"I suppose it was too much to ask for them to wait..." For what, Hadyn didn't know. But he would have like to have known what he was facing before his bed was surrounded by worried children looking on expectantly.
The rest of their afternoon was slow, the constant beeping of his heart monitor keeping them company as they watched TV. And then Hadyn had to say good bye, though he wished that was a rule they could...and would break. How long had it been since he'd slept in an empty bed?
When morning came, so did all the test. Followed by his children....first one, then the other. And then Oduwole came in with that look on his face. "Izak, Sarah..." Hadyn said, forcing them to look up as they talked. He nodded his head toward the door. When they didn't move, he repeated himself with a little more demand.
"Hadyn," Oduwole said with a smile as he came forward and took his hand, then Elisha's. And he paused, looking down. "I got the results back from the test, and it..." He went through the technical portions of the explanation. His heart was enlarged, nearly twice what it should have been. His blood pressure, as a result, was too low. It was why he continued to pass out from time to time.
And when Elisha asked what all that meant, it was Hadyn that answered him. "It means....I'm in the....the early stages of Heart Failure." He said, calmly as if he were just another Doctor in the room. "He means Heart Failure."
And Hadyn took a deep breath, even as Oduwole explained the options, the treatments. There was no reason either of them had to expect a shorter life span for Hadyn.
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The rest of their afternoon was slow, the constant beeping of his heart monitor keeping them company as they watched TV. And then Hadyn had to say good bye, though he wished that was a rule they could...and would break. How long had it been since he'd slept in an empty bed?
When morning came, so did all the test. Followed by his children....first one, then the other. And then Oduwole came in with that look on his face. "Izak, Sarah..." Hadyn said, forcing them to look up as they talked. He nodded his head toward the door. When they didn't move, he repeated himself with a little more demand.
"Hadyn," Oduwole said with a smile as he came forward and took his hand, then Elisha's. And he paused, looking down. "I got the results back from the test, and it..." He went through the technical portions of the explanation. His heart was enlarged, nearly twice what it should have been. His blood pressure, as a result, was too low. It was why he continued to pass out from time to time.
And when Elisha asked what all that meant, it was Hadyn that answered him. "It means....I'm in the....the early stages of Heart Failure." He said, calmly as if he were just another Doctor in the room. "He means Heart Failure."
And Hadyn took a deep breath, even as Oduwole explained the options, the treatments. There was no reason either of them had to expect a shorter life span for Hadyn.