Chapter 52. Vega Was Sick
The day went by with Vega and Alberto taking care of their children. They were helped by Nena.
One day, Alberto woke up and he found his wife still sleeping. He immediately tried to make his wife wake up because they must go to campus.
"Honey, come on, wake up! We have to go to campus!" said Alberto.
Alberto waited for a while, but there was no answer from Vega. Therefore, he tried to make Vega wake up again. "Honey, come on, wake up! Wake up!"
Vega was still fast asleep. Alberto thought that Vega felt very exhausted from taking care of their children.
After that, he checked Vega's forehead. Vega's forehead was hot.
He immediately took a thermometer. Then, he measured Vega's body temperature on Vega's armpit.
Then he discovered that Vega's body temperature was forty degrees Celsius which means Vega was fever. At that moment, Vega, who felt her armpit being checked, immediately woke up with a frown on her forehead because she felt confused.
"What's the matter?" She asked then.
"You have a fever," Alberto replied.
After that, he gave the results of Vega's body temperature measurement. Seeing the results of her body temperature measurement, Vega immediately felt shocked.
She immediately sat down, and her eyes bulged. She couldn't believe Alberto's words.
Because of that, she tried to hold her forehead with her palm. After that, she commented in surprise. "Oh, my god! My body is so hot! I must have a fever, because I'm exhausted."
"I think it looks like we're really exhausted from taking care of the kids, Vega. I think we should use a babysitter or ask the people closest to us for help. Is that okay?" Alberto asked permission to ask someone they could trust for help.
"Ah! No need, Alberto! I'll heal myself later! After all, it's just a normal pain. You don't have to overdo it like that." Vega refused as she walked to the kitchen.
After that, she took a glass of water and febrifuged. Then she took fever-reducing medication.
After leaving the kitchen, she went straight to the bathroom. Her head became very dizzy at that moment. Fortunately, at that time Nena, who was washing the dishes, saw the incident.
"Ma'am!" She shouted as she immediately ran towards Vega.
Then, she caught Vega's body so that Vega did not fall. Meanwhile, Alberto, who heard Nena's scream, immediately ran towards the source of the scream.
"Let me take you to your bedroom, Madam!" Nena offered to deliver to Vega's room.
"Yes. Let's go to the bedroom, Vega!" invited Alberto.
"No need, Nena, Alberto! I want to get ready for college. Today, I have to teach my students. I just have a fever," said Vega.
"No, Vega! You have a fever. Your body is so hot. Let's just take a rest!" Alberto tried to persuade Vega.
"But..." Vega wanted to reject Alberto's words. But just as she spoke, Alberto cut her words off.
"No, Vega! Your body is still very weak. You need to take a rest. Just take a rest, Vega! Don't feel hesitant!" Alberto persuaded Vega to rest again.
"But later I'll be here alone, because you go to campus," complained Vega.
"There's Nena. She will accompany you." Alberto provided a solution.
"After I come home from campus too, I will accompany you. There are only two classes this morning. I will study at the campus only until ten o'clock in the morning. So, after ten o'clock in the morning, I can accompany you." Alberto explained his condition.
"Nena, later when I go to campus, please take care of Vega and her children and their needs!" Alberto asked Nena for help.
"Yes, Sir!" Nena lowered her head.
"But later Professor Jose will get mad at me," complained Vega.
"Later, I will try to talk to Professor Jose. I'm sure he will understand your condition. He is a nice professor. I know him well and I'm close with him." Alberto's words made Vega calm down.
"Okay, if that's the case."
"Please take me to my bedroom, Nena!" Vega asked Nena for help.
"Okay, Madam." Nena nodded her head.
Then, Nena escorted Vega to Vega's bedroom. When Vega arrived in her bedroom, she immediately laid down on the bed.
"Vega, see your condition now! You're so exhausted. That's exactly what I've ever said. It looks like we're really tired of taking care of our twin sons, Vega. Just use a babysitter or ask the people closest to us for help! Okay?" Alberto tried to convince Vega that she would be taken care of by the people closest to her.
"Yes, but I think we should stay like that until I get better," said Vega.
"Then I'll call Mom first!" Alberto immediately took his phone. Then, he looked for his mother's contact information.
"No need! Let me just call my mom!" Vega tried to intercept.
"I'm afraid to disturb your parents!" Vega explained her reasons.
"It's okay, Vega. Since your pregnancy celebration party, my parents have never been here to meet you. We last saw my parents at our wedding reception. So, it's fine if they go here. It won't bother them either," said Alberto, which made Vega remember that they had not seen Alberto's parents in a very long time.
"Oh. Yes, you're right. We haven't seen your parents in a long time," commented Vega.
