baby's incubator, and her hand touched the tiny baby, her legs were very small, and so were her hands. Najma stroked her thin cheek.
"Baby Icha, this is Umma dear, baby Icha is fast healthy yes son, so we can go home together," said Najma who shed tears.
And what happens is, the monitor vital signs that were originally the emergency alarm light on red suddenly goes out when Najma touches baby Icha, slowly his pulse returns to normal.
"Oh Allah, the pulse is normal again" said Dr. Aldo.
"Yes Doc, but I'm still afraid actually" said Najma.
"Let me help Babe" said Ardi. Then Ardi cleaned his hands with a hand sanitizer, and opened the incubator lid, then took baby Icha from the incubator and put it in Najma's sling, with a breathing tube still attached to the baby's nose, as well as electrodes attached to the baby's chest, Najma holds her baby for the first time so as not to get cold.
"Small, how much does Doc weigh?" ask Najma.
"Two kilos fit," said Dr. Aldo.
"Subhanallah" said Najma.
"The oxygen saturation is good, we try to take off for a while the breathing apparatus," said doctors Aldo, Ardi and Yudha agreed.
Dr. Aldo did not take it off immediately, but lowered the percentage of oxygen that entered the baby Icha, and observed. A few minutes later there were no signs of decreased oxygen saturation again, and Aldo's doctor removed his breathing apparatus. And baby Icha cries, though not as hard as a healthy baby. Najma looks confused.
"How about Mas, Icha crying," panicked Najma.
"That's a sign baby Icha is getting better development, crying it trains the work of the heart as well" said Dr. Aldo.
"Ah, like that, Alhamdulillah," said Najma.
"Now that the PR of Yudha's doctor lives, baby Icha has not been able to suck and swallow properly," said Dr. Aldo.
"Yes Dok" said Yudha.
"We observe again, if released by the mother the baby can remain stable, and can swallow milk well, then can go home tomorrow," said Dr. Aldo.
"Well Doc" said Ardi.
"Then I say goodbye first, I first record the medical records, later if there is any nurse will directly contact me," said doctor Aldo. After Aldo's doctor leaves, Najma helps Ardi put baby Icha on a regular baby box, and Yudha starts giving therapy.
Ardi stroked the shoulders of Najma who was still sitting in a wheelchair, they both smiled happily, never expecting God would give a miracle to their daughter who had just undergone a critical period.
"Udah Ar, try his pacifier," said Yudha after giving therapy to baby Icha. The nurse gave a bottle of milk containing Najma's breast, baby Icha drank it greedily, no milk spilled from her small mouth.
"Oh, it turns out you want to wait for Umma same baba you yes, hmm Icha," said Yudha who also felt anxious with baby Icha.
Again Najma and Ardi smiled.
"Alhamdulillah....Ma is Allah's.." said Najma.
"Okay, you can breathe yourself, you can drink, just take care to join it, yes, it is better for the mother and baby," said Dr. Yudha.
"Alhamdulillah" said Ardi and Najma.
"We prepare first Doc later baby sister will we deliver to the nursery of his mother," said Mba nurse who had earlier helped doctor Aldo and doctor Yudha care for baby Icha.
"Yes Mba, thank you, yes" said Ardi.
"Together Doctor," said the nurse who treated the baby Icha.
Ardi and Najma return to Najma's hospital room. It turns out that mama Hamida has been waiting for them with Akbar and Bu Tami.
Najma immediately hugged her mother-in-law. Then Najma and Ardi told me all about the baby Icha in the nursery. Hamida shed tears when he heard stories from his son and son-in-law, but was also grateful that his grandson had now passed his critical period.