The Sweetest Harsh
Episode 61 - Best Steps

The two were watching closely, a black sketch dominating some of the lines and white dots displayed on the monitor screen next to the bed where Tiara lay. Doctor Jeni looked carefully then sighed deeply and said in a calm tone but implied anxiety. “Your health is good Tiara, your content is healthy. Your fetus is growing well, but, there are things you should note that now Tiara has entered the age of 15 weeks of pregnancy with an imperfect cervical condition. This is likely to happen because some time ago, Tiara had miscarried twice.” The doctor said he would occasionally look at the couple alternately and the screen in front of him, then fold his lips with a wrinkled face.

The grim expression was certainly caught clearly in Alfa's eyes to the point of prompting the man to ask. “Then, what actions should be taken or what kind of treatment should be undertaken to overcome such a state of Tiara?” Alfa clasped Tiara's hand tightly without looking at his wife, amplifying her limp feeling as if helpless when she learned again the unexpected plight of his wife. Unable to see what Tiara's facial expression was like when she received the doctor's shocking information. He just continued to hold his hand tightly while continuing to listen carefully to every explanation that the glasses woman gave.

“We can do cervical cerclage procedure,” he said.

“Cervical cerclage? What is it?” Alfa did not cover her full-fledged face and waited impatiently for the doctor to explain what the first new term meant.

“Cerclage is a procedure to bind the cervix. This is done to prevent bleeding that results in miscarriage and premature birth of the baby. Well, judging by the condition of the Tiara content that experienced cervical incompetence and miscarriage that turned out to have an effect on cervical dilation, then this is very recommended to do. For the good of your mother and baby,” explained the Doctor.

Alfa. Recalling the two events that so crushed his heart, where he saw the fresh red blood wrapped around Tiara's body, removing any trace of his wife's pregnancy. The memories came with flashes of memory like old story images in his mind. Reopen the sadness of his heart when he had lost his two prospective children.

The man exhaled heavily and looked at his wife, finding that beautiful face turning pale with this conversation that so cornered him. With a full kink, Alfa tried to calm down, staring back at the doctor Jeni who was still busy with a mouse and monitor screen. “Does the procedure require surgery? Or how? And ... when can it be done?” The frown on the man's forehead deepened. Next to her hand was clenched, closing her folded lips. Thinking with a restless heart, thinking about the state of his wife who must be so complicated in containing their children.

“This procedure is commonly done through ******. We will perform spinal anesthesia or local anesthesia before performing the suturing procedure. There may be side effects that are painful and blood spots arise, but do not worry, we will certainly provide treatment until the side effects stop. You must routinely come here in one to two weeks after the cerclage is done so that the development of Tiara can continue to be monitored. Later, at the age of 37, this cerclage suture will be removed again for birth preparation,” he explained that made Alfa and Tiara swallow spit violently. Trying to review Jeni's explanation with a roomy heart and continue to hope well, hopefully this is the best path he must take to help Tiara save her pregnancy.

“I'm ready Doctor. I'm willing to do it whenever the doctor will run the procedure.” Tiara suddenly spoke out loudly making Jeni and Alfa immediately pay attention to her. The woman's increasingly cold hand turned to tightly grip her husband's hand, as if that was the only grip she could reach at this moment. The existence of Alfa beside him that could always strengthen him.

Doctor Jeni smiled warmly and stroked the arm of the petite woman who looked at her with a sad look. “I know you are strong Tiara,” he said lovingly. “The sooner the better. I became so excited to see your spirit like that, be patient Tiara, I will definitely do whatever is best,” Doctor Jeni nodded her thin head with still a smile on her lips. The woman then turned to look at Alfa and spoke again. “We can do that procedure now if Tiara is ready,” he concluded which was immediately responded by Alfa and Tiara with a nod.

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Tiara lay limp on the Verlos bed with mixed feelings. He did not imagine that he would be in this sacred bed at the time of his early pregnancy. His mind continues to be raging with various great shadows about him in the future who will also be in this room and bed to give birth to his child. Yep. Tiara was so anxious to feel the pain of the contractions and recalled how beautiful the cry of the baby's voice would sound loud in her ears after letting the intense pain hurt her. However, on the other hand, he somehow felt himself so scared and anxious. Worrying about how she and her baby are doing after this.

Jeni's doctor had ordered two nurses and one nurse to accompany Tiara during the procedure, but Tiara insisted that she wanted to be accompanied by Alfa. The man was relieved at first because Jeni asked him to wait outside the room, not because he did not want to accompany his wife while completing the cervical cerclage, but he could not bear to watch his wife in such a state.

Now, when the woman's pale face had revealed her fatigue in keeping her two foggy eyes open, she was, doctors and nurses immediately took action shortly after the anesthesia began to affect nerve signals around the abdominal area to the thigh.

Both legs of Tiara are placed on the foot support that is on the left and right side of the bed by keeping it covered with a blanket. The doctor then inserts a speculum, a type of device that is inserted into the pore******** to help open the lips******* it is open and make it easier for the medical procedure to be carried out. In the lay world, usually this tool is called a duck cocor, because the shape of this tool that has an elongated and slightly flattened shape, exactly like the shape of the animal's mouth.

During the procedure, the doctor is assisted with ultrasound to see more clearly, which part of the cervix needs to be secured with the stitches. Need accuracy and caution in doing the binding to the cervical mouth to produce a stitch that is really neat and in accordance with the purpose to be able to close the cervical door tightly.

It does not take long in this cerclage procedure, but it feels very long for Tiara. The woman kept her eyes closed and biting her lips. His forehead frowned with a pain-resistant expression, despite having injected local anesthesia into his body. Alfa was still with her body leaning against the slightly raised head of the bed. Squeezing his wife's head with a slow and gentle intensity, exerted an unusually pleasant serenity effect on Tiara, even after this, the woman must prepare to face the terrible side effects that Doctor Jeni had previously mentioned to her.

Done it.

After the cerclage process was concluded, Tiara was transferred to an electric bed and taken to the treatment room for recovery. The woman was still holding her husband's arm until he was pushed and made it into her nursery. Doctor Jeni and one nurse took them to the room.

“Breaklah. Soon the anesthesia will be gone. The nurse will send you the medicine you need to take and the vitamins as usual. Don't forget to keep your body fit so that your wounds heal soon,” comfort him.

Tiara only nodded weakly accompanied by Alfa who stood up straight to usher in the departure of the doctor and nurse. “Thank you Doctor,” he said.

“Yes. Hopefully Tiara does not receive such bad side effects and everything is fine,” he hoped with a friendly smile. “I get out first. Just call me or the nurse if there's anything you need,” close it and then leave the room, exit by leaving the door closed tightly.

Alfa sat on the edge of the bed. Staring at each other with Tiara who was as difficult as him to explain the emotions of his heart that he could not translate. “I'm sorry .. you .. stick with the exhibition opening, don't mind me and don't be ashamed if you're .. I.. must be in a wheelchair,” Tiara.

“Sshh ...” Alpha covered Tiara's lips. “Sleep, don't think about the no-no,” he said by kissing his wife's cheek affectionately until she unconsciously closed her eyes, enjoying the love that flowed through that loving touch. Feel it with a rustling heart, until his consciousness is greeted by the dark, asleep in the silence of the room which humps him comfortably