Chasing the Badass Doctor

paalam

Warriewood NSW, Australia

Wooohhhooooo nandito na ako mahal thousand meters away nalang ako sa'yo....anas na isip ko.

Sa Airplane palang katabi ko na si David, ayaw talagang humiwalay ng g*g* kahit naalibadbaran na ako.

Tudo alalay na feeling jowa na siya. Kinikilabutan ako sa mga moves niya at the same time naiinis ako. Pero dahil professional tayo feeling okay nalang kahit nakakakasuka na.

Paglabas namin ng Airport nagpahatid agad kami sa hotel na tinutuloyan namin dahil maaga kaming dumating kinatanghalian may appointment kami sa Australian NeuroScience University of Warriewood.

"Dr. David Cooper is a smart person Clea, so be careful with the steps you take. It seems that he brought us here for a purpose. We know you can match his intelligence. We're just here to support you, just be careful.”....paalala ni Grettina sa'kin. Alam kasi nila ang isa ko pang mission dito. I'm lucky enough to have this Powerpuff girls as my back-up.

Maraming salamat Gretty, hihintayin nalang natin ang pagsabog niya sa 18th birthday ko next week. I think he had his plan on that date. Just don't make it obvious so he doesn't doubt that we have an idea. Just show that you support him.

Pagkatapos nga ng lunch namin ay pumunta na kami sa hospital. Nagsuot ako ng white slacks, blouse at pinaibabawan ko rin ni white jacket. Nakasuot ako ng face mask at black sunglass.

“You are more beautiful with your outfit Clearose. I am more attractive to you for that beautiful outfit.” Thank you for your wonderful compliment Dr. Cooper.

Pagdating namin sa naturang hospital ay agad kaming inasikaso ng mga staff. Tinungo namin ang napakalawak na conference room. Binigyan kami ng brochures for the agenda. Maraming topic na tinatalakay at nagpapalitan ng mga ideas. Inatasan ako ni Dr. Cooper na mag-report tungkol sa isang topic na hindi ko inaasahan. “What is Functional Neurological Disorder(FND).

Pautangenaaaa mo Cooper may balak ka yatang ipahiya ako sa mga medical team ng Australia. Nang tumingin ako sa kanya walang emotion lang niya akong tiningnan at imwenistra ang kanyang kamay na pumunta na daw ako sa harapan. Pati mga kasamahan ko ay na shocked sa kanyang inakto.

Tumayo ako at ngumiti sa kanilang lahat. Hindi ko ipinakitang kinakabahan ako, never in front of you Dr. Cooper. Whatever your reason are for pushing me into this situation, I promise you will regret it.

Hello everyone I'm Dra. Clearose Arellano Humpress of Switzerland Neuroscience Research Institute.

Functional Neurological Disorder or (FND) is describes a problem with how the brain receives and sends information to the rest of the body. It's often helpful to think of your brain as a computer. In someone who has FND, there's no damage to the hardware, or structure, of the brain.

There are many potential reasons why an individual can become vulnerable to FND and there can be predisposing factors, triggering factors and perpetuating factors. Triggering events can include injury, panic attack, migraine, neurological illness, drug side effect and minor head injury. Predisposing factors can include Functional Disorders (e.g. pain syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome), neurological conditions (e.g. migraine), anxiety/depressions, stressful life events or childhood adversity. Perpetuating factors can include feeling disbelieved, misdiagnosis, opiate medication, unnecessary surgery and even on-going legal cases.

FND can be described as old wine in new bottles. Neurologists refer to it as Functional Neurological Disorder (Conversion Disorder) and Psychiatrists call it Conversion Disorder. Over the years this condition has had many labels and in the past this has been called hysterical paralysis. As soon as an authentic physical symptom is considered of psychological origin, it takes on pejorative connotations and so the language with which Neurologists and Psychiatrists describe these symptoms tends to change every decade. Fairly consistently, a quarter of neurology outpatients have presented with FND and up to half of inpatients.

Nakita kong nagulat si Cooper sa aking sagot. Pumalakpak naman ang head ng ANU.

“Is neurological damage the same as brain damage?”...the other professor asked.

Hmmm sir, though the term neurological injury is sometimes used to mean a brain injury, it also encompasses spinal cord injuries, skull or spine fractures, and peripheral nerve damage. For most people with a neurological trauma, physical therapy is essential to their recovery.

“Okay thank you for your brilliant answer Dr. Humpress. You are the best neurologist in the future.”

Thank you sir!

Tuwang-tuwa naman ang mga kasamahan ko, dahil confident akong sumagot.

“I told you clearose.”....bulong ni Gretty sa'kin....tumango lang ako bilang sagot.

Pagkatapos ng conference ay tinu-tour kami ng isang doctor ng ANU sa bawat section ng hospital. Nakakamangha nga nga naman ang kagandahan ng hospital.

Sa kabilang hospital ko noon pina-check up si Tita Madeleine.

“Doctor Humpress you are the amazing student of SNU. We make no mistake in choosing you to accelerate you to the next level. And I think you can keep up with the final level”....walang emotion ko rin siyang tiningnan kagaya ng pagtingin niya sa akin kanina. G*g* ka akala mo siguro sobrang bait ko. Makikita mo na ang hinahanap mong sungay.

