THE BATTLEFIELD OF LOVE
Part 164's. Always With You 2's
"A month ago, your mother called me." I stopped, his eyes were immediately fixed on me because it concerned his mother.
"Auntie said she wanted to leave you to me if something bad happened to her."
"What do you mean something bad?" Now he sits up straight.
"You know your mother's bad habits. Now it's affecting his health." He looked at me, I knew he understood what I meant. He must have guessed it.
"Cirrhosis..." Now he squeezed his hand anxiously. "How is his condition ..what is he .. why did he say he left me." And Jen's starting to sob now.
"I'm trying to get you to go home to see him. A month ago I really had no way. But now I can ask permission. The best chance is just a transplant, now a donor is impossible to find. The doctor said it's very likely that you could be a donor because your blood type is the same. But you should be there, I'll keep an eye on the progress from here."
"How can I go home, you know we can't possibly have permission to go home."
"Now it's different, you don't hear Gilbert's story, maybe we can declare the total green zone before the end of the year, and maybe get a permit to go home soon. But as soon as I can, I have asked for your special permission to be placed in El Paso again by telling your condition to Professor Hans, his assistant was once saved by you so he allowed it in return for his cultivation. And Gilbert might be able to arrange to get you on a military transport plane to El Paso."
"He's sick so who's taking care of him? Why doesn't he ever tell you anything, he leaves you."
"In your mother's house receiving refugees, they helped take care of your mother. Take him to the doctor and everything. The doctor also monitors his condition periodically." I clapped his hands which were now cold. "Your mother doesn't want you to be anxious and sad, she says her whole life she's made the mistake of ignoring you. He doesn't want you to feel anxious about not being able to do anything for him, because he knows you can't go back, even if you want to. So he chose this way, by not telling you anything."
"He can still be helped, right? You talked to the doctor?"
"The success rate of transplant liver is high, I hope you're a good fit. And you're given a lot longer together. We try okay, the best... With the drug that has slowly returned there are doctors say at this time the transplant may be done."
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** Liver Transplant can by replacing some tissue, liver tissue (liver) living donors can grow and recover even though they have been partially donated.
It can also be with a full donor, who takes from the organs of a deceased person.
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He sat there quietly. Squeezing his hands with worry.
"You don't worry your mother. Later after we have a travel schedule. You can tell him. I talked to the doctor who treated her, she said your mother followed all the doctor's arrangements for her, she knew how to take care of herself. He also has a fellow refugee who takes good care of him."
"Truely, they're still outsiders."
"Then can I really go home, Gilbert can really work on it?"
"Strived okay. You have to be a little patient. Gilbert wants to help us..." He looks as if he is breathing a sigh of relief.
"I always trouble you, don't I." He looked down like a guilty child. I smiled at him, as I expected him to understand what I was doing.
"Not what Tootsie. When have I ever gone from beside you." He looked at me now, wiping away the tears of his worry. Maybe I asked what my words meant.
"What does that mean? You promise not to leave? You promise to be next to me?:
"I'm not going anywhere."
"You don't have to be burdened by Mom's words. You've done a lot of things. This month I've learned not to expect you." He chuckled with his jokes but his tears flowed again. I can't bear to see him, I just hug him now.
"Tootsie's stubborn, you ever feel like I've made you a burden? If I'm gonna make you a burden, you're gonna end up like Michelle. You're gonna be okay." She even cried more. "What are you crying about."
"You're such a bitch." He hit me. He's still upset that I was silent when he was with Gilbert.
"I'm sorry, I let you play that drama. At that time I was dizzy how to respond to your mother's request. If you knew you'd hate me, but your mother's wish I could understand. Only a few days ago I found a way to get you home. And I'm just daring to be frank now."
"You've been holding all this for a month!"
"Well, I was wrong. But like I said, I never left you."
"I'm going home alone to El Paso? I have to face this myself too. But for Mom's sake...I'm glad I still have this chance. Thank ye. You think of everything."
"You don't have to thank me. If I have a chance to come back, I'll go right back. You heard Gilbert say no, maybe before the end of the year I can come back. The important thing is you can go back to your mom, make sure she doesn't feel alone and help her get through this."
"Yes. I hope Gilbert gets it soon." He's lookingat me. "Why does it feel like I think you're more like a brother than a lover." Now I'm laughing.
"Maybe it's because I also considered you a beloved sister from long ago."
He is my beloved sister. El Paso reunited us two years ago. He has made me have something to protect again. Got a purpose again, when I don't know what to do anymore.
And this time I admit it, I can't lose my little Tootsie anymore.