"Okay. If that's the condition, then it's fine to call your parents and ask them for help if they can! If they can't, that's okay. Let me call my parents later!" Vega ordered.
"Okay, Honey." After that, Alberto took his phone and looked for his mother's number. Then he called his mother.
"Hello, Mom!" said Alberto.
"Hello, Alberto!" said Alberto's mother.
"What's the matter?"
"Vega is sick," Alberto answered.
"Oh! But how can I come to Vega's home in a hurry? From my place to Vega's home, it's so far. It will take seven days to arrive," said Alberto's mother.
"Okay, Mom. In that case, don't worry about it!" said Alberto.
"Okay. I'll be there later to visit your children," said Alberto's mother.
"Yes, Mom," said Alberto, and after that, the call ended.
"Why, Alberto?" Vega asked Alberto.
"I forgot. From my mother's place to here is so far. I'll call your mom now!" Alberto immediately contacted Vega's mother.
"Hello, Ma'am!" said Alberto.
"Hello, Alberto!" said Vega's mother.
"Vega is sick." Alberto informed Vega's mother of Vega's situation.
"See! Vega must be exhausted! Okay. Now I will immediately go there!" said Vega's mother.
Not long after, the call ended by Vega's mother and there was a message from Vega's mother. "Please wait there, Alberto! I am going to go to Vega's home, Alberto."
"I have to go to campus, ma'am. Today there are two classes that I must attend. If I don't attend, then I must repeat the class next year," complained Alberto.
"But is there any person in Vega's home?" Vega's mother made sure there was someone at Alberto's house.
"Yes. There is Nena, who helps us every day." Alberto explained.
"Oh. Okay. That's good."
"How is it, Alberto?" asked Vega.
"Your mother is going to go here, Vega," Alberto replied.
"Oh. By the way, I want to call the doctor right away to check on your condition. I'm afraid your illness is serious." Alberto expressed his fear.
"No need, Alberto. I just have a fever, and I just need to take rest." Vega refuses.
"Okay." After that, Alberto immediately made a breakfast of rice and sausage for himself and Vega.
Meanwhile, Vega quickly wrote a letter of permission because she couldn't teach on campus due to her illness. After that, he brought two plates of rice with sausage for Vega and himself. "Honey, here's breakfast!"
"Oh. By the way, here is the permission letter! Please give it to Professor Jose!" Vega exclaimed as she handed over the permission letter.
Then, they had breakfast together. After breakfast, Alberto took their used breakfast plates and brought them to the sink.
Then, Alberto showered and got ready to go to campus. Meanwhile, to meet all the needs of Vega and her children, Nena helped before Vega's mother came to help.
At school, Alberto always thought about Vega's condition. He was worried about Vega's condition.
He was afraid that something worse would happen to Vega. Because of that, he wasn't as cheerful as usual.
He simply chose to sit in his chair and remain silent. At that moment, Dario, who knew about Alberto's mood swings, immediately tried to ask about what happened to him. "Alberto, why are you just keeping quiet? Is that any matter?"
"Yes. What's the matter? Usually, you're more cheerful than now." Nicolas said.
"My wife is sick." Alberto answered glumly.
"Just use a babysitter, Alberto! You don't use a babysitter. No wonder your wife is tired and sick now," said Dario.
"But my wife doesn't want to use a babysitter. From the start, I have suggested her to do that, but she doesn't want to. You know how stubborn my wife is," said Alberto.
"Yes. I know. Get well soon!" said Dario.
"Yes. Get well soon!" said Nicolas.
"Thank you!" Alberto immediately thanked him.
"You're welcome."
"Oh. By the way, I'm sorry! I must go to the rector's room now." Alberto permitted.
"What's for?" Dario immediately frowned because he felt confused. It was unusual for Alberto to go to the rector's room.
"I want to give the permission letter from my wife," Alberto explained.
"Oh. Okay," said Dario.
After that, Alberto went to the rector's room to meet Professor Jose. On the way, he met Professor Jose.
"Good morning, Professor Jose!" said Alberto.
"Good morning, Alberto!" said Professor Jose.
"What's the matter? You're rarely outside the classroom," Professor Jose later complained.
"I want to give you a permission letter from my wife! My wife can't come here and teach her students today because she is sick." After that, Alberto gave a permission letter from Vega to Professor Jose, and Professor Jose received it.
Hearing Alberto's words, Professor Jose's eyes immediately bulged because he was so shocked. It's because Vega is not usually sick. Indeed, of all the lecturers, Vega is the one who rarely has permission not to teach.
"Oh. What's wrong with her?" asked Professor Jose suddenly.
"She gets a fever, she is dizzy, and she looks like she can't consentrate. At home, before I came to school, she almost fell in the bathroom." Alberto explained Vega's condition.