How much did SNU give you to embarrass me doctor David Cooper? It's sad, isn't it, because you bumped into the wrong person hmmm?

“No Clearose, you just misunderstood me.”...depensa niya sa kanyang sarili.

“Misunderstood? Bravo doctor cooper ,you are a good player.”....pagkasabi ko ang umalis na agad ako sa harapan nila. Pagkakataon ko na ito para makatakas muna saglit.

Tinawagan ko si Delta 05 para magkita kami. Ngayong gabi kailangan kong masugod ang kuta kung saan itinago nila si Tito Jaime Ramos.

Hindi nagtagal dumating na nga si Delta 05. Pinag-aralan naming mabuti ang safety na lugar na pwedi naming pasukan. Delta,naipuslit mo ba ang mga armas na pwedi nating magamit mamayang gabi?

“Yes Ma'am nakahanda na ang lahat.”

Ibili mo ako ng damit at mask na kulay itim....inabot ko kay Delta ang aking card. Agad naman siyang tumalima at umalis. Ang sasakyan ni delta nalang ang gagamitin namin mamayang gabi. Sana maging successful ang lahat at sana ay aayon sa plano.

Tinawagan ko si Grettina na nasa mission na ako. Pina-alalahanan niya along mag-ingat at umuwi ng ligtas. Pumasok kami sa masukal na kagubatan para doon dumaan. Nakakabit ang mga pistol sa aking katawan at hita. Walang dapat sayanging bala. Naka silencer ang mga armas namin. Kaya kung may nabaril man kami hindi agad makakatunog ang kalaban.

Pull me out the hell out here Delta. Ang sikip ng dinaanan namin dumagdag pa ang mga armas na dala ko.

“Cover up Delta! Let's the play begin.”

“Copy ma'am!”... Isa-isa kong pinagbabaril ang mga bantay sa gate.

Shot to kill Delta, don't keep their breath because they might be the one who's going to f**k up you to death.

"Okay ma'am!”... sunod-sunod naming pinaputukan ang mga kalaban. Huwag mong hayaan na makatawag ng back up. Binilisan namin ang aming mga galaw. At mas pinatalas pa namin ang aming pandinig.

Take the key Delta and open that f*cking door. Pagbukas ni Delta sa pintuan tumambad agad sa amin ang napakasangsang na amoy. At may isang lalaki na nakahiga sa lapag na sobrang payat.

Hello sir, do you hear me?

“Sino ka? Huwag kang lumapit mamamatay tao ka. Pinatay mo ang asawa ko dahil gusto mong makuha ang anak ko. Tama na! patayin mo nalang ako dahil ayaw kong makitang magdusa ang anak ko sa kamay mo.

Please kill me, because I don't want to see my daughter suffering. You kill my wife, you took everything from me. I have nothing to return to, so just kill me.”...umiiyak niyang sabi.

“Calm down Sir, we're here to help you out. Can you walked?”...he nodded.

Okay good! Hold me sir, and listen carefully. We are in the middle of life and death so you have to walked as fast as you can. Lakasan mo ang iyong loob tito Jaime, I assure you may pamilya kang babalikan at naghihintay sila sa'yo.

Labis na ikinagulat ni Tito Jaime ang aking mga sinabi.

“Babae at Filipino ka?”

I will explain to you later Tito, for now we have to focus on how we can skip this place....he just nodded. Ipinasuot ko dito ang aking night vision lens para makakita siya sa daan.

Paano ka hija? Labis na pag-aalalang tanong niya sa akin.

Don't worry Tito, nakakakita ako sa madilim kahit walang night vision na suot.

Delta please cover us.

“Copy ma'am!”

Takbo Tito huwag kang lumingon. Alam kong wala itong sapat na lakas para tumakbo. Pero nang malaman nitong may pamilya siyang babalikan muling nabuhayan ng dugo.

“Arrrgggghhhh!” bigla itong nabuwal sa lupa at namilipit sa sakit.

Sh*t! Napamura ako dahil napakalaki ng sugat sa binti niya dahil nasagi sa isang nakausling na kahoy.

“Hija mukhang hanggang dito nalang ako. Maraming salamat sa pagligtas mo, pakisabi sa mag-ina ko na mahal na mahal ko sila.”

Walang susuko Tito, lalaban tayo hanggang sa huli.

“Ma'am Clea let me carry him. Just cover us because our enemies back up are chasing us.”

“Bullsh*t may nakatunog!”

Okay Delta double your time and don't worry I'm your behind.

Kinarga na niya ang matanda at mabilis na tumakbo. Medyo malayo ang pinaradahan ng kotse ni Delta nahihirapan kami.

Delta, I'll just trick them so you can get to our car right away. "Be careful ma'am because they have increased."

“Copy!”

Tumakbo ako pakaliwa para mabaling ang kanilang attention sa akin. Nagtagumpay naman ang aking taktika kaya wala ng problema para kay Delta ang makarating sa kotse. Walang tigil na nagpapaulan sila ng bala.

Arggghhh yawa katapusan ko na, paalam....