A Billion Desires
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Chapter 13 Thirteen img
Chapter 14 Fourteen img
Chapter 15 Fifthteen img
Chapter 16 Sixteen img
Chapter 17 Seventeen img
Chapter 18 Eighteen img
Chapter 19 Nineteen img
Chapter 20 Twenty img
Chapter 21 Twenty one img
Chapter 22 Twenty two img
Chapter 23 Twenty three img
Chapter 24 Twenty four img
Chapter 25 Twenty five img
Chapter 26 Twenty six img
Chapter 27 Twenty seven img
Chapter 28 Twenty eight img
Chapter 29 Twenty nine img
Chapter 30 Thirty img
Chapter 31 Thirty one img
Chapter 32 Thirty two img
Chapter 33 Thirty three img
Chapter 34 Thirty four img
Chapter 35 Thirty five img
Chapter 36 Thirty six img
Chapter 37 Thirty seven img
Chapter 38 Thirty eight img
Chapter 39 Thirty nine img
Chapter 40 Forty img
Chapter 41 Forty one img
Chapter 42 Forty two img
Chapter 43 Forty three img
Chapter 44 Forty four img
Chapter 45 Forty Five img
Chapter 46 Forty Six img
Chapter 47 Forty Seven img
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Chapter 49 Forty nine img
Chapter 50 Fifty img
Chapter 51 Fifty one img
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Chapter 4 Four

"Nonna!" Jake exclaimed in panic and then felt Barbara's carotids. Instantly, his pupils dilated to think that there was no pulse there. "Nonna! Get up!"

Feeling her conscience called, Anna ran towards the exotic man, leaving her group alone. She knelt and said, "Hey, I'm nurse Anna. I can help!"

"Please, please," Jake said worriedly, not wanting anything to happen to Barbara. "Tolong, Nonna, Tadinya dia baik-baik saja!"

(Please, my Nonna. She was okay earlier)

Anna was stunned momentarily to find out that the man she thought was a foreigner was fluent in Indonesian. It was different from the Western accent she had heard earlier. From here, she could see the shape of the face that framed this strange man. Was that voice that suggested the Brix test? Anna thought doubtfully.

Ah! She brushed aside the unimportant question and put aside her admiration for the handsome man in front of her.

Anna put her hand on Barbara's shoulder to check her response when she found someone fainted. She called Nonna as the man in front of her shouted, but there was no response. Anna looked down to check whether the older woman was still breathing. No breath, no pulse. Her eyes bulged, then she looked up at the man wearing glasses and shouted, "Call 112!"

Jake shook his head, took out his cell phone, and called the emergency number. He glanced at Anna, who was unbuttoning Barbara's polka-dot shirt and unhooking the skirt Barbara was wearing. At the same time, the others turned their backs while providing privacy. Anna positioned herself to massage the heart while listening to Jake's deep voice asking for ambulance help and explaining the details of the address.

"Tell them to bring an AED," interrupted Anna. "It looks like a heart attack."

Jake's face grew paler at Anna's suspicion. He asked the telephone recipient to bring the cardiac shock device and cut off the communication connection. "They'll be here in five minutes," Jake said. "How can I help you?"

"Can you do CPR, sir?" Anna asked. "I brought my medical equipment in my bag; we can take turns later. If not--"

"I can," Jake interrupted, positioning himself face to face with Anna when the girl shouted,

"Switch!"

Anna opened her rattan sling bag and took out the pocket ambu bag she always carried everywhere. She was skilled at dismantling and connecting the Ambu bag, putting the mask over Barbara's nose and mouth, and pressing case someone suddenly fainted and needed help. Her hands were skilled at dismantling and connecting the Ambu bag, putting the mask over Barbara's nose and mouth, and pressing the balloon slowly.

"Does Nonna have a history of heart disease?" Anna asked, trying to be as calm as possible.

"No. I don't remember having one." Jake continued to pump Barbara's chest.

"Has she had complaints in her chest for the past few days that spread to her back? Chest pain? Sweating or passing out when walking?" Anna asked to make sure that the patient fainted, not because of an acute attack. Often, she finds people suddenly lying down, and after further investigation, it turns out they have had heart problems for a long time.

"I'm not sure. But, these past few days, Nonna admitted that she was often tired."

Before Anna could respond, the ambulance sirens sounded deafening and blaring like a glimmer of hope appearing in the abyss of despair. The corners of Anna's lips turned up in relief when three medical officers in red uniforms with a red cross logo came carrying a gurney and approached their patient.

"How long?" asked one of the officers who immediately took Jake's place.

"About five to ten minutes," answered Anna. "The patient's family said there was no history of heart disease, but she was often tired. I'm guessing it might have something to do with a heart attack or could be hypoglycemia. Did you bring a portable AED?"

"Mbok--"

(Miss)

"I'm a nurse. We don't have much time, Bli," said Anna, so the officer immediately gave her an electric shock device that could be carried anywhere. "Can you replace me here?" she asked.

"Okay." The man wearing glasses, whose body is relatively short, took a portable AED from his emergency bag. Anna immediately received the object in the not-too-large black box while she changed position to be the officer pumping the Ambu bag balloon. Racing against time, Anna opened the AED bag and took out a kind of wide pad containing electrodes. She attached the pad to the upper right side of Barbara's chest and the other side to the lower left side of her chest.

"Clear!" Anna ordered not to touch the patient's body.

The AED machine analyzed it quickly and informed her that Barbara needed an electric shock. The machine automatically gives a shock and asks the officer to continue the heart massage again. Before long, Barbara's eyebrows moved, the consciousness that had been lost gradually returned, and the machine ordered to stop CPR.

Jake's heart would almost stop beating if something dangerous happened to his grandmother. They breathed a sigh of relief, and then the officer checked Barbara's pupil reaction and asked her,

"What's your name, Madam?"

"Barbara," Barbara answered hoarsely, groaning.

"Bli, can you direct this grandmother to the International Hospital?" Anna asked as the officers moved

Barbara to the gurney. "I used to work there, and the hospital is the closest to here. I can come with you."

"Okay, Mbok," said the officer.

Anna shook her head and then turned to Jake. "We will take him to IHC. You don't need to worry."

She patted Jake's arm and ran into the ambulance after the o.

            
            

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