"Oh, my god! I'm sad to hear that! You must take care of her seriously! Don't let it be so bad!" Professor Jose commented.
"Okay."
"Get well soon!" Professor Jose expressed hope.
"Okay. Thank you for the prayer, Professor!" Alberto immediately thanked him.
"You're welcome."
"Oh. By the way, Professor, I'm sorry! I must go to class now. I'm afraid there's already a professor in my class." Alberto immediately asked for permission to leave Professor Jose.
"Okay. See you later!" Professor Jose waved his right hand.
"See you later!" Alberto waved his right hand as he walked away from Professor Jose's class.
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Meanwhile, Vega's mother, who had just come to Vega's house, immediately checked Vega's condition. After that, she spoke to Vega. "Vega, I will call the doctor and ask the doctor to come here!"
"No need, Mom. Vega just gets a fever." Vega refused.
"Vega, you can't just ignore your illness! I'm afraid that something will happen," advised Vega's mother.
"But, Mom, you don't have to do that. It's just a fever. Nothing more. Vega is just exhausted. Vega will get better soon," Vega said.
"Don't say that, Vega. You must take the health problems seriously, Vega," said Vega's mother.
After that, Vega's mother immediately took her phone and looked for Doctor Chico's number. After that, she called Doctor Chico.
"Hello, Doctor Chico! Vega is sick now. Can you come to her house?"
"Oh... Fortunately, you can come to her house... I'll pay you later when you've treated Vega! Okay... I'll wait! Thank you!"
After that, Vega's mother told Vega. "Doctor Chico will come to this home and treat you!"
"Mom, you don't have to call Doctor Chico." Vega refused.
"You're sick, Vega. So I have to call the doctor. You must be examined. I know you're a doctor, and you feel that you can treat yourself better. But, Vega, sometimes the ailments we take for granted turn out to be more than that!" Vega's mother's advice made Vega silent, and she could only succumb to her mother.
"Okay, Mom."
Days passed until Doctor Chico came. He was immediately escorted by Nena to check on Vega's condition.
Then, Doctor Chico immediately checked Vega's condition. In the midst of checking on Doctor Chico, suddenly Alberto, who had just come home from campus, arrived at Vega's room. Not long after, Doctor Chico finished checking on Vega.
"What's wrong with my wife, Doctor?" Alberto asked about Vega's illness.
"Your wife gets typhoid fever." Doctor Chico explained Vega's illness.
Vega was already aware that she had typhoid fever, but she always tried to convince those around her that she only had a fever. She didn't want to bother the people around her.
"Now hear for yourself, Vega! You have typhoid fever. It's not just a fever!" yelled Vega's mother to Vega.
"And you, Alberto! Why didn't you call the doctor? How could you do that?" Vega's mother got mad at Alberto.
"I wanted to call a doctor, but..." Alberto immediately explained what had happened, but Vega's mother cut his words off immediately.
"Then? Why wasn't there a doctor here when I arrived?" Vega's mother got mad again. Her eyes stared intently at Alberto.
"Vega kept refusing," Alberto explained then.
"You're her husband! You must be able to be firm and stern with your wife, Alberto," pleaded Vega's mother.
Alberto immediately lowered his head and apologized. "Okay. I'm sorry!"
"Mom, don't be mad at Alberto! It's not Alberto's fault. It's my fault, Mom. I'm insisted." Vega asked her mother not to scold Alberto.
"I'm sorry, Mom!" Vega immediately apologized to her mother.
"It's okay, honey." Vega's mother immediately stroked Vega's hair.
"I'll write down the recipe first. Is that okay?" Doctor Chico stated.
"Okay." Vega's mother said.
Then, Doctor Chico wrote a prescription for medicine. After that, Doctor Chico explained the function of each drug.
"The medicine can be bought at the drug store." Doctor Chico explained
"Okay."
"Nena!" Vega's mother immediately called Nena.
"Please redeem this recipe at the drug store!" Vega's mother gave the order to Nena.
"Here is the money!" Vega's mother immediately gave the money to Nena, and Nena accepted the money.
"Okay, Ma'am!" Nena immediately left them to the pharmacy with the money and the prescription to redeem the medicine.
"Is there anything that I can help again?" asked Doctor Chico.
"No!"
"In that case, I'm sorry! I must go home first because there are many patients and many cases that I must handle!" Doctor Chico immediately requested permission to leave.
"Okay."
Time went on until a few moments later, Nena came to Vega's room carrying medicine. "Here are the medicines, madam!"
Then, Alberto took a drink of water. Then he brought it to Vega. After that, Vega drank medicines, and soon Vega fell asleep.